Popular baby names in Texas, 1954

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1954 were Mary for girls (4,082 babies) and James for boys (4,473). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 233,184 babies born in Texas in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1954

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: 87 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Oralia: 97 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Esmeralda: 97 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Elida: 76 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Herlinda: 68 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Rosalinda: 179 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Ofelia: 68 babies, 12× the national rate
Rosario: 102 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Aurora: 109 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Evangelina: 58 babies, 11.3× the national rate

Boys

Ramiro: 172 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Guadalupe: 246 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Rodolfo: 242 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Rogelio: 104 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Reynaldo: 153 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Rolando: 105 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Javier: 165 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Arturo: 270 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Domingo: 108 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Juan: 1,151 babies, 10.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Mary	4,082	–	1
2	Linda	2,968	–	2
3	Deborah	2,787	–	3
4	Debra	2,480	↑2	6
5	Patricia	2,334	↓1	4
6	Maria	2,189	↓1	65
7	Cynthia	2,021	–	10
8	Susan	1,564	↑3	5
9	Brenda	1,548	↓1	18
10	Sandra	1,482	↑2	13
11	Pamela	1,471	↓1	12
12	Barbara	1,445	↓3	7
13	Karen	1,418	↑2	8
14	Donna	1,404	–	11
15	Sharon	1,252	↓2	16
16	Rebecca	1,119	↑1	26
17	Nancy	1,110	↓1	9
18	Gloria	1,032	–	42
19	Elizabeth	957	↑2	20
20	Carolyn	941	↓1	27
21	Sylvia	921	↑4	>100
22	Carol	894	–	15
23	Judy	877	↓3	29
24	Janet	834	↓1	19
25	Martha	811	↑1	46
26	Kathy	784	↓2	23
27	Diana	762	↑8	57
28	Rosa	739	↑5	>100
29	Teresa	713	↑7	34
30	Cheryl	703	new	22
31	Beverly	702	↓2	31
32	Paula	697	↓5	38
33	Vicki	697	↑8	50
34	Betty	694	↓6	36
35	Shirley	680	↓4	33
36	Janice	673	↓6	25
37	Yolanda	656	↓5	>100
38	Connie	646	↑1	39
39	Diane	637	↑4	17
40	Margaret	635	↓6	21
41	Marilyn	620	↓4	35
42	Sherry	583	↑4	62
43	Rose	557	↑5	54
44	Virginia	542	↓6	61
45	Juanita	527	↓3	>100
46	Jo	518	↓1	53
47	Rhonda	510	new	71
48	Laura	507	new	45
49	Peggy	498	↓5	48
50	Wanda	483	↓1	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	James	4,473	–	3
2	David	4,316	–	5
3	Robert	4,166	–	2
4	Michael	4,006	–	1
5	John	3,647	–	4
6	Richard	2,673	↑1	7
7	William	2,594	↓1	6
8	Charles	2,252	–	10
9	Larry	2,041	–	19
10	Gary	1,922	–	9
11	Thomas	1,602	–	8
12	Mark	1,547	↑6	12
13	Kenneth	1,500	↑1	17
14	Donald	1,497	↑1	14
15	Joe	1,469	↓3	67
16	Jose	1,460	↓3	>100
17	Steven	1,310	↑4	11
18	Ronald	1,262	↓2	15
19	George	1,171	–	24
20	Juan	1,151	↓3	>100
21	Jerry	1,144	↓1	31
22	Paul	1,125	–	16
23	Daniel	1,120	↑2	18
24	Stephen	1,109	–	20
25	Terry	1,039	↑2	27
26	Billy	1,023	–	65
27	Johnny	1,008	↓4	54
28	Jimmy	894	–	74
29	Edward	821	–	22
30	Ricky	815	↑2	46
31	Joseph	803	–	13
32	Randy	790	↑3	33
33	Danny	775	↑1	42
34	Bobby	752	↑2	72
35	Dennis	699	↓5	21
36	Roy	695	↓3	56
37	Timothy	603	↑8	26
38	Raymond	580	↑1	35
39	Manuel	573	↑2	>100
40	Frank	562	↓3	36
41	Gregory	558	↑5	25
42	Jesse	548	–	>100
43	Ruben	544	↑1	>100
44	Douglas	528	↑4	29
45	Roger	521	↓7	34
46	Henry	519	↓3	59
47	Tommy	516	↓7	100
48	Carlos	505	new	>100
49	Carl	492	new	47
50	Anthony	476	new	32

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