Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	4,635
2	James	4,228
3	Robert	4,033
4	Michael	3,857
5	John	3,506
6	William	2,456
7	Richard	2,448
8	Charles	2,191
9	Gary	1,968
10	Larry	1,790
11	Mark	1,775
12	Kenneth	1,539
13	Joe	1,471
14	Thomas	1,461
15	Donald	1,418
16	Jose	1,407
17	Steven	1,389
18	Ronald	1,242
19	Jerry	1,192
20	Daniel	1,182
21	Paul	1,117
22	George	1,100
23	Stephen	1,067
24	Juan	1,062
25	Billy	1,001

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Terry	981
27	Johnny	972
28	Randy	924
29	Edward	828
30	Joseph	813
31	Ricky	801
32	Dennis	760
33	Danny	739
34	Jimmy	738
35	Roy	723
36	Bobby	712
37	Timothy	686
38	Gregory	658
39	Raymond	598
40	Frank	597
41	Douglas	590
42	Jesse	580
43	Ruben	516
44	Manuel	514
45	Carlos	508
46	Tommy	503
47	Anthony	499
48	Roger	486
49	Carl	484
50	Ronnie	481
51	Henry	468
52	Bruce	464
53	Jesus	457
54	Willie	436
55	Arthur	418
56	Patrick	416
57	Jack	414
58	Jeffrey	409
59	Albert	408
60	Antonio	406
61	Raul	400
62	Randall	383
63	Gerald	375
63	Walter	375
65	Samuel	373
66	Roberto	368
67	Ricardo	366
68	Ray	362
69	Harold	361
70	Rodney	356
71	Oscar	354
72	Keith	352
73	Ernest	345
74	Rickey	344
75	Curtis	342
75	Victor	342
77	Steve	341
78	Alan	337
78	Eddie	337
78	Glenn	337
81	Russell	334
82	Kevin	332
82	Tony	332
84	Armando	330
85	Phillip	329
86	Stanley	328
87	Gilbert	326
88	Hector	325
89	Francisco	324
90	Lawrence	323
91	Mario	317
92	Ralph	308
93	Darrell	305
94	Luis	301
95	Wayne	295
96	Don	292
97	Louis	289
98	Micheal	286
99	Scott	277
100	Martin	275