Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,049
2	Christopher	938
3	Jason	931
4	James	757
5	John	717
6	David	593
7	Robert	553
8	Kevin	457
9	Joseph	453
10	Brian	439
11	Charles	415
12	William	409
13	Chad	401
14	Eric	325
14	Richard	325
16	Anthony	301
17	Mark	268
18	Daniel	265
19	Jeffrey	249
20	Thomas	243
21	Steven	242
22	Scott	240
23	Kenneth	238
24	Matthew	226
25	Paul	216

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	215
27	Shane	211
28	Ronald	210
29	Jeremy	205
30	Patrick	203
31	Brandon	201
32	Ryan	199
33	Gregory	190
34	Donald	188
35	Shawn	187
36	Derrick	182
37	Stephen	180
38	Troy	175
39	Corey	174
40	Sean	169
41	Keith	167
41	Larry	167
43	Jonathan	160
44	Brad	159
45	Joshua	151
46	Bryan	149
47	Edward	148
48	Terry	135
49	Gary	133
50	Marcus	131
51	George	123
51	Willie	123
53	Todd	119
54	Aaron	118
54	Jeffery	118
56	Travis	114
57	Andrew	112
58	Jerry	111
59	Raymond	107
60	Shannon	103
61	Benjamin	102
62	Frank	101
63	Jamie	97
63	Rodney	97
65	Johnny	96
66	Samuel	92
67	Billy	91
68	Adam	90
69	Craig	89
70	Reginald	87
70	Russell	87
72	Damon	86
73	Cedric	83
74	Bradley	82
74	Brent	82
74	Gerald	82
74	Tyrone	82
78	Carlos	81
78	Danny	81
78	Jermaine	81
78	Jimmy	81
78	Roy	81
83	Randy	79
84	Bobby	78
84	Louis	78
86	Alvin	76
86	Micheal	76
86	Tony	76
89	Dwayne	75
89	Wayne	75
91	Henry	74
91	Lawrence	74
91	Roderick	74
94	Jerome	73
95	Carl	72
95	Dennis	72
97	Albert	68
97	Phillip	68
99	Byron	67
99	Calvin	67
99	Derek	67