Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1966

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,236
2	John	1,157
3	James	1,124
4	David	1,004
5	Robert	833
6	Kevin	612
7	Charles	586
8	Joseph	551
9	Mark	548
10	Kenneth	531
11	William	491
12	Richard	456
13	Paul	442
14	Christopher	434
15	Anthony	429
16	Brian	396
17	Gregory	393
18	Troy	373
19	Donald	371
20	Ronald	362
21	Timothy	355
22	Thomas	339
23	Patrick	334
23	Steven	334
25	Keith	331

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeffrey	283
27	Rodney	281
28	Gary	273
29	Eric	267
30	Scott	254
31	Jerry	250
32	Terry	245
33	Stephen	243
34	Larry	235
35	Todd	228
36	Daniel	224
37	Edward	223
38	George	219
39	Jeffery	212
40	Darren	196
41	Randy	194
42	Tony	187
43	Craig	182
44	Willie	170
45	Carl	161
45	Gerald	161
47	Raymond	157
48	Reginald	156
49	Billy	150
50	Darrell	148
51	Dennis	146
52	Bryan	144
53	Johnny	143
54	Frank	141
55	Ricky	140
56	Bobby	138
56	Chad	138
58	Dwayne	132
59	Andrew	130
59	Douglas	130
61	Darryl	129
61	Roy	129
63	Micheal	128
64	Henry	126
64	Louis	126
66	Chris	125
66	Jason	125
68	Jimmy	124
69	Bruce	123
70	Lawrence	120
71	Russell	117
72	Barry	114
73	Danny	113
73	Ronnie	113
73	Wayne	113
76	Marvin	108
77	Curtis	107
78	Albert	106
79	Randall	104
80	Roger	103
81	Sean	102
82	Allen	98
82	Samuel	98
84	Matthew	97
85	Peter	96
85	Tommy	96
87	Arthur	95
88	Byron	94
89	Earl	91
89	Warren	91
91	Walter	90
92	Harold	89
92	Vincent	89
94	Alvin	88
95	Philip	86
96	Melvin	85
97	Phillip	84
98	Darrin	83
98	Eddie	83
100	Brent	81
100	Calvin	81
100	Clarence	81
100	Lee	81
100	Leonard	81