Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1976

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,092
2	Christopher	933
3	Jason	889
4	James	749
5	John	665
6	David	606
7	Robert	567
8	Joseph	484
9	Kevin	461
10	Jeremy	447
11	Brian	412
12	William	410
13	Charles	378
14	Eric	371
15	Chad	356
16	Brandon	303
17	Daniel	299
18	Anthony	283
19	Kenneth	278
20	Steven	272
21	Matthew	267
22	Ryan	260
22	Timothy	260
24	Mark	251
25	Joshua	249

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Richard	243
27	Scott	239
28	Corey	232
29	Donald	230
29	Thomas	230
31	Jonathan	224
32	Paul	216
33	Benjamin	199
34	Jeffrey	196
35	Ronald	189
35	Shane	189
37	Derrick	186
38	Gregory	181
39	Patrick	174
40	Marcus	173
41	Bryan	162
42	Shawn	158
43	Stephen	157
44	Troy	154
45	Larry	150
46	Keith	144
47	Aaron	139
48	Brad	138
49	Terry	132
50	Travis	130
51	Andrew	127
52	George	125
53	Jerry	122
54	Edward	120
55	Gary	116
56	Brent	115
56	Johnny	115
58	Bradley	112
59	Todd	109
60	Willie	105
61	Jamie	104
61	Sean	104
63	Shannon	101
64	Adam	99
65	Samuel	98
66	Jeffery	97
67	Lance	96
68	Justin	91
69	Henry	90
70	Louis	89
71	Damon	88
71	Phillip	88
73	Randy	86
73	Raymond	86
75	Gerald	84
75	Jacob	84
75	Lawrence	84
78	Craig	82
78	Reginald	82
80	Bobby	81
81	Cory	80
81	Jared	80
81	Nathan	80
84	Ricky	79
85	Calvin	78
85	Russell	78
87	Billy	76
87	Rodney	76
89	Antonio	75
89	Dennis	75
89	Dwayne	75
89	Micheal	75
93	Derek	74
94	Carl	72
94	Frank	72
96	Albert	71
96	Jermaine	71
98	Terrance	70
99	Ronnie	69
99	Toby	69
99	Tony	69