Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1970

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1970 were Angela for girls (601 babies) and Michael for boys (1,262). Angela ranked #6 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 64,257 babies born in Louisiana in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1970

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, 37.7× the national rate
Demetrice: 16 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Troy: 18 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Kayla: 24 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Chantel: 21 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Ashley: 92 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Dionne: 69 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Claudette: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Demetria: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lashonda: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Elton: 24 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Jude: 27 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Errol: 25 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Wilfred: 21 babies, 8× the national rate
Lionel: 31 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Wilbert: 27 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Cornell: 20 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kendrick: 21 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Ellis: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Alton: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Angela	601	↑2	6
2	Michelle	578	–	4
3	Lisa	541	↓2	2
4	Melissa	516	–	7
5	Kimberly	511	–	3
6	Jennifer	506	↑3	1
7	Tammy	479	↓1	8
8	Mary	448	–	9
9	Shannon	426	↑2	22
10	Stephanie	369	↓3	17
11	Nicole	357	↑4	30
12	Amy	330	↑8	5
13	Karen	321	↓3	12
14	Tracy	311	↑5	10
15	Pamela	274	↓3	26
16	Tina	268	↓2	21
17	Dawn	260	↑7	16
18	Elizabeth	257	↑4	18
19	Sharon	248	↓6	37
20	Rhonda	247	↑1	46
21	Dana	236	↑6	54
22	Donna	227	↓4	32
23	Julie	223	↑14	11
24	Patricia	214	↑1	24
25	Laura	213	↓9	13
26	Susan	212	↑3	15
27	Cynthia	208	↓10	25
28	Stacy	206	↑4	42
29	Monica	204	↓3	56
30	Lori	197	↓2	23
31	Leslie	192	↑3	64
32	Rebecca	192	↓1	29
33	Wendy	191	↑2	28
34	Stacey	186	↑7	48
35	Sandra	182	↓12	27
36	Christine	177	–	14
37	Tonya	176	↑6	49
38	Rachel	173	↓5	58
39	Kelly	168	↓9	20
40	Paula	167	↓1	57
41	Tanya	158	new	76
42	Kim	156	↓4	78
43	Cheryl	152	↑3	44
44	Tiffany	149	new	99
45	Denise	144	↓5	36
46	Yolanda	142	↓4	>100
47	Melanie	139	new	91
48	Linda	137	↓3	38
49	Robin	135	↓2	51
50	Carla	129	new	94

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	1,262	–	1
2	James	1,076	–	2
3	John	1,034	–	4
4	Robert	840	↑1	5
5	David	812	↓1	3
6	Christopher	709	↑1	6
7	Kevin	637	↑1	14
8	Charles	581	↓2	21
9	William	563	↑2	7
10	Joseph	550	↓1	16
11	Mark	482	↓1	9
12	Richard	442	–	10
13	Brian	423	–	8
14	Jason	414	↑9	13
15	Anthony	404	↑2	22
16	Kenneth	391	↓2	25
17	Eric	365	↑5	18
18	Scott	359	↑7	12
19	Thomas	329	↓4	17
20	Paul	322	↓4	23
21	Steven	316	↓1	15
22	Troy	313	↓3	41
23	Timothy	312	↑3	20
24	Ronald	307	↓6	29
25	Patrick	295	↓4	33
26	Jeffrey	286	↑3	11
27	Gregory	280	↓3	26
28	Donald	278	↓1	30
29	Chad	257	↑8	51
30	Stephen	254	↓2	27
31	Daniel	250	↓1	19
32	Edward	232	↑1	31
33	Todd	211	↓2	28
34	Keith	209	↓2	38
35	Derrick	192	new	96
36	Terry	189	↑4	54
37	Jerry	185	↑1	45
38	Gary	183	↓2	35
39	Larry	181	↓5	43
40	Shawn	181	new	34
41	Craig	178	–	39
42	George	171	↓3	40
43	Corey	170	↓8	84
44	Gerald	164	↑3	67
45	Matthew	160	–	24
46	Sean	156	new	37
47	Shane	154	new	64
48	Johnny	146	↓4	65
49	Dwayne	145	↓1	>100
50	Bryan	143	↓7	53

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