Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Texas, 1948

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	4,949
2	Mary	4,173
3	Maria	2,262
4	Patricia	1,778
5	Barbara	1,741
6	Sandra	1,416
7	Carolyn	1,358
8	Gloria	1,243
9	Judy	1,230
9	Sharon	1,230
11	Betty	1,074
12	Nancy	1,058
13	Brenda	1,013
14	Shirley	970
15	Donna	918
16	Carol	912
17	Susan	903
18	Martha	842
19	Margaret	815
20	Cynthia	776
21	Karen	724
22	Joyce	664
23	Janice	647
24	Elizabeth	645
25	Virginia	632
26	Beverly	629
27	Peggy	593
28	Dorothy	588
29	Yolanda	581
30	Pamela	562
31	Frances	554
32	Rosa	540
33	Sherry	508
34	Alice	504
35	Juanita	502
36	Rebecca	496
37	Paula	495
38	Deborah	482
39	Helen	478
40	Wanda	477
41	Jo	468
41	Sylvia	468
43	Guadalupe	456
44	Glenda	453
45	Marilyn	433
46	Cheryl	429
46	Patsy	429
48	Connie	428
49	Diana	417
50	Doris	410

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	4,121
2	Robert	3,513
3	John	3,200
4	David	2,618
5	William	2,261
6	Charles	2,152
7	Larry	2,040
8	Michael	1,945
9	Richard	1,861
10	Joe	1,559
11	Jose	1,379
12	Jerry	1,340
13	Gary	1,279
14	Thomas	1,268
15	Ronald	1,241
16	Kenneth	1,166
17	Juan	1,109
18	Donald	1,101
19	Billy	1,048
20	Jimmy	1,029
21	Johnny	1,026
22	George	983
23	Paul	728
24	Bobby	708
25	Ronnie	696
26	Frank	686
27	Roy	660
28	Tommy	653
29	Danny	650
30	Daniel	642
31	Edward	616
32	Manuel	606
33	Jesus	558
34	Willie	554
35	Raymond	542
36	Henry	541
37	Joseph	531
38	Stephen	520
39	Terry	517
40	Dennis	503
41	Jesse	500
42	Jack	465
42	Roger	465
44	Mike	454
45	Roberto	416
45	Walter	416
47	Antonio	402
48	Arthur	398
49	Raul	392
50	Eddie	384