Popular baby names in Texas, 1956

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1956 were Mary for girls (3,614 babies) and David for boys (4,506). David ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 238,705 babies born in Texas in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1956

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: 93 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Oralia: 104 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Esmeralda: 80 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Dalia: 75 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Graciela: 134 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Elida: 74 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Josefina: 83 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Elvia: 59 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Rosario: 95 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Rosalinda: 159 babies, 10.3× the national rate

Boys

Noe: 93 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Ramiro: 156 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Rogelio: 108 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Guadalupe: 201 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Rolando: 123 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Reynaldo: 146 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Javier: 218 babies, 11× the national rate
Rodolfo: 178 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Arturo: 260 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Gerardo: 80 babies, 10.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Mary	3,614	–	1
2	Linda	2,556	–	3
3	Debra	2,395	–	2
4	Patricia	2,217	↑1	6
5	Cynthia	2,170	↑2	8
6	Deborah	2,151	↓2	4
7	Maria	2,125	↓1	73
8	Karen	1,819	↑4	7
9	Susan	1,569	↓1	5
10	Brenda	1,557	↓1	19
11	Donna	1,526	↓1	10
12	Pamela	1,505	↓1	12
13	Sharon	1,485	↑2	13
14	Sandra	1,419	↓1	14
15	Barbara	1,307	↓1	9
16	Nancy	1,115	–	11
17	Sylvia	1,081	↑2	>100
18	Rebecca	1,007	↓1	27
19	Elizabeth	999	↓1	22
20	Cheryl	975	↑5	18
21	Kathy	961	↑2	20
22	Gloria	959	↓2	53
23	Teresa	890	↑3	24
24	Carol	861	↓2	16
25	Diana	814	↑3	56
26	Janet	800	↓2	21
27	Rosa	791	↑2	>100
28	Martha	781	↓1	59
29	Carolyn	764	↓8	33
30	Debbie	728	new	39
31	Janice	695	↑7	26
32	Judy	680	↓2	35
33	Yolanda	657	↑2	>100
34	Lisa	651	new	31
35	Laura	648	↑9	34
36	Vicki	635	↓3	57
37	Sherry	634	↑2	54
38	Paula	627	↓7	47
39	Shirley	623	↓3	41
40	Norma	610	↑7	>100
41	Beverly	609	↓9	40
42	Connie	605	↓5	43
43	Diane	593	↓1	15
44	Rhonda	591	↑2	62
45	Rose	588	↓2	64
46	Margaret	584	↓6	25
47	Betty	576	↓13	44
48	Vickie	544	–	68
49	Cathy	531	↑1	36
50	Virginia	513	↓9	75

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	David	4,506	–	4
2	James	4,436	–	2
3	Robert	4,092	–	3
4	Michael	3,857	–	1
5	John	3,569	–	5
6	Richard	2,518	↑1	7
7	William	2,389	↓1	6
8	Charles	2,194	–	11
9	Mark	2,123	↑2	8
10	Larry	1,771	–	21
11	Gary	1,770	↓2	13
12	Kenneth	1,720	–	16
13	Joe	1,475	–	63
14	Thomas	1,454	–	9
15	Steven	1,435	↑2	10
16	Jose	1,410	–	>100
17	Donald	1,348	↓2	14
18	Ronald	1,264	–	15
19	Daniel	1,188	↑1	18
20	Paul	1,143	↑1	17
21	Jerry	1,123	↓2	35
22	Stephen	1,094	↑1	23
23	George	1,036	↓1	27
24	Randy	1,019	↑4	28
25	Johnny	1,011	↑2	55
26	Terry	1,001	–	31
27	Billy	984	↓2	68
28	Juan	958	↓4	>100
29	Edward	850	–	25
30	Joseph	847	–	12
31	Jimmy	793	↑3	78
32	Ricky	782	↓1	43
33	Bobby	767	↑3	77
34	Danny	750	↓1	46
35	Timothy	736	↑2	19
36	Gregory	723	↑2	24
37	Dennis	685	↓5	26
38	Roy	667	↓3	62
39	Douglas	610	↑2	29
40	Frank	595	–	38
41	Raymond	593	↓2	39
42	Anthony	570	↑5	30
43	Ruben	569	–	>100
44	Jesse	532	↓2	>100
45	Carlos	518	–	>100
46	Ronnie	501	↑4	75
47	Roger	496	↑1	41
48	Bruce	494	new	33
49	Carl	480	–	48
50	Jeffrey	480	new	20

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