Popular baby names in Texas, 1961

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1961 were Mary for girls (2,615 babies) and David for boys (4,510). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 231,364 babies born in Texas in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1961

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: 64 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Esmeralda: 133 babies, 14× the national rate
Rosalinda: 199 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Dalia: 75 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Graciela: 141 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Nelda: 128 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Evangelina: 57 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Rosario: 77 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Guadalupe: 193 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Leticia: 408 babies, 8.5× the national rate

Boys

Noe: 93 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Guadalupe: 178 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Ramiro: 145 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Rogelio: 93 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Reynaldo: 143 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Gerardo: 136 babies, 10× the national rate
Rodolfo: 165 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Domingo: 95 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Arturo: 262 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Rolando: 127 babies, 8.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Mary	2,615	–	1
2	Lisa	2,075	↑3	2
3	Maria	1,881	–	57
4	Cynthia	1,869	↓2	8
5	Linda	1,764	↓1	4
6	Sandra	1,624	↑1	9
7	Patricia	1,575	↑1	6
8	Karen	1,570	↑1	5
9	Donna	1,438	↓3	7
10	Brenda	1,367	↑1	11
11	Debra	1,296	↓1	13
12	Susan	1,286	–	3
13	Elizabeth	1,197	↑1	19
14	Deborah	1,116	↑1	10
15	Sharon	1,063	↓2	17
16	Teresa	1,045	–	18
17	Pamela	1,039	–	15
18	Laura	1,026	↑2	21
19	Debbie	948	↑3	31
20	Diana	931	↓2	56
21	Sylvia	920	↑2	>100
22	Barbara	891	↓3	12
23	Tammy	855	↑2	28
24	Kathy	811	↓3	25
25	Cheryl	801	↓1	20
26	Rebecca	799	↑2	44
27	Nancy	796	↑3	16
28	Rhonda	750	↑3	46
29	Cindy	741	↓3	33
30	Carol	710	↓3	24
31	Norma	708	↑5	>100
32	Kimberly	671	–	22
33	Lori	647	new	14
34	Gloria	645	↓5	82
35	Terri	635	↑5	51
36	Carolyn	634	↓3	42
37	Julie	629	↑2	23
38	Janet	615	↓4	32
39	Carla	613	new	77
40	Martha	590	↓5	81
41	Tina	582	↑6	41
42	Paula	567	↓5	60
43	Angela	564	new	38
44	Yolanda	551	↑1	>100
45	Connie	550	↓4	50
46	Robin	543	↑4	27
47	Judy	523	↓4	58
48	Theresa	521	new	35
49	Sherry	500	↓11	53
50	Rosa	484	↓8	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	David	4,510	–	2
2	James	3,686	–	4
3	Michael	3,516	↑1	1
4	Robert	3,451	↓1	5
5	John	3,320	–	3
6	Mark	2,440	–	6
7	Richard	1,936	–	8
8	William	1,866	–	7
9	Charles	1,722	–	13
10	Kenneth	1,505	–	16
11	Gary	1,365	↑3	21
12	Joe	1,327	↓1	60
13	Steven	1,246	–	10
14	Jose	1,230	↓2	>100
15	Paul	1,107	↑3	18
16	Thomas	1,075	–	9
17	Larry	1,066	↓2	30
18	Daniel	1,062	↓1	17
19	Kevin	977	↑5	14
20	Donald	952	↓1	22
21	Gregory	913	↑12	23
22	Jerry	909	↓2	37
23	Terry	885	–	32
24	Ronald	869	↓3	24
25	Johnny	856	↑4	70
26	Ricky	841	↓4	44
27	Juan	832	↓2	>100
28	Billy	822	–	68
29	Stephen	815	↑2	27
30	Jeffrey	807	↑9	11
31	Timothy	807	↓1	15
32	Jimmy	802	–	71
33	George	775	↓7	31
34	Anthony	752	–	25
35	Randy	733	↓8	33
36	Mike	723	–	36
37	Bobby	719	↓2	76
38	Danny	696	↓1	54
39	Edward	667	↑1	29
40	Joseph	657	↓2	12
41	Scott	610	↑6	19
42	Tony	600	–	53
43	Douglas	584	↑5	28
44	Steve	566	↓1	45
45	Christopher	556	new	26
46	Raymond	550	↓2	48
47	Brian	540	↑3	20
48	Dennis	538	↓3	34
49	Roger	526	new	47
50	Roy	526	↓9	83

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