Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1980

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,208
2	Christopher	1,036
3	Jason	968
4	John	819
5	James	789
6	Joshua	731
7	David	680
8	Brandon	619
9	Joseph	604
10	Robert	578
11	Jeremy	553
12	Justin	515
13	William	480
14	Jonathan	451
15	Nicholas	445
16	Brian	435
17	Charles	425
18	Matthew	415
19	Ryan	405
20	Daniel	393
21	Eric	388
22	Travis	358
23	Kevin	342
24	Chad	329
25	Anthony	320

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	304
27	Richard	279
28	Thomas	273
29	Kenneth	249
30	Paul	247
31	Steven	243
32	Derrick	237
33	Dustin	235
34	Patrick	232
35	Mark	227
36	Corey	220
37	Adam	219
38	Benjamin	208
39	Gregory	207
40	Donald	206
41	Jeffrey	204
42	Stephen	197
43	Derek	192
44	Scott	189
45	Andrew	188
46	Aaron	186
47	Shawn	170
48	Jacob	169
49	Marcus	168
50	Ronald	167
51	Bradley	160
52	Jared	153
52	Larry	153
54	Bryan	142
55	Gary	140
56	Brad	137
57	Edward	136
57	Keith	136
59	Terry	130
60	Jermaine	126
61	Sean	125
62	Samuel	123
63	Shane	122
64	Willie	119
65	Bobby	116
65	Troy	116
67	George	115
68	Craig	112
68	Lance	112
70	Jerry	109
70	Kyle	109
72	Douglas	104
72	Nathan	104
74	Brent	103
75	Casey	102
75	Jesse	102
75	Reginald	102
78	Billy	99
78	Todd	99
80	Jamie	98
81	Damien	94
81	Johnny	94
81	Raymond	94
84	Randy	93
85	Curtis	92
86	Rodney	91
87	Frank	90
88	Phillip	89
89	Cory	88
90	Wesley	87
91	Albert	86
91	Jeffery	86
93	Gerald	82
94	Byron	81
94	Carl	81
96	Micheal	80
97	Antonio	79
98	Beau	78
98	Louis	78
98	Shaun	78