State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,917 Texas births in 1913 across 1,322 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#28Juanoutside the national top 200
#45Jesusoutside the national top 200
#16Jose#161 nationally
#56Franciscooutside the national top 200
#59Antoniooutside the national top 200
#62Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#62Pedrooutside the national top 200
#71Jeweloutside the national top 200
#6Maria#133 nationally
#77Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#72Lorene#195 nationally
#88Guadalupeoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,425US #1
#2Ruby538US #23
#3Ruth451US #5
#4Dorothy394US #3
#5Mildred394US #6
#6Maria367US #133
#7Helen357US #2
#8Frances350US #9
#9Margaret341US #4
#10Annie337US #30
#11Gladys329US #19
#12Willie319US #65
#13Thelma286US #26
#14Hazel265US #27
#15Edna261US #18
#16Juanita250US #95
#17Marie248US #10
#18Lillie242US #71
#19Lucille242US #31
#20Elizabeth237US #8
#21Lois232US #59
#22Lillian225US #16
#23Louise222US #17
#24Opal213US #86
#25Evelyn210US #12
#26Pauline208US #35
#27Martha205US #28
#28Alice201US #11
#29Ethel200US #20
#30Clara199US #36
#31Bessie198US #47
#32Irene196US #21
#33Jessie194US #61
#34Virginia192US #15
#35Myrtle186US #53
#36Emma183US #38
#37Minnie182US #63
#38Anna179US #7
#39Mattie176US #75
#40Alma168US #64
#41Vera167US #68
#42Josephine159US #24
#43Grace155US #25
#44Edith154US #29
#45Velma153US #89
#46Eva150US #50
#47Bertha149US #39
#48Julia149US #42
#49Ella146US #70
#50Ida143US #49
#51Beatrice141US #37
#52Bernice139US #45
#53Elsie134US #40
#54Inez129US #98
#55Viola128US #52
#56Sarah127US #43
#57Rosa122US #101
#58Laura120US #62
#59Georgia119US #100
#60Gertrude119US #33
#61Pearl119US #55
#62Johnnie117
#63Nellie116US #58
#64Florence115US #13
#65Agnes108US #41
#66Doris107US #44
#67Mabel106US #56
#68Lula105US #111
#69Vivian104US #83
#70Lena102US #73
#71Jewel100
#72Lorene100US #195
#73Katherine97US #54
#74Leona97US #74
#75Esther96US #32
#76Lola96US #130
#77Guadalupe93
#78Eunice90US #107
#79Dora88US #109
#80Maggie88US #127
#81Marguerite88US #78
#82Fannie86US #91
#83Rosie86US #156
#84Stella85US #69
#85Hattie82US #96
#86Marjorie82US #48
#87Bonnie80US #180
#88Catherine79US #22
#89Lucy78US #77
#90Nora78US #135
#91Wilma77US #92
#92Carrie76US #90
#93Mae76US #79
#94Geneva75US #120
#95Ann74US #46
#96Christine74US #124
#97Cora74US #103
#98Kathryn74US #66
#99Lela74US #188
#100Mamie74US #106

Boys

#1James1,146US #3
#2William1,079US #2
#3John981US #1
#4Robert679US #4
#5George501US #6
#6Charles472US #7
#7Joe419US #37
#8Thomas349US #10
#9Jack333US #28
#10Frank329US #9
#11Willie317US #24
#12Henry310US #12
#13Joseph291US #5
#14Walter240US #11
#15Edward233US #8
#16Jose233US #161
#17Fred223US #27
#18Roy219US #32
#19Raymond214US #18
#20Albert187US #16
#21Woodrow180US #44
#22Arthur176US #17
#23Ernest173US #34
#24Richard170US #19
#25Paul168US #14
#26Manuel166US #125
#27Clarence165US #21
#28Juan159
#29Carl157US #23
#30Jesse157US #79
#31Cecil150US #74
#32Louis148US #20
#33David142US #29
#34Charlie137US #62
#35Earl137US #31
#36Herman135US #53
#37Lee132US #78
#38Harry125US #15
#39Ralph117US #22
#40Eugene115US #43
#41Howard112US #26
#42Samuel110US #36
#43Harold108US #13
#44Clyde106US #64
#45Jesus106
#46Marvin106US #77
#47Oscar101US #76
#48Jessie99US #114
#49Ray99US #73
#50Alvin98US #82
#51Herbert97US #39
#52Edwin94US #55
#53Lawrence92US #35
#54Sam92US #65
#55Floyd90US #58
#56Francisco84
#57Homer84US #96
#58Jim83US #154
#59Antonio82
#60Edgar80US #87
#61Milton80US #71
#62Pedro80
#63Alfred79US #42
#64Elmer79US #45
#65Leonard79US #46
#66Lewis79US #72
#67Melvin79US #61
#68Daniel78US #54
#69Hubert78US #112
#70Johnnie78US #118
#71Claude77US #88
#72Curtis77US #119
#73Vernon76US #83
#74Leon75US #81
#75Ben74US #108
#76Leroy74US #63
#77Victor74US #80
#78Andrew73US #47
#79Chester73US #56
#80Horace71US #123
#81Luther69US #116
#82Eddie67US #102
#83Lester67US #59
#84Tom67US #135
#85Allen65US #100
#86Bill65US #156
#87Alton62US #183
#88Guadalupe61
#89Grady60US #190
#90Lloyd60US #67
#91Ramon60
#92Harvey59US #93
#93Benjamin57US #70
#94Morris57US #89
#95Martin56US #75
#96Donald55US #25
#97Earnest55US #144
#98Clifford52US #68
#99Jimmie52US #158
#100Leslie52US #105

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑29Jim#58
↑22Hubert#69
↑21Nellie#63
↑18Antonio#59
↑18Edgar#60
↑17Alvin#50
↑17Victor#77
↑15Sarah#56

Falling

↓28Andrew#78
↓25Mamie#100
↓24Johnnie#70
↓22Morris#94
↓21Lena#70
↓20Oscar#47
↓19Lloyd#90
↓18Jewel#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.