Popular baby names in Texas, 1971

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (2,503 babies) and Michael for boys (4,268). Social Security records list 217,913 babies born in Texas in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1971

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: 67 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Rosalinda: 141 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Esmeralda: 118 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Graciela: 92 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Imelda: 67 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Araceli: 99 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Marisela: 71 babies, 7× the national rate
Gracie: 53 babies, 7× the national rate
Blanca: 162 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Juana: 71 babies, 6.5× the national rate

Boys

Noe: 81 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Guadalupe: 149 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Ramiro: 117 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Adan: 60 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Rodolfo: 171 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Rogelio: 121 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Abel: 139 babies, 7× the national rate
Gilberto: 159 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Rene: 326 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Reynaldo: 121 babies, 6.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,503	–	1
2	Melissa	1,782	↑3	7
3	Kimberly	1,693	–	4
4	Michelle	1,689	↑2	2
5	Lisa	1,624	↓3	3
6	Maria	1,568	↓2	37
7	Angela	1,477	–	6
8	Amy	1,379	↑2	5
9	Cynthia	1,271	↑2	24
10	Mary	1,260	↓2	9
11	Laura	1,195	↓2	16
12	Stephanie	1,128	↑4	11
13	Patricia	1,053	↑2	26
14	Elizabeth	1,019	↓1	19
15	Sandra	1,011	↓1	31
16	Tammy	962	↓4	8
17	Monica	830	↑4	48
18	Rebecca	830	↑2	23
19	Shannon	820	↓2	21
20	Julie	750	↓1	10
21	Veronica	668	↑8	>100
22	Christina	645	↑13	30
23	Karen	640	↓1	15
24	Tina	634	↑1	20
25	Tracy	634	↓7	13
26	Susan	620	↑2	17
27	Linda	580	–	42
28	Lori	577	↓2	25
29	Heather	570	↑7	12
30	Teresa	565	↓7	34
31	Stacy	559	↑2	32
32	Rachel	529	↑5	54
33	Deborah	517	↓3	33
34	Brenda	514	↑8	43
35	Diana	513	↑3	82
36	Wendy	512	↑4	29
37	Pamela	492	↓13	28
38	Nancy	486	↑12	52
39	Kelly	479	↓5	22
40	Norma	466	↑7	>100
41	Yolanda	462	↑3	98
42	Donna	457	↓11	38
43	Rhonda	457	↓11	46
44	Tonya	445	↑1	45
45	Dawn	444	↑1	14
46	Christine	436	↓5	18
47	Andrea	430	new	35
48	Sharon	420	↓9	40
49	Debra	412	↓6	57
50	Dana	407	↓2	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	4,268	–	1
2	James	3,267	–	2
3	John	3,090	↑1	4
4	David	3,073	↓1	3
5	Robert	2,885	–	5
6	Christopher	2,671	–	6
7	Jason	1,888	↑2	8
8	William	1,723	↓1	7
9	Jose	1,579	↑2	55
10	Richard	1,448	↓2	11
11	Kevin	1,422	↑1	14
12	Juan	1,335	↑3	81
13	Mark	1,315	↓3	13
14	Brian	1,276	↑3	9
15	Charles	1,268	↓2	22
16	Steven	1,267	↓2	16
17	Daniel	1,114	↑1	20
18	Jeffrey	1,046	↓2	12
19	Eric	985	↑2	18
20	Scott	972	↑5	10
21	Paul	963	↓2	24
22	Thomas	962	↓2	17
23	Kenneth	879	↓1	25
24	Stephen	877	↓1	27
25	Joseph	818	↑2	15
26	Anthony	814	↓2	23
27	Joe	800	↓1	>100
28	Timothy	793	↑1	21
29	Matthew	742	↑8	19
30	Gregory	721	↓2	26
31	Patrick	666	↑2	35
32	Edward	620	–	32
33	Jesus	609	↑7	>100
34	Jerry	608	↓3	50
35	Chad	593	new	29
36	Larry	586	↓2	44
37	Johnny	582	↓1	74
38	Ronald	575	↓8	31
39	Billy	552	–	75
40	Carlos	545	↑2	88
41	Shawn	540	new	28
42	Donald	520	↓4	34
43	George	517	↓2	42
44	Gary	511	↓9	38
45	Bryan	508	–	48
46	Jimmy	457	↓3	93
47	Keith	454	↓3	37
48	Ricardo	453	↑2	>100
49	Chris	451	new	68
50	Ruben	447	new	>100

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