Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Texas, 1947

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	5,059
2	Mary	4,211
3	Maria	2,249
4	Barbara	1,918
5	Patricia	1,790
6	Sandra	1,590
7	Carolyn	1,447
8	Sharon	1,333
9	Judy	1,311
10	Gloria	1,300
11	Betty	1,187
12	Shirley	1,069
13	Nancy	1,039
14	Carol	962
15	Donna	954
16	Margaret	830
17	Martha	808
18	Brenda	787
19	Susan	780
20	Dorothy	692
21	Joyce	691
22	Janice	661
23	Elizabeth	655
24	Virginia	636
25	Karen	631
26	Cynthia	614
27	Beverly	599
28	Frances	593
29	Peggy	550
30	Yolanda	546
31	Juanita	533
32	Patsy	519
33	Pamela	513
34	Alice	508
35	Helen	504
36	Glenda	503
37	Jo	502
38	Sylvia	484
39	Sherry	477
40	Connie	470
41	Rebecca	468
42	Cheryl	460
42	Paula	460
44	Judith	455
45	Marilyn	444
46	Rosa	443
47	Wanda	442
48	Guadalupe	426
49	Doris	423
50	Janet	407

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	4,304
2	Robert	3,517
3	John	3,281
4	David	2,463
5	William	2,292
6	Charles	2,259
7	Larry	2,117
8	Richard	2,004
9	Michael	1,789
10	Joe	1,599
11	Jerry	1,434
12	Gary	1,310
13	Jose	1,291
14	Thomas	1,244
15	Ronald	1,192
16	Kenneth	1,152
17	George	1,147
18	Jimmy	1,136
19	Donald	1,083
20	Johnny	1,071
21	Billy	1,051
22	Juan	940
23	Tommy	778
24	Bobby	762
25	Roy	718
26	Paul	709
27	Frank	708
28	Danny	691
29	Ronnie	680
30	Edward	640
31	Manuel	638
32	Raymond	572
33	Daniel	554
34	Mike	549
35	Joseph	538
35	Terry	538
37	Willie	536
38	Jesus	518
39	Henry	513
40	Dennis	512
41	Jack	497
42	Jesse	477
43	Don	436
44	Eddie	417
45	Stephen	412
46	Harold	409
47	Antonio	408
48	Walter	400
49	Roger	395
50	Arthur	383