Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1965

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,265
2	John	1,256
3	James	1,110
4	David	1,007
5	Robert	914
6	Kevin	695
7	Joseph	627
8	Charles	576
8	Mark	576
10	Kenneth	533
11	William	526
12	Richard	470
13	Gregory	413
14	Paul	398
15	Christopher	392
16	Thomas	386
17	Anthony	383
18	Donald	382
19	Patrick	381
20	Timothy	355
21	Brian	354
22	Troy	344
23	Ronald	327
24	Steven	322
25	Eric	315

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeffrey	292
27	Gary	275
28	Keith	266
29	Scott	265
30	Rodney	263
31	Darren	260
32	Daniel	254
33	Randy	251
34	Todd	240
35	Terry	239
36	Jerry	229
37	Edward	227
38	Stephen	224
39	Carl	209
39	Larry	209
41	Jeffery	199
42	George	186
43	Willie	176
44	Craig	173
44	Darrell	173
44	Darryl	173
47	Gerald	169
48	Tony	162
49	Raymond	161
50	Bobby	160
51	Reginald	156
52	Frank	153
53	Bryan	152
53	Danny	152
55	Henry	150
56	Chris	148
56	Johnny	148
58	Ricky	147
59	Douglas	146
60	Dwayne	142
61	Barry	140
62	Dennis	137
63	Allen	136
64	Bruce	135
65	Louis	132
66	Harold	129
67	Jimmy	128
68	Andrew	127
68	Lawrence	127
68	Roy	127
71	Curtis	126
72	Billy	125
72	Glenn	125
74	Ronnie	124
75	Eddie	123
75	Matthew	123
75	Russell	123
78	Wayne	122
79	Micheal	117
80	Walter	116
81	Randall	115
82	Calvin	111
82	Melvin	111
84	Albert	110
85	Arthur	108
86	Lee	101
87	Clarence	99
87	Vincent	99
89	Byron	97
89	Marvin	97
91	Ernest	96
92	Roger	95
92	Samuel	95
94	Alvin	91
94	Jason	91
96	Leonard	87
96	Phillip	87
98	Leroy	86
98	Steve	86
100	Peter	84