Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1960

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

RankNameBabies
1Michael1,555
2David1,363
3James1,354
4John1,264
5Robert1,066
6Charles811
7Mark780
8Kenneth724
9Joseph681
10William646
11Donald590
12Richard550
13Ronald488
14Gregory476
15Kevin475
16Larry458
17Thomas436
18Anthony435
19Paul430
20Timothy383
21Keith381
22Gary379
22Terry379
24Steven352
25Ricky341
RankNameBabies
26Jerry321
27Edward307
28Brian301
29Randy295
30Stephen294
31Carl290
32Willie287
33Dennis280
34Daniel269
35Christopher267
36George258
37Johnny254
38Raymond221
39Jeffrey218
40Micheal215
41Craig212
42Bobby210
43Patrick209
44Billy205
45Eric202
45Gerald202
45Henry202
48Danny201
49Frank200
50Jimmy195
51Wayne190
52Rodney186
53Bruce184
54Ronnie179
55Jeffery178
56Glenn175
57Calvin174
58Russell171
59Bryan167
59Scott167
61Albert164
62Darrell163
62Roy163
64Tony160
64Walter160
66Barry157
66Douglas157
66Randall157
69Eddie155
69Melvin155
71Louis152
72Darryl148
72Tommy148
74Chris147
75Lawrence144
76Dwayne142
77Curtis141
78Arthur138
79Mike137
79Steve137
81Alvin130
82Allen129
83Roger126
84Reginald125
84Rickey125
86Darren124
87Harold123
88Samuel122
89Leonard115
90Clarence114
91Dale111
92Andrew108
93Phillip107
94Ernest105
94Joe105
96Earl104
96Tyrone104
98Don103
99Lee101
100Peter100