State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1911 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,678 Texas births in 1911 across 912 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Texas more than they say America.

#22Juanoutside the national top 200
#36Jesusoutside the national top 200
#40Franciscooutside the national top 200
#45Pedrooutside the national top 200
#55Jeweloutside the national top 200
#61Ramonoutside the national top 200
#54Antonio#187 nationally
#59Lorene#188 nationally
#6Maria#129 nationally
#81Jewelloutside the national top 200
#13Jose#130 nationally
#86Johnnieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary906US #1
#2Ruby379US #22
#3Annie284US #24
#4Ruth253US #5
#5Gladys243US #18
#6Maria242US #129
#7Frances224US #10
#8Mildred215US #8
#9Dorothy213US #4
#10Margaret209US #3
#11Helen208US #2
#12Thelma206US #27
#13Lillie194US #60
#14Edna192US #17
#15Willie192US #61
#16Lucille166US #32
#17Alice165US #11
#18Louise163US #19
#19Lois157US #68
#20Opal155US #81
#21Ethel154US #15
#22Juanita154US #107
#23Lillian154US #13
#24Minnie154US #52
#25Marie149US #9
#26Hazel145US #25
#27Emma139US #35
#28Mattie137US #65
#29Martha136US #28
#30Pauline136US #38
#31Elizabeth135US #7
#32Irene133US #21
#33Bessie130US #40
#34Velma127US #90
#35Evelyn123US #16
#36Ida121US #45
#37Clara120US #33
#38Grace120US #23
#39Myrtle120US #50
#40Josephine119US #29
#41Beatrice114US #37
#42Julia114US #44
#43Virginia112US #26
#44Anna111US #6
#45Jessie111US #66
#46Vera109US #67
#47Alma105US #62
#48Bertha100US #36
#49Eva100US #46
#50Elsie96US #41
#51Edith94US #31
#52Pearl94US #48
#53Ella93US #63
#54Viola93US #47
#55Jewel91
#56Bernice86US #51
#57Laura85US #57
#58Gertrude84US #30
#59Lorene79US #188
#60Mabel79US #43
#61Inez78US #99
#62Sarah78US #42
#63Esther77US #34
#64Lena77US #70
#65Florence76US #12
#66Lola76US #120
#67Rosa76US #92
#68Ora75US #158
#69Mamie73US #89
#70Nellie73US #54
#71Agnes72US #39
#72Carrie72US #78
#73Fannie72US #88
#74Mable72US #127
#75Lula71US #94
#76Dora69US #104
#77Georgia67US #96
#78Vivian67US #80
#79Leona66US #76
#80Hattie65US #86
#81Jewell65
#82Rosie65US #131
#83Katherine64US #55
#84Doris63US #56
#85Cora61US #91
#86Johnnie61
#87Lucy61US #77
#88Nora61US #116
#89Mae60US #71
#90Eunice59US #109
#91Eula58US #143
#92Blanche55US #75
#93Betty54US #69
#94Catherine54US #20
#95Beulah53US #79
#96Petra53
#97Estelle52US #106
#98Guadalupe52
#99Stella52US #72
#100Nancy50US #110

Boys

#1James435US #3
#2John374US #1
#3William371US #2
#4Robert285US #5
#5George177US #4
#6Willie167US #14
#7Joe158US #29
#8Charles154US #7
#9Jack145US #25
#10Henry139US #11
#11Thomas139US #10
#12Frank133US #8
#13Jose131US #130
#14Joseph101US #6
#15Manuel99US #112
#16Walter98US #12
#17Albert94US #15
#18Edward90US #9
#19Fred89US #22
#20Roy82US #31
#21Charlie81US #45
#22Juan80
#23Raymond78US #19
#24Clarence69US #23
#25Louis69US #21
#26Paul67US #17
#27David65US #27
#28Jessie62US #79
#29Richard62US #20
#30Sam59US #47
#31Ernest56US #32
#32Floyd56US #57
#33Arthur53US #18
#34Cecil52US #76
#35Herman52US #49
#36Jesus52
#37Ralph51US #24
#38Jesse50US #72
#39Tom50US #105
#40Francisco48
#41Lee48US #67
#42Eugene47US #43
#43Howard46US #28
#44Earl45US #34
#45Pedro45
#46Carl44US #26
#47Clyde44US #61
#48Harry44US #13
#49Oscar44US #68
#50Alvin43US #89
#51Leroy43US #59
#52Eddie42US #78
#53Herbert42US #41
#54Antonio41US #187
#55Alfred40US #39
#56Harold40US #16
#57Leonard40US #46
#58Marvin40US #82
#59Andrew39US #42
#60Elmer38US #48
#61Ramon37
#62Samuel37US #30
#63Melvin36US #73
#64Vernon35US #96
#65Ben34US #86
#66Lloyd34US #74
#67Johnnie33US #90
#68Leon33US #77
#69Ray33US #71
#70Curtis32US #118
#71Hubert31US #119
#72Jimmie31US #137
#73Lewis31US #66
#74Victor31US #81
#75Edwin30US #60
#76Horace30US #123
#77Bill29US #135
#78Edgar29US #83
#79Jim27US #134
#80Lawrence27US #37
#81Earnest26US #125
#82Homer26US #95
#83Lester26US #65
#84Allen25US #98
#85Clifford25US #62
#86Luis25
#87Martin25US #75
#88Claude24US #87
#89Daniel24US #53
#90Tommie24
#91Guadalupe23
#92Ira23US #141
#93Lonnie23US #158
#94Pablo23
#95Chester22US #58
#96Leo22US #51
#97Norman22US #63
#98Oliver22US #115
#99Bennie21US #151
#100Felix21US #179

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑32Vernon#64
↑26Herbert#53
↑21Tom#39
↑21Francisco#40
↑21Leroy#51
↑19Louise#18
↑19Ralph#37
↑19Melvin#63

Falling

↓38Jim#79
↓36Johnnie#67
↓34Felix#100
↓31Mae#89
↓26Stella#99
↓25Lawrence#80
↓24Claude#88
↓24Bennie#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1910 rankings.