State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 221,613 Texas births in 1952 across 2,227 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#43Rubenoutside the national top 200
#44Jesusoutside the national top 200
#46Antoniooutside the national top 200
#57Rauloutside the national top 200
#58Robertooutside the national top 200
#33Yolanda#173 nationally
#65Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#16Juan#150 nationally
#55Carlos#188 nationally
#68Irmaoutside the national top 200
#68Luisoutside the national top 200
#69Franciscooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary4,147US #2
#2Linda3,619US #1
#3Deborah2,809US #4
#4Patricia2,432US #3
#5Maria2,308US #72
#6Brenda1,722US #15
#7Barbara1,622US #6
#8Debra1,578US #9
#9Sandra1,425US #10
#10Cynthia1,364US #18
#11Sharon1,296US #14
#12Susan1,294US #5
#13Karen1,284US #8
#14Donna1,233US #13
#15Nancy1,184US #7
#16Gloria1,161US #36
#17Rebecca1,105US #30
#18Pamela1,102US #17
#19Carolyn1,099US #24
#20Judy994US #26
#21Elizabeth889US #22
#22Martha885US #40
#23Carol853US #12
#24Shirley842US #28
#25Betty806US #32
#26Janice760US #23
#27Kathy758US #29
#28Margaret747US #21
#29Beverly744US #35
#30Sylvia705US #99
#31Janet693US #19
#32Diana672US #51
#33Yolanda653US #173
#34Rosa649US #162
#35Juanita648US #125
#36Paula634US #47
#37Virginia621US #49
#38Joyce589US #27
#39Diane545US #16
#40Connie544US #44
#41Marilyn540US #38
#42Jo536US #55
#43Wanda530US #54
#44Teresa528US #52
#45Sherry523US #68
#46Kathleen513US #11
#47Vicki511US #61
#48Peggy509US #43
#49Dorothy474US #46
#50Cheryl468US #31
#51Norma462US #112
#52Laura461US #53
#53Rose461US #62
#54Glenda459US #97
#55Alice455US #69
#56Kathryn453US #48
#57Cathy445US #56
#58Vickie438US #76
#59Janie413US #189
#60Frances411US #67
#61Helen404US #63
#62Catherine374US #34
#63Anita364US #91
#64Doris364US #83
#65Guadalupe363
#66Marsha355US #75
#67Rita350US #66
#68Irma349
#69Patsy341US #128
#70Katherine332US #59
#71Charlotte329US #89
#72Judith328US #25
#73Theresa320US #60
#74Irene317US #121
#75Anna305US #101
#76Jane298US #42
#77Ann285US #45
#78Rhonda285US #95
#79Phyllis282US #65
#80Bonnie269US #41
#81Sally267US #81
#82Kay265US #133
#83Ruth265US #57
#84Evelyn263US #90
#85Alicia262
#86Gail257US #39
#87Sheila257US #64
#88Eva256US #181
#89Margarita256
#90Olga256
#91Carmen253US #184
#92Christine253US #20
#93Gwendolyn250US #114
#94Lydia242
#95Belinda240US #172
#96Joan240US #37
#97Ruby236US #145
#98Julia233US #131
#99Dolores232US #160
#100Sarah228US #93

Boys

#1James4,562US #1
#2Robert4,061US #2
#3David3,794US #5
#4John3,669US #3
#5Michael3,465US #4
#6William2,650US #6
#7Richard2,604US #7
#8Larry2,275US #14
#9Charles2,205US #9
#10Gary2,070US #10
#11Thomas1,549US #8
#12Joe1,548US #62
#13Jose1,475US #114
#14Kenneth1,473US #16
#15Donald1,341US #13
#16Juan1,290US #150
#17Ronald1,256US #15
#18Jerry1,211US #26
#19George1,138US #22
#20Johnny1,105US #53
#21Stephen1,070US #21
#22Steven1,014US #11
#23Billy989US #65
#24Paul945US #19
#25Daniel944US #20
#26Mark922US #17
#27Edward810US #23
#28Jimmy809US #72
#29Danny776US #40
#30Terry736US #29
#31Roy700US #55
#32Joseph697US #12
#33Dennis693US #18
#34Bobby670US #77
#35Frank666US #32
#36Raymond611US #33
#37Manuel610US #162
#38Tommy564US #97
#39Jesse563US #112
#40Roger539US #30
#41Randy536US #41
#42Douglas496US #28
#43Ruben496
#44Jesus493
#45Henry482US #50
#46Antonio466
#47Ricky463US #81
#48Timothy463US #27
#49Willie445US #48
#50Jack440US #52
#51Samuel434US #67
#52Arthur431US #47
#53Carl426US #45
#54Ronnie423US #82
#55Carlos420US #188
#56Albert414US #66
#57Raul413
#58Roberto412
#59Harold405US #51
#60Bruce398US #25
#61Walter398US #44
#62Gregory389US #24
#63Anthony385US #34
#64Patrick384US #37
#65Lawrence359US #35
#66Gerald337US #39
#67Victor332US #107
#68Luis324
#69Francisco323
#70Gilbert319US #151
#71Randall319US #63
#72Glenn311US #61
#73Wayne309US #38
#74Louis307US #79
#75Ernest306US #87
#76Hector305
#77Eddie304US #93
#78Ralph301US #56
#79Mario298
#80Armando297
#81Pedro295
#82Ricardo292
#83Ray286US #113
#84Stanley282US #58
#85Curtis278US #86
#86Oscar275
#87Alan273US #42
#88Martin271US #80
#89Dale268US #46
#90Don265US #120
#91Steve264US #85
#92Arturo262
#93Marvin260US #95
#94Melvin259US #91
#95Phillip258US #74
#96Allen254US #78
#97Keith253US #49
#98Alfred249US #104
#99Guadalupe248
#100Micheal245US #94

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑29Ricky#47
↑21Theresa#73
↑15Randy#41
↑13Stanley#84
↑12Anthony#63
↑12Luis#68
↑11Diane#39
↑11Norma#51

Falling

↓16Phillip#95
↓14Julia#98
↓14Sarah#100
↓14Eddie#77
↓13Olga#90
↓13Ernest#75
↓13Guadalupe#99
↓12Carmen#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.