Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1968

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,298
2	John	1,140
3	James	1,056
4	David	921
5	Robert	859
6	Kevin	612
7	William	576
8	Charles	572
9	Joseph	570
10	Mark	568
11	Christopher	543
12	Richard	441
13	Brian	432
14	Kenneth	430
15	Anthony	421
16	Timothy	405
17	Paul	399
18	Troy	391
19	Thomas	351
20	Patrick	347
21	Ronald	333
21	Steven	333
23	Donald	324
24	Gregory	306
25	Eric	282

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	264
27	Jeffrey	254
28	Scott	247
29	Larry	243
30	Todd	240
31	Keith	239
32	Edward	230
33	Terry	229
34	Daniel	228
35	Gary	210
36	Rodney	192
37	George	191
38	Craig	181
38	Jerry	181
40	Bryan	168
41	Darren	161
42	Jeffery	158
43	Chad	157
43	Jason	157
45	Reginald	155
45	Willie	155
47	Gerald	152
47	Raymond	152
49	Johnny	150
50	Dennis	146
51	Randy	145
52	Matthew	144
53	Tony	140
54	Louis	139
55	Darrell	138
56	Douglas	132
57	Bobby	131
57	Carl	131
59	Frank	128
59	Henry	128
61	Chris	125
61	Jimmy	125
61	Sean	125
64	Andrew	120
65	Ricky	117
66	Billy	116
66	Dwayne	116
66	Tommy	116
69	Russell	114
70	Derrick	112
71	Curtis	108
72	Shawn	106
73	Harold	103
73	Shane	103
75	Ronnie	102
76	Micheal	101
77	Bruce	99
78	Lawrence	98
79	Calvin	97
80	Marvin	96
81	Byron	94
81	Ernest	94
81	Roy	94
81	Samuel	94
85	Albert	90
85	Barry	90
85	Glenn	90
88	Danny	88
88	Eddie	88
88	Randall	88
91	Jonathan	87
92	Brent	86
92	Warren	86
94	Earl	84
95	Wayne	83
96	Lee	81
96	Shannon	81
96	Walter	81
99	Derek	80
99	Kirk	80