Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	4,121
2	Robert	3,513
3	John	3,200
4	David	2,618
5	William	2,261
6	Charles	2,152
7	Larry	2,040
8	Michael	1,945
9	Richard	1,861
10	Joe	1,559
11	Jose	1,379
12	Jerry	1,340
13	Gary	1,279
14	Thomas	1,268
15	Ronald	1,241
16	Kenneth	1,166
17	Juan	1,109
18	Donald	1,101
19	Billy	1,048
20	Jimmy	1,029
21	Johnny	1,026
22	George	983
23	Paul	728
24	Bobby	708
25	Ronnie	696

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frank	686
27	Roy	660
28	Tommy	653
29	Danny	650
30	Daniel	642
31	Edward	616
32	Manuel	606
33	Jesus	558
34	Willie	554
35	Raymond	542
36	Henry	541
37	Joseph	531
38	Stephen	520
39	Terry	517
40	Dennis	503
41	Jesse	500
42	Jack	465
42	Roger	465
44	Mike	454
45	Roberto	416
45	Walter	416
47	Antonio	402
48	Arthur	398
49	Raul	392
50	Eddie	384
51	Ruben	381
52	Harold	380
53	Carl	379
54	Albert	375
55	Carlos	366
56	Pedro	349
57	Don	346
58	Francisco	341
59	Douglas	331
60	Guadalupe	330
61	Louis	329
62	Steven	315
63	Samuel	312
64	Gerald	308
65	Gilbert	306
66	Wayne	298
67	Luis	295
68	Lawrence	293
69	Bill	291
70	Fred	286
71	Oscar	282
72	Ernest	280
73	Mark	274
73	Steve	274
75	Ray	263
76	Victor	260
77	Ralph	256
78	Melvin	252
78	Patrick	252
80	Howard	245
81	Marvin	244
82	Arturo	236
83	Glenn	234
84	Ramon	232
85	Jim	231
86	Armando	229
86	Clarence	229
86	Ricardo	229
89	Eugene	227
89	Hector	227
89	Mario	227
92	Bruce	225
93	Leonard	223
93	Phillip	223
95	Martin	222
96	Curtis	221
97	Randy	217
98	Jimmie	213
99	Alfred	212
100	Allen	206