Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1959

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

RankNameBabies
1David4,774
2James3,951
3Robert3,589
4Michael3,586
5John3,235
6Mark2,493
7Richard2,345
8William2,050
9Charles1,810
10Kenneth1,548
11Larry1,421
12Joe1,378
13Gary1,361
14Jose1,294
15Steven1,258
16Thomas1,176
17Ricky1,168
18Donald1,116
19Paul1,095
20Daniel1,094
21Ronald1,068
22Terry1,014
23Jerry1,010
24Timothy906
25Billy905
RankNameBabies
26Johnny891
26Juan891
28Randy875
29George863
30Gregory836
31Stephen835
32Jimmy830
33Bobby784
34Danny779
35Mike778
36Kevin755
37Joseph699
38Edward696
39Dennis693
40Anthony684
41Steve617
42Frank605
43Roy574
44Douglas571
45Jeffrey565
45Raymond565
45Russell565
48Tommy548
49Tony544
50Ruben534
51Scott524
52Carlos504
53Brian503
54Darrell497
55Ricardo495
56Ronnie492
57Jesse487
58Keith485
59Roger464
60Eddie454
61Jesus442
62Bruce441
63Victor437
64Manuel434
65Samuel414
66Randall410
67Carl406
68Christopher384
69Craig381
70Albert376
71Willie374
72Henry371
73Patrick369
74Raul362
75Rickey360
75Roberto360
77Mario353
78Curtis350
79Alan344
80Ray342
81Oscar341
82Chris338
83Luis336
84Arthur335
85Antonio333
86Phillip324
87Rodney320
88Gerald319
88Jack319
90Hector318
91Gilbert315
92Dale311
93Jeffery299
94Micheal294
95Armando293
96Don292
97Harold288
97Walter288
99Martin286
100Joel279