Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1965

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1965 were Lisa for girls (1,245 babies) and Michael for boys (1,265). Social Security records list 70,007 babies born in Louisiana in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1965

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

Girls

Angelle: 17 babies, 44.9× the national rate
Angele: 17 babies, 29× the national rate
Kayla: 23 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Claudette: 26 babies, 6× the national rate
Dionne: 26 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Ashley: 21 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Charmaine: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Deidra: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Shelia: 161 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Monique: 120 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Jude: 22 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Errol: 22 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Pernell: 24 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Lionel: 43 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Percy: 28 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Wilbert: 38 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Elton: 24 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Cleveland: 26 babies, 6× the national rate
Wilfred: 23 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Malcolm: 58 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	1,245	–	1
2	Mary	683	–	2
3	Angela	632	↑1	10
4	Karen	615	↓1	3
5	Donna	520	–	7
6	Sharon	461	↑4	22
7	Pamela	438	↑1	12
8	Tammy	422	↓1	11
9	Cynthia	397	↓3	9
10	Patricia	396	↓1	6
11	Melissa	372	↑14	38
12	Linda	361	↓1	8
13	Kimberly	345	↑15	4
14	Rhonda	341	↑4	37
15	Sandra	333	↓2	15
16	Michelle	316	↑3	18
17	Susan	315	↓5	5
18	Stephanie	299	↑9	44
19	Debra	290	↓3	27
20	Tina	288	↑9	29
21	Elizabeth	286	↓6	16
22	Brenda	280	↓5	23
23	Jennifer	270	↑16	20
24	Denise	257	↓4	28
25	Paula	253	↓1	49
26	Cheryl	245	↑4	31
27	Julie	242	↑8	14
28	Jacqueline	241	↓14	47
29	Barbara	230	↓8	25
30	Deborah	229	↓8	13
31	Kim	226	–	43
32	Carolyn	218	↑1	58
33	Connie	211	↑1	61
34	Laura	211	↓2	17
35	Monica	209	↑11	72
36	Rebecca	201	↑5	41
37	Sheila	192	–	50
38	Christine	184	↑12	21
39	Lori	183	↓16	19
40	Robin	182	↓4	33
41	Tracy	179	new	36
42	Wanda	179	↓4	81
43	Wendy	178	new	39
44	Dawn	176	new	26
45	Theresa	173	↓3	45
46	Kelly	165	new	30
47	Darlene	162	↓7	83
48	Shelia	161	new	>100
49	Kathy	149	new	54
50	Amy	147	new	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	1,265	↑1	1
2	John	1,256	↓1	2
3	James	1,110	–	4
4	David	1,007	–	3
5	Robert	914	–	5
6	Kevin	695	↑1	13
7	Joseph	627	↑2	11
8	Charles	576	–	20
9	Mark	576	↓3	7
10	Kenneth	533	–	21
11	William	526	–	6
12	Richard	470	–	8
13	Gregory	413	–	23
14	Paul	398	–	16
15	Christopher	392	↑7	18
16	Thomas	386	–	9
17	Anthony	383	↓2	22
18	Donald	382	–	26
19	Patrick	381	↓2	31
20	Timothy	355	–	12
21	Brian	354	↑2	19
22	Troy	344	↑2	53
23	Ronald	327	↓4	24
24	Steven	322	↓3	14
25	Eric	315	↑6	25
26	Jeffrey	292	↑10	10
27	Gary	275	–	27
28	Keith	266	↓3	35
29	Scott	265	↓1	15
30	Rodney	263	↑18	33
31	Darren	260	new	52
32	Daniel	254	↑5	17
33	Randy	251	↓7	42
34	Todd	240	–	30
35	Terry	239	↓6	40
36	Jerry	229	↓1	41
37	Edward	227	↓7	29
38	Stephen	224	↓5	28
39	Carl	209	↓7	54
40	Larry	209	↓1	38
41	Jeffery	199	–	47
42	George	186	↓4	34
43	Willie	176	↑2	93
44	Craig	173	new	46
45	Darrell	173	new	91
46	Darryl	173	new	68
47	Gerald	169	↓4	64
48	Tony	162	new	48
49	Raymond	161	↓3	45
50	Bobby	160	–	80

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