Popular baby names in Texas, 1972

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (2,801 babies) and Michael for boys (3,963). Social Security records list 202,765 babies born in Texas in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1972

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: 70 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Esmeralda: 152 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Rosalinda: 121 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Irma: 196 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Griselda: 55 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Blanca: 154 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Rosario: 61 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Maricela: 89 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Graciela: 73 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Marisela: 57 babies, 6× the national rate

Boys

Guadalupe: 152 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Ramiro: 152 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Noe: 79 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Raymundo: 56 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Reynaldo: 117 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Rogelio: 136 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Rodolfo: 177 babies, 7× the national rate
Rolando: 147 babies, 7× the national rate
Domingo: 59 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Benito: 62 babies, 6.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,801	–	1
2	Melissa	1,663	–	7
3	Kimberly	1,564	–	4
4	Lisa	1,510	↑1	3
5	Michelle	1,503	↓1	2
6	Maria	1,495	–	32
7	Amy	1,446	↑1	5
8	Angela	1,350	↓1	6
9	Stephanie	1,185	↑3	8
10	Laura	1,130	↑1	17
11	Cynthia	1,128	↓2	25
12	Elizabeth	975	↑2	15
13	Mary	968	↓3	13
14	Patricia	931	↓1	27
15	Rebecca	926	↑3	14
16	Monica	887	↑1	47
17	Sandra	884	↓2	31
18	Veronica	878	↑3	82
19	Tammy	836	↓3	11
20	Julie	709	–	12
21	Christina	675	↑1	26
22	Shannon	641	↓3	22
23	Heather	607	↑6	9
24	Rachel	581	↑8	40
25	Tina	541	↓1	18
26	Stacy	516	↑5	33
27	Tracy	512	↓2	19
28	Teresa	506	↑2	39
29	Nicole	497	new	10
30	Susan	490	↓4	24
31	Lori	489	↓3	28
32	Karen	471	↓9	21
33	Linda	460	↓6	51
34	Andrea	456	↑13	30
35	Jessica	445	new	46
36	Diana	442	↓1	83
37	Wendy	441	↓1	29
38	Brenda	437	↓4	44
39	Donna	421	↑3	45
40	Kelly	417	↓1	23
41	Pamela	409	↓4	34
42	Tonya	405	↑2	37
43	Melanie	384	new	42
44	Denise	381	new	35
45	Norma	378	↓5	>100
46	Claudia	377	new	>100
47	Rhonda	377	↓4	60
48	Yolanda	377	↓7	89
49	Christy	375	new	74
50	Dawn	372	↓5	20

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	3,963	–	1
2	Christopher	3,113	↑4	2
3	David	2,830	↑1	4
4	James	2,827	↓2	3
5	John	2,638	↓2	5
6	Robert	2,495	↓1	6
7	Jason	2,130	–	7
8	Jose	1,606	↑1	50
9	William	1,476	↓1	9
10	Brian	1,407	↑4	8
11	Richard	1,314	↓1	14
12	Juan	1,296	–	73
13	Mark	1,248	–	18
14	Daniel	1,204	↑3	15
15	Kevin	1,179	↓4	13
16	Charles	1,115	↓1	23
17	Steven	1,021	↓1	19
18	Eric	1,000	↑1	16
19	Jeffrey	909	↓1	17
20	Joseph	858	↑5	12
21	Paul	818	–	24
22	Thomas	812	–	20
23	Anthony	777	↑3	22
24	Joe	771	↑3	100
25	Matthew	743	↑4	10
26	Scott	703	↓6	11
27	Stephen	699	↓3	29
28	Kenneth	697	↓5	27
29	Chad	677	↑6	25
30	Timothy	654	↓2	21
31	Gregory	632	↓1	26
32	Jesus	587	↑1	>100
33	Patrick	572	↓2	35
34	Bryan	558	↑11	45
35	Carlos	557	↑5	84
36	Jerry	507	↓2	53
37	Edward	502	↓5	34
38	Billy	492	↑1	81
39	Larry	492	↓3	47
40	George	484	↑3	44
41	Gary	483	↑3	41
42	Johnny	470	↓5	74
43	Ronald	456	↓5	32
44	Ricardo	454	↑4	>100
45	Shawn	449	↓4	28
46	Donald	441	↓4	36
47	Keith	434	–	38
48	Ruben	432	↑2	>100
49	Brandon	429	new	63
50	Jimmy	429	↓4	97

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