Popular baby names in Texas, 1975

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (3,323 babies) and Michael for boys (4,095). Social Security records list 202,787 babies born in Texas in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1975

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, 11.1× the national rate
Rosalinda: 88 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Esmeralda: 178 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Graciela: 84 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Yadira: 53 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Irma: 148 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Marisela: 68 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Dora: 135 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Araceli: 102 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Claudia: 442 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Roel: 54 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Eloy: 58 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Guadalupe: 165 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Reynaldo: 116 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Noe: 83 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Rogelio: 140 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Ramiro: 135 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Rolando: 182 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Rodolfo: 178 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Rene: 267 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,323	–	1
2	Amy	1,860	↑1	2
3	Melissa	1,635	↑1	4
4	Maria	1,459	↓2	30
5	Michelle	1,332	–	6
6	Angela	1,316	↑1	5
7	Kimberly	1,128	↓1	7
8	Stephanie	1,091	–	9
9	Elizabeth	1,085	↑1	15
10	Heather	1,058	↑4	3
11	Christina	1,022	↑9	12
12	Veronica	992	–	72
13	Lisa	990	↓4	8
14	Amanda	980	↑10	14
15	Laura	945	–	20
16	Monica	894	↓5	49
17	Cynthia	879	–	40
18	Jessica	876	↑4	13
19	Mary	876	↓3	19
20	Rebecca	863	↓7	11
21	Misty	783	–	47
22	Patricia	698	↓4	36
23	Julie	677	–	18
24	Sandra	675	↓5	51
25	April	561	↑3	25
26	Rachel	557	↑1	26
27	Brandy	498	↑17	57
28	Tiffany	481	↑1	37
29	Andrea	477	↑12	28
30	Shannon	467	↓5	21
31	Tammy	461	↓5	31
32	Sarah	443	↑8	17
33	Wendy	443	↓3	33
34	Claudia	442	↓1	>100
35	Erica	434	–	63
36	Stacy	434	↑10	34
37	Kelly	431	↓1	16
38	Tracy	422	–	24
39	Lori	412	↓7	39
40	Brenda	411	↓3	67
41	Nicole	399	↑8	10
42	Diana	387	↓11	100
43	Christy	383	–	53
44	Crystal	383	new	43
45	Susan	375	↑2	32
46	Carrie	373	new	29
47	Karen	371	↓5	27
48	Nancy	368	new	82
49	Teresa	368	↓1	61
50	Leslie	355	new	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	4,095	–	1
2	Christopher	3,128	–	3
3	Jason	2,961	–	2
4	David	2,546	–	5
5	James	2,514	↑1	4
6	John	2,324	↓1	7
7	Robert	2,255	–	6
8	Jose	1,826	–	48
9	Juan	1,559	–	60
10	William	1,416	↑2	10
11	Daniel	1,353	–	11
12	Brian	1,287	↓2	8
13	Richard	1,155	–	16
14	Matthew	1,094	↑5	9
15	Eric	1,017	↑2	13
16	Mark	996	↓2	19
17	Charles	988	↓2	25
18	Steven	978	–	18
19	Kevin	930	↓3	15
20	Joseph	913	↑1	12
21	Jeremy	874	↑2	24
22	Jeffrey	870	↓2	14
23	Thomas	751	↓1	20
24	Anthony	738	–	21
25	Paul	692	–	29
26	Chad	691	↑1	27
27	Joshua	676	↑13	26
28	Brandon	669	↑6	44
29	Joe	667	↓3	>100
30	Timothy	659	↓1	22
31	Stephen	654	↓1	34
32	Jesus	647	↓4	>100
33	Carlos	619	↓1	73
34	Scott	565	↓1	17
35	Jonathan	553	↑8	30
36	Kenneth	548	↓5	35
37	Gregory	520	↓2	33
38	Aaron	516	↑3	32
39	Ryan	516	new	23
40	Justin	514	new	37
41	Andrew	497	↑4	28
42	Bryan	479	↓3	47
43	Shawn	472	↓6	31
44	Patrick	454	↓2	39
45	Benjamin	451	new	36
46	Roberto	447	–	>100
47	Luis	444	↓11	>100
48	Ruben	444	↓1	>100
49	Edward	440	↓11	41
50	Ricardo	437	↓6	>100

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