Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,036
2	Christopher	943
3	John	792
4	Jason	784
5	James	777
6	Robert	625
7	David	616
8	Kevin	540
9	Brian	471
10	Charles	452
11	Joseph	424
12	Chad	415
13	William	401
14	Mark	321
15	Anthony	320
16	Eric	311
17	Richard	295
18	Scott	262
19	Daniel	257
20	Kenneth	254
21	Thomas	248
22	Donald	243
23	Steven	237
24	Paul	235
25	Patrick	230

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	225
27	Troy	209
28	Shawn	206
29	Gregory	205
30	Ryan	204
31	Shane	202
32	Jeffrey	199
33	Ronald	198
34	Edward	188
35	Jonathan	181
36	Matthew	180
37	Stephen	177
38	Keith	176
39	Larry	174
40	Bryan	171
41	Derrick	170
42	Brandon	162
43	Jeremy	155
44	Corey	146
45	Todd	135
46	Gary	130
46	Terry	130
48	Willie	126
49	Sean	125
50	Joshua	123
51	George	119
51	Marcus	119
53	Jeffery	118
54	Aaron	114
55	Jermaine	111
56	Jerry	110
57	Johnny	108
58	Rodney	106
59	Brent	104
59	Shannon	104
59	Travis	104
62	Billy	102
63	Reginald	100
64	Tyrone	98
65	Andrew	97
65	Brad	97
65	Craig	97
68	Jamie	94
69	Dennis	92
70	Dwayne	91
70	Gerald	91
72	Roy	88
73	Chris	87
73	Samuel	87
75	Randy	86
75	Raymond	86
77	Henry	85
78	Micheal	84
79	Douglas	83
80	Benjamin	82
80	Bradley	82
80	Frank	82
83	Derek	81
83	Ronnie	81
85	Bobby	80
86	Damon	78
86	Louis	78
88	Albert	76
88	Carl	76
88	Curtis	76
91	Cedric	75
92	Frederick	74
93	Jimmy	73
94	Adam	72
95	Allen	70
95	Russell	70
97	Byron	69
97	Carlos	69
97	Leonard	69
100	Danny	68
100	Lawrence	68
100	Terrence	68