Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1954

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	4,473
2	David	4,316
3	Robert	4,166
4	Michael	4,006
5	John	3,647
6	Richard	2,673
7	William	2,594
8	Charles	2,252
9	Larry	2,041
10	Gary	1,922
11	Thomas	1,602
12	Mark	1,547
13	Kenneth	1,500
14	Donald	1,497
15	Joe	1,469
16	Jose	1,460
17	Steven	1,310
18	Ronald	1,262
19	George	1,171
20	Juan	1,151
21	Jerry	1,144
22	Paul	1,125
23	Daniel	1,120
24	Stephen	1,109
25	Terry	1,039

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Billy	1,023
27	Johnny	1,008
28	Jimmy	894
29	Edward	821
30	Ricky	815
31	Joseph	803
32	Randy	790
33	Danny	775
34	Bobby	752
35	Dennis	699
36	Roy	695
37	Timothy	603
38	Raymond	580
39	Manuel	573
40	Frank	562
41	Gregory	558
42	Jesse	548
43	Ruben	544
44	Douglas	528
45	Roger	521
46	Henry	519
47	Tommy	516
48	Carlos	505
49	Carl	492
50	Anthony	476
51	Bruce	468
52	Arthur	463
53	Jesus	459
54	Albert	458
55	Willie	445
56	Ronnie	419
57	Oscar	418
58	Jack	417
59	Rickey	411
60	Raul	407
61	Victor	395
62	Antonio	392
62	Roberto	392
64	Samuel	388
65	Patrick	384
66	Ricardo	381
67	Walter	371
68	Randall	367
69	Harold	362
70	Mario	355
71	Francisco	353
72	Rodney	350
73	Alan	347
74	Luis	343
75	Phillip	338
76	Gerald	329
76	Jeffrey	329
78	Lawrence	328
79	Louis	325
80	Don	323
80	Ray	323
82	Armando	314
83	Eddie	313
83	Glenn	313
85	Curtis	312
86	Darrell	311
86	Micheal	311
88	Gilbert	306
89	Ernest	305
90	Stanley	304
91	Steve	301
92	Wayne	300
93	Ralph	294
94	Pedro	290
95	Russell	286
96	Martin	284
97	Tony	274
98	Arturo	270
99	Dale	269
100	Fred	267