State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,157 Texas births in 1912 across 1,189 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#30Juanoutside the national top 200
#45Jesusoutside the national top 200
#49Pedrooutside the national top 200
#53Jeweloutside the national top 200
#16Jose#163 nationally
#65Franciscooutside the national top 200
#61Lorene#196 nationally
#70Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#77Antoniooutside the national top 200
#10Maria#133 nationally
#80Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#87Jewelloutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,179US #1
#2Ruby485US #23
#3Ruth394US #5
#4Annie361US #27
#5Mildred335US #6
#6Willie327US #61
#7Gladys324US #19
#8Dorothy316US #3
#9Helen300US #2
#10Maria300US #133
#11Frances271US #9
#12Margaret261US #4
#13Thelma256US #26
#14Lillian245US #14
#15Louise226US #17
#16Edna225US #16
#17Lucille224US #32
#18Lillie222US #67
#19Juanita214US #103
#20Marie209US #10
#21Elizabeth206US #8
#22Hazel202US #25
#23Pauline198US #38
#24Ethel192US #18
#25Alice188US #11
#26Clara187US #34
#27Bessie186US #43
#28Opal186US #85
#29Irene184US #22
#30Minnie176US #60
#31Emma175US #35
#32Jessie173US #65
#33Martha173US #29
#34Mattie173US #70
#35Lois171US #63
#36Evelyn169US #13
#37Grace167US #24
#38Anna164US #7
#39Beatrice156US #37
#40Velma150US #88
#41Virginia150US #20
#42Alma149US #62
#43Myrtle149US #50
#44Bertha146US #36
#45Edith145US #31
#46Vera145US #68
#47Ella139US #69
#48Ida133US #45
#49Lena132US #72
#50Florence130US #12
#51Josephine130US #28
#52Gertrude119US #30
#53Jewel117
#54Mabel116US #46
#55Bernice115US #51
#56Eva114US #49
#57Rosa113US #94
#58Laura108US #57
#59Julia107US #44
#60Lola105US #127
#61Lorene105US #196
#62Viola105US #52
#63Elsie102US #42
#64Pearl101US #54
#65Georgia96US #101
#66Lula93US #107
#67Agnes92US #40
#68Inez92US #100
#69Leona90US #76
#70Johnnie88
#71Sarah88US #41
#72Rosie87US #138
#73Doris86US #48
#74Katherine86US #53
#75Mamie86US #95
#76Vivian85US #84
#77Eula84US #147
#78Hattie82US #90
#79Fannie80US #87
#80Guadalupe79
#81Ollie79US #163
#82Dora78US #110
#83Esther78US #33
#84Nellie78US #59
#85Cora77US #98
#86Beulah76US #80
#87Jewell76
#88Lucy75US #78
#89Carrie74US #82
#90Maggie74US #115
#91Marguerite74US #79
#92Mable73US #125
#93Eunice72US #109
#94Wilma71US #99
#95Catherine69US #21
#96Anita68US #182
#97Francisca68
#98Geneva67US #116
#99Rose67US #15
#100Bonnie66US #183

Boys

#1James877US #3
#2John859US #1
#3William828US #2
#4Robert556US #4
#5George431US #6
#6Joe325US #36
#7Charles305US #7
#8Willie291US #22
#9Thomas277US #10
#10Frank263US #9
#11Henry238US #12
#12Jack227US #28
#13Joseph220US #5
#14Walter199US #11
#15Roy185US #31
#16Jose181US #163
#17Albert179US #17
#18Edward166US #8
#19Raymond161US #18
#20Clarence160US #21
#21Richard155US #19
#22Arthur154US #15
#23Louis148US #20
#24Fred146US #26
#25Woodrow141US #46
#26Charlie137US #57
#27Oscar127US #73
#28Manuel124US #137
#29Carl122US #24
#30Juan122
#31Jesse120US #74
#32Paul116US #14
#33Ernest115US #32
#34Cecil109US #76
#35Howard108US #25
#36Sam104US #63
#37David100US #29
#38Floyd100US #59
#39Jessie98US #109
#40Lee97US #78
#41Herman96US #50
#42Ralph96US #23
#43Eugene94US #41
#44Earl93US #34
#45Jesus92
#46Johnnie90US #106
#47Harry89US #16
#48Harold87US #13
#49Pedro85
#50Andrew82US #44
#51Clyde80US #65
#52Homer79US #98
#53Herbert77US #39
#54Marvin77US #83
#55Samuel77US #30
#56Leon73US #79
#57Leonard73US #45
#58Melvin72US #71
#59Vernon71US #90
#60Lawrence69US #38
#61Ray69US #77
#62Edwin68US #54
#63Alfred67US #40
#64Elmer66US #47
#65Francisco63
#66Milton63US #64
#67Alvin61US #86
#68Ben61US #102
#69Daniel60US #53
#70Chester59US #55
#71Lloyd59US #70
#72Morris59US #82
#73Lewis58US #68
#74Tom58US #124
#75Horace56US #119
#76Luther56US #114
#77Antonio55
#78Edgar53US #85
#79Claude52US #89
#80Leroy50US #66
#81Clifford49US #62
#82Curtis49US #121
#83Bennie48US #154
#84Leo48US #49
#85Marion48US #112
#86Eddie47US #104
#87Jim47US #149
#88Clifton46US #148
#89Harvey46US #91
#90Guadalupe45
#91Hubert45US #122
#92Ramon45
#93Earnest44US #132
#94Victor44US #81
#95Otis43US #126
#96Bill42US #168
#97Alton41US #192
#98Archie41US #130
#99Benjamin41US #67
#100Ira41US #152

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑30Homer#52
↑25Chester#70
↑22Oscar#27
↑21Johnnie#46
↑20Lawrence#60
↑20Daniel#69
↑18Guadalupe#80
↑17Carl#29

Falling

↓35Tom#74
↓34Eddie#86
↓31Ramon#92
↓29Leroy#80
↓25Francisco#65
↓23Antonio#77
↓20Esther#83
↓20Hubert#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.