Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1968

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	3,857
2	David	3,354
3	James	3,241
4	John	3,138
5	Robert	2,892
6	Richard	1,745
7	William	1,675
8	Mark	1,531
9	Charles	1,370
10	Christopher	1,347
11	Jose	1,253
12	Steven	1,106
13	Kevin	1,097
14	Paul	1,078
15	Jeffrey	988
16	Brian	977
17	Daniel	969
18	Kenneth	951
19	Thomas	908
20	Juan	877
21	Timothy	851
22	Anthony	819
22	Joe	819
24	Scott	793
25	Stephen	789

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gregory	745
26	Joseph	745
28	Ronald	682
29	Jerry	681
30	Gary	677
31	Eric	654
32	Patrick	643
33	Edward	640
34	Donald	619
35	Larry	561
36	George	550
37	Billy	539
38	Jimmy	523
39	Johnny	509
40	Jesus	499
41	Rodney	496
42	Matthew	479
43	Keith	470
44	Jason	450
45	Carlos	440
46	Terry	439
47	Todd	426
48	Raymond	424
49	Bobby	422
50	Bryan	419
50	Troy	419
52	Douglas	415
53	Martin	400
54	Frank	390
55	Jesse	385
56	Ricardo	381
57	Ruben	376
58	Tony	375
59	Ricky	370
60	Andrew	369
60	Roberto	369
62	Manuel	367
63	Randy	363
64	Jeffery	362
65	Russell	356
66	Craig	355
66	Roy	355
68	Danny	353
69	Victor	339
70	Samuel	338
71	Chris	332
72	Darrell	317
73	Raul	313
74	Sean	307
75	Tommy	301
76	Antonio	295
77	Rene	292
78	Joel	288
79	Luis	285
80	Mario	284
80	Oscar	284
82	Albert	278
82	Roger	278
84	Mike	277
85	Gilbert	276
85	Steve	276
87	Carl	275
88	Shawn	274
89	Curtis	273
90	Javier	272
91	Phillip	265
92	Darren	260
93	Ronnie	259
94	Eddie	256
95	Bradley	253
96	Hector	248
97	Randall	246
98	Dennis	245
99	Kelly	242
100	Francisco	241
100	Jaime	241
100	Reginald	241