Popular baby names in Texas, 1943

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1943 were Mary for girls (4,064 babies) and James for boys (3,905). Social Security records list 152,279 babies born in Texas in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1943

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: 42 babies, 17.9× the national rate
Elida: 118 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Oralia: 107 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Dominga: 59 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Herminia: 41 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Angelita: 102 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Josefina: 91 babies, 15× the national rate
Ofelia: 63 babies, 15× the national rate
Guadalupe: 348 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Francisca: 69 babies, 14.6× the national rate

Boys

Guadalupe: 239 babies, 16× the national rate
Pablo: 112 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Ramiro: 90 babies, 15× the national rate
Domingo: 126 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Rogelio: 58 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Alejandro: 53 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Gregorio: 50 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Gilberto: 108 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Rodolfo: 129 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Enrique: 119 babies, 13.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	4,064	–	1
2	Linda	2,255	–	4
3	Barbara	1,811	–	2
4	Patricia	1,547	↑2	3
5	Maria	1,535	↓1	>100
6	Betty	1,418	↓1	10
7	Carolyn	1,375	–	11
8	Sandra	1,204	–	6
9	Shirley	1,024	–	12
10	Sharon	916	↑11	8
11	Judy	905	↑2	13
12	Gloria	884	↓2	30
13	Carol	853	↑4	5
14	Dorothy	848	↓2	19
15	Nancy	841	↓4	9
16	Martha	811	↓2	29
17	Joyce	743	↓2	16
18	Margaret	715	–	14
19	Virginia	694	–	25
20	Patsy	643	↓4	61
21	Frances	623	↓1	31
22	Judith	535	↑7	7
23	Alice	534	↑1	38
24	Helen	525	↓1	28
25	Donna	502	↑6	17
26	Wanda	502	↓4	56
27	Elizabeth	482	↓1	23
28	Peggy	464	↓1	41
29	Jo	460	↓1	63
30	Glenda	454	–	83
31	Doris	439	↓6	40
32	Juanita	400	↑3	91
33	Janice	396	↓1	26
34	Beverly	391	↓1	32
35	Brenda	384	↑1	35
36	Karen	372	↑12	15
37	Norma	351	↑1	58
38	Guadalupe	348	new	>100
39	Charlotte	347	↑11	47
40	Ruby	346	–	82
41	Susan	343	new	18
42	Ruth	331	↓5	33
43	Sylvia	321	↓1	77
44	Billie	316	↓5	>100
45	Rosa	308	↑4	>100
46	Anita	303	↓5	98
47	Bonnie	298	↓1	34
48	Dolores	298	↓14	74
49	Paula	298	new	93
50	Evelyn	295	↓6	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	James	3,905	–	1
2	Robert	2,832	–	2
3	John	2,701	–	3
4	William	2,049	–	4
5	Charles	1,996	–	7
6	David	1,561	–	6
7	Jerry	1,510	–	17
8	Joe	1,372	–	35
9	Richard	1,370	–	5
10	Larry	1,160	↑1	12
11	Thomas	1,075	↑1	8
12	Billy	1,035	↓2	37
13	Jimmy	976	↑1	42
14	George	958	↓1	14
15	Donald	948	↑1	11
16	Ronald	911	↑3	9
17	Kenneth	896	–	15
18	Jose	892	↓3	>100
19	Michael	772	↑2	10
20	Johnny	748	–	52
21	Bobby	710	↓3	46
22	Frank	626	–	21
23	Gary	616	↑3	16
24	Roy	616	–	38
25	Juan	609	↑2	>100
26	Edward	601	↓3	18
27	Tommy	559	↓2	77
28	Paul	548	–	19
29	Raymond	537	↑1	22
30	Manuel	502	↑1	>100
31	Willie	486	↑1	36
32	Henry	470	↓3	31
33	Ronnie	454	↑8	71
34	Jack	437	–	34
35	Joseph	417	↑3	13
36	Don	399	↑1	72
37	Jesus	396	↑2	>100
38	Jesse	389	↓3	>100
39	Walter	367	↑1	26
40	Daniel	354	↑4	25
41	Harold	351	↓5	27
42	Arthur	344	–	30
43	Douglas	342	↓10	28
44	Gerald	340	↑3	23
45	Albert	332	–	43
46	Carl	326	↓3	33
47	Louis	316	new	53
48	Eddie	307	↓2	80
49	Roger	303	new	24
50	Bill	298	new	65

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