Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,127
2	Christopher	1,008
3	Jason	995
4	James	772
5	David	687
6	John	642
7	Robert	625
8	Joseph	522
9	Jeremy	492
10	Kevin	472
11	Brian	464
12	William	427
13	Charles	422
14	Joshua	391
15	Eric	372
16	Ryan	355
17	Brandon	343
18	Daniel	333
19	Chad	317
20	Anthony	300
21	Corey	293
22	Matthew	289
23	Richard	287
24	Derrick	275
25	Kenneth	267

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mark	261
26	Thomas	261
28	Jonathan	249
29	Steven	239
30	Timothy	235
31	Scott	226
32	Jeffrey	222
33	Donald	218
34	Paul	211
34	Stephen	211
36	Benjamin	208
37	Ronald	191
38	Shawn	189
39	Patrick	183
40	Gregory	180
41	Larry	177
42	Aaron	167
43	Brad	164
44	Bryan	160
44	Shane	160
44	Travis	160
47	Andrew	159
48	Gary	157
49	Marcus	155
50	Keith	151
51	Adam	136
52	Edward	134
53	Justin	133
54	Troy	132
55	Bradley	130
56	George	126
57	Cory	124
57	Lance	124
59	Terry	115
59	Willie	115
61	Todd	113
62	Raymond	110
63	Jared	109
64	Jerry	108
65	Reginald	105
65	Sean	105
67	Jacob	103
68	Damon	102
69	Billy	101
70	Jamie	99
71	Samuel	98
72	Craig	97
72	Johnny	97
72	Nicholas	97
75	Bobby	95
76	Wesley	94
77	Dennis	92
77	Dwayne	92
79	Brent	90
79	Gerald	90
81	Rodney	89
82	Randy	85
83	Louis	83
83	Phillip	83
83	Shannon	83
86	Derek	82
86	Henry	82
86	Nathan	82
86	Tony	82
90	Antonio	81
91	Jeffery	78
91	Tyrone	78
93	Russell	77
94	Frank	76
94	Jesse	76
96	Casey	75
97	Andre	73
97	Eddie	73
97	Jimmy	73
97	Lawrence	73