Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1997

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1997 were Alexis for girls (481 babies) and Joshua for boys (538). Alexis ranked #8 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 48,510 babies born in Louisiana in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1997

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: 24 babies, 42.9× the national rate
Jeanne: 16 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Lexie: 26 babies, 7× the national rate
Ali: 25 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Maci: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Christen: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Macie: 22 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kierra: 54 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Mallory: 88 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Allie: 36 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Braylon: 15 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Kyron: 15 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Jude: 18 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Kerry: 23 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Jacoby: 17 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Brennon: 16 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Jamarcus: 18 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Davin: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kade: 26 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Brennan: 74 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Alexis	481	–	8
2	Taylor	418	–	7
3	Emily	398	–	1
4	Hannah	366	↑4	5
5	Sarah	345	↑1	4
6	Madison	319	↑8	10
7	Victoria	297	–	19
8	Ashley	285	↓4	3
9	Kayla	278	–	12
10	Brittany	242	↓5	20
11	Lauren	238	↑1	14
12	Jessica	227	↑1	2
13	Jasmine	226	↓2	24
14	Destiny	220	↑8	42
15	Amber	209	–	29
16	Gabrielle	205	↑3	51
17	Elizabeth	197	↑1	9
18	Morgan	190	↑2	22
19	Brianna	181	↑7	17
20	Megan	179	↓4	11
21	Courtney	178	↓11	28
22	Alyssa	169	↑6	15
23	Samantha	169	↓2	6
24	Haley	160	↓1	31
25	Shelby	156	↓8	43
26	Brooke	154	↑6	45
27	Anna	148	↑9	33
28	Kaitlyn	147	↑1	41
29	Sydney	141	↑8	35
30	Rachel	140	↓5	13
31	Katelyn	131	↑7	63
32	Kelsey	129	↓5	57
33	Olivia	124	↑8	27
34	Mary	123	↓1	46
35	Caroline	122	↑8	75
36	Amanda	121	↓1	16
37	Bailey	120	↑3	65
38	Savannah	119	↓7	47
39	Paige	114	new	64
40	Alexandra	112	↓10	30
41	Chelsea	112	↓17	73
42	Abigail	110	new	26
43	Jordan	110	↑2	40
44	Allison	109	–	39
45	Rebecca	108	↓6	25
46	Kristen	107	↓12	82
47	Madeline	107	↓1	59
48	Breanna	105	new	74
49	Danielle	100	↓1	34
50	Katherine	98	↓8	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Joshua	538	↑1	5
2	Michael	500	↑2	1
3	Christopher	485	↓2	4
4	Tyler	453	↓1	10
5	Jacob	443	↑2	2
6	Austin	433	↓1	9
7	Matthew	431	↑2	3
8	Brandon	421	↓2	8
9	Nicholas	399	↓1	6
10	John	350	–	15
11	Joseph	341	↑2	12
12	Zachary	325	↑2	13
13	James	318	↑2	17
14	William	297	↓2	19
15	Dylan	295	↑1	30
16	Justin	294	↓5	20
17	Hunter	281	↑3	44
18	Jordan	273	↑3	26
19	Christian	259	↓2	25
20	Robert	249	↑6	23
21	David	246	↓3	14
22	Andrew	228	↓3	7
23	Ryan	225	↓1	16
24	Daniel	221	–	11
25	Logan	218	↑3	42
26	Jonathan	213	↓1	21
27	Cameron	196	↑9	45
28	Anthony	191	↓1	18
29	Devin	185	↓6	59
30	Aaron	180	–	33
31	Kyle	175	↑1	24
32	Caleb	174	↑2	47
33	Cody	172	↓4	36
34	Charles	170	↓3	49
35	Kevin	163	–	28
36	Thomas	157	↓3	31
37	Eric	154	↑2	35
38	Benjamin	148	–	29
39	Alexander	140	↓2	22
40	Samuel	138	new	27
41	Blake	133	–	80
42	Taylor	132	–	87
43	Patrick	126	–	50
44	Ethan	122	new	46
45	Malik	122	↓1	>100
46	Adam	121	↑1	39
47	Connor	119	new	52
48	Dustin	115	↑2	88
49	Corey	113	–	>100
50	Mason	113	new	89

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