Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	4,506
2	James	4,436
3	Robert	4,092
4	Michael	3,857
5	John	3,569
6	Richard	2,518
7	William	2,389
8	Charles	2,194
9	Mark	2,123
10	Larry	1,771
11	Gary	1,770
12	Kenneth	1,720
13	Joe	1,475
14	Thomas	1,454
15	Steven	1,435
16	Jose	1,410
17	Donald	1,348
18	Ronald	1,264
19	Daniel	1,188
20	Paul	1,143
21	Jerry	1,123
22	Stephen	1,094
23	George	1,036
24	Randy	1,019
25	Johnny	1,011

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Terry	1,001
27	Billy	984
28	Juan	958
29	Edward	850
30	Joseph	847
31	Jimmy	793
32	Ricky	782
33	Bobby	767
34	Danny	750
35	Timothy	736
36	Gregory	723
37	Dennis	685
38	Roy	667
39	Douglas	610
40	Frank	595
41	Raymond	593
42	Anthony	570
43	Ruben	569
44	Jesse	532
45	Carlos	518
46	Ronnie	501
47	Roger	496
48	Bruce	494
49	Carl	480
49	Jeffrey	480
49	Tommy	480
52	Manuel	462
53	Victor	454
54	Albert	451
55	Henry	447
56	Willie	446
57	Jesus	435
58	Kevin	431
59	Tony	422
60	Russell	415
61	Samuel	413
62	Raul	404
63	Ray	389
64	Keith	386
65	Arthur	382
66	Rickey	380
67	Darrell	378
67	Steve	378
69	Eddie	372
70	Ricardo	367
71	Antonio	365
71	Gerald	365
73	Rodney	362
74	Gilbert	361
75	Curtis	358
75	Mario	358
77	Jack	355
78	Patrick	353
79	Walter	352
80	Ernest	349
81	Louis	348
82	Roberto	346
83	Alan	345
84	Oscar	342
84	Scott	342
86	Randall	339
87	Ralph	330
88	Don	329
88	Harold	329
90	Armando	328
90	Hector	328
92	Lawrence	323
93	Luis	319
94	Phillip	318
95	Brian	317
96	Francisco	315
97	Mike	313
98	Micheal	310
99	Stanley	309
100	Joel	300
100	Wayne	300