State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 211,232 Texas births in 1951 across 2,212 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Texas more than they say America.

#39Jesusoutside the national top 200
#44Ruben#200 nationally
#50Rauloutside the national top 200
#52Antoniooutside the national top 200
#32Yolanda#179 nationally
#57Robertooutside the national top 200
#58Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#49Carlos#189 nationally
#65Franciscooutside the national top 200
#66Irmaoutside the national top 200
#70Hectoroutside the national top 200
#16Juan#144 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,000US #2
#2Linda3,899US #1
#3Patricia2,429US #3
#4Deborah2,336US #4
#5Maria2,251US #75
#6Barbara1,557US #5
#7Brenda1,547US #14
#8Sandra1,413US #9
#9Donna1,241US #12
#10Gloria1,219US #31
#11Susan1,190US #6
#12Sharon1,189US #13
#13Karen1,165US #8
#14Carolyn1,162US #22
#15Cynthia1,156US #20
#16Nancy1,071US #7
#17Judy1,056US #26
#18Debra960US #18
#19Pamela949US #16
#20Shirley946US #27
#21Rebecca893US #32
#22Carol869US #11
#23Elizabeth864US #23
#24Martha842US #38
#25Betty817US #29
#26Margaret765US #17
#27Janice758US #21
#28Beverly691US #33
#29Janet668US #19
#30Kathy644US #35
#31Diana641US #50
#32Yolanda635US #179
#33Rosa621US #160
#34Sylvia612US #97
#35Juanita610US #126
#36Virginia598US #47
#37Kathleen568US #10
#38Paula564US #51
#39Peggy564US #40
#40Joyce560US #28
#41Connie544US #44
#42Wanda539US #52
#43Sherry522US #70
#44Dorothy513US #42
#45Glenda498US #89
#46Alice494US #62
#47Jo489US #67
#48Marilyn463US #41
#49Frances457US #59
#50Diane456US #15
#51Teresa452US #63
#52Vicki448US #58
#53Kathryn431US #45
#54Janie430US #176
#55Helen425US #54
#56Laura425US #60
#57Rose420US #65
#58Guadalupe417
#59Cathy398US #71
#60Cheryl394US #30
#61Charlotte389US #84
#62Norma388US #107
#63Rita381US #61
#64Catherine378US #34
#65Katherine358US #55
#66Irma354
#67Vickie350US #87
#68Judith349US #25
#69Doris332US #80
#70Irene325US #105
#71Patsy325US #121
#72Anita317US #96
#73Phyllis310US #57
#74Marsha307US #76
#75Bonnie287US #37
#76Ruth287US #53
#77Olga286
#78Alicia279
#79Carmen274US #184
#80Ann272US #46
#81Jane264US #43
#82Anna263US #94
#83Margarita255
#84Julia254US #127
#85Evelyn253US #88
#86Sarah250US #91
#87Rhonda246US #111
#88Sheila245US #69
#89Dora241
#90Gail239US #36
#91Kay236US #120
#92Lynda234US #116
#93Ruby232US #140
#94Theresa230US #64
#95Belinda229US #171
#96Dolores225US #149
#97Christine220US #24
#98Esther218US #169
#99Gwendolyn217US #112
#100Lydia216

Boys

#1James4,276US #1
#2Robert3,883US #2
#3John3,545US #3
#4David3,216US #5
#5Michael3,205US #4
#6William2,567US #6
#7Charles2,266US #9
#8Larry2,225US #11
#9Richard2,199US #7
#10Gary1,908US #10
#11Joe1,533US #57
#12Thomas1,533US #8
#13Jose1,464US #113
#14Kenneth1,355US #16
#15Ronald1,336US #12
#16Juan1,323US #144
#17Donald1,255US #15
#18Jerry1,206US #24
#19George1,161US #22
#20Johnny1,072US #50
#21Billy960US #64
#22Stephen942US #19
#23Jimmy880US #62
#24Daniel851US #21
#25Paul820US #18
#26Edward803US #23
#27Steven734US #13
#28Mark712US #20
#29Roy705US #52
#30Joseph693US #14
#31Danny687US #41
#32Dennis672US #17
#33Bobby648US #77
#34Terry624US #30
#35Frank621US #31
#36Raymond592US #32
#37Manuel572US #158
#38Tommy526US #94
#39Jesus505
#40Roger503US #29
#41Douglas494US #27
#42Henry494US #47
#43Jesse494US #115
#44Ruben491US #200
#45Arthur447US #44
#46Willie441US #45
#47Jack438US #48
#48Ronnie436US #82
#49Carlos430US #189
#50Raul417
#51Carl415US #43
#52Antonio404
#53Albert400US #60
#54Gregory400US #25
#55Bruce399US #26
#56Randy399US #56
#57Roberto397
#58Walter394US #42
#59Timothy390US #28
#60Samuel387US #67
#61Harold372US #46
#62Ernest363US #83
#63Eddie359US #89
#64Gerald349US #36
#65Francisco347
#66Glenn336US #58
#67Patrick336US #39
#68Randall329US #66
#69Louis327US #76
#70Hector318
#71Victor318US #110
#72Lawrence307US #33
#73Ray307US #114
#74Wayne305US #37
#75Anthony301US #34
#76Ricky300US #102
#77Pedro298
#78Gilbert296US #142
#79Phillip294US #79
#80Luis293
#81Alan292US #40
#82Ralph290US #51
#83Oscar281US #199
#84Mario280
#85Don279US #117
#86Guadalupe279
#87Armando278
#88Marvin274US #96
#89Ricardo263
#90Martin252US #81
#91Fred250US #87
#92Curtis249US #91
#93Melvin245US #88
#94Micheal244US #97
#95Steve243US #86
#96Arturo242
#97Stanley240US #54
#98Andrew236US #69
#99Ramon236
#100Lee232US #92

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑47Debra#18
↑25Gregory#54
↑21Anthony#75
↑19Ray#73
↑17Kathleen#37
↑17Randall#68
↑16Bruce#55
↑15Laura#56

Falling

↓19Don#85
↓18Janie#54
↓18Irene#70
↓15Judith#68
↓15Gilbert#78
↓14Oscar#83
↓12Evelyn#85
↓12Armando#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.