Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,141
2	Christopher	1,040
3	Jason	940
4	James	802
5	John	719
6	David	687
7	Robert	613
8	Joseph	546
9	Jeremy	439
10	Kevin	437
11	William	436
12	Charles	421
13	Joshua	413
14	Brian	410
15	Brandon	398
16	Matthew	344
17	Ryan	342
18	Eric	336
19	Daniel	329
20	Derrick	326
21	Timothy	310
22	Chad	308
23	Anthony	306
24	Richard	283
25	Nicholas	274

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mark	257
27	Steven	255
28	Thomas	249
29	Jonathan	243
30	Kenneth	239
31	Corey	232
32	Paul	218
33	Jeffrey	213
34	Stephen	211
35	Donald	207
36	Scott	201
37	Patrick	200
38	Justin	196
39	Gregory	190
39	Ronald	190
41	Marcus	184
42	Shawn	180
43	Benjamin	177
44	Aaron	174
45	Travis	162
46	Adam	160
47	Bryan	158
48	Larry	154
49	Edward	149
50	Gary	137
51	Shane	135
52	Keith	134
53	Andrew	132
54	Shaun	130
55	Troy	128
56	Bradley	127
57	Lance	124
58	Jacob	121
58	Jeffery	121
60	Brad	117
61	Jared	115
61	Terry	115
63	Sean	112
64	Jerry	108
65	Randy	107
66	Willie	106
67	Craig	105
68	Todd	104
69	George	103
69	Rodney	103
71	Phillip	102
72	Reginald	101
73	Cory	100
74	Casey	98
74	Raymond	98
76	Damon	97
77	Samuel	95
78	Bobby	94
79	Kyle	93
79	Nathan	93
81	Henry	92
82	Dwayne	91
83	Derek	88
83	Gerald	88
85	Louis	87
86	Curtis	85
86	Frank	85
88	Shannon	84
89	Billy	81
89	Douglas	81
91	Brent	77
92	Damien	76
93	Carl	75
94	Johnny	74
94	Wesley	74
96	Jamie	73
96	Kendrick	73
98	Carlos	72
98	Roy	72
100	Albert	71
100	Alvin	71
100	Byron	71
100	Jesse	71
100	Tyrone	71