Popular baby names in Texas, 1948

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1948 were Linda for girls (4,949 babies) and James for boys (4,121). Social Security records list 189,445 babies born in Texas in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1948

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

Girls

Sanjuana: 58 babies, 18.6× the national rate
Sanjuanita: 66 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Oralia: 141 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Dominga: 56 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Elida: 103 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Concepcion: 54 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Evangelina: 63 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Estela: 71 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Josefina: 118 babies, 14× the national rate
Ofelia: 93 babies, 13.8× the national rate

Boys

Noe: 56 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Ramiro: 166 babies, 15× the national rate
Guadalupe: 330 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Rogelio: 106 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Arnulfo: 57 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Domingo: 140 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Gilberto: 122 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Juan: 1,109 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Raymundo: 50 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Santos: 91 babies, 13.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	4,949	–	1
2	Mary	4,173	–	2
3	Maria	2,262	–	75
4	Patricia	1,778	↑1	4
5	Barbara	1,741	↓1	3
6	Sandra	1,416	–	6
7	Carolyn	1,358	–	14
8	Gloria	1,243	↑2	28
9	Judy	1,230	–	16
10	Sharon	1,230	↓2	9
11	Betty	1,074	–	18
12	Nancy	1,058	↑1	7
13	Brenda	1,013	↑5	17
14	Shirley	970	↓2	20
15	Donna	918	–	11
16	Carol	912	↓2	8
17	Susan	903	↑2	5
18	Martha	842	↓1	32
19	Margaret	815	↓3	13
20	Cynthia	776	↑6	27
21	Karen	724	↑4	12
22	Joyce	664	↓1	21
23	Janice	647	↓1	23
24	Elizabeth	645	↓1	26
25	Virginia	632	↓1	36
26	Beverly	629	↑1	31
27	Peggy	593	↑2	38
28	Dorothy	588	↓8	29
29	Yolanda	581	↑1	>100
30	Pamela	562	↑3	22
31	Frances	554	↓3	42
32	Rosa	540	↑14	>100
33	Sherry	508	↑6	61
34	Alice	504	–	49
35	Juanita	502	↓4	>100
36	Rebecca	496	↑5	50
37	Paula	495	↑6	52
38	Deborah	482	new	30
39	Helen	478	↓4	40
40	Wanda	477	↑7	57
41	Jo	468	↓4	56
42	Sylvia	468	↓4	100
43	Guadalupe	456	↑5	>100
44	Glenda	453	↓8	92
45	Marilyn	433	–	33
46	Cheryl	429	↓4	25
47	Patsy	429	↓15	98
48	Connie	428	↓8	43
49	Diana	417	new	48
50	Doris	410	↓1	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	James	4,121	–	1
2	Robert	3,513	–	2
3	John	3,200	–	3
4	David	2,618	–	5
5	William	2,261	–	4
6	Charles	2,152	–	9
7	Larry	2,040	–	11
8	Michael	1,945	↑1	6
9	Richard	1,861	↓1	7
10	Joe	1,559	–	47
11	Jose	1,379	↑2	>100
12	Jerry	1,340	↓1	21
13	Gary	1,279	↓1	12
14	Thomas	1,268	–	8
15	Ronald	1,241	–	10
16	Kenneth	1,166	–	15
17	Juan	1,109	↑5	>100
18	Donald	1,101	↑1	14
19	Billy	1,048	↑2	53
20	Jimmy	1,029	↓2	50
21	Johnny	1,026	↓1	52
22	George	983	↓5	16
23	Paul	728	↑3	18
24	Bobby	708	–	62
25	Ronnie	696	↑4	59
26	Frank	686	↑1	25
27	Roy	660	↓2	49
28	Tommy	653	↓5	79
29	Danny	650	↓1	39
30	Daniel	642	↑3	22
31	Edward	616	↓1	19
32	Manuel	606	↓1	>100
33	Jesus	558	↑5	>100
34	Willie	554	↑3	40
35	Raymond	542	↓3	27
36	Henry	541	↑3	45
37	Joseph	531	↓2	13
38	Stephen	520	↑7	20
39	Terry	517	↓3	26
40	Dennis	503	–	17
41	Jesse	500	↑1	>100
42	Jack	465	↓1	43
43	Roger	465	↑6	24
44	Mike	454	↓10	68
45	Roberto	416	new	>100
46	Walter	416	↑2	35
47	Antonio	402	–	>100
48	Arthur	398	↑2	44
49	Raul	392	new	>100
50	Eddie	384	↓6	78

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