Popular baby names in Texas, 1973

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (3,142 babies) and Michael for boys (3,827). Social Security records list 199,078 babies born in Texas in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1973

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: 51 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Esmeralda: 257 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Rosalinda: 104 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Graciela: 108 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Irma: 205 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Marisela: 77 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Imelda: 50 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Esperanza: 48 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Blanca: 149 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Maricela: 99 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Boys

Noe: 87 babies, 8× the national rate
Rogelio: 142 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Guadalupe: 121 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Ramiro: 132 babies, 7× the national rate
Rolando: 147 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Adan: 66 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Reynaldo: 102 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Rodolfo: 157 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Domingo: 69 babies, 6× the national rate
Santos: 68 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,142	–	1
2	Maria	1,597	↑4	31
3	Melissa	1,511	↓1	6
4	Amy	1,476	↑3	2
5	Michelle	1,445	–	3
6	Kimberly	1,361	↓3	4
7	Lisa	1,272	↓3	5
8	Stephanie	1,234	↑1	9
9	Angela	1,232	↓1	7
10	Veronica	1,076	↑8	71
11	Elizabeth	1,050	↑1	13
12	Laura	1,028	↓2	19
13	Cynthia	994	↓2	26
14	Mary	968	↓1	14
15	Monica	964	↑1	40
16	Rebecca	926	↓1	10
17	Patricia	820	↓3	27
18	Sandra	794	↓1	39
19	Heather	787	↑4	8
20	Christina	752	↑1	16
21	Julie	690	↓1	12
22	Tammy	639	↓3	15
23	Shannon	530	↓1	22
24	Amanda	509	new	51
25	Rachel	487	↓1	42
26	Misty	486	new	90
27	Diana	481	↑9	85
28	Tonya	473	↑14	36
29	Jessica	469	↑6	34
30	Claudia	461	↑16	>100
31	Teresa	458	↓3	45
32	Wendy	450	↑5	29
33	Stacy	448	↓7	32
34	Tracy	441	↓7	20
35	Susan	435	↓5	25
36	Tina	435	↓11	24
37	April	428	new	33
38	Nicole	422	↓9	11
39	Lori	421	↓8	28
40	Christine	413	new	17
41	Karen	405	↓9	23
42	Andrea	404	↓8	30
43	Linda	403	↓10	61
44	Kelly	392	↓4	18
45	Melanie	392	↓2	43
46	Tiffany	392	new	52
47	Brenda	378	↓9	53
48	Nancy	373	new	77
49	Norma	365	↓4	>100
50	Brandy	359	new	82

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	3,827	–	1
2	Christopher	3,008	–	2
3	Jason	2,848	↑4	3
4	James	2,609	–	4
5	David	2,537	↓2	5
6	John	2,493	↓1	6
7	Robert	2,311	↓1	7
8	Jose	1,639	–	49
9	Brian	1,509	↑1	8
10	Juan	1,413	↑2	67
11	William	1,389	↓2	9
12	Richard	1,221	↓1	16
13	Mark	1,218	–	15
14	Daniel	1,204	–	11
15	Kevin	1,079	–	14
16	Eric	1,006	↑2	13
17	Charles	995	↓1	23
18	Steven	944	↓1	20
19	Matthew	895	↑6	10
20	Joseph	829	–	12
21	Jeffrey	824	↓2	17
22	Anthony	747	↑1	21
23	Thomas	739	↓1	19
24	Paul	734	↓3	24
25	Joe	712	↓1	>100
26	Chad	687	↑3	25
27	Kenneth	652	↑1	28
28	Scott	640	↓2	18
29	Stephen	637	↓2	32
30	Timothy	628	–	22
31	Jesus	611	↑1	>100
32	Carlos	581	↑3	74
33	Gregory	561	↓2	26
34	Bryan	526	–	43
35	Jeremy	522	new	33
36	Billy	501	↑2	76
37	Shawn	501	↑8	27
38	Brandon	495	↑11	58
39	Patrick	495	↓6	37
40	Jonathan	494	new	31
41	Jerry	484	↓5	57
42	Johnny	481	–	82
43	Edward	479	↓6	39
44	Larry	470	↓5	50
45	Ruben	443	↑3	>100
46	Luis	433	new	>100
47	Aaron	432	new	34
48	George	432	↓8	46
49	Donald	431	↓3	38
50	Marcus	428	new	72

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