Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,164
2	Christopher	1,139
3	Jason	981
4	James	812
5	John	762
6	David	688
7	Robert	570
8	Joshua	567
9	Joseph	544
10	Jeremy	542
11	Brandon	500
12	Travis	430
13	Charles	425
14	Brian	417
15	William	412
16	Kevin	401
17	Ryan	384
18	Nicholas	360
19	Daniel	359
20	Matthew	350
21	Anthony	337
22	Chad	327
23	Eric	323
24	Timothy	321
25	Jonathan	310

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	274
27	Derrick	273
28	Justin	258
29	Richard	255
30	Kenneth	254
31	Thomas	242
32	Patrick	234
33	Corey	233
34	Mark	228
35	Jeffrey	216
36	Paul	215
37	Adam	213
38	Donald	212
39	Benjamin	209
40	Scott	196
41	Keith	190
42	Andrew	186
42	Gregory	186
44	Aaron	185
45	Stephen	175
46	Marcus	173
47	Jacob	170
48	Bryan	168
49	Ronald	166
50	Shawn	163
51	Larry	162
52	Edward	161
53	Brad	139
53	Bradley	139
55	Willie	133
56	Shane	126
57	Gary	124
58	Terry	121
59	Jared	118
60	Derek	117
60	Shaun	117
62	Todd	112
63	Kyle	109
64	George	108
64	Lance	108
66	Cory	104
66	Nathan	104
68	Troy	103
69	Jeffery	102
70	Randy	100
71	Casey	99
72	Jesse	96
73	Billy	95
73	Samuel	95
75	Raymond	94
76	Dennis	92
77	Phillip	90
77	Reginald	90
77	Sean	90
80	Gerald	89
81	Jerry	88
82	Kendrick	87
83	Wesley	85
84	Craig	84
84	Frank	84
86	Louis	82
87	Brent	81
87	Damien	81
87	Douglas	81
87	Russell	81
91	Bobby	80
91	Darrell	80
91	Dustin	80
91	Henry	80
95	Terrance	79
96	Carl	78
97	Calvin	76
97	Jamie	76
99	Byron	75
100	Walter	74