Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,589
2	David	1,407
3	James	1,347
4	John	1,291
5	Robert	1,068
6	Charles	853
7	Mark	776
8	Kenneth	772
9	William	694
10	Joseph	688
11	Donald	633
12	Richard	617
13	Ronald	536
14	Thomas	515
15	Kevin	469
16	Larry	460
17	Gregory	434
18	Paul	432
19	Ricky	400
20	Timothy	399
21	Anthony	398
22	Terry	397
23	Gary	393
24	Keith	343
25	Jerry	321

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	315
27	Edward	314
28	George	312
29	Brian	306
30	Dennis	305
31	Randy	285
32	Carl	272
33	Daniel	270
34	Danny	268
35	Willie	262
36	Stephen	256
37	Johnny	244
38	Wayne	227
39	Patrick	216
40	Gerald	214
41	Micheal	212
42	Bobby	208
42	Jimmy	208
44	Eric	206
45	Christopher	205
46	Craig	203
46	Jeffery	203
48	Louis	199
49	Rickey	198
50	Raymond	197
50	Rodney	197
52	Billy	191
53	Frank	186
53	Henry	186
55	Barry	181
55	Bryan	181
57	Bruce	178
58	Jeffrey	177
59	Ronnie	176
60	Calvin	173
60	Tommy	173
62	Randall	172
63	Albert	170
63	Alvin	170
65	Glenn	167
66	Chris	166
67	Roy	165
68	Walter	164
69	Melvin	156
70	Darrell	154
70	Russell	154
72	Steve	153
73	Lawrence	152
74	Douglas	151
74	Eddie	151
76	Arthur	148
76	Curtis	148
78	Samuel	145
79	Scott	141
80	Allen	139
81	Clarence	131
82	Harold	129
82	Tony	129
84	Ray	124
85	Perry	123
85	Reginald	123
87	Peter	122
88	Andrew	121
88	Ernest	121
90	Dale	119
90	Mike	119
92	Leroy	113
93	Joe	112
93	Leonard	112
95	Alfred	106
96	Earl	105
96	Roger	105
98	Philip	102
98	Stanley	102
100	Kerry	101