Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1989

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1989 were Brittany for girls (1,157 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,023). Brittany ranked #3 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 57,666 babies born in Louisiana in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1989

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: 23 babies, 44.5× the national rate
Jada: 18 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Shantell: 20 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Shameka: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Ashanti: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lacie: 28 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Chasity: 51 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lakeisha: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maranda: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Laci: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Kentrell: 22 babies, 17.9× the national rate
Jacoby: 27 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Lamarcus: 18 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Carey: 18 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Demarcus: 45 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Ellis: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Quincy: 30 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Dusty: 22 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Lionel: 22 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Donnie: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Brittany	1,157	↑2	3
2	Ashley	823	↓1	2
3	Jessica	664	↓1	1
4	Amanda	463	–	4
5	Lauren	442	–	9
6	Sarah	414	–	5
7	Megan	408	–	11
8	Courtney	369	↑3	21
9	Kayla	360	↓1	20
10	Amber	332	↑2	14
11	Tiffany	319	↓1	16
12	Heather	292	↑1	15
13	Elizabeth	287	↑3	10
14	Jennifer	268	↓5	7
15	Jasmine	266	↑11	30
16	Samantha	265	↑3	6
17	Brittney	261	↑1	41
18	Emily	259	↓1	13
19	Kimberly	228	↓5	28
20	Kristen	225	↑4	36
21	Chelsea	222	↑13	27
22	Danielle	208	↓7	17
23	Stephanie	202	↓1	8
24	Michelle	190	↑5	22
25	Rachel	190	↓5	18
26	Erica	186	↑1	34
27	Katie	180	↓2	45
28	Whitney	180	↓7	57
29	Victoria	169	↓1	44
30	Christina	167	↑11	23
31	Rebecca	166	↑4	24
32	Erin	156	↑11	40
33	Katherine	156	↑4	26
34	Mary	153	↓2	38
35	Lindsey	152	↑4	48
36	Hannah	151	↑8	42
37	Crystal	149	↓7	32
38	Laura	149	↓7	25
39	Melissa	149	↓6	19
40	Nicole	146	↓17	12
41	Brooke	143	↑6	74
42	Jamie	130	↓4	52
43	Amy	128	↓7	35
44	Allison	118	↓2	46
45	April	111	↓5	66
46	Kiara	109	new	>100
47	Gabrielle	104	new	>100
48	Kristin	103	↓3	60
49	Kelly	102	new	37
50	Brandi	101	–	98

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Christopher	1,023	–	2
2	Joshua	940	–	4
3	Michael	866	–	1
4	Justin	682	–	8
5	Matthew	621	↑1	3
6	Brandon	603	↓1	18
7	John	527	↑2	12
8	James	507	↓1	9
9	David	454	↓1	5
10	Ryan	453	↑2	13
11	Robert	418	–	10
12	Jeremy	412	↑3	34
13	Joseph	408	–	11
14	Jonathan	380	↓4	17
15	Nicholas	376	↑5	14
16	Daniel	368	↑1	6
17	William	362	↓1	15
18	Andrew	348	↓4	7
19	Jacob	317	↑2	26
20	Cody	279	↑3	45
21	Anthony	274	↓2	16
22	Kevin	274	↓4	19
23	Jordan	268	↑19	44
24	Aaron	262	↑10	31
25	Charles	262	↓1	36
26	Dustin	261	↓1	48
27	Eric	256	↓5	21
28	Benjamin	249	↑4	29
29	Steven	239	↑10	22
30	Adam	238	↑3	27
31	Corey	235	↑5	55
32	Thomas	228	↓5	23
33	Brian	225	↓7	24
34	Travis	224	↓6	41
35	Kyle	217	↓6	20
36	Stephen	212	↑1	40
37	Timothy	209	↓6	28
38	Zachary	197	↓3	25
39	Patrick	193	↑2	38
40	Tyler	190	↑4	30
41	Jared	187	↑4	57
42	Kenneth	185	↓4	53
43	Jason	176	↓13	35
44	Gregory	175	↑5	52
45	Richard	171	↓5	33
46	Blake	165	↑2	97
47	Derek	156	new	54
48	Mark	151	↓5	42
49	Marcus	144	↑1	67
50	Devin	140	new	96

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