Popular baby names in Texas, 1962

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1962 were Mary for girls (2,437 babies) and David for boys (4,445). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 229,884 babies born in Texas in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1962

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: 60 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Oralia: 57 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Esmeralda: 117 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Rosalinda: 175 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Dalia: 58 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Maricela: 61 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Graciela: 124 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Rosario: 94 babies, 10× the national rate
Leticia: 405 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Nelda: 93 babies, 8.9× the national rate

Boys

Noe: 90 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Adan: 64 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Rogelio: 118 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Ramiro: 144 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Guadalupe: 151 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Eloy: 69 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Rodolfo: 180 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Rolando: 147 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Gerardo: 139 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Reynaldo: 133 babies, 9.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Mary	2,437	–	2
2	Lisa	2,084	–	1
3	Cynthia	1,771	↑1	8
4	Maria	1,737	↓1	49
5	Sandra	1,560	↑1	10
6	Linda	1,555	↓1	5
7	Karen	1,528	↑1	4
8	Patricia	1,414	↓1	6
9	Donna	1,331	–	7
10	Susan	1,295	↑2	3
11	Brenda	1,205	↓1	12
12	Debra	1,125	↓1	15
13	Elizabeth	1,102	–	20
14	Sharon	1,102	↑1	17
15	Teresa	1,081	↑1	18
16	Pamela	1,073	↑1	13
17	Deborah	1,057	↓3	9
18	Laura	1,029	–	21
19	Kimberly	1,005	↑13	16
20	Tammy	961	↑3	23
21	Diana	951	↓1	57
22	Barbara	874	–	14
23	Debbie	817	↓4	32
24	Norma	807	↑7	>100
25	Kathy	778	↓1	27
26	Sylvia	778	↓5	>100
27	Cheryl	765	↓2	24
28	Rhonda	749	–	45
29	Lori	738	↑4	11
30	Rebecca	733	↓4	47
31	Cindy	723	↓2	34
32	Angela	688	↑11	36
33	Julie	685	↑4	22
34	Carol	682	↓4	28
35	Tina	678	↑6	33
36	Gloria	649	↓2	90
37	Nancy	620	↓10	19
38	Sherry	585	↑11	48
39	Terri	584	↓4	54
40	Connie	575	↑5	51
41	Martha	572	↓1	87
42	Carolyn	568	↓6	46
43	Melissa	552	new	68
44	Robin	542	↑2	25
45	Janet	540	↓7	35
46	Paula	518	↓4	60
47	Kelly	493	new	38
48	Yolanda	476	↓4	>100
49	Kim	474	new	37
50	Sheila	467	new	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	David	4,445	–	2
2	James	3,626	–	4
3	Michael	3,610	–	1
4	Robert	3,389	–	5
5	John	3,373	–	3
6	Mark	2,241	–	6
7	Richard	1,966	–	8
8	William	1,794	–	7
9	Charles	1,752	–	15
10	Kenneth	1,463	–	18
11	Joe	1,247	↑1	59
12	Jose	1,237	↑2	>100
13	Gary	1,197	↓2	22
14	Steven	1,194	↓1	12
15	Daniel	1,086	↑3	17
16	Paul	1,084	↓1	19
17	Kevin	1,071	↑2	14
18	Thomas	1,062	↓2	9
19	Jeffrey	969	↑11	10
20	Larry	957	↓3	31
21	Gregory	956	–	21
22	Ronald	937	↑2	25
23	Donald	925	↓3	23
24	Scott	866	↑17	11
25	Jerry	859	↓3	38
26	Johnny	856	↓1	69
27	Anthony	823	↑7	24
28	Juan	822	↓1	>100
29	Ricky	803	↓3	50
30	Jimmy	794	↑2	75
31	Terry	786	↓8	34
32	Timothy	786	↓1	16
33	Edward	756	↑6	29
34	Stephen	749	↓5	28
35	Joseph	748	↑5	13
36	Billy	743	↓8	71
37	George	722	↓4	32
38	Randy	692	↓3	35
39	Mike	682	↓3	39
40	Danny	673	↓2	54
41	Bobby	661	↓4	78
42	Douglas	605	↑1	27
43	Tony	585	↓1	52
44	Brian	580	↑3	20
45	Christopher	569	–	26
46	Steve	528	↓2	46
47	Ruben	524	new	>100
48	Tommy	513	new	>100
49	Russell	508	new	57
50	Roy	507	–	90

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