Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1950
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 4,176 |
| 2 | Robert | 3,710 |
| 3 | John | 3,301 |
| 4 | David | 3,045 |
| 5 | Michael | 2,726 |
| 6 | William | 2,472 |
| 7 | Charles | 2,274 |
| 8 | Larry | 2,179 |
| 9 | Richard | 2,083 |
| 10 | Gary | 1,641 |
| 11 | Juan | 1,530 |
| 12 | Joe | 1,515 |
| 13 | Jose | 1,513 |
| 14 | Thomas | 1,430 |
| 15 | Ronald | 1,261 |
| 16 | Donald | 1,245 |
| 17 | Kenneth | 1,211 |
| 18 | Jerry | 1,203 |
| 19 | George | 1,094 |
| 20 | Johnny | 1,031 |
| 21 | Billy | 907 |
| 22 | Jimmy | 817 |
| 23 | Daniel | 791 |
| 24 | Stephen | 786 |
| 25 | Edward | 774 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Paul | 772 |
| 27 | Danny | 666 |
| 28 | Frank | 657 |
| 29 | Roy | 656 |
| 30 | Bobby | 635 |
| 31 | Joseph | 615 |
| 32 | Raymond | 612 |
| 33 | Dennis | 568 |
| 34 | Terry | 558 |
| 35 | Manuel | 553 |
| 35 | Steven | 553 |
| 37 | Tommy | 537 |
| 38 | Mark | 511 |
| 39 | Jesus | 507 |
| 40 | Willie | 472 |
| 41 | Henry | 471 |
| 41 | Ronnie | 471 |
| 43 | Jesse | 462 |
| 44 | Antonio | 452 |
| 45 | Roger | 442 |
| 46 | Douglas | 439 |
| 47 | Ruben | 436 |
| 48 | Jack | 417 |
| 49 | Arthur | 400 |
| 50 | Carlos | 399 |
| 51 | Raul | 397 |
| 52 | Harold | 383 |
| 53 | Roberto | 376 |
| 54 | Carl | 375 |
| 55 | Samuel | 373 |
| 56 | Eddie | 369 |
| 57 | Walter | 366 |
| 58 | Albert | 347 |
| 58 | Ernest | 347 |
| 60 | Gerald | 341 |
| 61 | Patrick | 335 |
| 62 | Randy | 329 |
| 63 | Gilbert | 326 |
| 64 | Louis | 323 |
| 65 | Wayne | 319 |
| 66 | Don | 318 |
| 66 | Victor | 318 |
| 68 | Glenn | 317 |
| 68 | Oscar | 317 |
| 68 | Timothy | 317 |
| 71 | Bruce | 316 |
| 71 | Francisco | 316 |
| 73 | Lawrence | 308 |
| 74 | Pedro | 306 |
| 75 | Armando | 291 |
| 76 | Ralph | 289 |
| 77 | Luis | 284 |
| 78 | Phillip | 278 |
| 79 | Gregory | 276 |
| 80 | Guadalupe | 274 |
| 81 | Melvin | 272 |
| 82 | Ricardo | 270 |
| 83 | Hector | 269 |
| 84 | Mario | 268 |
| 85 | Randall | 266 |
| 86 | Mike | 263 |
| 87 | Steve | 258 |
| 88 | Fred | 253 |
| 89 | Alfred | 250 |
| 90 | Arturo | 249 |
| 91 | Curtis | 248 |
| 92 | Ray | 243 |
| 93 | Ramon | 240 |
| 94 | Alan | 237 |
| 95 | Rodney | 236 |
| 96 | Anthony | 233 |
| 97 | Marvin | 230 |
| 98 | Eugene | 228 |
| 99 | Martin | 219 |
| 100 | Leonard | 217 |