State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 233,186 Texas births in 1954 across 2,301 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#43Ruben#198 nationally
#53Jesusoutside the national top 200
#58Janieoutside the national top 200
#60Rauloutside the national top 200
#57Oscar#197 nationally
#62Antoniooutside the national top 200
#37Yolanda#175 nationally
#63Robertooutside the national top 200
#28Rosa#165 nationally
#65Irmaoutside the national top 200
#66Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#66Ricardooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary4,082US #1
#2Linda2,968US #2
#3Deborah2,787US #3
#4Debra2,480US #6
#5Patricia2,334US #4
#6Maria2,189US #65
#7Cynthia2,021US #10
#8Susan1,564US #5
#9Brenda1,548US #18
#10Sandra1,482US #13
#11Pamela1,471US #12
#12Barbara1,445US #7
#13Karen1,418US #8
#14Donna1,404US #11
#15Sharon1,252US #16
#16Rebecca1,119US #26
#17Nancy1,110US #9
#18Gloria1,032US #42
#19Elizabeth957US #20
#20Carolyn941US #27
#21Sylvia921US #101
#22Carol894US #15
#23Judy877US #29
#24Janet834US #19
#25Martha811US #46
#26Kathy784US #23
#27Diana762US #57
#28Rosa739US #165
#29Teresa713US #34
#30Cheryl703US #22
#31Beverly702US #31
#32Paula697US #38
#33Vicki697US #50
#34Betty694US #36
#35Shirley680US #33
#36Janice673US #25
#37Yolanda656US #175
#38Connie646US #39
#39Diane637US #17
#40Margaret635US #21
#41Marilyn620US #35
#42Sherry583US #62
#43Rose557US #54
#44Virginia542US #61
#45Juanita527US #144
#46Jo518US #53
#47Rhonda510US #71
#48Laura507US #45
#49Peggy498US #48
#50Wanda483US #58
#51Joyce482US #28
#52Norma456US #128
#53Kathleen448US #14
#54Vickie447US #69
#55Alice444US #81
#56Kathryn435US #51
#57Rita427US #67
#58Janie419
#59Glenda417US #114
#60Dorothy405US #55
#61Theresa400US #47
#62Katherine395US #64
#63Cathy390US #59
#64Catherine387US #32
#65Irma382
#66Guadalupe361
#67Denise353US #24
#68Marsha349US #86
#69Frances346US #83
#70Helen345US #72
#71Lisa344US #73
#72Anna342US #105
#73Sheila340US #60
#74Charlotte332US #113
#75Terry329US #88
#76Judith310US #30
#77Irene309US #140
#78Anita303US #96
#79Doris303US #93
#80Debbie301US #92
#81Phyllis298US #75
#82Terri281US #100
#83Ann270US #44
#84Ruth269US #66
#85Patsy266US #155
#86Dora264
#87Evelyn263US #109
#88Cindy260US #91
#89Belinda257US #188
#90Lydia257US #197
#91Robin257US #41
#92Julia255US #127
#93Gwendolyn252US #122
#94Eva251US #187
#95Jane249US #49
#96Margarita249
#97Sally247US #84
#98Gail243US #37
#99Bonnie240US #52
#100Kay240US #146

Boys

#1James4,473US #3
#2David4,316US #5
#3Robert4,167US #2
#4Michael4,007US #1
#5John3,647US #4
#6Richard2,673US #7
#7William2,594US #6
#8Charles2,253US #10
#9Larry2,041US #19
#10Gary1,922US #9
#11Thomas1,602US #8
#12Mark1,547US #12
#13Kenneth1,500US #17
#14Donald1,497US #14
#15Joe1,469US #67
#16Jose1,460US #107
#17Steven1,310US #11
#18Ronald1,262US #15
#19George1,170US #24
#20Juan1,150US #153
#21Jerry1,144US #31
#22Paul1,125US #16
#23Daniel1,120US #18
#24Stephen1,109US #20
#25Terry1,039US #27
#26Billy1,023US #65
#27Johnny1,008US #54
#28Jimmy894US #74
#29Edward821US #22
#30Ricky815US #46
#31Joseph803US #13
#32Randy790US #33
#33Danny775US #42
#34Bobby752US #72
#35Dennis699US #21
#36Roy695US #56
#37Timothy603US #26
#38Raymond580US #35
#39Manuel573US #169
#40Frank562US #36
#41Gregory558US #25
#42Jesse548US #119
#43Ruben543US #198
#44Douglas528US #29
#45Roger521US #34
#46Henry519US #59
#47Tommy516US #100
#48Carlos505US #173
#49Carl492US #47
#50Anthony476US #32
#51Bruce468US #30
#52Arthur463US #52
#53Jesus459
#54Albert458US #73
#55Willie445US #53
#56Ronnie419US #78
#57Oscar418US #197
#58Jack416US #57
#59Rickey411US #113
#60Raul407
#61Victor395US #103
#62Antonio392
#63Roberto392
#64Samuel388US #71
#65Patrick384US #38
#66Ricardo381
#67Walter371US #49
#68Randall367US #55
#69Harold362US #60
#70Mario355
#71Francisco353
#72Rodney350US #66
#73Alan347US #43
#74Luis343
#75Phillip338US #75
#76Gerald329US #44
#77Jeffrey329US #23
#78Lawrence328US #39
#79Louis325US #81
#80Don323US #120
#81Ray323US #118
#82Armando314
#83Eddie313US #91
#84Glenn313US #63
#85Curtis312US #84
#86Darrell311US #95
#87Micheal311US #88
#88Gilbert306US #148
#89Ernest305US #87
#90Stanley304US #58
#91Steve301US #76
#92Wayne300US #41
#93Ralph294US #61
#94Pedro290
#95Russell286US #69
#96Martin284US #79
#97Tony274US #105
#98Arturo270
#99Dale269US #50
#100Fred267US #93

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑22Terry#75
↑21Cheryl#30
↑19Ricardo#66
↑14Mario#70
↑12Theresa#61
↑12Evelyn#87
↑12Jeffrey#77
↑11Vickie#54

Falling

↓18Bonnie#99
↓17Jane#95
↓17Ernest#89
↓15Gilbert#88
↓13Ray#81
↓12Doris#79
↓11Joyce#51
↓11Cathy#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.