Popular baby names in Texas, 1970

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (1,980 babies) and Michael for boys (4,313). Social Security records list 218,708 babies born in Texas in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1970

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, 13.1× the national rate
Esmeralda: 133 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Rosalinda: 134 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Graciela: 128 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Marisela: 75 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Araceli: 77 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Maricela: 70 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Guadalupe: 193 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Irma: 193 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Blanca: 141 babies, 6.5× the national rate

Boys

Eloy: 67 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Guadalupe: 146 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Noe: 68 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Rogelio: 144 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Adan: 59 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Ramiro: 114 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Rodolfo: 182 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Reynaldo: 123 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Humberto: 69 babies, 7× the national rate
Rolando: 138 babies, 6.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,980	↑5	1
2	Lisa	1,813	↓1	2
3	Kimberly	1,787	↓1	3
4	Maria	1,760	–	39
5	Melissa	1,709	↓2	7
6	Michelle	1,691	↓1	4
7	Angela	1,398	↑3	6
8	Mary	1,350	↓1	9
9	Laura	1,291	–	13
10	Amy	1,249	↑3	5
11	Cynthia	1,226	↓3	25
12	Tammy	1,122	↑2	8
13	Elizabeth	1,117	↑2	18
14	Sandra	1,103	↓3	27
15	Patricia	1,058	↓3	24
16	Stephanie	1,027	–	17
17	Shannon	941	↑3	22
18	Tracy	825	↑7	10
19	Julie	790	↓1	11
20	Rebecca	783	↓1	29
21	Monica	740	↑8	56
22	Karen	723	↓5	12
23	Teresa	683	↓1	34
24	Pamela	664	↓1	26
25	Tina	630	↓1	21
26	Lori	612	↑6	23
27	Linda	601	–	38
28	Susan	599	↓7	15
29	Veronica	591	↑4	>100
30	Deborah	582	–	33
31	Donna	580	↓5	32
32	Rhonda	572	↓1	46
33	Stacy	553	↑10	42
34	Kelly	540	↓6	20
35	Christina	538	↑3	35
36	Heather	518	new	19
37	Rachel	508	↑5	58
38	Diana	507	↓4	89
39	Sharon	496	↑1	37
40	Wendy	487	↑1	28
41	Christine	479	↑5	14
42	Brenda	471	↓3	40
43	Debra	469	↓8	47
44	Yolanda	450	↓8	>100
45	Tonya	441	↑4	49
46	Dawn	438	new	16
47	Norma	438	↓10	>100
48	Dana	433	↑2	54
49	Leslie	408	new	64
50	Nancy	399	↓6	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	4,313	–	1
2	James	3,516	↑1	2
3	David	3,395	↓1	3
4	John	3,294	–	4
5	Robert	3,027	–	5
6	Christopher	2,168	↑1	6
7	William	1,792	↓1	7
8	Richard	1,589	–	10
9	Jason	1,547	↑12	13
10	Mark	1,528	↓1	9
11	Jose	1,455	↓1	56
12	Kevin	1,450	↑1	14
13	Charles	1,384	↓2	21
14	Steven	1,294	↓2	15
15	Juan	1,202	↑3	95
16	Jeffrey	1,184	–	11
17	Brian	1,125	↓3	8
18	Daniel	1,104	↓3	19
19	Paul	1,016	↓2	23
20	Thomas	988	↓1	17
21	Eric	946	↑6	18
22	Kenneth	928	↓2	25
23	Stephen	924	↑1	27
24	Anthony	910	↓1	22
25	Scott	900	↓3	12
26	Joe	841	–	90
27	Joseph	835	↓2	16
28	Gregory	790	↑2	26
29	Timothy	747	↓1	20
30	Ronald	711	↓1	29
31	Jerry	665	↑1	45
32	Edward	662	↑2	31
33	Patrick	659	–	33
34	Larry	655	↑1	43
35	Gary	607	↓4	35
36	Johnny	604	↑4	65
37	Matthew	597	–	24
38	Donald	595	↓2	30
39	Billy	568	↑2	78
40	Jesus	561	↓2	>100
41	George	553	↓2	40
42	Carlos	543	↑4	98
43	Jimmy	504	↓1	86
44	Keith	484	↑3	38
45	Bryan	483	–	53
46	Andrew	457	new	32
47	Rodney	449	↓3	55
48	Troy	447	↑1	41
49	Bobby	442	new	87
50	Ricardo	439	↓2	>100

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