Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1985

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,228
2	Joshua	1,057
3	Michael	1,033
4	Brandon	968
5	James	730
6	Matthew	680
7	John	666
8	David	599
9	Robert	545
10	Jonathan	543
11	Joseph	518
12	Daniel	507
13	Justin	505
14	Ryan	498
15	William	472
16	Jason	465
17	Jeremy	411
18	Kevin	362
19	Eric	358
20	Brian	355
21	Nicholas	345
22	Dustin	335
23	Charles	333
24	Anthony	314
25	Andrew	296

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jacob	294
27	Stephen	275
28	Adam	273
29	Steven	270
30	Cody	265
30	Timothy	265
32	Mark	256
33	Thomas	255
34	Patrick	245
35	Kyle	244
36	Aaron	234
37	Travis	223
38	Richard	222
39	Benjamin	216
40	Jared	210
41	Kenneth	206
42	Paul	193
43	Corey	191
44	Marcus	190
45	Jeffrey	189
46	Chad	186
47	Sean	181
48	Gregory	179
49	Bryan	171
50	Derrick	166
51	Donald	158
52	Blake	156
53	Scott	153
53	Zachary	153
55	Derek	152
56	Shawn	137
57	Lance	132
58	Ronald	127
59	Tyler	126
60	Edward	125
61	Jesse	118
61	Keith	118
61	Larry	118
61	Nathan	118
65	Samuel	116
65	Shane	116
67	Bradley	112
67	Jordan	112
69	Jeffery	102
70	Terry	100
71	Phillip	97
72	Gary	96
73	Randy	95
74	Brent	92
74	Brett	92
76	George	88
77	Brad	84
77	Casey	84
79	Alexander	83
79	Cory	83
81	Jermaine	80
82	Terrance	79
83	Antonio	78
83	Devin	78
83	Gerald	78
83	Reginald	78
87	Johnathan	77
87	Louis	77
89	Tony	75
89	Troy	75
91	Bobby	74
91	Jerry	74
91	Todd	74
94	Carl	73
94	Craig	73
94	Wesley	73
97	Johnny	70
97	Nathaniel	70
97	Ricky	70
100	Raymond	69