Texas · 1952

Top 100 names in Texas, 1952, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	4,147
#2	Linda	3,620
#3	Deborah	2,809
#4	Patricia	2,432
#5	Maria	2,308
#6	Brenda	1,722
#7	Barbara	1,622
#8	Debra	1,578
#9	Sandra	1,425
#10	Cynthia	1,364
#11	Sharon	1,296
#12	Susan	1,294
#13	Karen	1,284
#14	Donna	1,233
#15	Nancy	1,184
#16	Gloria	1,161
#17	Rebecca	1,105
#18	Pamela	1,102
#19	Carolyn	1,099
#20	Judy	994
#21	Elizabeth	889
#22	Martha	885
#23	Carol	853
#24	Shirley	842
#25	Betty	806
#26	Janice	760
#27	Kathy	758
#28	Margaret	747
#29	Beverly	744
#30	Sylvia	705
#31	Janet	693
#32	Diana	672
#33	Yolanda	653
#34	Rosa	649
#35	Juanita	648
#36	Paula	634
#37	Virginia	621
#38	Joyce	589
#39	Diane	545
#40	Connie	544
#41	Marilyn	540
#42	Jo	536
#43	Wanda	530
#44	Teresa	528
#45	Sherry	523
#46	Kathleen	513
#47	Vicki	511
#48	Peggy	509
#49	Dorothy	474
#50	Cheryl	468
#51	Norma	462
#52	Laura	461
#53	Rose	461
#54	Glenda	459
#55	Alice	455
#56	Kathryn	453
#57	Cathy	445
#58	Vickie	438
#59	Janie	413
#60	Frances	411
#61	Helen	404
#62	Catherine	374
#63	Anita	364
#64	Doris	364
#65	Guadalupe	363
#66	Marsha	355
#67	Rita	350
#68	Irma	349
#69	Patsy	341
#70	Katherine	332
#71	Charlotte	329
#72	Judith	328
#73	Theresa	320
#74	Irene	317
#75	Anna	305
#76	Jane	298
#77	Ann	285
#78	Rhonda	285
#79	Phyllis	282
#80	Bonnie	269
#81	Sally	267
#82	Ruth	265
#83	Kay	265
#84	Evelyn	263
#85	Alicia	262
#86	Sheila	257
#87	Gail	257
#88	Margarita	256
#89	Eva	256
#90	Olga	256
#91	Carmen	253
#92	Christine	253
#93	Gwendolyn	250
#94	Lydia	242
#95	Belinda	240
#96	Joan	240
#97	Ruby	236
#98	Julia	233
#99	Dolores	232
#100	Sarah	228

Uniquely popular in Texas

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
San	35	3	0
Armandina	21	2	0
Sanjuanita	125	12	1
Ninfa	35	3	0
Elida	84	8	1
Sanjuana	61	6	0
Oralia	144	14	1
Esmeralda	95	9	1
Sulema	26	2	0
Noelia	31	3	0
Herlinda	102	10	1
Dominga	35	3	0

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.