Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	4,047
2	Robert	3,288
3	John	3,004
4	Charles	2,183
5	David	2,110
6	William	2,098
7	Richard	1,850
8	Larry	1,722
9	Michael	1,495
10	Joe	1,490
11	Jerry	1,334
12	Jose	1,239
13	Thomas	1,141
14	Ronald	1,097
15	Gary	1,083
16	George	1,042
17	Donald	1,030
18	Jimmy	1,026
19	Kenneth	1,013
20	Johnny	924
21	Billy	921
22	Juan	837
23	Paul	700
24	Bobby	687
25	Tommy	666

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ronnie	662
27	Frank	638
28	Roy	628
29	Edward	616
30	Manuel	594
31	Raymond	568
32	Danny	537
33	Mike	510
34	Jesus	495
35	Willie	491
36	Daniel	474
37	Henry	473
38	Dennis	454
39	Joseph	447
40	Don	441
41	Jack	438
42	Jesse	415
43	Terry	405
44	Roger	396
45	Arthur	380
46	Albert	377
47	Roberto	365
48	Antonio	363
49	Eddie	361
50	Harold	352
50	Walter	352
52	Bill	345
53	Carl	335
54	Guadalupe	326
55	Stephen	318
56	Douglas	316
57	Ernest	313
58	Pedro	309
59	Ruben	306
60	Raul	304
61	Carlos	298
62	Fred	296
63	Francisco	286
64	Wayne	281
65	Ralph	278
66	Gerald	274
66	Ray	274
68	Louis	267
69	Jimmie	253
70	Samuel	248
71	Ramon	247
72	Oscar	244
73	Gilbert	230
74	Clarence	227
75	Harry	225
75	Steve	225
77	Lawrence	223
78	Marvin	221
79	Alfred	220
80	Jim	219
80	Victor	219
82	Curtis	218
83	Melvin	216
84	Eugene	215
85	Tony	213
86	Howard	208
87	Alfredo	206
87	Luis	206
89	Phillip	205
90	Ricardo	204
91	Lee	203
92	Sammy	202
93	Armando	197
94	Arturo	191
95	Glenn	190
96	Martin	189
97	Rodolfo	187
98	Leonard	186
99	Steven	185
100	Gene	178
100	Jackie	178
100	Johnnie	178