Popular baby names in Texas, 1966

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1966 were Lisa for girls (2,279 babies) and David for boys (3,360). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 192,159 babies born in Texas in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1966

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: 58 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Esmeralda: 110 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Rosalinda: 149 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Maricela: 66 babies, 10× the national rate
Nelda: 55 babies, 10× the national rate
Rosario: 52 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Graciela: 109 babies, 9× the national rate
Guadalupe: 185 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Leticia: 367 babies, 8× the national rate
Angelita: 59 babies, 7.5× the national rate

Boys

Noe: 84 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Adan: 56 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Eloy: 60 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Guadalupe: 143 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Ramiro: 113 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Rogelio: 105 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Rolando: 135 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Rodolfo: 155 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Domingo: 66 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Abel: 121 babies, 8.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	2,279	–	1
2	Mary	1,719	–	3
3	Kimberly	1,599	↑2	2
4	Maria	1,572	↓1	44
5	Cynthia	1,442	↓1	11
6	Patricia	1,247	↑1	7
7	Sandra	1,219	↑1	17
8	Karen	1,065	↓2	5
9	Melissa	974	↑11	22
10	Elizabeth	966	↓1	16
11	Laura	966	↑1	19
12	Michelle	961	↑17	4
13	Angela	927	↓2	9
14	Donna	881	↓1	12
15	Tammy	866	–	8
16	Linda	855	↓6	18
17	Susan	832	↓3	6
18	Rebecca	784	↑5	40
19	Pamela	776	↓2	15
20	Teresa	771	↓4	29
21	Deborah	740	↑1	14
22	Rhonda	737	↓4	39
23	Sharon	697	↓4	28
24	Jennifer	683	↑11	10
25	Brenda	671	↓4	25
26	Diana	666	↓1	64
27	Tina	625	↑5	23
28	Stephanie	614	↑3	38
29	Debra	610	↓5	35
30	Julie	577	↓4	13
31	Tracy	570	↑5	31
32	Sylvia	565	↓5	>100
33	Lori	555	–	21
34	Norma	540	↓6	>100
35	Barbara	528	↓1	27
36	Cheryl	526	↓6	34
37	Nancy	518	↑1	33
38	Kelly	516	↓1	26
39	Paula	501	↑4	50
40	Amy	463	↑4	30
41	Yolanda	439	↑4	>100
42	Carol	421	↓1	48
43	Monica	415	new	75
44	Sheila	404	↑6	51
45	Veronica	404	new	>100
46	Sherry	399	–	53
47	Martha	386	↑1	>100
48	Gloria	372	↓9	>100
49	Jacqueline	368	new	47
50	Leticia	367	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	David	3,360	–	2
2	Michael	3,294	–	1
3	James	3,151	–	3
4	John	2,913	–	4
5	Robert	2,877	–	5
6	Richard	1,667	–	8
7	William	1,520	–	6
8	Mark	1,481	–	7
9	Charles	1,309	–	20
10	Jose	1,156	↑1	79
11	Kevin	1,115	↓1	17
12	Paul	1,074	↑1	18
13	Christopher	1,071	↑6	12
14	Steven	1,067	↑1	13
15	Kenneth	1,043	↓3	21
16	Daniel	987	↓2	19
17	Joe	984	↓1	74
18	Jeffrey	939	–	9
19	Thomas	922	↓2	10
20	Timothy	868	–	11
21	Anthony	806	↑3	22
22	Gary	788	↓1	28
23	Juan	785	↑5	>100
24	Ronald	773	↑6	24
25	Brian	763	↑10	14
26	Gregory	731	↓4	23
27	Jerry	730	↓4	41
28	Joseph	715	↓3	15
29	Stephen	712	↑4	26
30	Donald	699	↓3	27
31	Rodney	684	↓5	35
32	Scott	683	–	16
33	Larry	629	↓2	38
34	Edward	611	↓5	30
35	Billy	604	↑3	80
36	Jimmy	591	↑1	77
37	Patrick	565	↑5	31
38	Johnny	557	↓2	73
39	George	556	–	37
40	Keith	518	↑6	32
41	Eric	504	↓1	25
42	Terry	487	↓1	40
43	Jesus	472	new	>100
44	Martin	468	↓10	78
45	Bobby	459	↓2	82
46	Randy	437	↓1	45
47	Raymond	435	↑3	47
48	Tony	428	↓1	49
49	Danny	427	↓1	62
50	Ruben	422	new	>100

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