Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1957

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

RankNameBabies
1David4,503
2James4,243
3Robert3,999
4Michael3,984
5John3,378
6Richard2,538
7William2,374
8Mark2,228
9Charles2,045
10Gary1,716
11Larry1,666
12Kenneth1,631
13Joe1,458
14Thomas1,431
15Donald1,397
16Jose1,352
17Steven1,293
18Ronald1,239
19Paul1,178
20Jerry1,152
21Daniel1,097
22Terry1,021
23Billy1,007
23Randy1,007
25Stephen1,006
RankNameBabies
26George993
27Ricky989
28Johnny954
29Juan948
30Jimmy897
31Timothy835
32Gregory787
33Edward779
34Bobby777
35Joseph772
36Danny709
37Dennis674
38Roy664
39Douglas623
40Frank614
41Anthony594
42Ronnie588
43Jesse557
43Raymond557
45Mike555
45Ruben555
47Tommy532
48Kevin527
49Steve523
50Bruce504
51Keith497
52Carl486
53Jeffrey484
54Roger483
55Carlos465
56Manuel461
57Henry460
58Victor452
59Tony439
60Scott435
61Jesus428
62Russell422
63Oscar415
64Albert413
65Willie411
66Eddie409
67Ricardo402
68Darrell399
68Randall399
70Rickey395
71Raul394
72Antonio388
73Ray381
74Jack380
75Walter379
76Brian370
76Curtis370
78Rodney369
79Arthur368
80Patrick363
81Roberto360
82Samuel359
83Gerald342
83Gilbert342
85Phillip337
86Harold331
87Mario326
88Armando321
89Ernest320
90Lawrence318
91Alan313
91Glenn313
91Luis313
94Louis301
95Hector298
96Martin290
97Don287
98Joel286
99Micheal283
100Andrew282