Popular baby names in Louisiana, 1977

The most popular baby names in Louisiana in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (872 babies) and Michael for boys (1,127). Social Security records list 60,983 babies born in Louisiana in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Louisiana in 1977

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: 26 babies, 41.9× the national rate
Shantell: 36 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Shawanda: 29 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Chantelle: 20 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Kayla: 32 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Chiquita: 30 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Shantel: 29 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Latashia: 15 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Raven: 37 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Torie: 15 babies, 6.7× the national rate

Boys

Jude: 24 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Brannon: 19 babies, 8× the national rate
Garland: 17 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Kendrick: 64 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Wilbert: 24 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Kenyon: 18 babies, 6× the national rate
Alton: 31 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lionel: 27 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Demond: 25 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kendall: 26 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Louisiana, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	872	–	1
2	Jessica	499	↑7	4
3	Melissa	471	↓1	2
4	Amy	431	↓1	3
5	Angela	426	–	6
6	Kimberly	406	↓2	8
7	Amanda	395	↑3	9
8	Michelle	381	↓2	7
9	Heather	341	↓1	5
10	Kelly	336	↑11	10
11	Nicole	327	↓4	15
12	Stephanie	273	–	14
13	Crystal	260	↑21	25
14	Jamie	260	–	18
15	Elizabeth	257	↑4	13
16	Shannon	256	↓5	19
17	Brandy	244	↑3	51
18	Christina	235	↓5	16
19	Rebecca	225	↓2	17
20	Mary	223	↓4	21
21	Tiffany	223	↓6	34
22	Lisa	200	↓4	12
23	Sarah	199	↑20	11
24	Danielle	196	↓1	31
25	Brandi	195	↓3	71
26	April	189	↓1	29
27	Ashley	188	↑8	>100
28	Misty	183	↓1	40
29	Erica	169	↑19	38
30	Julie	165	↓2	22
31	Christy	164	–	59
32	Karen	164	↑12	32
33	Tara	164	↑8	35
34	Erin	157	↑15	23
35	Rachel	153	↓11	26
36	Wendy	149	↓6	49
37	Monica	148	↓1	39
38	Kristy	144	new	68
39	Laura	139	↓6	20
40	Dana	137	↓11	62
41	Latoya	136	new	>100
42	Latasha	132	new	>100
43	Tammy	132	↓5	55
44	Dawn	127	↓18	43
45	Holly	126	↑1	52
46	Melanie	126	↓4	53
47	Andrea	125	↑3	24
48	Tonya	125	↓16	64
49	Emily	124	new	37
50	Stacy	119	↓13	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	1,127	–	1
2	Christopher	1,008	–	3
3	Jason	995	–	2
4	James	772	–	5
5	David	687	↑1	4
6	John	642	↓1	7
7	Robert	625	–	6
8	Joseph	522	–	10
9	Jeremy	492	↑1	15
10	Kevin	472	↓1	13
11	Brian	464	–	8
12	William	427	–	12
13	Charles	422	–	26
14	Joshua	391	↑11	14
15	Eric	372	↓1	17
16	Ryan	355	↑6	16
17	Brandon	343	↓1	41
18	Daniel	333	↓1	11
19	Chad	317	↓4	34
20	Anthony	300	↓2	21
21	Corey	293	↑7	52
22	Matthew	289	↓1	9
23	Richard	287	↑3	20
24	Derrick	275	↑13	80
25	Kenneth	267	↓6	39
26	Mark	261	↓2	25
27	Thomas	261	↑3	22
28	Jonathan	249	↑3	28
29	Steven	239	↓9	23
30	Timothy	235	↓7	18
31	Scott	226	↓4	27
32	Jeffrey	222	↑2	19
33	Donald	218	↓4	46
34	Paul	211	↓2	31
35	Stephen	211	↑8	38
36	Benjamin	208	↓3	29
37	Ronald	191	↓2	53
38	Shawn	189	↑4	37
39	Patrick	183	–	40
40	Gregory	180	↓2	35
41	Larry	177	↑4	62
42	Aaron	167	↑5	32
43	Brad	164	↑5	>100
44	Bryan	160	↓3	42
45	Shane	160	↓9	61
46	Travis	160	↑4	44
47	Andrew	159	new	24
48	Gary	157	new	58
49	Marcus	155	↓9	72
50	Keith	151	↓4	48

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