Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1987

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	1,066
2	Joshua	1,011
3	Michael	847
4	Brandon	717
5	Matthew	681
6	Justin	654
7	James	551
8	John	524
9	David	463
10	Robert	448
11	Joseph	436
12	Ryan	431
13	Jeremy	427
14	Jonathan	423
15	Daniel	397
16	Andrew	382
17	William	344
18	Nicholas	340
19	Kevin	316
20	Eric	312
21	Charles	297
22	Anthony	292
23	Dustin	290
24	Cody	289
25	Jason	284

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	267
27	Jacob	264
27	Thomas	264
29	Brian	263
30	Steven	262
31	Kyle	229
32	Adam	223
33	Stephen	208
34	Kenneth	205
35	Benjamin	203
35	Corey	203
37	Patrick	202
38	Richard	197
39	Jared	189
40	Aaron	188
41	Jordan	187
42	Travis	183
43	Mark	177
44	Gregory	170
45	Jeffrey	164
46	Derek	162
46	Marcus	162
48	Chad	161
49	Derrick	144
50	Zachary	141
51	Blake	137
52	Samuel	136
52	Sean	136
54	Paul	133
55	Bryan	131
55	Scott	131
57	Tyler	129
58	Donald	127
59	Bradley	124
60	Cory	119
61	Shawn	112
62	Casey	111
63	Edward	109
64	Lance	107
64	Shane	107
66	Brett	106
67	Ronald	103
68	Alex	101
68	Jesse	101
70	Alexander	100
70	Keith	100
72	Devin	94
73	Chase	93
73	Seth	93
75	Larry	90
76	Jeffery	89
77	Phillip	88
77	Terry	88
79	Antonio	87
80	Jerry	85
81	Nathan	83
82	Raymond	82
83	Troy	81
84	Philip	79
85	Brent	78
86	Wesley	73
87	Randy	72
88	Caleb	71
88	Willie	71
90	Lawrence	70
91	Johnathan	69
92	Austin	68
92	Gary	68
92	George	68
92	Kendrick	68
96	Frank	66
97	Carl	65
98	Bobby	64
98	Tony	64
100	Byron	63
100	Craig	63
100	Jamal	63