Popular baby names in Texas, 1947

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1947 were Linda for girls (5,059 babies) and James for boys (4,304). Social Security records list 189,767 babies born in Texas in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1947

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

Girls

Oralia: 124 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Elida: 106 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Dominga: 58 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Manuela: 102 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Estela: 49 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Herlinda: 75 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Evangelina: 77 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Guadalupe: 426 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Josefina: 96 babies, 14× the national rate
Angelita: 89 babies, 14× the national rate

Boys

Noe: 56 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Adan: 51 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Ramiro: 156 babies, 16× the national rate
Guadalupe: 293 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Gilberto: 138 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Rogelio: 92 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Santos: 119 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Humberto: 83 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Rodolfo: 161 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Gregorio: 56 babies, 14.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	5,059	↑1	1
2	Mary	4,211	↓1	2
3	Maria	2,249	–	79
4	Barbara	1,918	–	4
5	Patricia	1,790	–	3
6	Sandra	1,590	↑1	5
7	Carolyn	1,447	↓1	15
8	Sharon	1,333	↑3	9
9	Judy	1,311	↓1	14
10	Gloria	1,300	–	27
11	Betty	1,187	↓2	17
12	Shirley	1,069	–	19
13	Nancy	1,039	↑1	7
14	Carol	962	↓1	6
15	Donna	954	–	10
16	Margaret	830	↑1	16
17	Martha	808	↓1	32
18	Brenda	787	↑2	21
19	Susan	780	–	8
20	Dorothy	692	↓2	26
21	Joyce	691	–	20
22	Janice	661	–	22
23	Elizabeth	655	↑8	25
24	Virginia	636	↓1	34
25	Karen	631	↓1	13
26	Cynthia	614	↑20	33
27	Beverly	599	↑1	31
28	Frances	593	↓3	39
29	Peggy	550	↑1	42
30	Yolanda	546	↓3	>100
31	Juanita	533	↑3	>100
32	Patsy	519	–	87
33	Pamela	513	↑14	28
34	Alice	508	↓5	47
35	Helen	504	↓9	38
36	Glenda	503	↑5	96
37	Jo	502	↓4	51
38	Sylvia	484	↓2	97
39	Sherry	477	↓1	67
40	Connie	470	new	43
41	Rebecca	468	↑7	52
42	Cheryl	460	↑3	24
43	Paula	460	↑7	54
44	Judith	455	↓7	12
45	Marilyn	444	↓1	29
46	Rosa	443	↓3	>100
47	Wanda	442	↓12	66
48	Guadalupe	426	↓8	>100
49	Doris	423	↓10	58
50	Janet	407	↓1	23

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	James	4,304	–	1
2	Robert	3,517	–	2
3	John	3,281	–	3
4	David	2,463	↑1	6
5	William	2,292	↑1	4
6	Charles	2,259	↓2	9
7	Larry	2,117	↑1	10
8	Richard	2,004	↓1	5
9	Michael	1,789	–	7
10	Joe	1,599	–	43
11	Jerry	1,434	–	20
12	Gary	1,310	↑3	12
13	Jose	1,291	↓1	>100
14	Thomas	1,244	↓1	8
15	Ronald	1,192	↓1	11
16	Kenneth	1,152	↑3	15
17	George	1,147	↓1	16
18	Jimmy	1,136	–	44
19	Donald	1,083	↓2	13
20	Johnny	1,071	–	49
21	Billy	1,051	–	51
22	Juan	940	–	>100
23	Tommy	778	↑2	79
24	Bobby	762	–	60
25	Roy	718	↑3	48
26	Paul	709	↓3	18
27	Frank	708	–	23
28	Danny	691	↑4	39
29	Ronnie	680	↓3	61
30	Edward	640	↓1	19
31	Manuel	638	↓1	>100
32	Raymond	572	↓1	27
33	Daniel	554	↑3	22
34	Mike	549	↓1	65
35	Joseph	538	↑4	14
36	Terry	538	↑7	26
37	Willie	536	↓2	42
38	Jesus	518	↓4	>100
39	Henry	513	↓2	46
40	Dennis	512	↓2	17
41	Jack	497	–	37
42	Jesse	477	–	>100
43	Don	436	↓3	86
44	Eddie	417	↑5	80
45	Stephen	412	new	21
46	Harold	409	↑4	35
47	Antonio	408	↑1	>100
48	Walter	400	new	34
49	Roger	395	↓5	25
50	Arthur	383	↓5	38

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