Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1961

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	4,510
2	James	3,686
3	Michael	3,516
4	Robert	3,451
5	John	3,320
6	Mark	2,440
7	Richard	1,936
8	William	1,866
9	Charles	1,722
10	Kenneth	1,505
11	Gary	1,365
12	Joe	1,327
13	Steven	1,246
14	Jose	1,230
15	Paul	1,107
16	Thomas	1,075
17	Larry	1,066
18	Daniel	1,062
19	Kevin	977
20	Donald	952
21	Gregory	913
22	Jerry	909
23	Terry	885
24	Ronald	869
25	Johnny	856

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ricky	841
27	Juan	832
28	Billy	822
29	Stephen	815
30	Jeffrey	807
30	Timothy	807
32	Jimmy	802
33	George	775
34	Anthony	752
35	Randy	733
36	Mike	723
37	Bobby	719
38	Danny	696
39	Edward	667
40	Joseph	657
41	Scott	610
42	Tony	600
43	Douglas	584
44	Steve	566
45	Christopher	556
46	Raymond	550
47	Brian	540
48	Dennis	538
49	Roger	526
49	Roy	526
51	Frank	520
51	Keith	520
53	Russell	500
54	Tommy	498
55	Carlos	491
55	Ruben	491
57	Jesse	468
58	Carl	455
59	Victor	452
60	Ronnie	450
61	Ricardo	447
62	Eddie	439
63	Darrell	434
63	Manuel	434
65	Chris	433
66	Craig	431
67	Patrick	420
68	Curtis	417
69	Jesus	412
70	Bruce	411
71	Jeff	401
72	Alan	390
73	Raul	388
74	Henry	380
75	Albert	375
76	Samuel	371
77	Randall	368
78	Phillip	355
79	Roberto	346
80	Eric	343
81	Gilbert	342
82	Jeffery	339
82	Oscar	339
82	Rodney	339
85	Arthur	338
86	Martin	323
87	Andrew	321
88	Gerald	320
89	Ray	314
90	Luis	309
91	Mario	307
92	Barry	306
93	Jack	304
94	Greg	301
95	Joel	299
96	Bryan	294
97	Willie	293
98	Troy	284
99	Hector	282
100	Jay	278