Popular baby names in Texas, 1945

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1945 were Mary for girls (3,779 babies) and James for boys (3,579). Social Security records list 149,187 babies born in Texas in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1945

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: 48 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Elida: 103 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Dominga: 62 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Oralia: 111 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Francisca: 91 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Josefina: 108 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Evangelina: 70 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Graciela: 59 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Manuela: 88 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Lidia: 43 babies, 14.4× the national rate

Boys

Noe: 45 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Adan: 55 babies, 16× the national rate
Guadalupe: 283 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Gregorio: 54 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Gilberto: 141 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Ramiro: 114 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Reynaldo: 118 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Felipe: 123 babies, 14× the national rate
Pablo: 102 babies, 14× the national rate
Domingo: 108 babies, 13.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Mary	3,779	–	1
2	Linda	2,519	–	2
3	Maria	1,763	–	86
4	Barbara	1,610	–	3
5	Patricia	1,388	–	4
6	Sandra	1,240	↑1	6
7	Carolyn	1,207	↑1	12
8	Betty	1,200	↓2	11
9	Gloria	1,110	↑1	23
10	Judy	1,041	↓1	13
11	Carol	1,013	–	5
12	Shirley	990	–	14
13	Nancy	830	↑2	7
14	Sharon	790	↓1	8
15	Martha	740	↑1	30
16	Dorothy	691	↓2	21
17	Joyce	665	–	18
18	Margaret	655	–	15
19	Virginia	593	–	28
20	Donna	576	–	17
21	Susan	519	↑16	10
22	Frances	514	↑1	34
23	Elizabeth	476	↑1	26
24	Brenda	468	↑2	29
25	Helen	466	↑2	31
26	Janice	466	↑12	24
27	Karen	455	↑5	16
28	Alice	444	↓3	41
29	Patsy	443	↓7	84
30	Wanda	438	↑1	58
31	Judith	428	↓10	9
32	Doris	417	↓4	46
33	Juanita	416	–	>100
34	Peggy	411	↓5	45
35	Guadalupe	403	↓1	>100
36	Jo	393	↓6	60
37	Marilyn	380	↑2	27
38	Glenda	368	↓3	92
39	Yolanda	368	new	>100
40	Beverly	358	↓4	37
41	Sylvia	333	↑2	83
42	Rosa	331	↓2	>100
43	Diana	318	new	43
44	Paula	308	↑3	67
45	Ruth	306	–	33
46	Cheryl	305	–	32
47	Janet	304	↓6	20
48	Anita	295	↓4	100
49	Ruby	293	new	95
50	Pamela	288	new	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	James	3,579	–	1
2	Robert	2,759	–	2
3	John	2,641	–	3
4	Charles	1,907	–	7
5	William	1,837	–	4
6	David	1,662	–	6
7	Richard	1,522	–	5
8	Larry	1,304	↑2	11
9	Joe	1,303	↓1	36
10	Jerry	1,195	↓1	20
11	Michael	1,128	↑1	9
12	Jose	1,044	↑3	>100
13	Billy	969	↑1	42
14	Thomas	957	↓3	8
15	George	949	↓2	15
16	Jimmy	905	↑1	41
17	Donald	898	↓1	12
18	Gary	898	↑3	13
19	Kenneth	875	–	16
20	Johnny	781	–	45
21	Ronald	777	↓3	10
22	Juan	759	–	>100
23	Frank	599	↑1	21
24	Paul	597	↑4	17
25	Bobby	595	↓2	53
26	Manuel	548	↑5	>100
27	Tommy	537	–	75
28	Edward	518	↓2	18
29	Roy	512	↓4	40
30	Raymond	480	↓1	23
31	Jesus	477	↑7	>100
32	Daniel	461	↑5	24
33	Willie	444	↓1	31
34	Joseph	423	–	14
35	Henry	420	↓5	37
36	Jack	418	–	32
37	Ronnie	407	↓4	67
38	Jesse	374	↓3	>100
39	Arthur	367	↑3	34
40	Danny	357	new	56
41	Don	349	–	73
42	Harold	348	↓2	28
43	Mike	333	↑2	69
44	Roger	329	↓1	22
45	Walter	324	↓6	27
46	Raul	321	new	>100
47	Antonio	316	new	>100
48	Roberto	313	↓4	>100
49	Eddie	312	–	81
50	Carl	310	↓3	39

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