Popular baby names in Texas, 1965

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1965 were Lisa for girls (2,400 babies) and David for boys (3,443). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 199,588 babies born in Texas in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1965

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: 110 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Graciela: 128 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Rosalinda: 162 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Maricela: 76 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Rosario: 73 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Nelda: 67 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Ester: 56 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Elvia: 48 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Leticia: 355 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Guadalupe: 170 babies, 7.5× the national rate

Boys

Roel: 52 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Adan: 54 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Noe: 90 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Guadalupe: 153 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Eloy: 57 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Ramiro: 110 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Reynaldo: 147 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Rogelio: 86 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Rodolfo: 160 babies, 9× the national rate
Gerardo: 161 babies, 8.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	2,400	↑1	1
2	Mary	1,892	↓1	2
3	Maria	1,639	–	46
4	Cynthia	1,561	–	9
5	Kimberly	1,540	↑5	4
6	Karen	1,371	↑1	3
7	Patricia	1,318	↓1	6
8	Sandra	1,264	↓3	15
9	Elizabeth	1,042	↑6	16
10	Linda	1,001	↓1	8
11	Angela	972	↑10	10
12	Laura	966	↓1	17
13	Donna	965	↓5	7
14	Susan	927	↓1	5
15	Tammy	905	↓3	11
16	Teresa	899	–	24
17	Pamela	837	↓3	12
18	Rhonda	833	↑5	37
19	Sharon	794	–	22
20	Melissa	793	↑6	38
21	Brenda	787	↓4	23
22	Deborah	772	↓2	13
23	Rebecca	751	↑1	41
24	Debra	705	↓6	27
25	Diana	695	↓3	64
26	Julie	665	↑3	14
27	Sylvia	662	–	>100
28	Norma	595	↓3	>100
29	Michelle	590	↑8	18
30	Cheryl	569	–	31
31	Stephanie	557	new	44
32	Tina	550	↑1	29
33	Lori	545	↓5	19
34	Barbara	540	↓3	25
35	Jennifer	536	↑13	20
36	Tracy	525	new	36
37	Kelly	518	↑5	30
38	Nancy	491	↓4	32
39	Gloria	481	↓1	>100
40	Cindy	467	↑3	53
41	Carol	466	↓6	42
42	Robin	464	↑2	33
43	Paula	447	↓11	49
44	Amy	432	new	35
45	Yolanda	432	–	>100
46	Sherry	424	↑1	56
47	Kathy	421	↓8	54
48	Martha	416	↓7	99
49	Anna	411	new	96
50	Sheila	407	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	David	3,443	–	3
2	Michael	3,337	↑2	1
3	James	3,315	↓1	4
4	John	3,224	↓1	2
5	Robert	2,917	–	5
6	Richard	1,766	–	8
7	William	1,672	–	6
8	Mark	1,488	–	7
9	Charles	1,323	–	20
10	Kevin	1,212	↑1	13
11	Jose	1,133	↑2	89
12	Kenneth	1,125	↓2	21
13	Paul	1,056	↓1	16
14	Daniel	1,008	↑2	17
15	Steven	988	–	14
16	Joe	979	↓2	71
17	Thomas	951	–	9
18	Jeffrey	863	↑1	10
19	Christopher	844	↑17	18
20	Timothy	843	↑4	12
21	Gary	837	↓3	27
22	Gregory	807	↓2	23
23	Jerry	801	↓2	41
24	Anthony	790	↑5	22
25	Joseph	773	–	11
26	Rodney	739	new	33
27	Donald	736	↑1	26
28	Juan	733	↑2	>100
29	Edward	727	↑2	29
30	Ronald	715	↓8	24
31	Larry	714	↓5	38
32	Scott	709	↓9	15
33	Stephen	669	↓1	28
34	Martin	650	↓7	67
35	Brian	637	↑6	19
36	Johnny	620	↓3	76
37	Jimmy	618	↓2	81
38	Billy	591	↓4	77
39	George	582	↑1	34
40	Eric	578	new	25
41	Terry	573	↓3	40
42	Patrick	554	↓5	31
43	Bobby	512	↓4	80
44	Ricky	489	↓1	57
45	Randy	478	↓3	42
46	Keith	476	↑4	35
47	Tony	475	↓2	48
48	Danny	467	↓4	56
49	Frank	455	new	43
50	Raymond	446	↓3	45

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