Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1986

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,202
2	Michael	922
3	Joshua	844
4	Brandon	808
5	Matthew	678
6	John	631
7	James	604
8	Justin	553
9	David	548
10	Joseph	524
11	Jeremy	507
12	Robert	471
13	Ryan	465
14	Jonathan	461
15	Daniel	457
16	William	421
17	Jason	380
18	Kevin	373
19	Andrew	365
20	Nicholas	334
21	Eric	328
22	Charles	315
23	Dustin	308
24	Anthony	304
25	Brian	293

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Cody	291
27	Jacob	281
28	Steven	274
29	Kyle	265
30	Adam	261
31	Timothy	240
32	Stephen	238
33	Richard	230
34	Patrick	228
35	Thomas	219
36	Kenneth	209
37	Corey	207
38	Aaron	206
39	Mark	202
40	Benjamin	198
41	Gregory	195
42	Jared	194
43	Travis	186
44	Marcus	170
45	Sean	167
46	Jeffrey	166
47	Paul	163
48	Jordan	159
49	Chad	158
50	Donald	154
51	Derrick	144
52	Bryan	141
52	Tyler	141
54	Derek	138
55	Blake	137
56	Phillip	132
56	Zachary	132
58	Ronald	128
59	Samuel	127
59	Shawn	127
61	Bradley	124
62	Scott	122
63	Edward	120
64	Lance	117
65	Keith	116
66	Cory	114
67	Jesse	111
68	Antonio	108
69	Brett	103
69	Jeffery	103
71	Shane	102
72	Nathan	98
73	Casey	96
74	Larry	90
75	Chase	86
76	Devin	85
76	Terry	85
78	Alexander	83
78	Gary	83
80	Alex	81
81	George	80
81	Kendrick	80
83	Carl	79
84	Andre	78
84	Randy	78
86	Seth	77
87	Darren	75
87	Johnny	75
89	Frank	74
89	Reginald	74
89	Troy	74
92	Joel	73
93	Allen	72
94	Brent	70
94	Louis	70
94	Nathaniel	70
94	Raymond	70
98	Craig	68
99	Johnathan	67
100	Philip	66