Popular baby names in Texas, 1949

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1949 were Linda for girls (4,816 babies) and James for boys (4,138). Social Security records list 195,273 babies born in Texas in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1949

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

Girls

Sanjuanita: 112 babies, 17× the national rate
Elida: 99 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Dominga: 55 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Sanjuana: 85 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Oralia: 121 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Esmeralda: 56 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Evangelina: 86 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Graciela: 99 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Manuela: 80 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Estela: 89 babies, 13× the national rate

Boys

Arnulfo: 85 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Guadalupe: 309 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Ramiro: 146 babies, 14× the national rate
Rogelio: 105 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Juan: 1,385 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Adolfo: 75 babies, 13× the national rate
Vicente: 61 babies, 13× the national rate
Domingo: 129 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Pablo: 120 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Gilberto: 124 babies, 12.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	4,816	–	1
2	Mary	4,145	–	2
3	Maria	2,467	–	72
4	Patricia	1,958	–	3
5	Barbara	1,646	–	4
6	Sandra	1,515	–	6
7	Brenda	1,400	↑6	13
8	Carolyn	1,343	↓1	17
9	Sharon	1,306	↑1	10
10	Gloria	1,194	↓2	29
11	Judy	1,161	↓2	20
12	Shirley	1,128	↑2	18
13	Nancy	1,090	↓1	7
14	Donna	1,017	↑1	12
15	Susan	994	↑2	5
16	Betty	931	↓5	22
17	Deborah	898	↑21	15
18	Carol	885	↓2	8
19	Cynthia	869	↑1	27
20	Karen	835	↑1	11
21	Martha	832	↓3	34
22	Margaret	800	↓3	14
23	Elizabeth	684	↑1	25
24	Janice	683	↓1	24
25	Rebecca	682	↑11	40
26	Pamela	678	↑4	21
27	Juanita	664	↑8	>100
28	Beverly	663	↓2	31
29	Joyce	645	↓7	26
30	Virginia	615	↓5	39
31	Yolanda	611	↓2	>100
32	Peggy	603	↓5	38
33	Dorothy	565	↓5	32
34	Rosa	554	↓2	>100
35	Kathy	528	new	42
36	Frances	502	↓5	49
37	Alice	498	↓3	53
38	Paula	497	↓1	55
39	Sylvia	494	↑3	94
40	Sherry	492	↓7	68
41	Connie	485	↑7	43
42	Diana	477	↑7	48
43	Helen	461	↓4	46
44	Jo	450	↓3	60
45	Janet	447	new	23
46	Wanda	443	↓6	56
47	Cheryl	427	↓1	28
48	Guadalupe	418	↓5	>100
49	Janie	415	new	>100
50	Glenda	414	↓6	87

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	James	4,138	–	1
2	Robert	3,640	–	2
3	John	3,226	–	3
4	David	2,908	–	6
5	William	2,384	–	4
6	Michael	2,360	↑2	5
7	Charles	2,261	↓1	9
8	Larry	2,106	↓1	10
9	Richard	1,869	–	7
10	Jose	1,478	↑1	>100
11	Joe	1,467	↓1	52
12	Gary	1,400	↑1	12
13	Juan	1,385	↑4	>100
14	Thomas	1,373	–	8
15	Ronald	1,231	–	11
16	Donald	1,192	↑2	13
17	Jerry	1,183	↓5	23
18	Kenneth	1,135	↓2	15
19	George	1,122	↑3	18
20	Johnny	1,025	↑1	49
21	Jimmy	969	↓1	53
22	Billy	941	↓3	57
23	Paul	750	–	17
24	Edward	736	↑7	21
25	Stephen	733	↑13	19
26	Danny	700	↑3	40
27	Bobby	658	↓3	67
28	Daniel	644	↑2	22
29	Frank	635	↓3	27
30	Roy	616	↓3	51
31	Manuel	614	↑1	>100
32	Tommy	597	↓4	84
33	Raymond	590	↑2	30
34	Joseph	555	↑3	14
35	Ronnie	535	↓10	65
36	Dennis	516	↑4	16
37	Jesus	507	↓4	>100
38	Willie	495	↓4	41
39	Terry	494	–	28
40	Henry	492	↓4	46
41	Roger	469	↑2	25
42	Jesse	464	↓1	>100
43	Jack	447	↓1	47
44	Antonio	439	↑3	>100
45	Ruben	422	new	>100
46	Steven	412	new	20
47	Harold	410	new	42
48	Mark	410	new	24
49	Albert	405	new	56
50	Douglas	402	new	29

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