Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1974

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (805 babies) and Michael for boys (1,049). Social Security records list 54,305 babies born in Louisiana in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1974

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: 30 babies, 46.7× the national rate
Shelita: 20 babies, 21.1× the national rate
Shantell: 34 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Chantelle: 22 babies, 10× the national rate
Shawanda: 18 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Chantell: 16 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Shantel: 26 babies, 8× the national rate
Kayla: 24 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Chiquita: 23 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Rosalyn: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Boys

Jude: 28 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Lionel: 36 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Cornell: 22 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Kendrick: 51 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Wilfred: 17 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Dedrick: 16 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Garland: 18 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Wilbert: 23 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Percy: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Alton: 30 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	805	–	1
2	Angela	497	–	5
3	Melissa	452	–	7
4	Kimberly	435	↑1	6
5	Michelle	428	↓1	3
6	Amy	425	↑2	2
7	Nicole	346	↓1	11
8	Stephanie	346	↓1	9
9	Heather	287	↑6	4
10	Danielle	260	↑10	40
11	Shannon	253	↓1	18
12	Rebecca	244	–	10
13	Tiffany	239	↑1	41
14	Dawn	223	↑3	22
15	Mary	220	↓4	13
16	Tammy	212	↓3	24
17	Lisa	208	↓8	8
18	Monica	204	–	43
19	Elizabeth	189	↑2	12
20	Dana	188	↓1	55
21	Tanya	171	↑5	46
22	Tina	170	↑2	25
23	April	167	↑9	28
24	Tonya	160	↓8	37
25	Brandy	159	↑17	80
26	Jessica	159	↑18	17
27	Stacey	155	↑12	48
28	Kelly	154	↑5	15
29	Rachel	154	↑6	36
30	Amanda	152	↑7	34
31	Tracy	152	↓4	23
32	Wendy	150	↓7	32
33	Leslie	146	new	65
34	Melanie	144	↑4	51
35	Karen	142	↓5	26
36	Crystal	138	↓13	49
37	Christy	136	new	57
38	Christine	134	new	19
39	Stacy	131	↓17	38
40	Pamela	129	↑1	54
41	Andrea	128	↓5	35
42	Julie	127	↓14	14
43	Patricia	123	↑2	29
44	Tara	122	new	39
45	Natasha	121	new	>100
46	Christina	119	↓3	16
47	Sharon	119	↓16	70
48	Lori	117	↓14	30
49	Laura	115	↓1	21
50	Susan	115	↓1	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	1,049	–	1
2	Christopher	938	–	3
3	Jason	931	↑1	2
4	James	757	↑1	5
5	John	717	↓2	6
6	David	593	↑1	4
7	Robert	553	↓1	7
8	Kevin	457	–	14
9	Joseph	453	↑2	12
10	Brian	439	↓1	8
11	Charles	415	↓1	23
12	William	409	↑1	10
13	Chad	401	↓1	26
14	Eric	325	↑2	13
15	Richard	325	↑2	17
16	Anthony	301	↓1	21
17	Mark	268	↓3	16
18	Daniel	265	↑1	11
19	Jeffrey	249	↑13	15
20	Thomas	243	↑1	20
21	Steven	242	↑2	19
22	Scott	240	↓4	18
23	Kenneth	238	↓3	34
24	Matthew	226	↑12	9
25	Paul	216	↓1	27
26	Timothy	215	–	22
27	Shane	211	↑4	56
28	Ronald	210	↑5	42
29	Jeremy	205	↑14	24
30	Patrick	203	↓5	38
31	Brandon	201	↑11	51
32	Ryan	199	↓2	25
33	Gregory	190	↓4	31
34	Donald	188	↓12	41
35	Shawn	187	↓7	30
36	Derrick	182	↑5	87
37	Stephen	180	–	35
38	Troy	175	↓11	63
39	Corey	174	↑5	77
40	Sean	169	↑9	37
41	Keith	167	↓3	44
42	Larry	167	↓3	55
43	Jonathan	160	↓8	33
44	Brad	159	new	>100
45	Joshua	151	↑5	29
46	Bryan	149	↓6	45
47	Edward	148	↓13	40
48	Terry	135	↓1	69
49	Gary	133	↓3	48
50	Marcus	131	new	73

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