Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Texas, 1955

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,723
2	Linda	2,709
3	Debra	2,667
4	Deborah	2,399
5	Patricia	2,202
6	Maria	1,959
7	Cynthia	1,905
8	Susan	1,638
9	Brenda	1,592
10	Donna	1,486
11	Pamela	1,481
12	Karen	1,456
13	Sandra	1,449
14	Barbara	1,407
15	Sharon	1,234
16	Nancy	1,124
17	Rebecca	1,041
18	Elizabeth	973
19	Sylvia	952
20	Gloria	934
21	Carolyn	899
22	Carol	890
23	Kathy	869
24	Janet	855
25	Cheryl	831
26	Teresa	825
27	Martha	820
28	Diana	804
29	Rosa	769
30	Judy	761
31	Paula	730
32	Beverly	688
33	Vicki	687
34	Betty	669
35	Yolanda	662
36	Shirley	650
37	Connie	649
38	Janice	646
39	Sherry	636
40	Margaret	611
41	Virginia	602
42	Diane	599
43	Rose	580
44	Laura	550
45	Jo	543
46	Rhonda	537
47	Norma	520
47	Vickie	520
49	Wanda	507
50	Cathy	499

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	David	4,635
2	James	4,228
3	Robert	4,033
4	Michael	3,857
5	John	3,506
6	William	2,456
7	Richard	2,448
8	Charles	2,191
9	Gary	1,968
10	Larry	1,790
11	Mark	1,775
12	Kenneth	1,539
13	Joe	1,471
14	Thomas	1,461
15	Donald	1,418
16	Jose	1,407
17	Steven	1,389
18	Ronald	1,242
19	Jerry	1,192
20	Daniel	1,182
21	Paul	1,117
22	George	1,100
23	Stephen	1,067
24	Juan	1,062
25	Billy	1,001
26	Terry	981
27	Johnny	972
28	Randy	924
29	Edward	828
30	Joseph	813
31	Ricky	801
32	Dennis	760
33	Danny	739
34	Jimmy	738
35	Roy	723
36	Bobby	712
37	Timothy	686
38	Gregory	658
39	Raymond	598
40	Frank	597
41	Douglas	590
42	Jesse	580
43	Ruben	516
44	Manuel	514
45	Carlos	508
46	Tommy	503
47	Anthony	499
48	Roger	486
49	Carl	484
50	Ronnie	481