Popular baby names in Texas, 1955

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1955 were Mary for girls (3,723 babies) and David for boys (4,635). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 232,845 babies born in Texas in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1955

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: 86 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Oralia: 80 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Graciela: 116 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Esmeralda: 81 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Elida: 67 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Herlinda: 70 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Dalia: 64 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Rosalinda: 150 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Estela: 79 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Josefina: 86 babies, 11.6× the national rate

Boys

Noe: 81 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Rogelio: 115 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Ramiro: 167 babies, 13× the national rate
Guadalupe: 229 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Rodolfo: 211 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Javier: 193 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Reynaldo: 134 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Rolando: 110 babies, 11× the national rate
Gerardo: 96 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Santos: 74 babies, 10.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Mary	3,723	–	1
2	Linda	2,709	–	3
3	Debra	2,667	↑1	4
4	Deborah	2,399	↓1	2
5	Patricia	2,202	–	6
6	Maria	1,959	–	69
7	Cynthia	1,905	–	11
8	Susan	1,638	–	5
9	Brenda	1,592	–	18
10	Donna	1,486	↑4	10
11	Pamela	1,481	–	12
12	Karen	1,456	↑1	8
13	Sandra	1,449	↓3	13
14	Barbara	1,407	↓2	7
15	Sharon	1,234	–	16
16	Nancy	1,124	↑1	9
17	Rebecca	1,041	↓1	27
18	Elizabeth	973	↑1	21
19	Sylvia	952	↑2	>100
20	Gloria	934	↓2	47
21	Carolyn	899	↓1	30
22	Carol	890	–	15
23	Kathy	869	↑3	22
24	Janet	855	–	20
25	Cheryl	831	↑5	19
26	Teresa	825	↑3	26
27	Martha	820	↓2	53
28	Diana	804	↓1	55
29	Rosa	769	↓1	>100
30	Judy	761	↓7	32
31	Paula	730	↑1	39
32	Beverly	688	↓1	34
33	Vicki	687	–	52
34	Betty	669	–	36
35	Yolanda	662	↑2	>100
36	Shirley	650	↓1	37
37	Connie	649	↑1	35
38	Janice	646	↓2	25
39	Sherry	636	↑3	56
40	Margaret	611	–	24
41	Virginia	602	↑3	66
42	Diane	599	↓3	14
43	Rose	580	–	54
44	Laura	550	↑4	41
45	Jo	543	↑1	58
46	Rhonda	537	↑1	71
47	Norma	520	new	>100
48	Vickie	520	new	68
49	Wanda	507	↑1	61
50	Cathy	499	new	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	David	4,635	↑1	2
2	James	4,228	↓1	3
3	Robert	4,033	–	4
4	Michael	3,857	–	1
5	John	3,506	–	5
6	William	2,456	↑1	6
7	Richard	2,448	↓1	7
8	Charles	2,191	–	11
9	Gary	1,968	↑1	12
10	Larry	1,790	↓1	19
11	Mark	1,775	↑1	9
12	Kenneth	1,539	↑1	15
13	Joe	1,471	↑2	68
14	Thomas	1,461	↓3	8
15	Donald	1,418	↓1	14
16	Jose	1,407	–	>100
17	Steven	1,389	–	10
18	Ronald	1,242	–	18
19	Jerry	1,192	↑2	33
20	Daniel	1,182	↑3	17
21	Paul	1,117	↑1	16
22	George	1,100	↓3	26
23	Stephen	1,067	↑1	21
24	Juan	1,062	↓4	>100
25	Billy	1,001	↑1	69
26	Terry	981	↓1	28
27	Johnny	972	–	55
28	Randy	924	↑4	30
29	Edward	828	–	25
30	Joseph	813	↑1	13
31	Ricky	801	↓1	46
32	Dennis	760	↑3	23
33	Danny	739	–	45
34	Jimmy	738	↓6	78
35	Roy	723	↑1	58
36	Bobby	712	↓2	75
37	Timothy	686	–	22
38	Gregory	658	↑3	24
39	Raymond	598	↓1	36
40	Frank	597	–	34
41	Douglas	590	↑3	29
42	Jesse	580	–	>100
43	Ruben	516	–	>100
44	Manuel	514	↓5	>100
45	Carlos	508	↑3	>100
46	Tommy	503	↑1	>100
47	Anthony	499	↑3	31
48	Roger	486	↓3	37
49	Carl	484	–	47
50	Ronnie	481	new	80

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