Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1998

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1998 were Alexis for girls (438 babies) and Jacob for boys (494). Alexis ranked #6 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 49,084 babies born in Louisiana in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1998

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: 31 babies, 55.7× the national rate
Ali: 29 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Lacie: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Kaylan: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Shelbi: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Christian: 33 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Macie: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Reagan: 47 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kori: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tia: 48 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Braylon: 16 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Kentrell: 19 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Tyrin: 15 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Jude: 21 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Kerry: 22 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Jacoby: 28 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Tahj: 24 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Lionel: 17 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Tyrik: 16 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Jacques: 15 babies, 6.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Alexis	438	–	6
2	Taylor	406	–	7
3	Hannah	375	↑1	2
4	Madison	371	↑2	9
5	Emily	366	↓2	1
6	Sarah	292	↓1	4
7	Victoria	273	–	16
8	Kayla	249	↑1	12
9	Lauren	245	↑2	14
10	Ashley	244	↓2	5
11	Destiny	237	↑3	34
12	Brittany	226	↓2	25
13	Megan	214	↑7	13
14	Jasmine	212	↓1	26
15	Alyssa	210	↑7	11
16	Morgan	204	↑2	23
17	Elizabeth	202	–	10
18	Gabrielle	199	↓2	47
19	Brianna	177	–	17
20	Jessica	175	↓8	8
21	Amber	169	↓6	37
22	Kaitlyn	162	↑6	35
23	Olivia	159	↑10	21
24	Courtney	149	↓3	39
25	Shelby	148	–	49
26	Haley	147	↓2	36
27	Samantha	147	↓4	3
28	Mary	144	↑6	44
29	Bailey	138	↑8	60
30	Madeline	132	↑17	50
31	Jada	130	new	>100
32	Caroline	128	↑3	75
33	Anna	123	↓6	31
34	Rachel	122	↓4	15
35	Katelyn	121	↓4	58
36	Kelsey	121	↓4	56
37	Sydney	121	↓8	28
38	Abigail	116	↑4	18
39	Brooke	113	↓13	46
40	Jordan	110	↑3	42
41	Savannah	109	↓3	45
42	Hailey	103	new	70
43	Breanna	99	↑5	76
44	Katie	99	new	88
45	Allison	98	↓1	38
46	Paige	96	↓7	63
47	Rebecca	95	↓2	30
48	Amanda	94	↓12	19
49	Alexandra	92	↓9	27
50	Chelsea	89	↓9	94

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Jacob	494	↑4	2
2	Joshua	481	↓1	4
3	Michael	465	↓1	1
4	Austin	461	↑2	10
5	Christopher	444	↓2	5
6	Tyler	443	↓2	8
7	Matthew	413	–	3
8	Nicholas	406	↑1	6
9	Brandon	370	↓1	7
10	John	341	–	15
11	Hunter	340	↑6	36
12	William	336	↑2	14
13	Joseph	314	↓2	11
14	Cameron	306	↑13	35
15	James	306	↓2	18
16	Justin	288	–	20
17	Dylan	283	↓2	25
18	Zachary	281	↓6	16
19	Christian	280	–	26
20	Jordan	243	↓2	27
21	Logan	240	↑4	44
22	Andrew	237	–	9
23	David	232	↓2	13
24	Caleb	230	↑8	42
25	Robert	224	↓5	23
26	Jonathan	210	–	21
27	Daniel	195	↓3	12
28	Ethan	193	↑16	38
29	Anthony	190	↓1	19
30	Devin	189	↓1	62
31	Aaron	186	↓1	37
32	Ryan	176	↓9	17
33	Noah	172	new	29
34	Kevin	168	↑1	32
35	Charles	164	↓1	48
36	Kyle	156	↓5	24
37	Cody	152	↓4	43
38	Thomas	145	↓2	31
39	Mason	143	↑11	83
40	Benjamin	139	↓2	30
41	Patrick	130	↑2	57
42	Eric	127	↓5	39
43	Alex	125	new	55
44	Alexander	124	↓5	22
45	Seth	124	new	86
46	Samuel	123	↓6	28
47	Blake	121	↓6	85
48	Connor	119	↓1	47
49	Nathan	119	new	34
50	Chase	112	new	67

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