Popular baby names in Texas, 1951

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1951 were Mary for girls (4,000 babies) and James for boys (4,276). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 211,233 babies born in Texas in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1951

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: 120 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Sanjuana: 70 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Oralia: 116 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Elida: 106 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Josefina: 117 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Angelita: 107 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Rosalinda: 198 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Evangelina: 77 babies, 13× the national rate
Esmeralda: 69 babies, 13× the national rate
Graciela: 109 babies, 12.4× the national rate

Boys

Noe: 82 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Guadalupe: 279 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Ramiro: 145 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Arnulfo: 74 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Rogelio: 99 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Rodolfo: 228 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Rolando: 93 babies, 13× the national rate
Gilberto: 127 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Juan: 1,323 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Benito: 89 babies, 12.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Mary	4,000	↑1	2
2	Linda	3,899	↓1	1
3	Patricia	2,429	↑1	3
4	Deborah	2,336	↑2	4
5	Maria	2,251	↓2	75
6	Barbara	1,557	↓1	5
7	Brenda	1,547	↑1	14
8	Sandra	1,413	↓1	9
9	Donna	1,241	↑7	12
10	Gloria	1,218	–	31
11	Susan	1,190	↑3	6
12	Sharon	1,189	↓3	13
13	Karen	1,165	↑4	8
14	Carolyn	1,162	↓3	22
15	Cynthia	1,156	↑4	20
16	Nancy	1,071	↓3	7
17	Judy	1,056	↓5	26
18	Debra	960	new	18
19	Pamela	949	↑4	16
20	Shirley	946	↓5	27
21	Rebecca	893	↑7	32
22	Carol	869	↓4	11
23	Elizabeth	864	↑1	23
24	Martha	842	↓3	38
25	Betty	817	↓5	29
26	Margaret	765	↓4	17
27	Janice	758	–	21
28	Beverly	691	↑1	33
29	Janet	668	↑4	19
30	Kathy	644	↑5	35
31	Diana	642	↑8	50
32	Yolanda	635	↓6	>100
33	Rosa	622	↓1	>100
34	Sylvia	612	↑3	97
35	Juanita	610	↓10	>100
36	Virginia	598	↓5	47
37	Kathleen	568	new	10
38	Paula	564	↑4	51
39	Peggy	564	↑1	40
40	Joyce	560	↓10	28
41	Connie	544	↓3	44
42	Wanda	539	↑3	52
43	Sherry	522	↓2	70
44	Dorothy	513	↓10	42
45	Glenda	498	↑1	89
46	Alice	494	↓3	62
47	Jo	489	–	67
48	Marilyn	463	–	41
49	Frances	457	↓5	59
50	Diane	456	new	15

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	James	4,276	–	1
2	Robert	3,883	–	2
3	John	3,545	–	3
4	David	3,216	–	5
5	Michael	3,206	–	4
6	William	2,567	–	6
7	Charles	2,266	–	9
8	Larry	2,225	–	11
9	Richard	2,199	–	7
10	Gary	1,908	–	10
11	Joe	1,533	↑1	57
12	Thomas	1,533	↑2	8
13	Jose	1,463	–	>100
14	Kenneth	1,355	↑3	16
15	Ronald	1,336	–	12
16	Juan	1,323	↓5	>100
17	Donald	1,255	↓1	15
18	Jerry	1,206	–	24
19	George	1,161	–	22
20	Johnny	1,072	–	50
21	Billy	960	–	64
22	Stephen	942	↑2	19
23	Jimmy	880	↓1	62
24	Daniel	851	↓1	21
25	Paul	820	↑1	18
26	Edward	803	↓1	23
27	Steven	734	↑9	13
28	Mark	712	↑10	20
29	Roy	705	–	52
30	Joseph	693	↑1	14
31	Danny	687	↓4	41
32	Dennis	671	↑1	17
33	Bobby	648	↓3	77
34	Terry	624	–	30
35	Frank	621	↓7	31
36	Raymond	592	↓4	32
37	Manuel	572	↓2	>100
38	Tommy	526	↓1	94
39	Jesus	506	–	>100
40	Roger	503	↑5	29
41	Douglas	494	↑5	27
42	Henry	494	↓1	47
43	Jesse	494	–	>100
44	Ruben	491	↑3	>100
45	Arthur	447	↑4	44
46	Willie	441	↓6	45
47	Jack	438	↑1	48
48	Ronnie	436	↓6	82
49	Carlos	430	↑1	>100
50	Raul	417	new	>100

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