Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1971

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,183
2	James	944
3	John	865
4	Christopher	821
5	David	775
6	Robert	760
7	Jason	601
8	Kevin	565
9	William	555
10	Charles	524
11	Joseph	507
12	Scott	442
13	Chad	410
14	Brian	403
15	Mark	385
16	Eric	368
17	Anthony	351
18	Richard	345
19	Kenneth	325
20	Paul	319
21	Troy	300
22	Thomas	296
23	Ronald	289
24	Steven	286
25	Patrick	277

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	267
27	Gregory	264
28	Shawn	258
29	Keith	254
30	Jeffrey	251
31	Donald	232
32	Stephen	203
33	Larry	199
34	Shane	198
35	Derrick	196
36	Edward	194
37	Daniel	191
38	Jerry	172
39	Matthew	169
40	Gary	168
40	Jonathan	168
42	Craig	166
43	Sean	165
44	Marcus	162
44	Todd	162
46	Terry	161
47	Corey	156
47	George	156
47	Jeffery	156
50	Bryan	140
51	Rodney	137
52	Johnny	134
52	Shannon	134
54	Jeremy	129
55	Gerald	125
56	Bobby	123
56	Frederick	123
58	Ryan	122
59	Reginald	120
59	Willie	120
61	Billy	115
62	Darren	112
62	Frank	112
64	Aaron	111
64	Raymond	111
66	Henry	110
67	Chris	108
67	Dennis	108
69	Andrew	104
69	Travis	104
71	Tyrone	101
72	Darrell	100
72	Louis	100
72	Russell	100
75	Douglas	99
76	Carl	98
77	Jimmy	96
77	Tony	96
79	Dwayne	93
79	Randy	93
79	Samuel	93
82	Brent	92
82	Curtis	92
84	Jamie	91
85	Brandon	90
85	Micheal	90
87	Lawrence	89
88	Calvin	88
88	Phillip	88
88	Roy	88
91	Walter	87
92	Albert	86
92	Harold	86
92	Marvin	86
95	Bradley	85
95	Byron	85
97	Danny	83
97	Lance	83
99	Derek	82
100	Allen	80
100	Benjamin	80
100	Ronnie	80