Name Legacy

Baby names in Louisiana, 1980s

1980–1989 · 640,311 recorded births

Christopher was the most common name given in Louisiana across the 1980s, with 11,628 births in the decade. The state recorded 640,311 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Louisiana in the 1980s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Angelle29539×
Carmesa817×
Shelita6914×
Keyoka1414×
Kentrell15713×
Huey6313×
Dequincy3613×
Jordy9612×

Top 25 in the 1980s

RankNameBirths
#1Christopher11,628
#2Michael10,239
#3Ashley10,195
#4Joshua9,168
#5Jessica8,449
#6Brandon7,689
#7Jennifer6,962
#8James6,942
#9John6,734
#10Matthew6,433
#11Amanda6,294
#12Justin6,060
#13David5,883
#14Robert5,421
#15Joseph5,354
#16Jason5,305
#17Jonathan4,963
#18Ryan4,556
#19Jeremy4,503
#20Brittany4,467
#21William4,421
#22Daniel4,228
#23Sarah4,095
#24Tiffany3,966
#25Heather3,693

Other decades in Louisiana

All Louisiana names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org