Popular baby names in Texas, 1974

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (3,342 babies) and Michael for boys (3,902). Social Security records list 201,130 babies born in Texas in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1974

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: 75 babies, 13× the national rate
Rosalinda: 92 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Graciela: 107 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Imelda: 52 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Esmeralda: 154 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Juana: 83 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Blanca: 171 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Irma: 145 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Rosario: 51 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Maricela: 96 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Boys

Roel: 55 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Guadalupe: 165 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Noe: 78 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Rogelio: 165 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Adan: 63 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Ramiro: 144 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Rolando: 159 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Rodolfo: 167 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Benito: 69 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Reynaldo: 117 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,342	–	1
2	Maria	1,646	–	31
3	Amy	1,645	↑1	2
4	Melissa	1,513	↓1	7
5	Michelle	1,479	–	3
6	Kimberly	1,346	–	6
7	Angela	1,298	↑2	5
8	Stephanie	1,206	–	9
9	Lisa	1,157	↓2	8
10	Elizabeth	1,042	↑1	12
11	Monica	1,016	↑4	43
12	Veronica	1,016	↓2	71
13	Rebecca	977	↑3	10
14	Heather	945	↑5	4
15	Laura	935	↓3	21
16	Mary	915	↓2	13
17	Cynthia	897	↓4	33
18	Patricia	769	↓1	29
19	Sandra	765	↓1	44
20	Christina	728	–	16
21	Misty	695	↑5	66
22	Jessica	677	↑7	17
23	Julie	659	↓2	14
24	Amanda	609	–	34
25	Shannon	551	↓2	18
26	Tammy	540	↓4	24
27	Rachel	530	↓2	36
28	April	503	↑9	28
29	Tiffany	485	↑17	41
30	Wendy	456	↑2	32
31	Diana	443	↓4	87
32	Lori	441	↑7	30
33	Claudia	437	↓3	>100
34	Tina	431	↑2	25
35	Erica	427	new	74
36	Kelly	425	↑8	15
37	Brenda	422	↑10	59
38	Tracy	421	↓4	23
39	Tonya	418	↓11	37
40	Sarah	415	new	20
41	Andrea	413	↑1	35
42	Karen	413	↓1	26
43	Christy	406	new	57
44	Brandy	394	↑6	80
45	Christine	391	↓5	19
46	Stacy	390	↓13	38
47	Susan	390	↓12	27
48	Teresa	387	↓17	52
49	Nicole	376	↓11	11
50	Linda	370	↓7	75

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	3,902	–	1
2	Christopher	3,160	–	3
3	Jason	3,127	–	2
4	David	2,540	↑1	4
5	John	2,529	↑1	6
6	James	2,509	↓2	5
7	Robert	2,205	–	7
8	Jose	1,883	–	47
9	Juan	1,595	↑1	64
10	Brian	1,418	↓1	8
11	Daniel	1,399	↑3	11
12	William	1,359	↓1	10
13	Richard	1,159	↓1	17
14	Mark	1,086	↓1	16
15	Charles	1,029	↑2	23
16	Kevin	994	↓1	14
17	Eric	948	↓1	13
18	Steven	932	–	19
19	Matthew	923	–	9
20	Jeffrey	910	↑1	15
21	Joseph	890	↓1	12
22	Thomas	774	↑1	20
23	Jeremy	727	↑12	24
24	Anthony	722	↓2	21
25	Paul	702	↓1	27
26	Joe	692	↓1	>100
27	Chad	687	↓1	26
28	Jesus	681	↑3	>100
29	Timothy	647	↑1	22
30	Stephen	646	↓1	35
31	Kenneth	618	↓4	34
32	Carlos	591	–	71
33	Scott	575	↓5	18
34	Brandon	543	↑4	51
35	Gregory	531	↓2	31
36	Luis	508	↑10	>100
37	Shawn	508	–	30
38	Edward	492	↑5	40
39	Bryan	489	↓5	45
40	Joshua	488	new	29
41	Aaron	478	↑6	32
42	Patrick	475	↓3	38
43	Jonathan	472	↓3	33
44	Ricardo	465	new	>100
45	Andrew	460	new	28
46	Roberto	458	new	>100
47	Ruben	451	↓2	>100
48	Billy	447	↓12	78
49	Jerry	443	↓8	61
50	Larry	441	↓6	55

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