Popular baby names in Texas, 1957

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1957 were Mary for girls (3,621 babies) and David for boys (4,503). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 240,316 babies born in Texas in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1957

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: 67 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Oralia: 111 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Esmeralda: 98 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Graciela: 137 babies, 12× the national rate
Elida: 75 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Rosalinda: 138 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Rosario: 86 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Leticia: 316 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Ofelia: 59 babies, 10× the national rate
Josefina: 70 babies, 9.9× the national rate

Boys

Noe: 80 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Rogelio: 119 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Ramiro: 160 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Guadalupe: 181 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Rolando: 147 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Rodolfo: 193 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Benito: 84 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Humberto: 80 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Gerardo: 99 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Gilberto: 125 babies, 10× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Mary	3,621	–	1
2	Cynthia	2,517	↑3	7
3	Linda	2,327	↓1	3
4	Debra	2,105	↓1	4
5	Maria	1,956	↑2	71
6	Karen	1,814	↑2	5
7	Patricia	1,809	↓3	8
8	Deborah	1,797	↓2	6
9	Brenda	1,650	↑1	13
10	Susan	1,608	↓1	2
11	Donna	1,399	–	10
12	Sharon	1,328	↑1	14
13	Pamela	1,310	↓1	12
14	Sandra	1,310	–	15
15	Barbara	1,225	–	9
16	Kathy	1,184	↑5	20
17	Nancy	1,051	↓1	11
18	Elizabeth	1,042	↑1	22
19	Cindy	1,039	new	19
20	Sylvia	1,039	↓3	>100
21	Diana	1,025	↑4	43
22	Cheryl	976	↓2	16
23	Teresa	952	–	24
24	Debbie	925	↑6	27
25	Rebecca	901	↓7	34
26	Carol	894	↓2	18
27	Carolyn	888	↑2	33
28	Lisa	868	↑6	26
29	Gloria	851	↓7	66
30	Martha	797	↓2	63
31	Janet	761	↓5	23
32	Rosa	715	↓5	>100
33	Laura	702	↑2	31
34	Judy	669	↓2	38
35	Diane	657	↑8	17
36	Vicki	654	–	51
37	Rhonda	644	↑7	52
38	Janice	636	↓7	32
39	Paula	636	↓1	49
40	Yolanda	611	↓7	>100
41	Sherry	604	↓4	55
42	Betty	603	↑5	50
43	Beverly	587	↓2	48
44	Shirley	584	↓5	46
45	Margaret	579	↑1	29
46	Rose	557	↓1	69
47	Norma	552	↓7	>100
48	Connie	544	↓6	47
49	Irma	531	new	>100
50	Cathy	521	↓1	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	David	4,503	–	3
2	James	4,243	–	2
3	Robert	3,999	–	4
4	Michael	3,984	–	1
5	John	3,378	–	5
6	Richard	2,538	–	8
7	William	2,374	–	6
8	Mark	2,228	↑1	7
9	Charles	2,045	↓1	11
10	Gary	1,716	↑1	13
11	Larry	1,666	↓1	22
12	Kenneth	1,631	–	14
13	Joe	1,458	–	57
14	Thomas	1,431	–	9
15	Donald	1,397	↑2	15
16	Jose	1,352	–	>100
17	Steven	1,293	↓2	10
18	Ronald	1,239	–	17
19	Paul	1,178	↑1	18
20	Jerry	1,152	↑1	35
21	Daniel	1,097	↓2	16
22	Terry	1,021	↑4	33
23	Billy	1,007	↑4	64
24	Randy	1,007	–	31
25	Stephen	1,006	↓3	24
26	George	993	↓3	29
27	Ricky	989	↑5	40
28	Johnny	954	↓3	61
29	Juan	948	↓1	>100
30	Jimmy	897	↑1	77
31	Timothy	835	↑4	19
32	Gregory	787	↑4	23
33	Edward	779	↓4	25
34	Bobby	777	↓1	78
35	Joseph	772	↓5	12
36	Danny	709	↓2	45
37	Dennis	674	–	28
38	Roy	664	–	65
39	Douglas	623	–	30
40	Frank	614	–	38
41	Anthony	594	↑1	27
42	Ronnie	588	↑4	73
43	Jesse	557	↑1	>100
44	Raymond	557	↓3	39
45	Mike	555	new	53
46	Ruben	555	↓3	>100
47	Tommy	532	new	>100
48	Kevin	527	new	20
49	Steve	523	new	44
50	Bruce	504	↓2	34

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