Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,159
2	Christopher	954
3	James	835
4	John	828
5	Robert	650
6	Jason	648
7	David	647
8	Kevin	571
9	Brian	520
10	Joseph	512
11	William	444
12	Charles	440
13	Chad	405
14	Eric	383
15	Scott	360
16	Mark	333
17	Anthony	318
18	Richard	316
19	Ronald	290
20	Kenneth	273
21	Paul	266
21	Steven	266
23	Daniel	262
24	Thomas	261
25	Donald	258

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	246
27	Gregory	237
28	Patrick	235
29	Troy	220
30	Jeffrey	218
31	Keith	213
32	Derrick	203
33	Jonathan	191
34	Shawn	186
35	Stephen	181
36	Shane	180
37	Larry	178
38	Edward	177
39	Ryan	176
40	Bryan	174
41	Matthew	173
42	Jeremy	166
43	Todd	162
44	Corey	157
45	Gary	155
46	George	152
47	Terry	150
48	Sean	148
49	Marcus	132
50	Craig	129
51	Dwayne	128
51	Shannon	128
53	Johnny	127
53	Willie	127
55	Jeffery	124
56	Raymond	121
57	Brandon	118
58	Jerry	115
59	Reginald	114
60	Brent	112
61	Rodney	111
62	Gerald	109
63	Travis	107
64	Douglas	106
65	Tyrone	105
66	Chris	102
67	Bobby	101
68	Billy	96
68	Dennis	96
68	Tony	96
71	Frederick	95
71	Micheal	95
73	Samuel	94
74	Darren	92
75	Roy	91
76	Russell	89
76	Walter	89
78	Carl	88
79	Jimmy	87
79	Louis	87
81	Jamie	86
82	Andrew	85
83	Frank	84
84	Darrell	83
85	Benjamin	82
85	Danny	82
87	Ronnie	81
88	Randy	80
89	Henry	77
90	Aaron	76
91	Lance	75
91	Marvin	75
93	Bradley	73
93	Lawrence	73
93	Ricky	73
96	Jermaine	72
96	Phillip	72
98	Calvin	71
99	Albert	70
99	Brett	70
99	Curtis	70