Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1988

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1988 were Ashley for girls (927 babies) and Christopher for boys (974). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 57,894 babies born in Louisiana in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1988

Names given at least 15 times in Louisiana that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Angelle: 22 babies, 55.1× the national rate
Ariane: 17 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Laken: 15 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Shantell: 19 babies, 7× the national rate
Reva: 15 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Chiquita: 17 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Whitley: 41 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Latonya: 24 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Domonique: 21 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Lashonda: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Boys

Jude: 19 babies, 14× the national rate
Jacoby: 18 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Coby: 18 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Broderick: 18 babies, 8× the national rate
Demarcus: 43 babies, 6× the national rate
Kendrick: 60 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Jody: 22 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ashton: 25 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kerry: 33 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Gerard: 26 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Ashley	927	–	2
2	Jessica	855	–	1
3	Brittany	775	–	6
4	Amanda	548	–	3
5	Lauren	433	↑2	11
6	Sarah	415	↓1	4
7	Megan	370	↑1	12
8	Kayla	367	↑6	20
9	Jennifer	357	↓3	5
10	Tiffany	357	–	13
11	Courtney	344	–	24
12	Amber	331	↑1	15
13	Heather	323	↓4	14
14	Kimberly	254	↑1	25
15	Danielle	246	↓3	17
16	Elizabeth	245	↑2	10
17	Emily	245	↑2	18
18	Brittney	244	↑13	52
19	Samantha	244	↑5	8
20	Rachel	236	↓4	19
21	Whitney	235	–	39
22	Stephanie	217	↓2	7
23	Nicole	212	↓1	9
24	Kristen	207	↑12	36
25	Katie	198	↓2	40
26	Jasmine	195	new	53
27	Erica	193	↑2	31
28	Victoria	188	↑4	42
29	Michelle	181	↓3	21
30	Crystal	174	↓5	28
31	Laura	169	↓4	23
32	Mary	169	↑3	34
33	Melissa	167	↓16	16
34	Chelsea	165	↑6	33
35	Rebecca	160	↓5	26
36	Amy	159	↓8	29
37	Katherine	157	↑4	27
38	Jamie	154	↓1	45
39	Lindsey	151	↓5	48
40	April	141	↓1	65
41	Christina	136	↓8	22
42	Allison	130	↑4	46
43	Erin	123	↓1	37
44	Hannah	116	new	61
45	Kristin	115	new	58
46	Angela	111	↓2	38
47	Brooke	111	new	87
48	Sara	111	↓3	30
49	Alicia	110	↓2	50
50	Brandi	109	↓7	91

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Christopher	974	–	2
2	Joshua	970	–	4
3	Michael	823	–	1
4	Justin	734	↑2	7
5	Brandon	626	↓1	17
6	Matthew	597	↓1	3
7	James	578	–	9
8	David	525	↑1	6
9	John	488	↓1	11
10	Jonathan	453	↑4	15
11	Robert	444	↓1	10
12	Ryan	434	–	13
13	Joseph	421	↓2	12
14	Andrew	384	↑2	5
15	Jeremy	372	↓2	35
16	William	372	↑1	16
17	Daniel	344	↓2	8
18	Kevin	314	↑1	20
19	Anthony	312	↑3	18
20	Nicholas	309	↓2	14
21	Jacob	297	↑6	28
22	Eric	286	↓2	19
23	Cody	282	↑1	43
24	Charles	257	↓3	37
25	Dustin	250	↓2	48
26	Brian	249	↑3	22
27	Thomas	242	↑1	23
28	Travis	239	↑14	41
29	Kyle	237	↑2	21
30	Jason	230	↓5	27
31	Timothy	230	↓5	25
32	Benjamin	226	↑3	30
33	Adam	224	↓1	26
34	Aaron	218	↑6	31
35	Zachary	218	↑15	29
36	Corey	215	–	56
37	Stephen	209	↓4	40
38	Kenneth	203	↓4	51
39	Steven	199	↓9	24
40	Richard	195	↓2	32
41	Patrick	191	↓4	42
42	Jordan	182	↓1	52
43	Mark	182	–	39
44	Tyler	180	new	33
45	Jared	178	↓6	60
46	Paul	164	new	46
47	Sean	161	new	38
48	Blake	157	new	>100
49	Gregory	151	↓5	50
50	Marcus	146	↓3	66

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