Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1996

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1996 were Alexis for girls (396 babies) and Christopher for boys (518). Alexis ranked #8 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 48,233 babies born in Louisiana in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1996

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: 20 babies, 56.1× the national rate
Maci: 21 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Lakeisha: 16 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Kia: 20 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Ali: 26 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Bria: 47 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Miracle: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kailyn: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Chasity: 32 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Macy: 41 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Jude: 22 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Jacoby: 21 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Blaise: 17 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Brennon: 15 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Tyron: 19 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Destin: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Kendrick: 48 babies, 6× the national rate
Brennan: 74 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Don: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Tre: 22 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Alexis	396	↑4	8
2	Taylor	393	↓1	6
3	Emily	354	–	1
4	Ashley	348	↓2	3
5	Brittany	338	↓1	14
6	Sarah	320	↑2	4
7	Victoria	315	↓1	18
8	Hannah	314	↑1	7
9	Kayla	273	↑1	11
10	Courtney	272	↑4	21
11	Jasmine	270	↓4	28
12	Lauren	249	–	16
13	Jessica	237	↓2	2
14	Madison	228	↑17	15
15	Amber	216	↓2	27
16	Megan	207	–	12
17	Shelby	200	↑9	35
18	Elizabeth	199	↓1	10
19	Gabrielle	197	↑1	54
20	Morgan	193	↓5	25
21	Samantha	180	↓3	5
22	Destiny	178	↓1	56
23	Haley	168	↓1	30
24	Chelsea	166	↑4	55
25	Rachel	153	↓6	9
26	Brianna	150	↓1	17
27	Kelsey	149	↑2	36
28	Alyssa	146	↑12	23
29	Kaitlyn	146	↓2	40
30	Alexandra	145	↑3	26
31	Savannah	145	new	43
32	Brooke	143	↓8	45
33	Mary	139	↓3	44
34	Kristen	135	↑1	70
35	Amanda	133	↓12	13
36	Anna	127	↑5	33
37	Sydney	125	↓1	39
38	Katelyn	119	↓6	64
39	Rebecca	117	↓1	24
40	Bailey	109	new	85
41	Olivia	109	↓4	34
42	Katherine	108	↑1	31
43	Caroline	107	↑3	78
44	Allison	106	↓10	38
45	Jordan	101	↑5	49
46	Madeline	101	new	67
47	Hailey	100	new	93
48	Danielle	95	↓6	29
49	Tiffany	94	↓10	52
50	Katie	93	↓3	81

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Christopher	518	↑1	4
2	Joshua	514	↓1	5
3	Tyler	504	↑1	7
4	Michael	498	↓1	1
5	Austin	458	↑2	9
6	Brandon	431	↓1	8
7	Jacob	414	↑1	3
8	Nicholas	397	↓2	6
9	Matthew	387	–	2
10	John	369	–	15
11	Justin	347	–	20
12	William	340	↑4	18
13	Joseph	339	–	12
14	Zachary	319	–	14
15	James	290	↓3	17
16	Dylan	268	↑1	33
17	Christian	266	↑11	24
18	David	262	↑1	13
19	Andrew	261	↓4	10
20	Hunter	261	↑6	47
21	Jordan	239	↑1	27
22	Ryan	233	↓4	16
23	Devin	231	↑1	60
24	Daniel	227	↑3	11
25	Jonathan	223	↓2	21
26	Robert	220	↓5	23
27	Anthony	215	↑2	19
28	Logan	214	↑3	42
29	Cody	213	↓9	31
30	Aaron	203	↓5	34
31	Charles	191	↑6	43
32	Kyle	188	↑6	25
33	Thomas	178	↑6	28
34	Caleb	176	↑11	48
35	Kevin	174	↓2	26
36	Cameron	154	↑11	49
37	Alexander	150	↓2	22
38	Benjamin	149	↑4	29
39	Eric	140	↓9	35
40	Jeremy	129	–	56
41	Blake	125	–	84
42	Taylor	125	↓10	82
43	Patrick	124	↓7	44
44	Malik	121	new	97
45	Alex	120	new	53
46	Timothy	120	↓2	40
47	Adam	118	↑3	39
48	Tristan	118	new	68
49	Corey	115	↓6	94
50	Dustin	115	↓16	79

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