Most popular boys’ names in Louisiana, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,142
2	Christopher	1,093
3	Joshua	845
4	James	834
5	Jason	828
6	Brandon	752
7	John	739
8	David	690
9	Robert	648
10	Joseph	605
10	Matthew	605
12	Jonathan	564
13	Justin	542
14	Jeremy	521
15	William	465
16	Ryan	424
17	Charles	414
18	Brian	402
19	Eric	395
20	Daniel	377
21	Travis	339
22	Kevin	338
23	Nicholas	330
24	Kenneth	318
25	Anthony	311

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	302
27	Chad	275
28	Steven	272
29	Dustin	265
30	Paul	261
31	Thomas	257
32	Adam	254
33	Richard	247
34	Mark	245
35	Benjamin	243
36	Corey	235
37	Aaron	227
38	Jacob	221
39	Derrick	219
40	Stephen	212
41	Patrick	208
42	Andrew	199
43	Scott	198
44	Donald	194
45	Ronald	186
46	Jeffrey	182
47	Derek	177
48	Jared	176
49	Gregory	167
50	Larry	166
51	Marcus	159
52	Jesse	153
53	Edward	152
54	Keith	148
55	Gary	141
56	Sean	138
57	Nathan	136
58	Bryan	135
59	Jeffery	132
60	Bradley	122
61	Terry	120
62	Cody	119
62	George	119
62	Lance	119
65	Samuel	118
66	Shawn	115
67	Kyle	113
68	Shane	112
69	Willie	110
70	Randy	108
71	Johnny	107
71	Phillip	107
73	Casey	103
74	Brad	102
75	Raymond	101
76	Troy	100
77	Brett	98
78	Bobby	97
78	Jerry	97
80	Jermaine	95
81	Craig	93
82	Henry	92
83	Billy	91
84	Curtis	88
84	Gerald	88
84	Lawrence	88
87	Ricky	87
88	Brent	86
88	Wesley	86
90	Todd	84
91	Carl	82
92	Dennis	81
93	Blake	80
93	Lee	80
95	Antonio	79
95	Russell	79
97	Cory	78
98	Louis	77
98	Lucas	77
100	Allen	76
100	Rodney	76