State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1956 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 238,703 Texas births in 1956 across 2,395 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#199 nationally
#57Jesusoutside the national top 200
#27Rosa#168 nationally
#28Juan#169 nationally
#62Irmaoutside the national top 200
#62Rauloutside the national top 200
#33Yolanda#164 nationally
#70Ricardooutside the national top 200
#71Antoniooutside the national top 200
#52Manuel#181 nationally
#72Janieoutside the national top 200
#76Mariooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary3,614US #1
#2Linda2,556US #3
#3Debra2,395US #2
#4Patricia2,217US #6
#5Cynthia2,170US #8
#6Deborah2,151US #4
#7Maria2,125US #73
#8Karen1,819US #7
#9Susan1,569US #5
#10Brenda1,558US #19
#11Donna1,526US #10
#12Pamela1,505US #12
#13Sharon1,485US #13
#14Sandra1,419US #14
#15Barbara1,307US #9
#16Nancy1,115US #11
#17Sylvia1,081US #108
#18Rebecca1,007US #27
#19Elizabeth999US #22
#20Cheryl975US #18
#21Kathy961US #20
#22Gloria959US #53
#23Teresa890US #24
#24Carol860US #16
#25Diana814US #56
#26Janet800US #21
#27Rosa791US #168
#28Martha781US #59
#29Carolyn764US #33
#30Debbie728US #39
#31Janice695US #26
#32Judy680US #35
#33Yolanda657US #164
#34Lisa651US #31
#35Laura648US #34
#36Vicki635US #57
#37Sherry634US #54
#38Paula627US #47
#39Shirley623US #41
#40Norma610US #138
#41Beverly609US #40
#42Connie605US #43
#43Diane593US #15
#44Rhonda591US #62
#45Rose588US #64
#46Margaret584US #25
#47Betty576US #44
#48Vickie544US #68
#49Cathy531US #36
#50Virginia513US #75
#51Cindy499US #37
#52Wanda477US #61
#53Joyce455US #30
#54Jo440US #69
#55Peggy438US #63
#56Kathleen435US #17
#57Marilyn428US #70
#58Denise426US #23
#59Juanita424US #152
#60Theresa412US #32
#61Catherine407US #28
#62Irma395
#63Rita391US #79
#64Kathryn387US #60
#65Terri385US #81
#66Anna384US #103
#67Sheila380US #55
#68Anita374US #83
#69Alice372US #98
#70Terry372US #91
#71Glenda368US #134
#72Janie355
#73Irene343US #159
#74Kim340US #38
#75Julie339US #48
#76Katherine337US #67
#77Robin316US #29
#78Charlotte314US #133
#79Frances312US #107
#80Tina312US #87
#81Dorothy311US #72
#82Helen309US #90
#83Belinda299US #167
#84Guadalupe292
#85Carla285US #130
#86Phyllis284US #82
#87Kimberly280US #74
#88Doris279US #109
#89Becky274US #144
#90Ruth272US #77
#91Gwendolyn270US #128
#92Leticia268
#93Ann263US #46
#94Dora263
#95Melinda259US #142
#96Bonnie258US #51
#97Sheryl258US #114
#98Angela257US #93
#99Eva256US #185
#100Alicia251

Boys

#1David4,507US #4
#2James4,436US #2
#3Robert4,091US #3
#4Michael3,857US #1
#5John3,569US #5
#6Richard2,517US #7
#7William2,389US #6
#8Charles2,194US #11
#9Mark2,123US #8
#10Larry1,771US #21
#11Gary1,769US #13
#12Kenneth1,720US #16
#13Joe1,476US #63
#14Thomas1,455US #9
#15Steven1,435US #10
#16Jose1,410US #108
#17Donald1,348US #14
#18Ronald1,264US #15
#19Daniel1,188US #18
#20Paul1,142US #17
#21Jerry1,123US #35
#22Stephen1,094US #23
#23George1,036US #27
#24Randy1,019US #28
#25Johnny1,011US #55
#26Terry1,001US #31
#27Billy984US #68
#28Juan958US #169
#29Edward850US #25
#30Joseph846US #12
#31Jimmy793US #78
#32Ricky782US #43
#33Bobby767US #77
#34Danny750US #46
#35Timothy736US #19
#36Gregory723US #24
#37Dennis685US #26
#38Roy667US #62
#39Douglas610US #29
#40Frank595US #38
#41Raymond593US #39
#42Anthony570US #30
#43Ruben569US #199
#44Jesse532US #126
#45Carlos518US #166
#46Ronnie501US #75
#47Roger496US #41
#48Bruce494US #33
#49Carl480US #48
#50Jeffrey480US #20
#51Tommy480US #115
#52Manuel462US #181
#53Victor453US #96
#54Albert451US #81
#55Henry447US #71
#56Willie446US #58
#57Jesus435
#58Kevin431US #22
#59Tony422US #85
#60Russell415US #52
#61Samuel413US #74
#62Raul404
#63Ray389US #113
#64Keith386US #36
#65Arthur381US #60
#66Rickey380US #112
#67Darrell378US #88
#68Steve378US #59
#69Eddie372US #93
#70Ricardo367
#71Antonio365
#72Gerald365US #49
#73Rodney362US #65
#74Gilbert361US #160
#75Curtis358US #80
#76Mario358
#77Jack355US #66
#78Patrick353US #40
#79Walter352US #53
#80Ernest349US #94
#81Louis348US #82
#82Roberto346
#83Alan345US #44
#84Oscar342
#85Scott342US #34
#86Randall339US #54
#87Ralph330US #67
#88Don329US #123
#89Harold329US #72
#90Armando328
#91Hector328
#92Lawrence323US #42
#93Luis320
#94Phillip318US #76
#95Brian317US #32
#96Francisco315
#97Mike313US #97
#98Micheal310US #83
#99Stanley309US #70
#100Joel300US #106

On the move since 1955

Rising

↑29Cindy#51
↑26Darrell#67
↑25Debbie#30
↑24Julie#75
↑24Kevin#58
↑24Tony#59
↑23Victor#53
↑22Lisa#34

Falling

↓24Randall#86
↓22Patrick#78
↓20Jack#77
↓20Harold#89
↓17Dorothy#81
↓16Alicia#100
↓16Roberto#82
↓15Walter#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1955 rankings.