Popular baby names in Texas, 1968

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1968 were Lisa for girls (2,149 babies) and Michael for boys (3,857). Social Security records list 196,297 babies born in Texas in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1968

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: 55 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Esmeralda: 103 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Nelda: 57 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Rosalinda: 135 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Araceli: 63 babies, 9× the national rate
Graciela: 102 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Dalia: 48 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Rosario: 56 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Maricela: 62 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Guadalupe: 166 babies, 7.4× the national rate

Boys

Guadalupe: 139 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Rogelio: 128 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Noe: 74 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Ramiro: 123 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Rolando: 139 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Benito: 75 babies, 8× the national rate
Domingo: 67 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Rodolfo: 138 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Gerardo: 146 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Santos: 65 babies, 7.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	2,149	–	1
2	Kimberly	1,679	–	3
3	Maria	1,533	↑1	41
4	Melissa	1,511	↑2	5
5	Mary	1,422	↓2	6
6	Michelle	1,392	↑1	2
7	Laura	1,295	↑5	11
8	Cynthia	1,223	↓3	19
9	Tammy	1,149	↑4	8
10	Sandra	1,100	↓2	26
11	Patricia	1,085	↓2	15
12	Angela	1,075	↓1	7
13	Jennifer	1,041	↑8	4
14	Elizabeth	1,027	↓4	17
15	Karen	897	↓1	9
16	Stephanie	874	↓1	23
17	Amy	798	↑8	13
18	Rebecca	755	↑4	33
19	Susan	722	↓3	10
20	Pamela	714	–	20
21	Donna	698	↓4	24
22	Teresa	681	↓4	30
23	Tina	677	–	18
24	Julie	673	↑4	16
25	Rhonda	663	↓1	42
26	Kelly	641	↑8	12
27	Linda	628	↓8	28
28	Sharon	589	↓1	32
29	Tracy	577	↑3	25
30	Deborah	569	↓4	27
31	Lori	561	↑5	22
32	Diana	558	↓2	71
33	Debra	546	↓2	38
34	Brenda	538	↓5	34
35	Monica	515	↑3	68
36	Shannon	514	new	53
37	Norma	486	↓2	>100
38	Cheryl	485	↓1	37
39	Yolanda	473	↑4	93
40	Veronica	465	↑4	>100
41	Paula	459	↓1	45
42	Nancy	450	↓3	39
43	Sylvia	445	↓10	>100
44	Christine	427	↑4	14
45	Carol	421	↑4	49
46	Wendy	417	↓1	31
47	Stacy	410	new	64
48	Barbara	409	↓7	36
49	Christina	395	new	44
50	Dana	388	new	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	3,857	–	1
2	David	3,354	–	2
3	James	3,241	–	4
4	John	3,138	–	3
5	Robert	2,892	–	5
6	Richard	1,745	–	8
7	William	1,675	–	6
8	Mark	1,531	–	7
9	Charles	1,370	–	20
10	Christopher	1,347	↑2	9
11	Jose	1,253	–	58
12	Steven	1,106	↓2	15
13	Kevin	1,097	–	17
14	Paul	1,078	–	19
15	Jeffrey	988	↑3	11
16	Brian	977	↑1	10
17	Daniel	969	↑3	18
18	Kenneth	951	↓3	23
19	Thomas	908	↓3	12
20	Juan	877	↑3	>100
21	Timothy	851	↓2	13
22	Anthony	819	–	21
23	Joe	819	↑1	85
24	Scott	793	↑5	14
25	Stephen	789	↓4	27
26	Gregory	745	↑2	26
27	Joseph	745	↑3	16
28	Ronald	682	↓2	25
29	Jerry	681	↓4	44
30	Gary	677	↓3	32
31	Eric	654	↑5	22
32	Patrick	643	↑1	30
33	Edward	640	↑2	31
34	Donald	619	↓3	29
35	Larry	561	↓3	38
36	George	550	↑4	36
37	Billy	539	↑4	76
38	Jimmy	523	–	77
39	Johnny	509	↓5	69
40	Jesus	499	↑3	>100
41	Rodney	496	↓4	42
42	Matthew	479	new	24
43	Keith	470	↓4	35
44	Jason	450	new	47
45	Carlos	440	↑5	>100
46	Terry	439	↓4	48
47	Todd	426	new	28
48	Raymond	424	new	50
49	Bobby	422	↓4	81
50	Bryan	419	new	51

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