Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1962

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,492
2	John	1,285
3	James	1,249
4	David	1,165
5	Robert	975
6	Mark	811
7	Charles	713
8	Joseph	692
9	Kenneth	682
10	Kevin	609
11	William	599
12	Gregory	535
13	Donald	522
14	Richard	484
15	Thomas	440
16	Ronald	439
17	Anthony	431
18	Paul	408
19	Terry	369
20	Keith	352
21	Steven	349
22	Timothy	340
23	Gary	315
24	Larry	311
25	Brian	308

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Troy	300
27	Jeffrey	291
28	Patrick	279
29	Christopher	276
30	Scott	266
31	Stephen	265
32	Jerry	263
32	Randy	263
34	Ricky	262
35	Daniel	261
36	Edward	251
37	Todd	246
38	Eric	245
39	Carl	241
40	George	240
41	Jeffery	218
42	Gerald	210
43	Billy	202
44	Danny	201
45	Bobby	199
46	Bruce	198
47	Willie	194
48	Dennis	192
49	Glenn	189
50	Johnny	187
51	Bryan	174
52	Dwayne	173
52	Raymond	173
54	Barry	172
54	Darrell	172
54	Ronnie	172
57	Craig	170
57	Frank	170
59	Chris	168
59	Micheal	168
61	Wayne	165
62	Rodney	162
63	Jimmy	159
64	Henry	155
65	Reginald	154
66	Curtis	153
66	Douglas	153
68	Tony	152
69	Tommy	151
70	Albert	149
71	Roy	146
72	Jerome	141
73	Darryl	138
73	Louis	138
73	Walter	138
76	Lawrence	132
76	Randall	132
78	Eddie	130
79	Calvin	128
79	Steve	128
81	Allen	127
81	Roger	127
83	Russell	121
84	Alvin	120
85	Arthur	119
86	Don	117
86	Phillip	117
88	Marvin	114
89	Ernest	113
90	Samuel	112
91	Clarence	111
92	Mike	108
93	Darren	107
94	Andrew	105
95	Harold	104
96	Rickey	103
97	Byron	102
97	Dale	102
99	Joe	101
100	Earl	100