Popular baby names in Texas, 1958

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1958 were Mary for girls (3,262 babies) and David for boys (4,621). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 234,866 babies born in Texas in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1958

Names given at least 15 times in Texas that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Oralia: 88 babies, 15× the national rate
Esmeralda: 108 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Herlinda: 61 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Graciela: 123 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Rosalinda: 183 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Rosario: 96 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Elida: 57 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Leticia: 339 babies, 11× the national rate
Estela: 58 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Josefina: 62 babies, 10.2× the national rate

Boys

Noe: 80 babies, 14× the national rate
Rogelio: 112 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Ramiro: 149 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Guadalupe: 193 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Eloy: 70 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Rolando: 120 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Rodolfo: 183 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Domingo: 95 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Santos: 81 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Javier: 183 babies, 9.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	3,262	–	1
2	Cynthia	2,128	–	8
3	Linda	2,123	–	3
4	Maria	1,939	↑1	65
5	Patricia	1,921	↑2	5
6	Debra	1,845	↓2	6
7	Karen	1,609	↓1	4
8	Susan	1,551	↑2	2
9	Deborah	1,507	↓1	7
10	Donna	1,437	↑1	10
11	Brenda	1,401	↓2	16
12	Sandra	1,401	↑2	15
13	Sharon	1,228	↓1	17
14	Kathy	1,203	↑2	14
15	Pamela	1,171	↓2	11
16	Barbara	1,137	↓1	9
17	Elizabeth	1,134	↑1	22
18	Lisa	1,104	↑10	19
19	Sylvia	1,058	↑1	>100
20	Cheryl	1,049	↑2	13
21	Diana	1,044	–	45
22	Debbie	982	↑2	24
23	Teresa	898	–	26
24	Nancy	887	↓7	12
25	Rebecca	836	–	41
26	Carol	812	–	20
27	Cindy	805	↓8	25
28	Carolyn	784	↓1	37
29	Gloria	784	–	77
30	Laura	762	↑3	29
31	Janet	719	–	28
32	Martha	704	↓2	69
33	Rhonda	690	↑4	48
34	Julie	666	new	23
35	Judy	664	↓1	36
36	Diane	655	↓1	18
37	Peggy	620	new	42
38	Rosa	620	↓6	>100
39	Norma	610	↑8	>100
40	Tammy	605	new	44
41	Cathy	594	↑9	34
42	Janice	591	↓4	35
43	Yolanda	575	↓3	>100
44	Beverly	562	↓1	55
45	Paula	549	↓6	53
46	Connie	532	↑2	50
47	Terri	528	new	51
48	Vicki	525	↓12	57
49	Sherry	517	↓8	67
50	Betty	505	↓8	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	David	4,621	–	2
2	James	3,975	–	3
3	Michael	3,887	↑1	1
4	Robert	3,685	↓1	4
5	John	3,286	–	5
6	Richard	2,416	–	8
7	Mark	2,292	↑1	7
8	William	2,160	↓1	6
9	Charles	1,946	–	11
10	Kenneth	1,655	↑2	14
11	Larry	1,561	–	22
12	Gary	1,433	↓2	17
13	Joe	1,379	–	56
14	Thomas	1,330	–	9
15	Jose	1,302	↑1	>100
16	Ricky	1,197	↑11	34
17	Steven	1,195	–	10
18	Donald	1,187	↓3	18
19	Paul	1,167	–	15
20	Ronald	1,076	↓2	19
21	Terry	1,052	↑1	33
22	Jerry	1,049	↓2	35
23	Daniel	1,028	↓2	16
24	Johnny	956	↑4	61
25	Juan	945	↑4	>100
26	Billy	929	↓3	64
27	George	910	↓1	31
28	Randy	880	↓4	32
29	Timothy	871	↑2	13
30	Stephen	869	↓5	26
31	Jimmy	824	↓1	73
32	Danny	806	↑4	45
33	Joseph	771	↑2	12
34	Gregory	761	↓2	23
35	Bobby	756	↓1	69
36	Edward	747	↓3	28
37	Dennis	729	–	29
38	Mike	686	↑7	40
39	Roy	663	↓1	75
40	Anthony	655	↑1	27
41	Frank	594	↓1	38
42	Kevin	593	↑6	20
43	Douglas	577	↓4	30
44	Raymond	558	–	43
45	Ruben	546	↑1	>100
46	Steve	540	↑3	44
47	Ronnie	538	↓5	66
48	Tommy	531	↓1	>100
49	Tony	521	new	57
50	Jeffrey	508	new	21

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