Popular baby names in Texas, 1952

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1952 were Mary for girls (4,147 babies) and James for boys (4,562). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 221,614 babies born in Texas in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1952

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, 16.2× the national rate
Elida: 84 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Sanjuana: 61 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Oralia: 144 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Esmeralda: 95 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Herlinda: 102 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Graciela: 125 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Manuela: 57 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Rosalinda: 198 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Ofelia: 92 babies, 11.9× the national rate

Boys

Noe: 71 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Ramiro: 163 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Rolando: 110 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Rogelio: 138 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Guadalupe: 248 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Reynaldo: 115 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Juan: 1,290 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Alejandro: 120 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Rodolfo: 207 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Gilberto: 121 babies, 11.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Mary	4,147	–	2
2	Linda	3,620	–	1
3	Deborah	2,809	↑1	4
4	Patricia	2,432	↓1	3
5	Maria	2,308	–	72
6	Brenda	1,722	↑1	15
7	Barbara	1,622	↓1	6
8	Debra	1,578	↑10	9
9	Sandra	1,425	↓1	10
10	Cynthia	1,364	↑5	18
11	Sharon	1,296	↑1	14
12	Susan	1,294	↓1	5
13	Karen	1,284	–	8
14	Donna	1,233	↓5	13
15	Nancy	1,184	↑1	7
16	Gloria	1,161	↓6	36
17	Rebecca	1,105	↑4	30
18	Pamela	1,102	↑1	17
19	Carolyn	1,099	↓5	24
20	Judy	994	↓3	26
21	Elizabeth	889	↑2	22
22	Martha	885	↑2	40
23	Carol	853	↓1	12
24	Shirley	842	↓4	28
25	Betty	806	–	32
26	Janice	760	↑1	23
27	Kathy	758	↑3	29
28	Margaret	747	↓2	21
29	Beverly	744	↓1	35
30	Sylvia	705	↑4	99
31	Janet	693	↓2	19
32	Diana	672	↓1	51
33	Yolanda	653	↓1	>100
34	Rosa	649	↓1	>100
35	Juanita	648	–	>100
36	Paula	634	↑2	47
37	Virginia	621	↓1	49
38	Joyce	589	↑2	27
39	Diane	545	↑11	16
40	Connie	544	↑1	44
41	Marilyn	540	↑7	38
42	Jo	536	↑5	55
43	Wanda	530	↓1	54
44	Teresa	528	new	52
45	Sherry	523	↓2	68
46	Kathleen	513	↓9	11
47	Vicki	511	new	61
48	Peggy	509	↓9	43
49	Dorothy	474	↓5	46
50	Cheryl	468	new	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	James	4,562	–	1
2	Robert	4,061	–	2
3	David	3,795	↑1	5
4	John	3,669	↓1	3
5	Michael	3,464	–	4
6	William	2,650	–	6
7	Richard	2,604	↑2	7
8	Larry	2,275	–	14
9	Charles	2,205	↓2	9
10	Gary	2,070	–	10
11	Thomas	1,549	↑1	8
12	Joe	1,548	↓1	62
13	Jose	1,475	–	>100
14	Kenneth	1,473	–	16
15	Donald	1,341	↑2	13
16	Juan	1,290	–	>100
17	Ronald	1,256	↓2	15
18	Jerry	1,211	–	26
19	George	1,138	–	22
20	Johnny	1,105	–	53
21	Stephen	1,070	↑1	21
22	Steven	1,014	↑5	11
23	Billy	989	↓2	65
24	Paul	945	↑1	19
25	Daniel	944	↓1	20
26	Mark	922	↑2	17
27	Edward	810	↓1	23
28	Jimmy	809	↓5	72
29	Danny	776	↑2	40
30	Terry	736	↑4	29
31	Roy	700	↓2	55
32	Joseph	697	↓2	12
33	Dennis	694	↓1	18
34	Bobby	670	↓1	77
35	Frank	666	–	32
36	Raymond	611	–	33
37	Manuel	610	–	>100
38	Tommy	564	–	97
39	Jesse	563	↑4	>100
40	Roger	539	–	30
41	Randy	536	new	41
42	Douglas	496	↓1	28
43	Ruben	496	↑1	>100
44	Jesus	493	↓5	>100
45	Henry	482	↓3	50
46	Antonio	466	new	>100
47	Ricky	463	new	81
48	Timothy	463	new	27
49	Willie	445	↓3	48
50	Jack	440	↓3	52

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