Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1988

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Christopher	974
2	Joshua	970
3	Michael	823
4	Justin	734
5	Brandon	626
6	Matthew	597
7	James	578
8	David	525
9	John	488
10	Jonathan	453
11	Robert	444
12	Ryan	434
13	Joseph	421
14	Andrew	384
15	Jeremy	372
15	William	372
17	Daniel	344
18	Kevin	314
19	Anthony	312
20	Nicholas	309
21	Jacob	297
22	Eric	286
23	Cody	282
24	Charles	257
25	Dustin	250

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Brian	249
27	Thomas	242
28	Travis	239
29	Kyle	237
30	Jason	230
30	Timothy	230
32	Benjamin	226
33	Adam	224
34	Aaron	218
34	Zachary	218
36	Corey	215
37	Stephen	209
38	Kenneth	203
39	Steven	199
40	Richard	195
41	Patrick	191
42	Jordan	182
42	Mark	182
44	Tyler	180
45	Jared	178
46	Paul	164
47	Sean	161
48	Blake	157
49	Gregory	151
50	Marcus	146
51	Chad	136
52	Jeffrey	133
53	Derek	131
54	Derrick	130
55	Devin	128
56	Samuel	126
57	Bryan	125
57	Scott	125
59	Cory	124
60	Donald	120
61	Alexander	112
62	Bradley	106
63	Alex	103
64	Keith	102
65	Brett	101
66	Shawn	100
67	Seth	99
68	Taylor	97
69	Casey	96
70	Phillip	95
71	Ronald	94
72	Lance	92
73	Nathan	91
74	Austin	88
75	Edward	87
76	Chase	86
77	Shane	80
78	Caleb	78
79	Antonio	77
79	Jesse	77
79	Logan	77
82	Terrance	76
83	Terry	75
84	Raymond	74
85	Brent	72
85	Cameron	72
85	Troy	72
88	George	71
89	Terrence	69
89	Vincent	69
89	Wesley	69
92	Christian	68
92	Larry	68
94	Johnny	67
95	Frank	66
96	Jeffery	65
96	Reginald	65
98	Andre	64
99	Carl	63
99	Jerry	63