Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Texas, 1949

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	4,816
2	Mary	4,145
3	Maria	2,467
4	Patricia	1,958
5	Barbara	1,646
6	Sandra	1,515
7	Brenda	1,400
8	Carolyn	1,343
9	Sharon	1,306
10	Gloria	1,194
11	Judy	1,161
12	Shirley	1,128
13	Nancy	1,090
14	Donna	1,017
15	Susan	994
16	Betty	931
17	Deborah	898
18	Carol	885
19	Cynthia	869
20	Karen	835
21	Martha	832
22	Margaret	800
23	Elizabeth	684
24	Janice	683
25	Rebecca	682
26	Pamela	678
27	Juanita	664
28	Beverly	663
29	Joyce	645
30	Virginia	615
31	Yolanda	611
32	Peggy	603
33	Dorothy	565
34	Rosa	554
35	Kathy	528
36	Frances	502
37	Alice	498
38	Paula	497
39	Sylvia	494
40	Sherry	492
41	Connie	485
42	Diana	477
43	Helen	461
44	Jo	450
45	Janet	447
46	Wanda	443
47	Cheryl	427
48	Guadalupe	418
49	Janie	415
50	Glenda	414

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	4,138
2	Robert	3,640
3	John	3,226
4	David	2,908
5	William	2,384
6	Michael	2,360
7	Charles	2,261
8	Larry	2,106
9	Richard	1,869
10	Jose	1,478
11	Joe	1,467
12	Gary	1,400
13	Juan	1,385
14	Thomas	1,373
15	Ronald	1,231
16	Donald	1,192
17	Jerry	1,183
18	Kenneth	1,135
19	George	1,122
20	Johnny	1,025
21	Jimmy	969
22	Billy	941
23	Paul	750
24	Edward	736
25	Stephen	733
26	Danny	700
27	Bobby	658
28	Daniel	644
29	Frank	635
30	Roy	616
31	Manuel	614
32	Tommy	597
33	Raymond	590
34	Joseph	555
35	Ronnie	535
36	Dennis	516
37	Jesus	507
38	Willie	495
39	Terry	494
40	Henry	492
41	Roger	469
42	Jesse	464
43	Jack	447
44	Antonio	439
45	Ruben	422
46	Steven	412
47	Harold	410
47	Mark	410
49	Albert	405
50	Douglas	402