Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1983

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,295
2	Michael	1,113
3	Brandon	856
4	Joshua	818
5	James	762
6	John	754
7	Matthew	748
8	David	625
8	Jason	625
10	Justin	612
10	Robert	612
12	Joseph	583
13	Jonathan	564
14	William	501
15	Daniel	460
16	Ryan	438
17	Jeremy	406
18	Eric	394
19	Brian	379
20	Charles	375
21	Kevin	365
22	Adam	348
23	Nicholas	340
24	Anthony	338
25	Dustin	333

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Thomas	306
27	Travis	293
28	Richard	281
29	Steven	278
29	Timothy	278
31	Kenneth	269
32	Aaron	264
33	Andrew	261
34	Benjamin	246
35	Jacob	231
36	Chad	229
37	Stephen	228
38	Gregory	224
39	Mark	222
40	Marcus	216
41	Patrick	213
42	Jeffrey	204
43	Paul	199
44	Jared	192
45	Derek	190
46	Derrick	188
47	Donald	179
48	Corey	177
49	Kyle	167
50	Scott	166
51	Ronald	153
52	Bryan	148
53	Blake	143
54	Larry	141
54	Samuel	141
56	Cody	140
56	Sean	140
58	Edward	139
59	Bradley	138
60	Jesse	135
61	Jeffery	131
62	Keith	128
63	Lance	119
64	Gary	118
64	Phillip	118
66	Terry	109
67	Shawn	108
68	Nathan	107
69	George	102
69	Lawrence	102
71	Cory	99
72	Brett	98
73	Casey	96
74	Bobby	95
74	Willie	95
76	Jerry	93
76	Randy	93
78	Carl	90
79	Jordan	89
80	Shane	88
81	Chase	86
82	Raymond	85
83	Byron	84
83	Troy	84
85	Jermaine	83
85	Rodney	83
87	Louis	82
87	Reginald	82
89	Allen	81
89	Billy	81
89	Dennis	81
92	Ricky	80
93	Brad	79
93	Todd	79
93	Zachary	79
96	Craig	78
97	Devin	76
98	Randall	75
99	Henry	73
99	Johnathan	73