State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1953 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 229,613 Texas births in 1953 across 2,302 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
#47Jesusoutside the national top 200
#53Antoniooutside the national top 200
#53Janie#197 nationally
#59Rauloutside the national top 200
#60Oscaroutside the national top 200
#32Yolanda#171 nationally
#62Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#63Robertooutside the national top 200
#66Irmaoutside the national top 200
#17Juan#149 nationally
#33Rosa#161 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,159US #1
#2Linda3,452US #2
#3Deborah2,834US #3
#4Patricia2,443US #4
#5Maria2,300US #68
#6Debra2,126US #7
#7Cynthia1,793US #12
#8Brenda1,598US #18
#9Barbara1,552US #6
#10Pamela1,468US #10
#11Susan1,462US #5
#12Sandra1,403US #11
#13Sharon1,320US #15
#14Donna1,315US #13
#15Karen1,283US #9
#16Nancy1,166US #8
#17Rebecca1,151US #24
#18Gloria1,043US #38
#19Carolyn1,025US #25
#20Judy981US #27
#21Elizabeth913US #21
#22Carol864US #16
#23Janet850US #19
#24Kathy848US #23
#25Sylvia837US #101
#26Martha824US #41
#27Paula782US #40
#28Betty763US #33
#29Beverly753US #34
#30Janice748US #22
#31Shirley742US #29
#32Yolanda716US #171
#33Rosa715US #161
#34Margaret708US #20
#35Diana672US #55
#36Teresa648US #42
#37Marilyn617US #36
#38Virginia607US #53
#39Connie599US #47
#40Joyce588US #26
#41Vicki584US #61
#42Juanita574US #133
#43Diane563US #17
#44Peggy548US #44
#45Jo528US #54
#46Sherry522US #70
#47Kathleen494US #14
#48Rose485US #59
#49Wanda481US #57
#50Kathryn480US #48
#51Cheryl467US #28
#52Cathy465US #56
#53Janie457US #197
#54Alice450US #73
#55Dorothy437US #49
#56Rhonda437US #85
#57Laura435US #51
#58Frances430US #72
#59Norma423US #122
#60Glenda421US #105
#61Rita406US #64
#62Guadalupe384
#63Helen379US #65
#64Catherine371US #35
#65Vickie366US #79
#66Irma365
#67Doris350US #87
#68Anita345US #89
#69Katherine340US #63
#70Charlotte329US #100
#71Marsha327US #83
#72Denise313US #31
#73Theresa308US #50
#74Sheila306US #60
#75Irene305US #127
#76Ann304US #46
#77Patsy299US #141
#78Jane293US #43
#79Judith293US #30
#80Anna285US #98
#81Bonnie285US #45
#82Phyllis284US #69
#83Ruth281US #62
#84Gwendolyn271US #112
#85Belinda268US #174
#86Dora265
#87Carmen253US #185
#88Lydia253
#89Alicia249
#90Margarita249
#91Gail248US #39
#92Jacqueline247US #58
#93Julia244US #124
#94Christine242US #32
#95Eva237US #194
#96Darlene235US #75
#97Terry235US #117
#98Dolores233US #165
#99Evelyn233US #94
#100Ruby233US #150

Boys

#1James4,437US #2
#2David4,251US #5
#3Robert4,149US #1
#4Michael3,837US #3
#5John3,677US #4
#6William2,683US #6
#7Richard2,678US #7
#8Charles2,315US #9
#9Larry1,973US #18
#10Gary1,915US #10
#11Thomas1,546US #8
#12Joe1,516US #66
#13Jose1,480US #110
#14Kenneth1,451US #17
#15Donald1,363US #14
#16Ronald1,250US #15
#17Juan1,225US #149
#18Mark1,172US #12
#19George1,166US #22
#20Jerry1,135US #29
#21Steven1,120US #11
#22Paul1,078US #16
#23Johnny1,071US #52
#24Stephen1,069US #21
#25Daniel1,028US #20
#26Billy1,020US #65
#27Terry836US #30
#28Jimmy831US #72
#29Edward822US #23
#30Dennis797US #19
#31Joseph762US #13
#32Ricky761US #51
#33Roy748US #55
#34Danny741US #41
#35Randy691US #35
#36Bobby673US #74
#37Frank598US #33
#38Roger572US #31
#39Raymond570US #34
#40Tommy551US #95
#41Manuel541US #169
#42Jesse523US #114
#43Ruben507
#44Henry506US #54
#45Timothy491US #26
#46Gregory483US #24
#47Jesus483
#48Douglas479US #27
#49Arthur473US #50
#50Willie457US #49
#51Jack452US #57
#52Albert446US #69
#53Antonio446
#54Ronnie437US #79
#55Rickey436US #113
#56Carlos432US #181
#57Bruce430US #28
#58Carl423US #44
#59Raul420
#60Oscar405
#61Anthony390US #32
#62Samuel390US #70
#63Roberto386
#64Victor382US #106
#65Patrick379US #39
#66Rodney375US #58
#67Gerald369US #42
#68Ray364US #115
#69Harold363US #56
#70Walter363US #45
#71Lawrence358US #37
#72Ernest345US #87
#73Gilbert339US #148
#74Louis335US #78
#75Randall335US #64
#76Phillip323US #76
#77Alan321US #43
#78Curtis320US #86
#79Francisco320
#80Armando315
#81Luis308
#82Glenn306US #67
#83Ralph302US #59
#84Mario297
#85Ricardo296
#86Wayne295US #40
#87Guadalupe292
#88Don288US #121
#89Jeffrey287US #25
#90Eddie283US #97
#91Micheal281US #88
#92Stanley280US #62
#93Pedro276
#94Hector274
#95Arturo266
#96Russell266US #71
#97Alfred260US #104
#98Keith256US #47
#99Alfredo251
#100Ramon251

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑26Oscar#60
↑22Rhonda#56
↑19Phillip#76
↑16Gregory#46
↑15Ricky#32
↑15Ray#68
↑13Sheila#74
↑12Guadalupe#87

Falling

↓18Hector#94
↓15Evelyn#99
↓13Luis#81
↓13Wayne#86
↓13Eddie#90
↓12Pedro#93
↓11Samuel#62
↓10Harold#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.