Popular baby names in Texas, 1964

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1964 were Mary for girls (2,331 babies) and David for boys (3,896). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 216,849 babies born in Texas in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1964

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

Girls

Esmeralda: 127 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Dalia: 71 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Rosalinda: 157 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Rosario: 90 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Graciela: 126 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Maricela: 66 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Josefina: 64 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Nelda: 79 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Leticia: 389 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Guadalupe: 184 babies, 8.4× the national rate

Boys

Ramiro: 138 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Noe: 71 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Guadalupe: 153 babies, 11× the national rate
Rogelio: 109 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Gerardo: 142 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Rodolfo: 163 babies, 9× the national rate
Rolando: 129 babies, 9× the national rate
Reynaldo: 126 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Benito: 80 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Santos: 71 babies, 8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Mary	2,331	↑1	2
2	Lisa	2,156	↓1	1
3	Maria	1,706	–	41
4	Cynthia	1,594	–	9
5	Sandra	1,474	–	13
6	Patricia	1,360	↑1	5
7	Karen	1,304	↑1	4
8	Donna	1,201	↑1	7
9	Linda	1,199	↓3	8
10	Kimberly	1,157	↑9	6
11	Laura	1,105	↑5	14
12	Tammy	1,069	↓1	10
13	Susan	1,045	↓3	3
14	Pamela	1,009	–	11
15	Elizabeth	1,004	↓2	16
16	Teresa	957	↓1	21
17	Brenda	905	↓5	18
18	Debra	896	–	24
19	Sharon	877	↓2	20
20	Deborah	862	–	12
21	Angela	851	↑4	22
22	Diana	777	↓1	63
23	Rhonda	770	↑4	43
24	Rebecca	747	–	46
25	Norma	703	↑1	>100
26	Melissa	679	↑9	53
27	Sylvia	676	↓4	>100
28	Lori	659	↓6	15
29	Julie	655	↑8	17
30	Cheryl	649	↓1	29
31	Barbara	642	↓3	19
32	Paula	624	↓1	45
33	Tina	621	↓1	34
34	Nancy	602	↑2	26
35	Carol	589	↑4	36
36	Jacqueline	567	new	37
37	Michelle	550	↑6	23
38	Gloria	544	↑2	>100
39	Kathy	542	↓5	39
40	Debbie	524	↓7	52
41	Martha	524	–	95
42	Kelly	523	↓4	35
43	Cindy	521	↓13	47
44	Robin	505	↓2	27
45	Yolanda	502	↑4	>100
46	Terri	491	–	62
47	Sherry	490	↓3	50
48	Jennifer	470	new	31
49	Carolyn	459	↓2	56
50	Denise	440	new	25

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	David	3,896	–	3
2	James	3,785	–	4
3	John	3,681	↑1	2
4	Michael	3,380	↓1	1
5	Robert	3,317	–	5
6	Richard	1,958	↑1	8
7	William	1,798	↑1	7
8	Mark	1,700	↓2	6
9	Charles	1,536	–	17
10	Kenneth	1,280	–	18
11	Kevin	1,174	–	13
12	Paul	1,139	↑3	16
13	Jose	1,125	↓1	94
14	Joe	1,117	↓1	62
15	Steven	1,096	↑1	12
16	Daniel	1,072	↑2	19
17	Thomas	1,026	↓3	9
18	Gary	933	↓1	26
19	Jeffrey	892	↑3	10
20	Gregory	878	–	22
21	Jerry	850	↓2	40
22	Ronald	844	↑1	24
23	Scott	816	↑2	14
24	Timothy	810	↑5	15
25	Joseph	806	↑5	11
26	Larry	799	↓5	36
27	Martin	794	↑10	63
28	Donald	783	↓2	25
29	Anthony	774	↓2	21
30	Juan	769	↓6	>100
31	Edward	741	↑3	27
32	Stephen	704	↑1	29
33	Johnny	683	↓1	74
34	Billy	673	↓3	71
35	Jimmy	672	↑1	78
36	Christopher	665	↑7	23
37	Patrick	662	↑10	30
38	Terry	661	↓10	35
39	Bobby	656	↓4	73
40	George	648	↓2	33
41	Brian	621	↑1	20
42	Randy	617	↓2	38
43	Ricky	599	↓4	54
44	Danny	589	↓3	56
45	Tony	531	↑1	50
46	Mike	529	↓2	47
47	Raymond	512	new	44
48	Douglas	501	↑2	31
49	Ruben	500	new	>100
50	Keith	492	↓5	34

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