Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1968

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1968 were Lisa for girls (817 babies) and Michael for boys (1,298). Social Security records list 64,685 babies born in Louisiana in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1968

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: 21 babies, 40.6× the national rate
Shelita: 25 babies, 33× the national rate
Tessie: 17 babies, 12× the national rate
Charmaine: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Dionne: 60 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Dedra: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Chantel: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Ashley: 47 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Brigette: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lillie: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Lionel: 40 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Errol: 18 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Cornell: 23 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Shelton: 18 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Wilbert: 31 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Percy: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ellis: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Aubrey: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Cedric: 61 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Wilson: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	817	–	1
2	Michelle	636	↑2	2
3	Angela	630	↓1	7
4	Melissa	586	↓1	5
5	Tammy	481	↑1	8
6	Mary	442	↓1	6
7	Kimberly	439	–	3
8	Karen	376	↑1	9
9	Stephanie	354	↑1	23
10	Jennifer	346	↑8	4
11	Pamela	334	↓3	20
12	Tina	327	↑4	18
13	Cynthia	307	↑1	19
14	Donna	304	↓1	24
15	Patricia	293	↓4	15
16	Laura	283	↑11	11
17	Sharon	255	↓5	32
18	Tracy	249	↑7	25
19	Rhonda	248	↓2	42
20	Elizabeth	244	↓1	17
21	Sandra	243	↓6	26
22	Kelly	234	↑28	12
23	Susan	230	↓2	10
24	Julie	223	–	16
25	Rebecca	218	↑5	33
26	Paula	216	–	45
27	Monica	214	↑4	68
28	Linda	213	↓8	28
29	Amy	202	↓1	13
30	Shannon	201	new	53
31	Kim	199	↑4	57
32	Dawn	197	↓3	21
33	Wendy	182	↓10	31
34	Yolanda	178	new	93
35	Cheryl	175	↓2	37
36	Stacey	170	↑6	55
37	Christine	169	↑7	14
38	Barbara	168	↑2	36
39	Denise	168	↓17	35
40	Leslie	166	↑5	66
41	Lori	164	↓3	22
42	Dana	163	↓8	70
43	Stacy	163	new	64
44	Carolyn	162	↓7	61
45	Debra	162	↓13	38
46	Tonya	158	new	60
47	Rachel	156	new	92
48	Brenda	155	↓5	34
49	Robin	155	new	43
50	Michele	150	↓4	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	1,298	–	1
2	John	1,140	–	3
3	James	1,056	–	4
4	David	921	–	2
5	Robert	859	–	5
6	Kevin	612	–	17
7	William	576	↑3	6
8	Charles	572	↓1	20
9	Joseph	570	↓1	16
10	Mark	568	↓1	7
11	Christopher	543	↑3	9
12	Richard	441	↓1	8
13	Brian	432	↑3	10
14	Kenneth	430	↓2	23
15	Anthony	421	↓2	21
16	Timothy	405	↑1	13
17	Paul	399	↓2	19
18	Troy	391	–	40
19	Thomas	351	↑4	12
20	Patrick	347	↑1	30
21	Ronald	333	↑1	25
22	Steven	333	↑3	15
23	Donald	324	↓4	29
24	Gregory	306	↓4	26
25	Eric	282	↑1	22
26	Stephen	264	↑1	27
27	Jeffrey	254	↑1	11
28	Scott	247	↑5	14
29	Larry	243	↑3	38
30	Todd	240	↑8	28
31	Keith	239	↓7	35
32	Edward	230	↓3	31
33	Terry	229	↓3	48
34	Daniel	228	↓3	18
35	Gary	210	↑2	32
36	Rodney	192	–	42
37	George	191	↑2	36
38	Craig	181	↑7	41
39	Jerry	181	↓4	44
40	Bryan	168	↑3	51
41	Darren	161	↓7	60
42	Jeffery	158	↑2	46
43	Chad	157	new	>100
44	Jason	157	new	47
45	Reginald	155	↑5	>100
46	Willie	155	–	96
47	Gerald	152	new	62
48	Raymond	152	–	50
49	Johnny	150	–	69
50	Dennis	146	new	45

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