Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1971

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (663 babies) and Michael for boys (1,183). Social Security records list 62,238 babies born in Louisiana in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1971

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: 24 babies, 44.2× the national rate
Shelita: 26 babies, 27.5× the national rate
Shawanda: 15 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Kayla: 34 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Lamonica: 16 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Chantelle: 17 babies, 7× the national rate
Shantel: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Ava: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Danna: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Chantel: 25 babies, 5× the national rate

Boys

Jude: 21 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Wilbert: 26 babies, 7× the national rate
Lionel: 31 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Nolan: 23 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Alton: 35 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ellis: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ron: 62 babies, 5× the national rate
Kendrick: 30 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Byron: 85 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Cedric: 65 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	663	↑5	1
2	Angela	632	↓1	6
3	Michelle	619	↓1	2
4	Melissa	503	–	7
5	Kimberly	489	–	4
6	Lisa	451	↓3	3
7	Tammy	421	–	8
8	Shannon	361	↑1	21
9	Mary	355	↓1	9
10	Stephanie	350	–	11
11	Amy	333	↑1	5
12	Nicole	324	↓1	27
13	Karen	298	–	15
14	Dawn	291	↑3	14
15	Tiffany	286	↑29	62
16	Stacy	264	↑12	32
17	Pamela	252	↓2	28
18	Tina	248	↓2	20
19	Elizabeth	240	↓1	19
20	Dana	236	↑1	44
21	Monica	221	↑8	48
22	Tracy	216	↓8	13
23	Donna	208	↓1	38
24	Sharon	203	↓5	40
25	Cynthia	201	↑2	24
26	Julie	195	↓3	10
27	Rebecca	192	↑5	23
28	Tonya	192	↑9	45
29	Patricia	185	↓5	26
30	Susan	185	↓4	17
31	Wendy	184	↑2	29
32	Rachel	177	↑6	54
33	Stacey	175	↑1	41
34	Christine	174	↑2	18
35	Rhonda	172	↓15	46
36	Laura	171	↓11	16
37	Leslie	169	↓6	68
38	Robin	160	↑11	51
39	Kelly	158	–	22
40	Tanya	157	↑1	72
41	Denise	155	↑4	36
42	Lori	153	↓12	25
43	Yolanda	152	↑3	98
44	Tara	146	new	49
45	Melanie	136	↑2	66
46	Paula	128	↓6	63
47	Felicia	123	new	>100
48	Andrea	120	new	35
49	Heather	120	new	12
50	Sandra	120	↓15	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	1,183	–	1
2	James	944	–	2
3	John	865	–	4
4	Christopher	821	↑2	6
5	David	775	–	3
6	Robert	760	↓2	5
7	Jason	601	↑7	8
8	Kevin	565	↓1	14
9	William	555	–	7
10	Charles	524	↓2	22
11	Joseph	507	↓1	15
12	Scott	442	↑6	10
13	Chad	410	↑16	29
14	Brian	403	↓1	9
15	Mark	385	↓4	13
16	Eric	368	↑1	18
17	Anthony	351	↓2	23
18	Richard	345	↓6	11
19	Kenneth	325	↓3	25
20	Paul	319	–	24
21	Troy	300	↑1	46
22	Thomas	296	↓3	17
23	Ronald	289	↑1	31
24	Steven	286	↓3	16
25	Patrick	277	–	35
26	Timothy	267	↓3	21
27	Gregory	264	–	26
28	Shawn	258	↑12	28
29	Keith	254	↑5	37
30	Jeffrey	251	↓4	12
31	Donald	232	↓3	34
32	Stephen	203	↓2	27
33	Larry	199	↑6	44
34	Shane	198	↑13	60
35	Derrick	196	–	84
36	Edward	194	↓4	32
37	Daniel	191	↓6	20
38	Jerry	172	↓1	50
39	Matthew	169	↑6	19
40	Gary	168	↓2	38
41	Jonathan	168	new	40
42	Craig	166	↓1	43
43	Sean	165	↑3	36
44	Marcus	162	new	65
45	Todd	162	↓12	30
46	Terry	161	↓10	56
47	Corey	156	↓4	77
48	George	156	↓6	42
49	Jeffery	156	new	53
50	Bryan	140	–	48

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