Popular baby names in Texas, 1969

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1969 were Lisa for girls (2,092 babies) and Michael for boys (4,179). Social Security records list 209,697 babies born in Texas in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1969

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: 65 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Esmeralda: 102 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Rosalinda: 153 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Nelda: 51 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Griselda: 56 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Graciela: 108 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Araceli: 59 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Esperanza: 56 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Gracie: 56 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Maricela: 76 babies, 7× the national rate

Boys

Roel: 61 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Adan: 69 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Guadalupe: 159 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Noe: 86 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Ramiro: 137 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Rolando: 135 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Rogelio: 134 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Abel: 137 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Rodolfo: 133 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Gerardo: 162 babies, 7.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Lisa	2,092	–	1
2	Kimberly	1,794	–	4
3	Melissa	1,668	↑1	5
4	Maria	1,626	↓1	40
5	Michelle	1,524	↑1	2
6	Jennifer	1,473	↑7	3
7	Mary	1,351	↓2	8
8	Cynthia	1,312	–	23
9	Laura	1,273	↓2	10
10	Angela	1,201	↑2	7
11	Sandra	1,130	↓1	25
12	Patricia	1,120	↓1	18
13	Amy	1,110	↑4	6
14	Tammy	1,102	↓5	9
15	Elizabeth	1,093	↓1	16
16	Stephanie	997	–	19
17	Karen	840	↓2	13
18	Julie	807	↑6	12
19	Rebecca	790	↓1	28
20	Shannon	753	↑16	31
21	Susan	704	↓2	11
22	Teresa	698	–	32
23	Pamela	693	↓3	24
24	Tina	686	↓1	22
25	Tracy	681	↑4	17
26	Donna	677	↓5	26
27	Linda	662	–	33
28	Kelly	635	↓2	15
29	Monica	632	↑6	59
30	Deborah	626	–	27
31	Rhonda	615	↓6	44
32	Lori	609	↓1	20
33	Veronica	571	↑7	>100
34	Diana	569	↓2	81
35	Debra	516	↓2	43
36	Yolanda	516	↑3	98
37	Norma	510	–	>100
38	Christina	507	↑11	37
39	Brenda	505	↓5	38
40	Sharon	504	↓12	36
41	Wendy	486	↑5	29
42	Rachel	465	new	69
43	Stacy	453	↑4	53
44	Nancy	447	↓2	45
45	Cheryl	441	↓7	41
46	Christine	441	↓2	14
47	Sylvia	439	↓4	>100
48	Paula	426	↓7	50
49	Tonya	426	new	54
50	Dana	399	–	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	4,179	–	1
2	David	3,490	–	2
3	James	3,247	–	3
4	John	3,102	–	4
5	Robert	3,099	–	5
6	William	1,791	↑1	6
7	Christopher	1,739	↑3	7
8	Richard	1,637	↓2	10
9	Mark	1,520	↓1	8
10	Jose	1,461	↑1	56
11	Charles	1,377	↓2	19
12	Steven	1,240	–	14
13	Kevin	1,221	–	16
14	Brian	1,095	↑2	9
15	Daniel	1,087	↑2	18
16	Jeffrey	1,073	↓1	11
17	Paul	1,024	↓3	22
18	Juan	1,001	↑2	>100
19	Thomas	980	–	13
20	Kenneth	950	↓2	23
21	Jason	940	↑23	25
22	Scott	879	↑2	12
23	Anthony	876	↓1	20
24	Stephen	862	↑1	27
25	Joseph	845	↑2	15
26	Joe	843	↓3	83
27	Eric	841	↑4	21
28	Timothy	832	↓7	17
29	Ronald	755	↓1	29
30	Gregory	751	↓4	26
31	Gary	677	↓1	35
32	Jerry	664	↓3	45
33	Patrick	656	↓1	31
34	Edward	637	↓1	32
35	Larry	637	–	40
36	Donald	604	↓2	30
37	Matthew	582	↑5	24
38	Jesus	560	↑2	>100
39	George	545	↓3	38
40	Johnny	542	↓1	67
41	Billy	527	↓4	77
42	Jimmy	518	↓4	79
43	Todd	507	↑4	28
44	Rodney	503	↓3	49
45	Bryan	491	↑5	51
46	Carlos	472	↓1	>100
47	Keith	465	↓4	36
48	Ricardo	454	new	>100
49	Troy	441	new	42
50	Terry	438	↓4	52

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