Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1966

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1966 were Lisa for girls (1,063 babies) and Michael for boys (1,236). Social Security records list 67,345 babies born in Louisiana in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1966

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

Girls

Dionne: 29 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Charmaine: 25 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Claudette: 23 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Zina: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Willie: 27 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Deidra: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Ashley: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Roslyn: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Patrice: 62 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rosalind: 41 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Huey: 18 babies, 22.2× the national rate
Jude: 18 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Errol: 18 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Nolan: 25 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Percy: 29 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Lionel: 41 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Wilbert: 37 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Malcolm: 53 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Alton: 37 babies, 5× the national rate
Roosevelt: 30 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	1,063	–	1
2	Angela	626	↑1	9
3	Mary	622	↓1	3
4	Michelle	547	↑12	4
5	Karen	485	↓1	5
6	Melissa	476	↑5	22
7	Donna	438	↓2	12
8	Cynthia	428	↑1	11
9	Tammy	419	↓1	8
10	Pamela	410	↓3	15
11	Sharon	394	↓5	28
12	Kimberly	380	↑1	2
13	Patricia	368	↓3	7
14	Sandra	329	↑1	17
15	Rhonda	327	↓1	39
16	Stephanie	315	↑2	38
17	Jennifer	304	↑6	10
18	Tina	297	↑2	23
19	Susan	281	↓2	6
20	Elizabeth	266	↑1	16
21	Cheryl	252	↑5	34
22	Linda	250	↓10	18
23	Kim	249	↑8	43
24	Denise	228	–	32
25	Deborah	225	↑5	14
26	Paula	224	↓1	50
27	Barbara	223	↑2	27
28	Brenda	222	↓6	25
29	Julie	212	↓2	13
30	Tracy	208	↑11	31
31	Debra	204	↓12	35
32	Rebecca	196	↑4	40
33	Dawn	195	↑11	24
34	Lori	195	↑5	21
35	Laura	191	↓1	19
36	Carolyn	189	↓4	60
37	Jacqueline	186	↓9	47
38	Dana	182	new	68
39	Kelly	182	↑7	26
40	Sheila	182	↓3	51
41	Wendy	180	↑2	41
42	Monica	172	↓7	75
43	Stacey	172	new	76
44	Connie	169	↓11	70
45	Robin	168	↓5	42
46	Amy	166	↑4	30
47	Theresa	164	↓2	46
48	Michele	160	new	36
49	Andrea	159	new	52
50	Nancy	152	new	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	1,236	–	1
2	John	1,157	–	4
3	James	1,124	–	3
4	David	1,004	–	2
5	Robert	833	–	5
6	Kevin	612	–	17
7	Charles	586	↑1	20
8	Joseph	551	↓1	15
9	Mark	548	–	7
10	Kenneth	531	–	21
11	William	491	–	6
12	Richard	456	–	8
13	Paul	442	↑1	18
14	Christopher	434	↑1	12
15	Anthony	429	↑2	22
16	Brian	396	↑5	14
17	Gregory	393	↓4	23
18	Troy	373	↑4	48
19	Donald	371	↓1	27
20	Ronald	362	↑3	24
21	Timothy	355	↓1	11
22	Thomas	339	↓6	10
23	Patrick	334	↓4	31
24	Steven	334	–	13
25	Keith	331	↑3	32
26	Jeffrey	283	–	9
27	Rodney	281	↑3	35
28	Gary	273	↓1	28
29	Eric	267	↓4	25
30	Scott	254	↓1	16
31	Jerry	250	↑5	41
32	Terry	245	↑3	40
33	Stephen	243	↑5	26
34	Larry	235	↑6	38
35	Todd	228	↓1	29
36	Daniel	224	↓4	19
37	Edward	223	–	30
38	George	219	↑4	37
39	Jeffery	212	↑2	42
40	Darren	196	↓9	63
41	Randy	194	↓8	45
42	Tony	187	↑6	49
43	Craig	182	↑1	46
44	Willie	170	↓1	93
45	Carl	161	↓6	56
46	Gerald	161	↑1	60
47	Raymond	157	↑2	47
48	Reginald	156	new	>100
49	Billy	150	new	80
50	Darrell	148	↓5	95

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