Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1967

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1967 were Lisa for girls (936 babies) and Michael for boys (1,343). Social Security records list 65,755 babies born in Louisiana in 1967 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1967

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

Girls

Charmaine: 24 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Dionne: 46 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Ashley: 36 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Roslyn: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Deidra: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Adrian: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Claudette: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lillie: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Shelia: 103 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bridgette: 40 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Nolan: 25 babies, 10× the national rate
Lionel: 57 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Errol: 22 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Percy: 24 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Kirt: 21 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Cornell: 22 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Alton: 42 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Carroll: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Cleveland: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Malcolm: 39 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1967

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Lisa	936	–	1
2	Angela	684	–	7
3	Melissa	592	↑3	9
4	Michelle	589	–	3
5	Mary	535	↓2	4
6	Tammy	467	↑3	8
7	Kimberly	408	↑5	2
8	Pamela	399	↑2	17
9	Karen	394	↓4	6
10	Stephanie	385	↑6	25
11	Patricia	368	↑2	11
12	Sharon	356	↓1	30
13	Donna	354	↓6	19
14	Cynthia	336	↓6	18
15	Sandra	324	↓1	20
16	Tina	282	↑2	21
17	Rhonda	281	↓2	41
18	Jennifer	276	↓1	10
19	Elizabeth	266	↑1	13
20	Linda	260	↑2	26
21	Susan	257	↓2	5
22	Denise	253	↑2	34
23	Wendy	237	↑18	32
24	Julie	224	↑5	16
25	Tracy	222	↑5	29
26	Paula	220	–	46
27	Laura	214	↑8	15
28	Amy	207	↑18	12
29	Dawn	207	↑4	27
30	Rebecca	205	↑2	39
31	Monica	200	↑11	70
32	Debra	199	↓1	38
33	Cheryl	194	↓12	35
34	Dana	193	↑4	71
35	Kim	193	↓12	49
36	Jacqueline	189	↑1	52
37	Carolyn	186	↓1	60
38	Lori	181	↓4	24
39	Deborah	176	↓14	22
40	Barbara	172	↓13	33
41	Connie	171	↑3	75
42	Stacey	167	↑1	69
43	Brenda	166	↓15	31
44	Christine	166	new	14
45	Leslie	159	new	66
46	Michele	158	↑2	36
47	Amanda	155	new	>100
48	Andrea	153	↑1	48
49	Wanda	153	new	100
50	Kelly	152	↓11	23

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Michael	1,343	–	1
2	John	1,160	–	4
3	James	1,054	–	3
4	David	1,017	–	2
5	Robert	838	–	5
6	Kevin	625	–	17
7	Charles	575	–	20
8	Joseph	562	–	15
9	Mark	524	–	7
10	William	497	↑1	6
11	Richard	457	↑1	8
12	Kenneth	453	↓2	22
13	Anthony	452	↑2	21
14	Christopher	452	–	9
15	Paul	436	↓2	18
16	Brian	410	–	10
17	Timothy	406	↑4	11
18	Troy	376	–	40
19	Donald	367	–	27
20	Gregory	359	↓3	25
21	Patrick	358	↑2	30
22	Ronald	355	↓2	24
23	Thomas	324	↓1	12
24	Keith	315	↑1	34
25	Steven	310	↓1	14
26	Eric	284	↑3	23
27	Stephen	263	↑6	26
28	Jeffrey	261	↓2	13
29	Edward	248	↑8	31
30	Terry	227	↑2	42
31	Daniel	225	↑5	19
32	Larry	223	↑2	38
33	Scott	221	↓3	16
34	Darren	219	↑6	63
35	Jerry	203	↓4	41
36	Rodney	188	↓9	37
37	Gary	185	↓9	32
38	Todd	185	↓3	29
39	George	182	↓1	36
40	Tony	175	↑2	50
41	Randy	171	–	49
42	Carl	165	↑3	57
43	Bryan	163	new	52
44	Jeffery	162	↓5	47
45	Craig	160	↓2	46
46	Willie	158	↓2	92
47	Darrell	152	↑3	86
48	Raymond	144	↓1	48
49	Johnny	141	new	70
50	Reginald	140	↓2	>100

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