Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	4,276
2	Robert	3,883
3	John	3,545
4	David	3,216
5	Michael	3,206
6	William	2,567
7	Charles	2,266
8	Larry	2,225
9	Richard	2,199
10	Gary	1,908
11	Joe	1,533
11	Thomas	1,533
13	Jose	1,463
14	Kenneth	1,355
15	Ronald	1,336
16	Juan	1,323
17	Donald	1,255
18	Jerry	1,206
19	George	1,161
20	Johnny	1,072
21	Billy	960
22	Stephen	942
23	Jimmy	880
24	Daniel	851
25	Paul	820

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	803
27	Steven	734
28	Mark	712
29	Roy	705
30	Joseph	693
31	Danny	687
32	Dennis	671
33	Bobby	648
34	Terry	624
35	Frank	621
36	Raymond	592
37	Manuel	572
38	Tommy	526
39	Jesus	506
40	Roger	503
41	Douglas	494
41	Henry	494
41	Jesse	494
44	Ruben	491
45	Arthur	447
46	Willie	441
47	Jack	438
48	Ronnie	436
49	Carlos	430
50	Raul	417
51	Carl	415
52	Antonio	404
53	Gregory	400
54	Albert	399
54	Bruce	399
54	Randy	399
57	Roberto	397
58	Walter	395
59	Timothy	390
60	Samuel	387
61	Harold	372
62	Ernest	363
63	Eddie	359
64	Gerald	349
65	Francisco	347
66	Glenn	336
66	Patrick	336
68	Randall	329
69	Louis	327
70	Hector	318
70	Victor	318
72	Lawrence	307
72	Ray	307
74	Wayne	305
75	Anthony	301
76	Ricky	300
77	Pedro	298
78	Gilbert	296
79	Phillip	294
80	Luis	293
81	Alan	292
82	Ralph	290
83	Oscar	281
84	Mario	280
85	Don	279
85	Guadalupe	279
87	Armando	278
88	Marvin	274
89	Ricardo	263
90	Martin	252
91	Fred	250
92	Curtis	249
93	Melvin	245
94	Micheal	244
95	Steve	243
96	Arturo	242
97	Stanley	240
98	Andrew	236
98	Ramon	236
100	Lee	232