Popular baby names in Texas, 1967

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1967 were Lisa for girls (2,197 babies) and Michael for boys (3,647). Social Security records list 192,005 babies born in Texas in 1967 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1967

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: 49 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Esmeralda: 102 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Araceli: 49 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Rosalinda: 110 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Nelda: 53 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Graciela: 105 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Rosario: 58 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Guadalupe: 165 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Leticia: 301 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Maricela: 63 babies, 7.1× the national rate

Boys

Eloy: 59 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Adan: 56 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Guadalupe: 153 babies, 11× the national rate
Noe: 71 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Ramiro: 111 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Rogelio: 89 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Rodolfo: 161 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Rolando: 124 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Javier: 347 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Santos: 69 babies, 7.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1967

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Lisa	2,197	–	1
2	Kimberly	1,792	↑1	2
3	Mary	1,560	↓1	4
4	Maria	1,541	–	42
5	Cynthia	1,267	–	18
6	Melissa	1,236	↑3	9
7	Michelle	1,212	↑5	3
8	Sandra	1,182	↓1	20
9	Patricia	1,140	↓3	11
10	Elizabeth	1,068	–	13
11	Angela	1,019	↑2	7
12	Laura	1,003	↓1	15
13	Tammy	981	↑2	8
14	Karen	901	↓6	6
15	Stephanie	811	↑13	25
16	Susan	791	↑1	5
17	Donna	769	↓3	19
18	Teresa	761	↑2	28
19	Linda	750	↓3	26
20	Pamela	743	↓1	17
21	Jennifer	741	↑3	10
22	Rebecca	697	↓4	39
23	Tina	673	↑4	21
24	Rhonda	667	↓2	41
25	Amy	663	↑15	12
26	Deborah	651	↓5	22
27	Sharon	638	↓4	30
28	Julie	611	↑2	16
29	Brenda	605	↓4	31
30	Diana	596	↓4	65
31	Debra	561	↓2	38
32	Tracy	554	↓1	29
33	Sylvia	553	↓1	>100
34	Kelly	541	↑4	23
35	Norma	536	↓1	>100
36	Lori	503	↓3	24
37	Cheryl	488	↓1	35
38	Monica	474	↑5	70
39	Nancy	471	↓2	37
40	Paula	463	↓1	46
41	Barbara	446	↓6	33
42	Sherry	428	↑4	51
43	Yolanda	422	↓2	>100
44	Veronica	421	↑1	>100
45	Wendy	401	new	32
46	Gloria	382	↑2	>100
47	Andrea	381	new	48
48	Christine	376	new	14
49	Carol	371	↓7	47
50	Martha	363	↓3	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Michael	3,647	↑1	1
2	David	3,461	↓1	2
3	James	3,256	–	3
4	John	3,019	–	4
5	Robert	2,824	–	5
6	Richard	1,684	–	8
7	William	1,542	–	6
8	Mark	1,482	–	7
9	Charles	1,269	–	20
10	Steven	1,215	↑4	14
11	Jose	1,181	↓1	64
12	Christopher	1,166	↑1	9
13	Kevin	1,120	↓2	17
14	Paul	1,086	↓2	18
15	Kenneth	999	–	22
16	Thomas	976	↑3	12
17	Brian	940	↑8	10
18	Jeffrey	939	–	13
19	Timothy	923	↑1	11
20	Daniel	907	↓4	19
21	Stephen	835	↑8	26
22	Anthony	818	↓1	21
23	Juan	812	–	>100
24	Joe	809	↓7	85
25	Jerry	749	↑2	41
26	Ronald	737	↓2	24
27	Gary	721	↓5	32
28	Gregory	719	↓2	25
29	Scott	691	↑3	16
30	Joseph	683	↓2	15
31	Donald	658	↓1	27
32	Larry	616	↑1	38
33	Patrick	601	↑4	30
34	Johnny	573	↑4	70
35	Edward	558	↓1	31
36	Eric	558	↑5	23
37	Rodney	546	↓6	37
38	Jimmy	537	↓2	74
39	Keith	530	↑1	34
40	George	524	↓1	36
41	Billy	523	↓6	76
42	Terry	503	–	42
43	Jesus	455	–	>100
44	Randy	445	↑2	49
45	Bobby	444	–	83
46	Troy	436	new	40
47	Tony	432	↑1	50
48	Victor	417	new	97
49	Martin	416	↓5	80
50	Carlos	412	new	>100

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