Popular baby names in Texas, 1960

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1960 were Mary for girls (2,769 babies) and David for boys (4,704). Social Security records list 236,045 babies born in Texas in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1960

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: 77 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Esmeralda: 135 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Elida: 62 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Graciela: 114 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Rosalinda: 168 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Dalia: 63 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Rosario: 103 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Leticia: 430 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Nelda: 111 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Susana: 81 babies, 8.3× the national rate

Boys

Roel: 63 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Noe: 90 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Ramiro: 172 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Rodolfo: 204 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Rogelio: 114 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Eloy: 72 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Guadalupe: 150 babies, 11× the national rate
Rolando: 161 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Reynaldo: 137 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Gerardo: 130 babies, 9.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	2,769	–	1
2	Cynthia	1,980	↑2	9
3	Maria	1,947	–	59
4	Linda	1,936	↓2	3
5	Lisa	1,736	↑7	6
6	Donna	1,694	↓1	5
7	Sandra	1,675	↑2	11
8	Patricia	1,659	↓2	7
9	Karen	1,620	↓1	4
10	Debra	1,473	↓3	8
11	Brenda	1,415	–	13
12	Susan	1,376	↓2	2
13	Sharon	1,237	↑2	16
14	Elizabeth	1,226	↑2	18
15	Deborah	1,137	↓2	10
16	Teresa	1,128	↑4	19
17	Pamela	1,111	↓3	14
18	Diana	982	–	53
19	Barbara	965	↑2	12
20	Laura	945	↑7	25
21	Kathy	943	↓2	21
22	Debbie	942	↓5	24
23	Sylvia	930	↓1	>100
24	Cheryl	881	↓1	17
25	Tammy	831	↑3	31
26	Cindy	816	↓1	30
27	Carol	774	↑3	23
28	Rebecca	759	↓2	38
29	Gloria	756	–	79
30	Nancy	752	↓6	15
31	Rhonda	750	–	44
32	Kimberly	719	↑14	26
33	Carolyn	675	↑2	43
34	Janet	660	↓2	32
35	Martha	659	↓2	83
36	Norma	656	↓2	>100
37	Paula	621	↑5	55
38	Sherry	593	↑5	54
39	Julie	587	↓3	28
40	Terri	577	↓3	49
41	Connie	538	↑7	47
42	Rosa	535	↓1	>100
43	Judy	532	↓5	48
44	Diane	523	↓5	22
45	Yolanda	503	↓1	>100
46	Betty	502	new	68
47	Tina	495	new	45
48	Janice	490	↓8	41
49	Margaret	484	–	36
50	Robin	469	new	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	David	4,704	–	1
2	James	3,964	–	3
3	Robert	3,542	–	5
4	Michael	3,496	–	2
5	John	3,266	–	4
6	Mark	2,454	–	6
7	Richard	2,102	–	8
8	William	1,888	–	7
9	Charles	1,697	–	13
10	Kenneth	1,692	–	16
11	Joe	1,366	↑1	57
12	Jose	1,344	↑2	>100
13	Steven	1,291	↑2	10
14	Gary	1,249	↓1	22
15	Larry	1,215	↓4	28
16	Thomas	1,140	–	9
17	Daniel	1,127	↑3	17
18	Paul	1,110	↑1	18
19	Donald	1,099	↓1	19
20	Jerry	987	↑3	37
21	Ronald	958	–	21
22	Ricky	949	↓5	38
23	Terry	935	↓1	34
24	Kevin	893	↑12	15
25	Juan	881	↑2	>100
26	George	858	↑3	33
27	Randy	852	↑1	32
28	Billy	851	↓3	67
29	Johnny	847	↓3	65
30	Timothy	842	↓6	11
31	Stephen	837	–	27
32	Jimmy	827	–	69
33	Gregory	820	↓3	24
34	Anthony	786	↑6	25
35	Bobby	779	↓2	73
36	Mike	766	↓1	36
37	Danny	749	↓3	48
38	Joseph	732	↓1	12
39	Jeffrey	724	↑6	14
40	Edward	685	↓2	26
41	Roy	603	↑2	80
42	Tony	591	↑7	52
43	Steve	578	↓2	43
44	Raymond	573	↑2	46
45	Dennis	565	↓6	31
46	Frank	563	↓4	40
47	Scott	556	new	23
48	Douglas	555	↓4	30
49	Ruben	545	↑1	>100
50	Brian	526	new	20

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