State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 64,516 Texas births in 1914 across 1,440 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#27Juanoutside the national top 200
#47Jesusoutside the national top 200
#14Jose#160 nationally
#58Antoniooutside the national top 200
#63Pedrooutside the national top 200
#69Jeweloutside the national top 200
#4Maria#135 nationally
#70Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#70Franciscooutside the national top 200
#71Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#75Jewelloutside the national top 200
#80Alton#198 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,707US #1
#2Ruby559US #24
#3Dorothy529US #3
#4Maria467US #135
#5Ruth462US #5
#6Helen458US #2
#7Margaret457US #4
#8Mildred442US #7
#9Frances433US #9
#10Annie410US #33
#11Willie401US #66
#12Gladys382US #20
#13Hazel341US #29
#14Pauline326US #34
#15Juanita319US #94
#16Thelma317US #26
#17Elizabeth308US #8
#18Edna286US #19
#19Lucille284US #30
#20Virginia279US #14
#21Lillian276US #16
#22Opal268US #89
#23Evelyn265US #11
#24Lois262US #51
#25Louise259US #17
#26Alice255US #12
#27Marie251US #10
#28Lillie248US #74
#29Bessie241US #55
#30Ethel228US #21
#31Minnie222US #67
#32Martha221US #27
#33Irene217US #22
#34Jessie214US #64
#35Clara211US #37
#36Emma210US #39
#37Edith209US #31
#38Mattie208US #78
#39Anna203US #6
#40Doris198US #36
#41Vera193US #68
#42Bernice187US #43
#43Josephine178US #23
#44Myrtle176US #60
#45Beatrice173US #38
#46Eva173US #52
#47Alma172US #69
#48Bertha164US #41
#49Rosa162US #104
#50Ella159US #72
#51Julia157US #42
#52Katherine155US #48
#53Elsie154US #46
#54Velma153US #92
#55Grace152US #25
#56Ida149US #49
#57Inez149US #101
#58Laura146US #59
#59Mabel144US #58
#60Viola144US #57
#61Agnes140US #44
#62Gertrude138US #32
#63Pearl134US #56
#64Lena132US #75
#65Esther128US #35
#66Florence128US #13
#67Sarah128US #47
#68Vivian127US #81
#69Jewel123
#70Guadalupe122
#71Johnnie122
#72Catherine118US #18
#73Dora113US #121
#74Lorene112US #185
#75Jewell107
#76Georgia106US #107
#77Lola104US #144
#78Lula100US #120
#79Nellie100US #61
#80Betty99US #62
#81Fannie99US #99
#82Beulah97US #96
#83Lucy97US #73
#84Cora96US #105
#85Eunice96US #109
#86Marjorie96US #45
#87Ollie96US #177
#88Anita95US #186
#89Hattie95US #97
#90Bonnie94US #174
#91Christine94US #117
#92Wilma94US #95
#93Faye93US #199
#94Geneva93US #118
#95Leona92US #79
#96Rose88US #15
#97Antonia87
#98Marguerite87US #84
#99Maggie86US #141
#100Susie86US #130

Boys

#1James1,397US #3
#2John1,234US #1
#3William1,184US #2
#4Robert838US #4
#5George571US #6
#6Charles477US #7
#7Joe451US #34
#8Thomas407US #11
#9Jack390US #27
#10Henry384US #12
#11Frank377US #9
#12Willie374US #25
#13Joseph301US #5
#14Jose299US #160
#15Walter292US #10
#16Edward276US #8
#17Raymond265US #16
#18Roy256US #32
#19Albert252US #15
#20Fred250US #28
#21Clarence218US #22
#22Manuel202US #128
#23Louis201US #20
#24Ernest198US #38
#25Arthur193US #18
#26Richard193US #17
#27Juan189
#28Paul185US #13
#29Carl176US #24
#30Woodrow166US #71
#31Cecil165US #79
#32Charlie160US #65
#33David160US #29
#34Eugene156US #43
#35Earl149US #33
#36Jesse145US #82
#37Alfred139US #41
#38Clyde138US #63
#39Herman138US #51
#40Sam138US #67
#41Ralph137US #21
#42Harold134US #14
#43Harry134US #19
#44Samuel134US #36
#45Herbert133US #42
#46Lee133US #84
#47Jesus131
#48Marvin131US #75
#49Floyd125US #58
#50Lawrence125US #35
#51Vernon123US #83
#52Lewis117US #72
#53Howard116US #26
#54Oscar116US #77
#55Alvin115US #78
#56Edwin113US #53
#57Elmer113US #46
#58Antonio111
#59Johnnie111US #119
#60Andrew109US #44
#61Leon108US #85
#62Daniel107US #55
#63Pedro107
#64Jessie105US #117
#65Ray105US #74
#66Leonard102US #45
#67Edgar99US #87
#68Chester98US #56
#69Curtis98US #120
#70Francisco97
#71Melvin97US #59
#72Homer95US #101
#73Tom93US #137
#74Claude92US #93
#75Leroy87US #60
#76Luther87US #114
#77Milton85US #69
#78Jim84US #174
#79Leo84US #47
#80Alton79US #198
#81Horace79US #125
#82Bill78US #159
#83Eddie78US #109
#84Hubert77US #118
#85Lester76US #57
#86Lloyd76US #66
#87Guadalupe73
#88Martin73US #73
#89Clifford72US #62
#90Felix72US #172
#91Virgil72US #107
#92Ben71US #110
#93Benjamin71US #70
#94Ramon70
#95Marion68US #115
#96Clifton67US #150
#97Jimmie67US #170
#98Victor64US #76
#99Otis62US #140
#100Grady61

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑26Doris#40
↑26Alfred#37
↑22Vernon#51
↑21Katherine#52
↑18Andrew#60
↑16Catherine#72
↑14Virginia#20
↑14Sam#40

Falling

↓21Leona#95
↓21Victor#98
↓20Jim#78
↓19Maggie#99
↓17Georgia#76
↓17Marguerite#98
↓17Ben#92
↓16Nellie#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.