Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1964

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1964 were Lisa for girls (966 babies) and John for boys (1,468). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 76,044 babies born in Louisiana in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1964

Names given at least 15 times in Louisiana that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Troy: 20 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Charmaine: 26 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Djuna: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Deidra: 26 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Danna: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shelia: 147 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bridgett: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Mona: 63 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rosalind: 39 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Roslyn: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Jude: 27 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Lionel: 59 babies, 8× the national rate
Errol: 21 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Wilbert: 47 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Percy: 28 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Wilfred: 24 babies, 6× the national rate
Alton: 48 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Cleveland: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Bryant: 44 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Roosevelt: 34 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	966	–	1
2	Mary	937	–	2
3	Karen	599	↑1	4
4	Angela	582	↑5	22
5	Donna	569	↓2	7
6	Cynthia	541	–	9
7	Tammy	501	↓2	10
8	Pamela	493	↓1	11
9	Patricia	488	↑3	5
10	Sharon	488	–	20
11	Linda	399	↓3	8
12	Susan	372	↑1	3
13	Sandra	365	↓2	13
14	Jacqueline	330	↑17	37
15	Elizabeth	324	↑1	16
16	Debra	320	↓2	24
17	Brenda	315	↓2	18
18	Rhonda	313	↑1	43
19	Michelle	306	↑13	23
20	Denise	295	–	25
21	Barbara	290	↓3	19
22	Deborah	283	↑1	12
23	Lori	277	↓6	15
24	Paula	273	↓2	45
25	Melissa	270	↑4	53
26	Dana	262	new	70
27	Stephanie	260	↑8	57
28	Kimberly	259	↑15	6
29	Tina	255	↓1	34
30	Cheryl	252	↓5	29
31	Kim	252	↓5	42
32	Laura	251	↑1	14
33	Carolyn	247	↓9	56
34	Connie	247	↓13	64
35	Julie	247	↑2	17
36	Robin	239	↓9	27
37	Sheila	232	↑1	51
38	Wanda	231	↑1	81
39	Jennifer	218	↓3	31
40	Darlene	214	↑5	80
41	Rebecca	201	↓7	46
42	Theresa	199	↑5	38
43	Terri	189	↓1	62
44	Annette	187	new	68
45	Cindy	187	↓15	47
46	Monica	184	new	90
47	Janice	174	↓7	69
48	Nancy	170	↑1	26
49	Carla	166	new	78
50	Christine	165	new	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	John	1,468	↑1	2
2	Michael	1,312	↓1	1
3	James	1,263	↑1	4
4	David	1,133	↓1	3
5	Robert	1,043	–	5
6	Mark	715	–	6
7	Kevin	708	–	13
8	Charles	671	–	17
9	Joseph	658	↑2	11
10	Kenneth	641	–	18
11	William	605	↓2	7
12	Richard	543	–	8
13	Gregory	467	–	22
14	Paul	455	–	16
15	Anthony	426	–	21
16	Thomas	417	↑2	9
17	Patrick	402	↑9	30
18	Donald	399	↓2	25
19	Ronald	385	↓2	24
20	Timothy	361	↑3	15
21	Steven	346	–	12
22	Christopher	340	↑12	23
23	Brian	332	↑1	20
24	Troy	328	↓4	57
25	Keith	312	↓6	34
26	Randy	311	↑12	38
27	Gary	304	↓2	26
28	Scott	292	↑7	14
29	Terry	285	↓7	35
30	Edward	278	↑1	27
31	Eric	274	↓4	32
32	Carl	267	↓4	55
33	Stephen	260	↑3	29
34	Todd	258	↓1	28
35	Jerry	255	↓6	40
36	Jeffrey	251	↓6	10
37	Daniel	240	↑5	19
38	George	233	↑1	33
39	Larry	230	↓7	36
40	Ricky	225	↑1	54
41	Jeffery	205	↓1	45
42	Danny	201	↑2	56
43	Gerald	200	new	60
44	Johnny	200	↑1	74
45	Willie	200	↓8	90
46	Raymond	196	–	44
47	Dwayne	186	↓4	>100
48	Rodney	172	new	59
49	Frank	169	new	41
50	Bobby	167	↓2	73

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