Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1990

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1990 were Brittany for girls (973 babies) and Joshua for boys (945). Brittany ranked #3 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 56,627 babies born in Louisiana in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1990

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: 32 babies, 44.3× the national rate
Terrica: 17 babies, 18.7× the national rate
Laken: 20 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Jada: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Jeanne: 17 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Kaneesha: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Magan: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Hali: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Valencia: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kassie: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Boys

Jacoby: 31 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Kentrell: 16 babies, 13× the national rate
Shaquille: 18 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Jude: 16 babies, 12× the national rate
Jamarcus: 21 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Lionel: 24 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Demarcus: 44 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kendrick: 63 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kerry: 35 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Alton: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Brittany	973	–	3
2	Ashley	775	–	2
3	Jessica	600	–	1
4	Lauren	411	↑1	10
5	Courtney	410	↑3	17
6	Amanda	399	↓2	4
7	Jasmine	380	↑8	28
8	Sarah	356	↓2	6
9	Kayla	352	–	14
10	Megan	343	↓3	11
11	Amber	332	↓1	15
12	Emily	297	↑6	12
13	Tiffany	269	↓2	23
14	Samantha	260	↑2	5
15	Heather	256	↓3	19
16	Jennifer	242	↓2	8
17	Chelsea	234	↑4	24
18	Elizabeth	227	↓5	9
19	Hannah	226	↑17	30
20	Victoria	221	↑9	33
21	Danielle	218	↑1	18
22	Brittney	213	↓5	44
23	Stephanie	213	–	7
24	Rachel	190	↑1	16
25	Kristen	185	↓5	42
26	Whitney	184	↑2	60
27	Mary	170	↑7	35
28	Kimberly	168	↓9	31
29	Erica	167	↓3	36
30	Michelle	167	↓6	22
31	Rebecca	165	–	21
32	Brooke	164	↑9	70
33	Nicole	156	↑7	13
34	Christina	150	↓4	25
35	Lindsey	150	–	51
36	Erin	149	↓4	43
37	Katie	146	↓10	53
38	Crystal	143	↓1	39
39	Katherine	138	↓6	26
40	Alexis	125	new	66
41	Amy	125	↑2	38
42	Morgan	122	new	58
43	Jordan	118	new	59
44	Taylor	117	new	46
45	Allison	116	↓1	48
46	Raven	116	new	>100
47	Laura	113	↓9	29
48	Kristin	112	–	65
49	Gabrielle	111	↓2	99
50	Jamie	110	↓8	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Joshua	945	↑1	4
2	Christopher	864	↓1	2
3	Michael	784	–	1
4	Justin	600	–	9
5	Brandon	549	↑1	19
6	James	540	↑2	8
7	Matthew	537	↓2	3
8	John	505	↓1	12
9	Joseph	431	↑4	10
10	David	417	↓1	6
11	Jonathan	398	↑3	17
12	Ryan	377	↓2	11
13	Robert	373	↓2	13
14	Jacob	363	↑5	20
15	Nicholas	360	–	14
16	William	358	↑1	16
17	Jordan	348	↑6	29
18	Andrew	333	–	7
19	Cody	326	↑1	31
20	Jeremy	325	↓8	40
21	Tyler	323	↑19	21
22	Daniel	297	↓6	5
23	Anthony	294	↓2	15
24	Kevin	289	↓2	23
25	Eric	265	↑2	24
26	Kyle	264	↑9	18
27	Charles	259	↓2	38
28	Zachary	246	↑10	22
29	Dustin	240	↓3	50
30	Aaron	238	↓6	34
31	Steven	231	↓2	25
32	Corey	213	↓1	56
33	Thomas	211	↓1	26
34	Stephen	208	↑2	39
35	Brian	196	↓2	27
36	Kenneth	195	↑6	52
37	Travis	189	↓3	42
38	Patrick	187	↑1	36
39	Adam	186	↓9	32
40	Timothy	181	↓3	30
41	Benjamin	173	↓13	33
42	Blake	173	↑4	91
43	Jared	164	↓2	63
44	Richard	161	↑1	35
45	Mark	153	↑3	47
46	Sean	147	new	37
47	Gregory	143	↓3	51
48	Devin	142	↑2	98
49	Jason	142	↓6	46
50	Derek	141	↓3	54

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