Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1969

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1969 were Lisa for girls (711 babies) and Michael for boys (1,314). Social Security records list 64,963 babies born in Louisiana in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1969

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: 26 babies, 40.7× the national rate
Shelita: 16 babies, 24.4× the national rate
Shawanda: 19 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Shonda: 42 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Tyra: 25 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Dionne: 71 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Willie: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Ashley: 59 babies, 5× the national rate
Kayla: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Danna: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Huey: 18 babies, 21.4× the national rate
Jude: 27 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Lionel: 48 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Cleveland: 21 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Wilbert: 31 babies, 6× the national rate
Shelby: 20 babies, 6× the national rate
Percy: 22 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Blaine: 36 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Ron: 96 babies, 5× the national rate
Cedric: 61 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Lisa	711	–	1
2	Michelle	635	–	2
3	Angela	592	–	7
4	Melissa	570	–	5
5	Kimberly	489	↑2	4
6	Tammy	451	↓1	9
7	Stephanie	426	↑2	19
8	Mary	410	↓2	8
9	Jennifer	389	↑1	3
10	Karen	369	↓2	13
11	Shannon	346	↑19	31
12	Pamela	345	↓1	24
13	Sharon	301	↑4	36
14	Tina	286	↓2	22
15	Nicole	276	new	47
16	Laura	275	–	10
17	Cynthia	269	↓4	23
18	Donna	269	↓4	26
19	Tracy	263	↓1	17
20	Amy	262	↑9	6
21	Rhonda	250	↓2	44
22	Elizabeth	249	↓2	16
23	Sandra	249	↓2	25
24	Dawn	238	↑8	21
25	Patricia	235	↓10	18
26	Monica	234	↑1	59
27	Dana	229	↑15	60
28	Lori	224	↑13	20
29	Susan	215	↓6	11
30	Kelly	203	↓8	15
31	Rebecca	201	↓6	28
32	Stacy	198	↑11	53
33	Rachel	194	↑14	69
34	Leslie	193	↑6	64
35	Wendy	192	↓2	29
36	Christine	188	↑1	14
37	Julie	187	↓13	12
38	Kim	184	↓7	66
39	Paula	179	↓13	50
40	Denise	175	↓1	35
41	Stacey	175	↓5	52
42	Yolanda	166	↓8	98
43	Tonya	164	↑3	54
44	Deborah	149	new	27
45	Linda	149	↓17	33
46	Cheryl	146	↓11	41
47	Robin	145	↑2	46
48	Theresa	144	new	49
49	Michele	142	↑1	30
50	Brenda	138	↓2	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	1,314	–	1
2	James	1,057	↑1	3
3	John	1,033	↓1	4
4	David	934	–	2
5	Robert	916	–	5
6	Charles	588	↑2	19
7	Christopher	566	↑4	7
8	Kevin	562	↓2	16
9	Joseph	556	–	15
10	Mark	549	–	8
11	William	543	↓4	6
12	Richard	448	–	10
13	Brian	413	–	9
14	Kenneth	403	–	23
15	Thomas	376	↑4	13
16	Paul	363	↑1	22
17	Anthony	360	↓2	20
18	Ronald	358	↑3	29
19	Troy	358	↓1	42
20	Steven	356	↑2	14
21	Patrick	349	↓1	31
22	Eric	343	↑3	21
23	Jason	331	↑21	25
24	Gregory	325	–	26
25	Scott	315	↑3	12
26	Timothy	306	↓10	17
27	Donald	278	↓4	30
28	Stephen	272	↓2	27
29	Jeffrey	267	↓2	11
30	Daniel	262	↑4	18
31	Todd	238	↓1	28
32	Keith	229	↓1	36
33	Edward	227	↓1	32
34	Larry	205	↓5	40
35	Corey	189	new	58
36	Gary	186	↓1	35
37	Chad	183	↑6	69
38	Jerry	177	↑1	45
39	George	173	↓2	38
40	Terry	173	↓7	52
41	Craig	164	↓3	39
42	Willie	164	↑4	>100
43	Bryan	157	↓3	51
44	Johnny	157	↑5	67
45	Matthew	153	new	24
46	Darren	152	↓5	60
47	Gerald	151	–	65
48	Dwayne	148	new	>100
49	Raymond	146	↓1	50
50	Reginald	146	↓5	>100

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