Popular baby names in Texas, 1944

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1944 were Mary for girls (4,139 babies) and James for boys (3,873). Social Security records list 154,557 babies born in Texas in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1944

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: 38 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Oralia: 101 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Elida: 107 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Dominga: 54 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Herminia: 45 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Guadalupe: 419 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Josefina: 86 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Estela: 63 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Evangelina: 74 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Hortencia: 47 babies, 13.7× the national rate

Boys

Noe: 53 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Margarito: 46 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Rogelio: 84 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Guadalupe: 282 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Gilberto: 87 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Adan: 44 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Vicente: 58 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Santos: 106 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Ramiro: 105 babies, 14× the national rate
Felipe: 106 babies, 13.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Mary	4,139	–	1
2	Linda	2,514	–	3
3	Maria	1,831	↑2	80
4	Barbara	1,747	↓1	2
5	Patricia	1,528	↓1	4
6	Betty	1,365	–	10
7	Sandra	1,358	↑1	6
8	Carolyn	1,320	↓1	11
9	Judy	1,051	↑2	12
10	Gloria	1,017	↑2	25
11	Carol	1,012	↑2	5
12	Shirley	1,005	↓3	15
13	Sharon	932	↓3	8
14	Dorothy	859	–	19
15	Nancy	815	–	7
16	Martha	781	–	29
17	Joyce	715	–	18
18	Margaret	694	–	14
19	Virginia	661	–	26
20	Donna	610	↑5	17
21	Judith	576	↑1	9
22	Patsy	573	↓2	72
23	Frances	551	↓2	33
24	Elizabeth	516	↑3	23
25	Alice	494	↓2	38
26	Brenda	487	↑9	30
27	Helen	474	↓3	31
28	Doris	461	↑3	42
29	Peggy	447	↓1	45
30	Jo	446	↓1	61
31	Wanda	446	↓5	58
32	Karen	431	↑4	16
33	Juanita	428	↓1	94
34	Guadalupe	419	↑4	>100
35	Glenda	415	↓5	79
36	Beverly	414	↓2	35
37	Susan	409	↑4	13
38	Janice	386	↓5	28
39	Marilyn	351	new	27
40	Rosa	336	↑5	>100
41	Janet	326	new	21
42	Charlotte	325	↓3	50
43	Sylvia	322	–	83
44	Anita	321	↑2	95
45	Ruth	309	↓3	32
46	Cheryl	301	new	36
47	Paula	296	↑2	82
48	Joan	293	new	22
49	Norma	292	↓12	66
50	Dolores	291	↓2	92

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	James	3,873	–	1
2	Robert	2,866	–	2
3	John	2,702	–	3
4	Charles	2,011	↑1	7
5	William	2,001	↓1	4
6	David	1,730	–	6
7	Richard	1,509	↑2	5
8	Joe	1,452	–	33
9	Jerry	1,442	↓2	19
10	Larry	1,215	–	12
11	Thomas	1,038	–	8
12	Michael	1,003	↑7	9
13	George	994	↑1	14
14	Billy	985	↓2	38
15	Jose	956	↑3	>100
16	Donald	955	↓1	11
17	Jimmy	891	↓4	41
18	Ronald	873	↓2	10
19	Kenneth	838	↓2	16
20	Johnny	806	–	45
21	Gary	803	↑2	15
22	Juan	687	↑3	>100
23	Bobby	612	↓2	50
24	Frank	611	↓2	21
25	Roy	606	↓1	39
26	Edward	595	–	18
27	Tommy	576	–	70
28	Paul	545	–	17
29	Raymond	530	–	22
30	Henry	493	↑2	35
31	Manuel	490	↓1	>100
32	Willie	473	↓1	31
33	Ronnie	448	–	69
34	Joseph	442	↑1	13
35	Jesse	421	↑3	>100
36	Jack	409	↓2	30
37	Daniel	384	↑3	25
38	Jesus	381	↓1	>100
39	Walter	366	–	26
40	Harold	365	↑1	27
41	Don	363	↓5	72
42	Arthur	354	–	29
43	Roger	350	↑6	23
44	Roberto	329	new	>100
45	Mike	327	new	80
46	Albert	322	↓1	44
47	Carl	318	↓1	36
48	Gerald	316	↓4	24
49	Eddie	310	↓1	79
50	Bill	294	–	66

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