Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1997

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	538
2	Michael	500
3	Christopher	485
4	Tyler	453
5	Jacob	443
6	Austin	433
7	Matthew	431
8	Brandon	421
9	Nicholas	399
10	John	350
11	Joseph	341
12	Zachary	325
13	James	318
14	William	297
15	Dylan	295
16	Justin	294
17	Hunter	281
18	Jordan	273
19	Christian	259
20	Robert	249
21	David	246
22	Andrew	228
23	Ryan	225
24	Daniel	221
25	Logan	218

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jonathan	213
27	Cameron	196
28	Anthony	191
29	Devin	185
30	Aaron	180
31	Kyle	175
32	Caleb	174
33	Cody	172
34	Charles	170
35	Kevin	163
36	Thomas	157
37	Eric	154
38	Benjamin	148
39	Alexander	140
40	Samuel	138
41	Blake	133
42	Taylor	132
43	Patrick	126
44	Ethan	122
44	Malik	122
46	Adam	121
47	Connor	119
48	Dustin	115
49	Corey	113
49	Mason	113
51	Alex	112
52	Jason	111
53	Brian	110
54	Cole	109
55	Kenneth	107
56	Chase	106
56	Jeremy	106
58	Noah	104
59	Dakota	100
59	Seth	100
59	Trevor	100
62	Steven	99
63	Evan	97
63	Timothy	97
65	Richard	96
66	Mark	95
67	Jared	91
68	Grant	88
69	Garrett	87
69	Landon	87
69	Stephen	87
72	Bryce	86
72	Nathan	86
74	Sean	85
75	Darius	83
76	Derrick	81
77	Gabriel	80
78	Travis	79
79	Devon	77
80	Dalton	76
80	Gavin	76
80	Luke	76
83	Brennan	74
83	Kaleb	74
85	Brett	73
85	Tristan	73
87	Marcus	71
87	Peyton	71
89	Gregory	70
89	Paul	70
91	Bryan	68
92	Dillon	67
92	Gage	67
92	Ronald	67
92	Trey	67
96	Collin	66
96	Jeremiah	66
96	Nathaniel	66
99	Donald	65
100	Ian	64