Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1975

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (824 babies) and Michael for boys (1,086). Social Security records list 55,734 babies born in Louisiana in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1975

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, 36.3× the national rate
Shelita: 16 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Shantell: 36 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Chantelle: 28 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Chantell: 19 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Shawanda: 22 babies, 9× the national rate
Shantel: 26 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Kayla: 22 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Catina: 20 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Tyra: 25 babies, 6.3× the national rate

Boys

Shedrick: 16 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Lionel: 50 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Wilbert: 30 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Jude: 17 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Garland: 22 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Kendrick: 53 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Cleveland: 17 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Percy: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kendall: 32 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Rodrick: 26 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	824	–	1
2	Angela	498	–	5
3	Melissa	466	–	4
4	Amy	448	↑2	2
5	Kimberly	417	↓1	7
6	Michelle	414	↓1	6
7	Nicole	316	–	10
8	Heather	311	↑1	3
9	Stephanie	308	↓1	9
10	Amanda	257	↑20	14
11	Shannon	252	–	21
12	Mary	241	↑3	19
13	Lisa	239	↑4	8
14	Tiffany	233	↓1	37
15	Jessica	232	↑11	13
16	Brandy	230	↑9	57
17	Dawn	212	↓3	23
18	Rebecca	211	↓6	11
19	Christina	205	↑27	12
20	Danielle	192	↓10	42
21	April	188	↑2	25
22	Dana	178	↓2	62
23	Tammy	178	↓7	31
24	Tracy	175	↑7	24
25	Kelly	173	↑3	16
26	Rachel	170	↑3	26
27	Wendy	167	↑5	33
28	Elizabeth	166	↓9	15
29	Christy	162	↑8	53
30	Karen	158	↑5	27
31	Brandi	156	new	88
32	Crystal	156	↑4	43
33	Tonya	152	↓9	45
34	Stacy	150	↑5	34
35	Julie	147	↑7	18
36	Ashley	146	new	>100
37	Tanya	138	↓16	50
38	Misty	134	new	47
39	Andrea	131	↑2	28
40	Christine	131	↓2	22
41	Monica	128	↓23	49
42	Laura	123	↑7	20
43	Felicia	122	new	>100
44	Lori	122	↑4	39
45	Stacey	119	↓18	44
46	Christie	118	new	96
47	Cynthia	117	new	40
48	Tina	115	↓26	35
49	Erica	111	new	63
50	Rhonda	110	new	93

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	1,086	–	1
2	Christopher	918	–	3
3	Jason	846	–	2
4	James	755	–	4
5	John	735	–	7
6	David	587	–	5
7	Robert	583	–	6
8	Joseph	468	↑1	12
9	Charles	443	↑2	25
10	Brian	411	–	8
11	William	407	↑1	10
12	Chad	404	↑1	27
13	Kevin	389	↓5	15
14	Eric	322	–	13
15	Jeremy	291	↑14	24
16	Scott	290	↑6	17
17	Anthony	282	↓1	21
18	Richard	271	↓3	16
19	Daniel	264	↓1	11
20	Timothy	259	↑6	22
21	Steven	254	–	18
22	Brandon	251	↑9	44
23	Matthew	249	↑1	9
24	Thomas	242	↓4	20
25	Mark	241	↓8	19
26	Ryan	228	↑6	23
27	Patrick	225	↑3	39
28	Jonathan	217	↑15	30
29	Stephen	214	↑8	34
30	Joshua	212	↑15	26
31	Kenneth	212	↓8	35
32	Gregory	210	↑1	33
33	Jeffrey	210	↓14	14
34	Shawn	206	↑1	31
35	Donald	204	↓1	42
36	Ronald	196	↓8	46
37	Derrick	195	↓1	90
38	Corey	193	↑1	71
39	Larry	181	↑3	56
40	Paul	177	↓15	29
41	Marcus	172	↑9	68
42	Keith	165	↓1	49
43	Brad	164	↑1	98
44	Shane	162	↓17	57
45	Benjamin	159	new	36
46	Edward	145	↑1	41
47	George	137	new	53
48	Troy	137	↓10	69
49	Bryan	136	↓3	47
50	Terry	128	↓2	67

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