Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1957

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,607
2	James	1,550
3	John	1,290
4	David	1,278
5	Robert	1,199
6	Charles	970
7	William	770
8	Kenneth	766
9	Donald	746
10	Joseph	734
11	Richard	713
12	Mark	613
13	Ronald	590
14	Larry	577
15	Thomas	530
16	Gary	491
17	Gregory	474
18	Paul	449
19	Anthony	425
20	Keith	408
21	Steven	382
22	Terry	378
23	Ricky	348
24	Jerry	345
25	George	337

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	331
27	Timothy	327
28	Daniel	323
29	Stephen	321
30	Willie	316
31	Randy	314
32	Kevin	286
33	Johnny	285
34	Dennis	269
35	Raymond	261
36	Carl	260
37	Brian	248
38	Henry	241
39	Bruce	224
40	Bobby	222
40	Frank	222
40	Wayne	222
43	Danny	217
43	Glenn	217
45	Louis	214
46	Roy	213
47	Gerald	212
48	Billy	209
49	Calvin	206
50	Ronnie	202
51	Walter	195
52	Harold	193
53	Micheal	192
53	Rickey	192
55	Patrick	190
56	Lawrence	184
57	Darrell	180
58	Jimmy	178
58	Rodney	178
60	Arthur	176
61	Alvin	173
62	Albert	169
63	Curtis	168
64	Melvin	167
65	Barry	160
66	Steve	158
67	Clarence	154
67	Jeffery	154
69	Russell	153
70	Eddie	152
71	Tommy	146
72	Ernest	144
73	Randall	143
74	Ray	140
75	Douglas	138
75	Jeffrey	138
75	Leonard	138
78	Stanley	137
79	Eric	135
80	Eugene	134
80	Roger	134
82	Samuel	131
83	Joe	128
84	Earl	126
85	Reginald	122
86	Allen	120
86	Dale	120
88	Andrew	118
88	Craig	118
90	Tony	116
91	Jerome	115
91	Perry	115
93	Bryan	114
93	Leroy	114
95	Don	112
95	Peter	112
97	Christopher	109
98	Herbert	104
99	Ralph	103
100	Darryl	102