Popular baby names in Texas, 1953

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1953 were Mary for girls (4,159 babies) and James for boys (4,436). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 229,607 babies born in Texas in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1953

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: 113 babies, 16× the national rate
Oralia: 118 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Esmeralda: 81 babies, 14× the national rate
Graciela: 150 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Herlinda: 98 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Elida: 86 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Rosalinda: 164 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Estela: 62 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Rosario: 97 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Josefina: 90 babies, 10.8× the national rate

Boys

Noe: 69 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Arnulfo: 64 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Ramiro: 195 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Rogelio: 134 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Guadalupe: 292 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Rolando: 105 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Rodolfo: 240 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Domingo: 99 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Santos: 82 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Vicente: 60 babies, 11.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Mary	4,159	–	1
2	Linda	3,451	–	2
3	Deborah	2,834	–	3
4	Patricia	2,443	–	4
5	Maria	2,300	–	68
6	Debra	2,126	↑2	7
7	Cynthia	1,793	↑3	12
8	Brenda	1,598	↓2	18
9	Barbara	1,552	↓2	6
10	Pamela	1,468	↑8	10
11	Susan	1,462	↑1	5
12	Sandra	1,403	↓3	11
13	Sharon	1,320	↓2	15
14	Donna	1,315	–	13
15	Karen	1,283	↓2	9
16	Nancy	1,166	↓1	8
17	Rebecca	1,151	–	24
18	Gloria	1,043	↓2	38
19	Carolyn	1,025	–	25
20	Judy	981	–	27
21	Elizabeth	913	–	21
22	Carol	864	↑1	16
23	Janet	850	↑8	19
24	Kathy	848	↑3	23
25	Sylvia	837	↑5	>100
26	Martha	824	↓4	41
27	Paula	782	↑9	40
28	Betty	763	↓3	33
29	Beverly	753	–	34
30	Janice	748	↓4	22
31	Shirley	742	↓7	29
32	Yolanda	716	↑1	>100
33	Rosa	715	↑1	>100
34	Margaret	708	↓6	20
35	Diana	671	↓3	55
36	Teresa	648	↑8	42
37	Marilyn	617	↑4	36
38	Virginia	607	↓1	53
39	Connie	599	↑1	47
40	Joyce	588	↓2	26
41	Vicki	584	↑6	61
42	Juanita	574	↓7	>100
43	Diane	563	↓4	17
44	Peggy	548	↑4	44
45	Jo	528	↓3	54
46	Sherry	522	↓1	70
47	Kathleen	494	↓1	14
48	Rose	485	new	59
49	Wanda	481	↓6	57
50	Kathryn	480	new	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	James	4,436	–	2
2	David	4,251	↑1	5
3	Robert	4,149	↓1	1
4	Michael	3,837	↑1	3
5	John	3,677	↓1	4
6	William	2,683	–	6
7	Richard	2,678	–	7
8	Charles	2,315	↑1	9
9	Larry	1,973	↓1	18
10	Gary	1,915	–	10
11	Thomas	1,546	–	8
12	Joe	1,516	–	66
13	Jose	1,479	–	>100
14	Kenneth	1,451	–	17
15	Donald	1,363	–	14
16	Ronald	1,250	↑1	15
17	Juan	1,225	↓1	>100
18	Mark	1,172	↑8	12
19	George	1,166	–	22
20	Jerry	1,135	↓2	29
21	Steven	1,120	↑1	11
22	Paul	1,078	↑2	16
23	Johnny	1,071	↓3	52
24	Stephen	1,069	↓3	21
25	Daniel	1,028	–	20
26	Billy	1,020	↓3	65
27	Terry	836	↑3	30
28	Jimmy	831	–	72
29	Edward	822	↓2	23
30	Dennis	797	↑3	19
31	Joseph	762	↑1	13
32	Ricky	761	↑15	51
33	Roy	748	↓2	55
34	Danny	741	↓5	41
35	Randy	691	↑6	35
36	Bobby	673	↓2	74
37	Frank	598	↓2	33
38	Roger	572	↑2	31
39	Raymond	570	↓3	34
40	Tommy	551	↓2	95
41	Manuel	541	↓4	>100
42	Jesse	523	↓3	>100
43	Henry	506	↑2	54
44	Ruben	506	↓1	>100
45	Timothy	491	↑3	26
46	Gregory	483	new	24
47	Jesus	483	↓3	>100
48	Douglas	479	↓6	27
49	Arthur	473	new	50
50	Willie	457	↓1	49

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