Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1970

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,262
2	James	1,076
3	John	1,034
4	Robert	840
5	David	812
6	Christopher	709
7	Kevin	637
8	Charles	581
9	William	563
10	Joseph	550
11	Mark	482
12	Richard	442
13	Brian	423
14	Jason	414
15	Anthony	404
16	Kenneth	391
17	Eric	365
18	Scott	359
19	Thomas	329
20	Paul	322
21	Steven	316
22	Troy	313
23	Timothy	312
24	Ronald	307
25	Patrick	295

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeffrey	286
27	Gregory	280
28	Donald	278
29	Chad	257
30	Stephen	254
31	Daniel	250
32	Edward	232
33	Todd	211
34	Keith	209
35	Derrick	192
36	Terry	189
37	Jerry	185
38	Gary	183
39	Larry	181
39	Shawn	181
41	Craig	178
42	George	171
43	Corey	170
44	Gerald	164
45	Matthew	160
46	Sean	156
47	Shane	154
48	Johnny	146
49	Dwayne	145
50	Bryan	143
51	Jeffery	140
52	Henry	139
53	Andrew	134
53	Willie	134
55	Bobby	130
55	Marcus	130
57	Raymond	128
58	Carl	124
58	Rodney	124
60	Tony	122
61	Frank	121
61	Jonathan	121
63	Darren	119
63	Louis	119
65	Reginald	118
66	Randy	114
66	Russell	114
68	Tyrone	110
69	Douglas	109
69	Travis	109
69	Wayne	109
72	Chris	108
73	Darrell	107
74	Brent	104
75	Billy	102
75	Dennis	102
77	Allen	101
78	Harold	100
79	Lawrence	99
80	Micheal	96
81	Jimmy	93
82	Samuel	92
82	Shannon	92
84	Byron	91
84	Lance	91
86	Walter	90
87	Aaron	88
88	Arthur	87
89	Calvin	86
89	Ronnie	86
91	Tommy	85
92	Albert	84
92	Bradley	84
92	Roy	84
95	Danny	83
96	Ricky	80
97	Phillip	78
98	Curtis	77
98	Frederick	77
100	Eddie	76
100	Glenn	76