Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	4,436
2	David	4,251
3	Robert	4,149
4	Michael	3,837
5	John	3,677
6	William	2,683
7	Richard	2,678
8	Charles	2,315
9	Larry	1,973
10	Gary	1,915
11	Thomas	1,546
12	Joe	1,516
13	Jose	1,479
14	Kenneth	1,451
15	Donald	1,363
16	Ronald	1,250
17	Juan	1,225
18	Mark	1,172
19	George	1,166
20	Jerry	1,135
21	Steven	1,120
22	Paul	1,078
23	Johnny	1,071
24	Stephen	1,069
25	Daniel	1,028

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Billy	1,020
27	Terry	836
28	Jimmy	831
29	Edward	822
30	Dennis	797
31	Joseph	762
32	Ricky	761
33	Roy	748
34	Danny	741
35	Randy	691
36	Bobby	673
37	Frank	598
38	Roger	572
39	Raymond	570
40	Tommy	551
41	Manuel	541
42	Jesse	523
43	Henry	506
43	Ruben	506
45	Timothy	491
46	Gregory	483
46	Jesus	483
48	Douglas	479
49	Arthur	473
50	Willie	457
51	Jack	452
52	Albert	446
52	Antonio	446
54	Ronnie	437
55	Rickey	436
56	Carlos	432
57	Bruce	430
58	Carl	423
59	Raul	420
60	Oscar	405
61	Anthony	390
61	Samuel	390
63	Roberto	386
64	Victor	382
65	Patrick	379
66	Rodney	375
67	Gerald	369
68	Ray	364
69	Harold	363
69	Walter	363
71	Lawrence	358
72	Ernest	345
73	Gilbert	339
74	Louis	335
74	Randall	335
76	Phillip	323
77	Alan	321
78	Curtis	320
78	Francisco	320
80	Armando	315
81	Luis	308
82	Glenn	306
83	Ralph	302
84	Mario	297
85	Ricardo	296
86	Wayne	295
87	Guadalupe	292
88	Don	288
89	Jeffrey	287
90	Eddie	283
91	Micheal	281
92	Stanley	280
93	Pedro	276
94	Hector	274
95	Arturo	266
95	Russell	266
97	Alfred	260
98	Keith	256
99	Alfredo	251
99	Ramon	251