Popular baby names in Texas, 1959

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1959 were Mary for girls (3,078 babies) and David for boys (4,774). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 236,945 babies born in Texas in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1959

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: 64 babies, 17× the national rate
Oralia: 74 babies, 14× the national rate
Esmeralda: 107 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Dalia: 58 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Graciela: 154 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Rosalinda: 154 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Elida: 57 babies, 11× the national rate
Josefina: 72 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Rosario: 85 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Leticia: 317 babies, 9.4× the national rate

Boys

Ramiro: 146 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Rogelio: 137 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Noe: 73 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Guadalupe: 167 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Eloy: 64 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Rodolfo: 187 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Santiago: 80 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Reynaldo: 127 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Javier: 255 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Rolando: 128 babies, 9.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	3,078	–	1
2	Linda	2,138	↑1	3
3	Maria	2,089	↑1	62
4	Cynthia	2,079	↓2	8
5	Donna	1,879	↑5	5
6	Patricia	1,862	↓1	6
7	Debra	1,724	↓1	7
8	Karen	1,613	↓1	4
9	Sandra	1,572	↑3	13
10	Susan	1,462	↓2	2
11	Brenda	1,366	–	16
12	Lisa	1,329	↑6	10
13	Deborah	1,299	↓4	9
14	Pamela	1,245	↑1	12
15	Sharon	1,182	↓2	17
16	Elizabeth	1,169	↑1	21
17	Debbie	1,143	↑5	20
18	Diana	1,094	↑3	49
19	Kathy	1,086	↓5	15
20	Teresa	1,039	↑3	24
21	Barbara	1,005	↓5	11
22	Sylvia	990	↓3	>100
23	Cheryl	966	↓3	18
24	Nancy	886	–	14
25	Cindy	867	↑2	25
26	Rebecca	844	↓1	38
27	Laura	837	↑3	30
28	Tammy	784	↑12	31
29	Gloria	770	–	81
30	Carol	746	↓4	22
31	Rhonda	734	↑2	45
32	Janet	731	↓1	28
33	Martha	705	↓1	72
34	Norma	649	↑5	>100
35	Carolyn	612	↓7	42
36	Julie	598	↓2	26
37	Terri	596	↑10	46
38	Judy	585	↓3	41
39	Diane	583	↓3	19
40	Janice	572	↑2	37
41	Rosa	564	↓3	>100
42	Paula	563	↑3	51
43	Sherry	549	↑6	58
44	Yolanda	546	↓1	>100
45	Cathy	545	↓4	39
46	Kimberly	529	new	33
47	Beverly	513	↓3	55
48	Connie	504	↓2	48
49	Margaret	487	new	36
50	Denise	483	new	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	David	4,774	–	2
2	James	3,951	–	3
3	Robert	3,589	↑1	5
4	Michael	3,586	↓1	1
5	John	3,235	–	4
6	Mark	2,493	↑1	6
7	Richard	2,345	↓1	8
8	William	2,050	–	7
9	Charles	1,810	–	11
10	Kenneth	1,548	–	15
11	Larry	1,421	–	25
12	Joe	1,378	↑1	57
13	Gary	1,361	↓1	20
14	Jose	1,294	↑1	>100
15	Steven	1,258	↑2	10
16	Thomas	1,176	↓2	9
17	Ricky	1,168	↓1	34
18	Donald	1,116	–	19
19	Paul	1,095	–	17
20	Daniel	1,094	↑3	18
21	Ronald	1,068	↓1	21
22	Terry	1,014	↓1	33
23	Jerry	1,010	↓1	36
24	Timothy	906	↑5	12
25	Billy	905	↑1	65
26	Johnny	891	↓2	64
27	Juan	891	↓2	>100
28	Randy	875	–	31
29	George	863	↓2	32
30	Gregory	836	↑4	23
31	Stephen	835	↓1	28
32	Jimmy	830	↓1	69
33	Bobby	784	↑2	71
34	Danny	779	↓2	48
35	Mike	778	↑3	37
36	Kevin	755	↑6	14
37	Joseph	699	↓4	13
38	Edward	696	↓2	27
39	Dennis	693	↓2	29
40	Anthony	684	–	26
41	Steve	617	↑5	41
42	Frank	605	↓1	42
43	Roy	574	↓4	81
44	Douglas	571	↓1	30
45	Jeffrey	565	↑5	16
46	Raymond	565	↓2	45
47	Russell	565	new	56
48	Tommy	548	–	>100
49	Tony	544	–	53
50	Ruben	534	↓5	>100

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