Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,579
2	Robert	2,759
3	John	2,641
4	Charles	1,907
5	William	1,837
6	David	1,662
7	Richard	1,522
8	Larry	1,304
9	Joe	1,303
10	Jerry	1,195
11	Michael	1,128
12	Jose	1,044
13	Billy	969
14	Thomas	957
15	George	949
16	Jimmy	905
17	Donald	898
17	Gary	898
19	Kenneth	875
20	Johnny	781
21	Ronald	777
22	Juan	759
23	Frank	599
24	Paul	597
25	Bobby	595

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Manuel	548
27	Tommy	537
28	Edward	518
29	Roy	512
30	Raymond	480
31	Jesus	477
32	Daniel	461
33	Willie	444
34	Joseph	423
35	Henry	420
36	Jack	418
37	Ronnie	407
38	Jesse	374
39	Arthur	367
40	Danny	357
41	Don	349
42	Harold	348
43	Mike	333
44	Roger	329
45	Walter	324
46	Raul	321
47	Antonio	316
48	Roberto	313
49	Eddie	312
50	Carl	310
51	Albert	296
52	Dennis	292
53	Fred	291
54	Louis	285
55	Guadalupe	283
56	Douglas	276
57	Carlos	270
58	Pedro	267
59	Ruben	261
60	Ernest	259
60	Terry	259
62	Gerald	254
63	Bill	246
63	Wayne	246
65	Ramon	233
66	Jimmie	232
66	Victor	232
68	Francisco	228
69	Clarence	223
69	Ralph	223
71	Marvin	222
71	Stephen	222
73	Gilbert	209
73	Howard	209
73	Melvin	209
76	Samuel	207
77	Lawrence	204
78	Ray	202
79	Harry	199
80	Luis	194
81	Alfred	187
82	Oscar	183
83	Jim	182
84	Curtis	177
85	Eugene	175
86	Martin	174
87	Lee	173
87	Steve	173
87	Tony	173
90	Glenn	168
90	Leonard	168
92	Jackie	167
93	Armando	163
94	Johnnie	154
94	Ricardo	154
94	Rodolfo	154
97	Arturo	153
97	Phillip	153
99	Earl	151
100	Hector	148