Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1942

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,543
2	Robert	2,503
3	John	2,417
4	William	1,904
5	Charles	1,883
6	David	1,465
7	Jerry	1,417
8	Joe	1,387
9	Richard	1,083
10	Billy	1,035
11	Larry	958
12	Thomas	938
13	George	905
14	Jimmy	865
15	Jose	855
16	Donald	832
17	Kenneth	723
18	Bobby	718
19	Ronald	669
20	Johnny	617
21	Michael	588
22	Frank	575
23	Edward	545
24	Roy	541
25	Tommy	534

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gary	517
26	Juan	517
28	Paul	496
29	Henry	489
30	Raymond	485
31	Manuel	466
32	Willie	444
33	Douglas	424
34	Jack	401
35	Jesse	398
36	Harold	376
37	Don	370
38	Joseph	359
39	Jesus	355
40	Walter	341
41	Ronnie	333
42	Arthur	307
43	Carl	306
44	Daniel	305
45	Albert	304
46	Eddie	284
46	Gerald	284
46	Jimmie	284
49	Fred	275
50	Antonio	263
51	Louis	256
52	Bill	249
53	Roberto	245
54	Wayne	242
55	Roger	238
56	Marvin	237
57	Pedro	235
58	Melvin	233
59	Clarence	230
60	Ernest	227
61	Mike	226
62	Eugene	224
63	Samuel	215
64	Raul	211
65	Howard	210
66	Ralph	206
67	Ramon	204
68	Victor	202
69	Carlos	198
69	Ray	198
69	Ruben	198
72	Lawrence	197
73	Dennis	196
74	Alfred	190
74	Oscar	190
76	Curtis	188
77	Gilbert	187
78	Francisco	184
79	Leonard	182
80	Jackie	180
81	Gene	179
82	Harry	175
83	Floyd	173
84	Jim	172
84	Terry	172
86	Danny	165
87	Lee	164
88	Norman	163
89	Glenn	162
89	Herbert	162
91	Guadalupe	160
91	Tony	160
93	Cecil	158
94	Leon	152
95	Clyde	150
96	Johnnie	148
97	Allen	147
97	Alvin	147
99	Alfredo	144
99	Earl	144
99	Martin	144