Popular baby names in Texas, 1946

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1946 were Mary for girls (4,206 babies) and James for boys (4,047). Social Security records list 172,197 babies born in Texas in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1946

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

Girls

Dominga: 70 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Ninfa: 45 babies, 17× the national rate
Oralia: 125 babies, 16.9× the national rate
Santos: 47 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Elida: 124 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Graciela: 74 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Herminia: 44 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Herlinda: 61 babies, 15× the national rate
Francisca: 79 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Estela: 67 babies, 14.7× the national rate

Boys

Guadalupe: 326 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Adan: 59 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Domingo: 159 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Benito: 102 babies, 15× the national rate
Santos: 96 babies, 15× the national rate
Margarito: 53 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Rodolfo: 187 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Pablo: 136 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Cruz: 61 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Ramiro: 136 babies, 14.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Mary	4,206	–	1
2	Linda	3,033	–	2
3	Maria	2,043	–	88
4	Barbara	1,766	–	4
5	Patricia	1,760	–	3
6	Carolyn	1,423	↑1	12
7	Sandra	1,386	↓1	6
8	Judy	1,357	↑2	11
9	Betty	1,257	↓1	14
10	Gloria	1,208	↓1	26
11	Sharon	1,166	↑3	9
12	Shirley	1,049	–	18
13	Carol	1,033	↓2	5
14	Nancy	942	↓1	7
15	Donna	817	↑5	13
16	Martha	780	↓1	32
17	Margaret	752	↑1	17
18	Dorothy	701	↓2	23
19	Susan	693	↑2	8
20	Brenda	690	↑4	24
21	Joyce	666	↓4	20
22	Janice	612	↑4	22
23	Virginia	598	↓4	31
24	Karen	564	↑3	15
25	Frances	529	↓3	39
26	Helen	524	↓1	36
27	Yolanda	512	↑12	>100
28	Beverly	510	↑12	30
29	Alice	504	↓1	44
30	Peggy	491	↑4	43
31	Elizabeth	486	↓8	25
32	Patsy	484	↓3	85
33	Jo	474	↑3	53
34	Juanita	464	↓1	>100
35	Wanda	457	↓5	59
36	Sylvia	454	↑5	82
37	Judith	437	↓6	10
38	Sherry	433	new	73
39	Doris	432	↓7	51
40	Guadalupe	414	↓5	>100
41	Glenda	413	↓3	99
42	Diana	400	↑1	42
43	Rosa	400	↓1	>100
44	Marilyn	382	↓7	29
45	Cheryl	373	↑1	27
46	Cynthia	372	new	46
47	Pamela	369	↑3	34
48	Rebecca	359	new	68
49	Janet	358	↓2	21
50	Paula	341	↓6	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	James	4,047	–	1
2	Robert	3,288	–	2
3	John	3,004	–	3
4	Charles	2,183	–	9
5	David	2,110	↑1	6
6	William	2,098	↓1	4
7	Richard	1,850	–	5
8	Larry	1,722	–	11
9	Michael	1,495	↑2	7
10	Joe	1,490	↓1	37
11	Jerry	1,334	↓1	20
12	Jose	1,239	–	>100
13	Thomas	1,141	↑1	8
14	Ronald	1,097	↑7	10
15	Gary	1,083	↑3	12
16	George	1,042	↓1	16
17	Donald	1,030	–	13
18	Jimmy	1,026	↓2	42
19	Kenneth	1,013	–	15
20	Johnny	924	–	47
21	Billy	921	↓8	45
22	Juan	837	–	>100
23	Paul	700	↑1	18
24	Bobby	687	↑1	53
25	Tommy	666	↑2	77
26	Ronnie	662	↑11	54
27	Frank	638	↓4	22
28	Roy	628	↑1	43
29	Edward	616	↓1	19
30	Manuel	594	↓4	>100
31	Raymond	568	↓1	25
32	Danny	537	↑8	46
33	Mike	510	↑10	64
34	Jesus	495	↓3	>100
35	Willie	491	↓2	40
36	Daniel	474	↓4	21
37	Henry	473	↓2	41
38	Dennis	454	new	17
39	Joseph	447	↓5	14
40	Don	441	↑1	79
41	Jack	438	↓5	35
42	Jesse	415	↓4	>100
43	Terry	405	new	26
44	Roger	396	–	23
45	Arthur	380	↓6	36
46	Albert	377	new	52
47	Roberto	365	↑1	>100
48	Antonio	363	↓1	>100
49	Eddie	361	–	85
50	Harold	352	↓8	33

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