Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1991

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1991 were Ashley for girls (763 babies) and Christopher for boys (886). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 56,031 babies born in Louisiana in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1991

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, 50.6× the national rate
Jeanne: 29 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Jada: 21 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Lacie: 27 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Blair: 30 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Raven: 128 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Laci: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Macy: 33 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Chelsi: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ieshia: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Jude: 19 babies, 13× the national rate
Dedrick: 18 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Kade: 16 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Jacoby: 23 babies, 10× the national rate
Kendell: 18 babies, 10× the national rate
Jamarcus: 20 babies, 8× the national rate
Shaquille: 22 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Alton: 24 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Lionel: 21 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Demarcus: 43 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Ashley	763	↑1	1
2	Brittany	692	↓1	3
3	Jessica	547	–	2
4	Jasmine	429	↑3	24
5	Lauren	392	↓1	13
6	Courtney	384	↓1	19
7	Megan	383	↑3	11
8	Kayla	375	↑1	12
9	Amanda	360	↓3	4
10	Amber	358	↑1	16
11	Sarah	333	↓3	6
12	Emily	300	–	10
13	Chelsea	264	↑4	18
14	Samantha	230	–	5
15	Victoria	226	↑5	28
16	Jennifer	224	–	8
17	Elizabeth	222	↑1	9
18	Rachel	220	↑6	14
19	Heather	217	↓4	23
20	Taylor	210	↑24	32
21	Stephanie	208	↑2	7
22	Hannah	205	↓3	29
23	Tiffany	205	↓10	27
24	Shelby	192	new	33
25	Kimberly	182	↑3	34
26	Brooke	178	↑6	65
27	Mary	175	–	38
28	Danielle	174	↓7	17
29	Kristen	174	↓4	48
30	Katie	173	↑7	53
31	Whitney	164	↓5	68
32	Kelsey	162	new	26
33	Michelle	155	↓3	22
34	Brittney	154	↓12	58
35	Alexis	153	↑5	47
36	Morgan	152	↑6	49
37	Katherine	150	↑2	25
38	Rebecca	145	↓7	21
39	Paige	141	new	76
40	Lindsey	135	↓5	52
41	Alexandra	133	new	36
42	Raven	128	↑4	>100
43	Ariel	126	new	66
44	Haley	124	new	79
45	Crystal	117	↓7	41
46	Olivia	117	new	61
47	Laura	111	–	35
48	Erica	109	↓19	40
49	Christina	108	↓15	31
50	Gabrielle	106	↓1	97

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Christopher	886	↑1	2
2	Joshua	864	↓1	4
3	Michael	765	–	1
4	Brandon	588	↑1	15
5	Justin	488	↓1	14
6	Matthew	488	↑1	3
7	James	487	↓1	7
8	John	466	–	10
9	Jacob	413	↑5	17
10	Joseph	405	↓1	9
11	Cody	403	↑8	24
12	Ryan	395	–	11
13	William	383	↑3	19
14	David	377	↓4	8
15	Robert	371	↓2	13
16	Tyler	347	↑5	16
17	Nicholas	345	↓2	12
18	Jonathan	337	↓7	20
19	Andrew	323	↓1	5
20	Daniel	308	↑2	6
21	Jordan	301	↓4	29
22	Jeremy	297	↓2	43
23	Kevin	276	↑1	23
24	Aaron	270	↑6	31
25	Anthony	267	↓2	18
26	Zachary	257	↑2	22
27	Charles	252	–	38
28	Eric	226	↓3	25
29	Thomas	219	↑4	28
30	Patrick	212	↑8	35
31	Kyle	210	↓5	21
32	Dustin	208	↓3	56
33	Blake	205	↑9	86
34	Stephen	205	–	41
35	Steven	193	↓4	27
36	Corey	190	↓4	58
37	Taylor	186	new	52
38	Benjamin	185	↑3	33
39	Timothy	183	↑1	32
40	Devin	182	↑8	83
41	Austin	179	new	50
42	Richard	174	↑2	34
43	Dylan	172	new	46
44	Travis	172	↓7	44
45	Adam	163	↓6	36
46	Brian	155	↓11	30
47	Christian	151	new	48
48	Jared	149	↓5	64
49	Kenneth	147	↓13	54
50	Samuel	143	new	39

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