Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	4,138
2	Robert	3,640
3	John	3,226
4	David	2,908
5	William	2,384
6	Michael	2,360
7	Charles	2,261
8	Larry	2,106
9	Richard	1,869
10	Jose	1,478
11	Joe	1,467
12	Gary	1,400
13	Juan	1,385
14	Thomas	1,373
15	Ronald	1,231
16	Donald	1,192
17	Jerry	1,183
18	Kenneth	1,135
19	George	1,122
20	Johnny	1,025
21	Jimmy	969
22	Billy	941
23	Paul	750
24	Edward	736
25	Stephen	733

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Danny	700
27	Bobby	658
28	Daniel	644
29	Frank	635
30	Roy	616
31	Manuel	614
32	Tommy	597
33	Raymond	590
34	Joseph	555
35	Ronnie	535
36	Dennis	516
37	Jesus	507
38	Willie	495
39	Terry	494
40	Henry	492
41	Roger	469
42	Jesse	464
43	Jack	447
44	Antonio	439
45	Ruben	422
46	Steven	412
47	Harold	410
47	Mark	410
49	Albert	405
50	Douglas	402
51	Arthur	398
51	Carlos	398
53	Mike	380
54	Raul	376
55	Eddie	373
56	Roberto	372
57	Carl	359
58	Francisco	346
58	Walter	346
60	Don	338
61	Samuel	329
62	Louis	328
62	Luis	328
64	Gerald	312
65	Guadalupe	309
66	Gilbert	307
67	Victor	305
68	Wayne	303
69	Ralph	300
70	Patrick	297
71	Bruce	295
71	Ernest	295
73	Glenn	289
74	Pedro	287
75	Lawrence	282
76	Oscar	278
77	Phillip	277
78	Armando	272
79	Fred	266
80	Randy	262
81	Hector	257
82	Melvin	253
83	Ray	246
84	Marvin	245
85	Arturo	243
86	Mario	239
86	Martin	239
88	Allen	235
89	Steve	233
90	Alfredo	223
90	Ricardo	223
92	Bill	218
92	Ramon	218
94	Alfred	216
95	Lee	214
96	Harry	213
97	Howard	208
97	Jimmie	208
97	Timothy	208
100	Clarence	207