Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1998

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jacob	494
2	Joshua	481
3	Michael	465
4	Austin	461
5	Christopher	444
6	Tyler	443
7	Matthew	413
8	Nicholas	406
9	Brandon	370
10	John	341
11	Hunter	340
12	William	336
13	Joseph	314
14	Cameron	306
14	James	306
16	Justin	288
17	Dylan	283
18	Zachary	281
19	Christian	280
20	Jordan	243
21	Logan	240
22	Andrew	237
23	David	232
24	Caleb	230
25	Robert	224

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jonathan	210
27	Daniel	195
28	Ethan	193
29	Anthony	190
30	Devin	189
31	Aaron	186
32	Ryan	176
33	Noah	172
34	Kevin	168
35	Charles	164
36	Kyle	156
37	Cody	152
38	Thomas	145
39	Mason	143
40	Benjamin	139
41	Patrick	130
42	Eric	127
43	Alex	125
44	Alexander	124
44	Seth	124
46	Samuel	123
47	Blake	121
48	Connor	119
48	Nathan	119
50	Chase	112
51	Jeremy	109
52	Brian	107
53	Jared	106
54	Trevor	103
55	Stephen	102
56	Kenneth	100
56	Taylor	100
58	Steven	99
59	Evan	98
59	Malik	98
61	Adam	97
62	Bryce	96
62	Garrett	96
62	Jason	96
65	Timothy	95
66	Gavin	94
66	Sean	94
68	Dalton	93
69	Darius	91
70	Cole	89
71	Dustin	85
72	Corey	84
73	Hayden	83
73	Tristan	83
75	Peyton	82
76	Richard	81
77	Dakota	80
77	Derrick	80
77	Luke	80
77	Marcus	80
81	Gabriel	79
82	Colby	78
82	Jeremiah	78
84	Landon	77
84	Shawn	77
86	Travis	76
87	Grant	74
88	Paul	73
89	Antonio	71
90	Isaiah	70
91	Kaleb	69
91	Mark	69
93	Ian	68
94	Ashton	66
95	Elijah	65
95	Tanner	65
97	Collin	63
97	Dillon	63
99	Bailey	62
99	Bradley	62