Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1982

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,320
2	Michael	1,143
3	Joshua	851
4	James	839
5	John	814
6	Jason	796
7	Brandon	786
8	David	695
8	Joseph	695
10	Robert	650
11	Justin	610
12	Matthew	601
13	Jonathan	554
14	William	487
15	Jeremy	457
16	Ryan	454
17	Daniel	418
18	Charles	416
19	Brian	401
20	Kevin	370
21	Eric	349
22	Nicholas	344
23	Anthony	342
24	Timothy	327
25	Travis	314

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Richard	291
27	Steven	289
28	Thomas	287
29	Adam	275
30	Dustin	274
31	Chad	272
32	Kenneth	258
33	Mark	245
34	Benjamin	242
35	Andrew	239
36	Jeffrey	235
37	Paul	229
38	Patrick	228
39	Aaron	227
40	Jacob	222
41	Stephen	220
42	Gregory	214
43	Derrick	212
44	Scott	199
45	Marcus	195
46	Donald	191
47	Jared	188
48	Corey	183
49	Derek	181
50	Edward	161
51	Larry	158
52	Keith	153
53	Cody	152
54	Bradley	145
54	Bryan	145
56	Gary	143
57	Ronald	139
57	Sean	139
57	Shawn	139
60	Blake	136
61	Kyle	130
62	Terry	129
63	Jesse	123
64	Lance	119
65	George	116
66	Samuel	111
67	Nathan	110
68	Troy	109
69	Randy	108
70	Jeffery	107
71	Casey	106
72	Phillip	96
72	Shane	96
74	Johnny	95
74	Russell	95
76	Billy	92
76	Brad	92
76	Willie	92
79	Jerry	91
79	Jimmy	91
79	Raymond	91
82	Brett	90
83	Henry	88
83	Jermaine	88
85	Louis	87
86	Tony	86
87	Allen	85
87	Bobby	85
87	Wesley	85
90	Carl	83
90	Reginald	83
92	Brent	82
92	Cory	82
92	Randall	82
92	Rodney	82
96	Antonio	81
96	Curtis	81
96	Kendrick	81
99	Lawrence	80
100	Ricky	79