Popular baby names in Texas, 1950

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1950 were Linda for girls (4,198 babies) and James for boys (4,176). Social Security records list 199,536 babies born in Texas in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1950

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: 125 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Sanjuana: 98 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Oralia: 133 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Elida: 101 babies, 15.5× the national rate
San: 57 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Esmeralda: 56 babies, 15× the national rate
Noemi: 49 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Herlinda: 80 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Hortencia: 54 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Graciela: 89 babies, 13.1× the national rate

Boys

Noe: 63 babies, 16× the national rate
Adan: 55 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Arnulfo: 58 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Ramiro: 152 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Guadalupe: 274 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Juan: 1,530 babies, 13× the national rate
Benito: 101 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Gilberto: 105 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Margarito: 52 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Rodolfo: 186 babies, 12.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Linda	4,198	–	1
2	Mary	4,061	–	2
3	Maria	2,253	–	73
4	Patricia	2,049	–	3
5	Barbara	1,623	–	4
6	Deborah	1,484	↑11	7
7	Sandra	1,476	↓1	8
8	Brenda	1,400	↓1	14
9	Sharon	1,245	–	11
10	Gloria	1,220	–	30
11	Carolyn	1,184	↓3	20
12	Judy	1,118	↓1	25
13	Nancy	1,063	–	6
14	Susan	1,059	↑1	5
15	Shirley	1,048	↓3	19
16	Donna	1,009	↓2	13
17	Karen	972	↑3	12
18	Carol	941	–	9
19	Cynthia	941	–	23
20	Betty	940	↓4	26
21	Martha	798	–	32
22	Margaret	778	–	15
23	Pamela	751	↑3	17
24	Elizabeth	743	↓1	24
25	Juanita	731	↑2	>100
26	Yolanda	730	↑5	>100
27	Janice	720	↓3	22
28	Rebecca	701	↓3	36
29	Beverly	638	↓1	31
30	Joyce	596	↓1	27
31	Virginia	589	↓1	43
32	Rosa	588	↑2	>100
33	Janet	548	↑12	18
34	Dorothy	535	↓1	35
35	Kathy	528	–	38
36	Janie	521	↑13	>100
37	Sylvia	520	↑2	97
38	Connie	519	↑3	44
39	Diana	519	↑3	47
40	Peggy	513	↓8	41
41	Sherry	506	↓1	62
42	Paula	496	↓4	54
43	Alice	489	↓6	57
44	Frances	483	↓8	51
45	Wanda	476	↑1	52
46	Glenda	457	↑4	87
47	Jo	456	↓3	64
48	Marilyn	451	new	37
49	Guadalupe	422	↓1	>100
50	Vicki	416	new	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	James	4,176	–	1
2	Robert	3,710	–	2
3	John	3,301	–	3
4	David	3,045	–	5
5	Michael	2,726	↑1	4
6	William	2,472	↓1	6
7	Charles	2,274	–	9
8	Larry	2,179	–	11
9	Richard	2,083	–	7
10	Gary	1,641	↑2	10
11	Juan	1,530	↑2	>100
12	Joe	1,515	↓1	54
13	Jose	1,513	↓3	>100
14	Thomas	1,430	–	8
15	Ronald	1,261	–	12
16	Donald	1,245	–	14
17	Kenneth	1,211	↑1	15
18	Jerry	1,203	↓1	24
19	George	1,094	–	20
20	Johnny	1,031	–	50
21	Billy	907	↑1	57
22	Jimmy	817	↓1	55
23	Daniel	791	↑5	21
24	Stephen	786	↑1	19
25	Edward	774	↓1	22
26	Paul	772	↓3	18
27	Danny	666	↓1	39
28	Frank	657	↑1	29
29	Roy	656	↑1	51
30	Bobby	635	↓3	65
31	Joseph	615	↑3	13
32	Raymond	612	↑1	31
33	Dennis	568	↑3	17
34	Terry	558	↑5	30
35	Manuel	553	↓4	>100
36	Steven	553	↑10	16
37	Tommy	537	↓5	94
38	Mark	511	↑10	23
39	Jesus	507	↓2	>100
40	Willie	472	↓2	42
41	Henry	471	↓1	47
42	Ronnie	471	↓7	76
43	Jesse	462	↓1	>100
44	Antonio	452	–	>100
45	Roger	442	↓4	27
46	Douglas	439	↑4	28
47	Ruben	436	↓2	>100
48	Jack	417	↓5	48
49	Arthur	400	new	46
50	Carlos	399	new	>100

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