Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1972

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (752 babies) and Michael for boys (1,159). Social Security records list 57,761 babies born in Louisiana in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1972

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: 16 babies, 32.8× the national rate
Shelita: 22 babies, 26.8× the national rate
Shawanda: 18 babies, 12× the national rate
Germaine: 17 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Cotina: 19 babies, 10× the national rate
Chantelle: 21 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Shantell: 16 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Kayla: 25 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Catina: 179 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Deidra: 22 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Jude: 24 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Wilfred: 16 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Lionel: 31 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Wilbert: 25 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Alton: 32 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Cornell: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kendrick: 31 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Percy: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Roosevelt: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Sidney: 45 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	752	–	1
2	Angela	583	–	6
3	Michelle	487	–	2
4	Nicole	458	↑8	10
5	Melissa	443	↓1	7
6	Kimberly	419	↓1	4
7	Amy	378	↑4	5
8	Stephanie	361	↑2	8
9	Lisa	350	↓3	3
10	Shannon	321	↓2	22
11	Tammy	303	↓4	11
12	Mary	282	↓3	13
13	Tina	250	↑5	18
14	Karen	218	↓1	21
15	Tiffany	216	–	61
16	Dawn	210	↓2	20
17	Dana	204	↑3	52
18	Stacy	202	↓2	33
19	Katina	199	new	>100
20	Tracy	198	↑2	19
21	Julie	195	↑5	12
22	Rebecca	194	↑5	14
23	Pamela	187	↓6	34
24	Elizabeth	183	↓5	15
25	Tonya	180	↑3	37
26	Catina	179	new	>100
27	Rachel	178	↑5	40
28	Monica	167	↓7	47
29	Sharon	167	↓5	50
30	Melanie	165	↑15	42
31	Stacey	162	↑2	41
32	Denise	158	↑9	35
33	Kelly	157	↑6	23
34	Tanya	156	↑6	54
35	Donna	154	↓12	45
36	Heather	153	↑13	9
37	Wendy	152	↓6	29
38	Lori	151	↑4	28
39	Laura	150	↓3	17
40	Cynthia	147	↓15	25
41	Rhonda	147	↓6	60
42	Patricia	145	↓13	27
43	Christine	144	↓9	16
44	Tara	141	–	38
45	Susan	140	↓15	24
46	Yolanda	138	↓3	89
47	Crystal	124	new	59
48	Paula	122	↓2	72
49	Christy	121	new	74
50	Andrea	120	↓2	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	1,159	–	1
2	Christopher	954	↑2	2
3	James	835	↓1	3
4	John	828	↓1	5
5	Robert	650	↑1	6
6	Jason	648	↑1	7
7	David	647	↓2	4
8	Kevin	571	–	13
9	Brian	520	↑5	8
10	Joseph	512	↑1	12
11	William	444	↓2	9
12	Charles	440	↓2	23
13	Chad	405	–	25
14	Eric	383	↑2	16
15	Scott	360	↓3	11
16	Mark	333	↓1	18
17	Anthony	318	–	22
18	Richard	316	–	14
19	Ronald	290	↑4	32
20	Kenneth	273	↓1	27
21	Paul	266	↓1	24
22	Steven	266	↑2	19
23	Daniel	262	↑14	15
24	Thomas	261	↓2	20
25	Donald	258	↑6	36
26	Timothy	246	–	21
27	Gregory	237	–	26
28	Patrick	235	↓3	35
29	Troy	220	↓8	49
30	Jeffrey	218	–	17
31	Keith	213	↓2	38
32	Derrick	203	↑3	91
33	Jonathan	191	↑8	37
34	Shawn	186	↓6	28
35	Stephen	181	↓3	29
36	Shane	180	↓2	55
37	Larry	178	↓4	47
38	Edward	177	↓2	34
39	Ryan	176	new	39
40	Bryan	174	↑10	45
41	Matthew	173	↓2	10
42	Jeremy	166	new	42
43	Todd	162	↑2	31
44	Corey	157	↑3	95
45	Gary	155	↓5	41
46	George	152	↑2	44
47	Terry	150	↓1	62
48	Sean	148	↓5	33
49	Marcus	132	↓5	71
50	Craig	129	↓8	46

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