Popular baby names in Texas, 1942

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1942 were Mary for girls (3,773 babies) and James for boys (3,543). Social Security records list 137,452 babies born in Texas in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1942

Names given at least 15 times in Texas that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Santos: 46 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Oralia: 83 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Dominga: 48 babies, 17.9× the national rate
Elida: 96 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Herminia: 42 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Tomasa: 36 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Graciela: 44 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Guadalupe: 231 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Evangelina: 71 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Elia: 34 babies, 15.6× the national rate

Boys

Noe: 44 babies, 18× the national rate
Ramiro: 87 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Adan: 40 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Guadalupe: 160 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Gilberto: 107 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Eduardo: 50 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Santos: 81 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Rogelio: 51 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Felipe: 88 babies, 15× the national rate
Domingo: 92 babies, 14.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Mary	3,773	–	1
2	Linda	1,881	↑1	4
3	Barbara	1,745	↓1	2
4	Maria	1,493	↑2	97
5	Betty	1,404	↓1	9
6	Patricia	1,288	↓1	3
7	Carolyn	1,163	↑1	10
8	Sandra	1,077	↓1	6
9	Shirley	898	–	12
10	Gloria	829	↑1	31
11	Nancy	827	↑3	8
12	Dorothy	821	↓2	17
13	Judy	782	↑3	15
14	Martha	715	↓2	29
15	Joyce	670	–	13
16	Patsy	655	↓3	57
17	Carol	624	↑5	5
18	Margaret	614	↓1	14
19	Virginia	588	↓1	23
20	Frances	579	–	30
21	Sharon	544	↑8	11
22	Wanda	516	↓3	54
23	Helen	515	–	26
24	Alice	495	–	39
25	Doris	477	–	41
26	Elizabeth	471	↑1	22
27	Peggy	456	↓6	42
28	Jo	438	↓2	65
29	Judith	438	↓1	7
30	Glenda	390	–	89
31	Donna	358	↑12	20
32	Janice	358	↑1	25
33	Beverly	355	↓1	32
34	Dolores	347	↑2	63
35	Juanita	341	↓4	90
36	Brenda	340	↑1	40
37	Ruth	333	↑1	33
38	Norma	324	↓3	52
39	Billie	293	↑2	>100
40	Ruby	293	↓6	77
41	Anita	289	new	93
42	Sylvia	284	↓3	72
43	Ann	276	↓3	38
44	Evelyn	274	↓2	53
45	Marilyn	274	new	27
46	Bonnie	271	new	34
47	Annie	266	↓2	62
48	Karen	263	new	16
49	Rosa	263	new	>100
50	Charlotte	257	new	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	James	3,543	–	1
2	Robert	2,503	–	2
3	John	2,417	–	3
4	William	1,904	↑1	4
5	Charles	1,883	↓1	7
6	David	1,465	↑3	6
7	Jerry	1,417	↓1	16
8	Joe	1,387	↓1	33
9	Richard	1,083	↑1	5
10	Billy	1,035	↓2	35
11	Larry	958	↑7	12
12	Thomas	938	↑5	8
13	George	905	↓1	14
14	Jimmy	865	↓1	47
15	Jose	855	–	>100
16	Donald	832	↓5	10
17	Kenneth	723	↓3	15
18	Bobby	718	↓2	43
19	Ronald	669	–	9
20	Johnny	617	–	55
21	Michael	588	↑10	13
22	Frank	575	–	21
23	Edward	545	↑2	17
24	Roy	541	↓3	42
25	Tommy	534	↓1	73
26	Gary	517	↑4	18
27	Juan	517	↑2	>100
28	Paul	496	↓2	19
29	Henry	489	↓2	31
30	Raymond	485	↓7	24
31	Manuel	466	↑2	>100
32	Willie	444	↓4	37
33	Douglas	424	new	23
34	Jack	401	–	34
35	Jesse	398	↑1	100
36	Harold	376	↑2	27
37	Don	370	↓5	72
38	Joseph	359	↓1	11
39	Jesus	355	↑5	>100
40	Walter	341	↓1	26
41	Ronnie	333	↑5	78
42	Arthur	307	↓2	29
43	Carl	306	–	36
44	Daniel	305	↓3	28
45	Albert	304	↓3	40
46	Eddie	284	↑4	86
47	Gerald	284	↓12	22
48	Jimmie	284	↓3	94
49	Fred	275	–	46
50	Antonio	263	new	>100

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