Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1976

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (875 babies) and Michael for boys (1,092). Social Security records list 56,410 babies born in Louisiana in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1976

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: 27 babies, 42.2× the national rate
Shantell: 34 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Chantelle: 31 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Chantell: 23 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Kayla: 30 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Shawanda: 22 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Shantel: 23 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Chiquita: 22 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lashanda: 31 babies, 6× the national rate
Trish: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Jude: 27 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Shedrick: 16 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Wilbert: 30 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Percy: 20 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Lionel: 37 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Kendrick: 56 babies, 7× the national rate
Sedrick: 17 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Demond: 32 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Ron: 33 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dexter: 26 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	875	–	1
2	Melissa	478	↑1	3
3	Amy	446	↑1	2
4	Kimberly	442	↑1	7
5	Angela	410	↓3	5
6	Michelle	366	–	6
7	Nicole	360	–	13
8	Heather	342	–	4
9	Jessica	320	↑6	8
10	Amanda	319	–	10
11	Shannon	299	–	17
12	Stephanie	281	↓3	11
13	Christina	269	↑6	14
14	Jamie	254	new	18
15	Tiffany	244	↓1	32
16	Mary	236	↓4	22
17	Rebecca	231	↑1	12
18	Lisa	225	↓5	9
19	Elizabeth	217	↑9	16
20	Brandy	212	↓4	55
21	Kelly	202	↑4	19
22	Brandi	195	↑9	79
23	Danielle	187	↓3	33
24	Rachel	177	↑2	23
25	April	175	↓4	30
26	Dawn	167	↓9	35
27	Misty	165	↑11	46
28	Julie	163	↑7	21
29	Dana	162	↓7	64
30	Wendy	161	↓3	39
31	Christy	158	↓2	60
32	Tonya	156	↑1	58
33	Laura	155	↑9	20
34	Crystal	153	↓2	36
35	Ashley	148	↑1	>100
36	Monica	148	↑5	45
37	Stacy	144	↓3	38
38	Tammy	142	↓15	41
39	Jaime	136	new	29
40	Leslie	135	new	65
41	Tara	135	new	42
42	Melanie	133	new	53
43	Sarah	132	new	15
44	Karen	131	↓14	31
45	Tanya	130	↓8	61
46	Holly	123	new	56
47	Tracy	122	↓23	37
48	Erica	121	↑1	54
49	Erin	119	new	24
50	Andrea	118	↓11	25

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	1,092	–	1
2	Christopher	933	–	3
3	Jason	889	–	2
4	James	749	–	5
5	John	665	–	6
6	David	606	–	4
7	Robert	567	–	7
8	Joseph	484	–	12
9	Kevin	461	↑4	15
10	Jeremy	447	↑5	14
11	Brian	412	↓1	8
12	William	410	↓1	11
13	Charles	378	↓4	26
14	Eric	371	–	13
15	Chad	356	↓3	29
16	Brandon	303	↑6	40
17	Daniel	299	↑2	10
18	Anthony	283	↓1	22
19	Kenneth	278	↑12	38
20	Steven	272	↑1	20
21	Matthew	267	↑2	9
22	Ryan	260	↑4	16
23	Timothy	260	↓3	21
24	Mark	251	↑1	25
25	Joshua	249	↑5	18
26	Richard	243	↓8	19
27	Scott	239	↓11	24
28	Corey	232	↑10	64
29	Donald	230	↑6	47
30	Thomas	230	↓6	23
31	Jonathan	224	↓3	31
32	Paul	216	↑8	28
33	Benjamin	199	↑12	32
34	Jeffrey	196	↓1	17
35	Ronald	189	↑1	49
36	Shane	189	↑8	57
37	Derrick	186	–	91
38	Gregory	181	↓6	35
39	Patrick	174	↓12	41
40	Marcus	173	↑1	74
41	Bryan	162	↑8	43
42	Shawn	158	↓8	34
43	Stephen	157	↓14	37
44	Troy	154	↑4	73
45	Larry	150	↓6	60
46	Keith	144	↓4	48
47	Aaron	139	new	30
48	Brad	138	↓5	>100
49	Terry	132	↑1	75
50	Travis	130	new	46

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