Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	4,304
2	Robert	3,517
3	John	3,281
4	David	2,463
5	William	2,292
6	Charles	2,259
7	Larry	2,117
8	Richard	2,004
9	Michael	1,789
10	Joe	1,599
11	Jerry	1,434
12	Gary	1,310
13	Jose	1,291
14	Thomas	1,244
15	Ronald	1,192
16	Kenneth	1,152
17	George	1,147
18	Jimmy	1,136
19	Donald	1,083
20	Johnny	1,071
21	Billy	1,051
22	Juan	940
23	Tommy	778
24	Bobby	762
25	Roy	718

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	709
27	Frank	708
28	Danny	691
29	Ronnie	680
30	Edward	640
31	Manuel	638
32	Raymond	572
33	Daniel	554
34	Mike	549
35	Joseph	538
35	Terry	538
37	Willie	536
38	Jesus	518
39	Henry	513
40	Dennis	512
41	Jack	497
42	Jesse	477
43	Don	436
44	Eddie	417
45	Stephen	412
46	Harold	409
47	Antonio	408
48	Walter	400
49	Roger	395
50	Arthur	383
51	Carlos	371
52	Raul	367
53	Roberto	361
54	Albert	359
55	Carl	350
56	Wayne	347
57	Francisco	331
58	Fred	323
59	Ernest	319
60	Ruben	312
61	Bill	311
62	Douglas	302
63	Samuel	297
64	Gerald	296
65	Louis	295
66	Guadalupe	293
66	Pedro	293
68	Ray	287
69	Steve	285
70	Jimmie	270
71	Oscar	269
72	Ralph	268
73	Howard	263
74	Lawrence	258
75	Armando	256
76	Marvin	255
76	Melvin	255
78	Jim	252
79	Victor	248
80	Gilbert	239
81	Clarence	234
82	Phillip	231
83	Harry	228
83	Luis	228
85	Glenn	227
86	Lee	225
87	Arturo	219
88	Curtis	218
89	Martin	217
89	Ramon	217
91	Steven	216
92	Patrick	215
93	Alfred	208
93	Allen	208
95	Mark	202
96	Jackie	201
97	Eugene	200
98	Gregory	198
99	Leonard	197
99	Ricardo	197