Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Texas, 1943

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,064
2	Linda	2,255
3	Barbara	1,811
4	Patricia	1,547
5	Maria	1,535
6	Betty	1,418
7	Carolyn	1,375
8	Sandra	1,204
9	Shirley	1,024
10	Sharon	916
11	Judy	905
12	Gloria	884
13	Carol	853
14	Dorothy	848
15	Nancy	841
16	Martha	811
17	Joyce	743
18	Margaret	715
19	Virginia	694
20	Patsy	643
21	Frances	623
22	Judith	535
23	Alice	534
24	Helen	525
25	Donna	502
25	Wanda	502
27	Elizabeth	482
28	Peggy	464
29	Jo	460
30	Glenda	454
31	Doris	439
32	Juanita	400
33	Janice	396
34	Beverly	391
35	Brenda	384
36	Karen	372
37	Norma	351
38	Guadalupe	348
39	Charlotte	347
40	Ruby	346
41	Susan	343
42	Ruth	331
43	Sylvia	321
44	Billie	316
45	Rosa	308
46	Anita	303
47	Bonnie	298
47	Dolores	298
47	Paula	298
50	Evelyn	295

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,905
2	Robert	2,832
3	John	2,701
4	William	2,049
5	Charles	1,996
6	David	1,561
7	Jerry	1,510
8	Joe	1,372
9	Richard	1,370
10	Larry	1,160
11	Thomas	1,075
12	Billy	1,035
13	Jimmy	976
14	George	958
15	Donald	948
16	Ronald	911
17	Kenneth	896
18	Jose	892
19	Michael	772
20	Johnny	748
21	Bobby	710
22	Frank	626
23	Gary	616
23	Roy	616
25	Juan	609
26	Edward	601
27	Tommy	559
28	Paul	548
29	Raymond	537
30	Manuel	502
31	Willie	486
32	Henry	470
33	Ronnie	454
34	Jack	437
35	Joseph	417
36	Don	399
37	Jesus	396
38	Jesse	389
39	Walter	367
40	Daniel	354
41	Harold	351
42	Arthur	344
43	Douglas	342
44	Gerald	340
45	Albert	332
46	Carl	326
47	Louis	316
48	Eddie	307
49	Roger	303
50	Bill	298