State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 80,135 Texas births in 1915 across 1,644 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
#14Jose#174 nationally
#41Jesusoutside the national top 200
#59Antoniooutside the national top 200
#6Maria#146 nationally
#69Pedrooutside the national top 200
#70Jeweloutside the national top 200
#83Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#85Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#65Lorene#179 nationally
#87Jewelloutside the national top 200
#87Franciscooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,051US #1
#2Dorothy683US #3
#3Ruby677US #24
#4Ruth627US #5
#5Mildred614US #6
#6Maria536US #146
#7Margaret527US #4
#8Helen524US #2
#9Frances520US #9
#10Annie507US #36
#11Gladys453US #21
#12Willie451US #72
#13Edna393US #20
#14Evelyn386US #10
#15Elizabeth369US #8
#16Thelma368US #30
#17Pauline366US #32
#18Juanita356US #92
#19Marie354US #11
#20Lois353US #47
#21Hazel339US #26
#22Lucille339US #29
#23Lillian326US #15
#24Louise320US #18
#25Alice316US #13
#26Virginia307US #12
#27Lillie294US #84
#28Ethel292US #23
#29Opal287US #90
#30Martha285US #25
#31Clara270US #38
#32Jessie255US #66
#33Emma252US #40
#34Anna251US #7
#35Irene245US #17
#36Bessie244US #57
#37Minnie242US #68
#38Edith241US #31
#39Doris234US #34
#40Bernice229US #42
#41Myrtle229US #58
#42Mattie228US #91
#43Beatrice212US #37
#44Josephine207US #22
#45Vera206US #65
#46Eva203US #55
#47Ella202US #75
#48Ida198US #54
#49Velma198US #94
#50Bertha196US #46
#51Sarah196US #51
#52Alma195US #70
#53Grace188US #27
#54Florence185US #14
#55Lena183US #77
#56Rosa176US #116
#57Elsie172US #41
#58Julia171US #44
#59Viola170US #59
#60Esther167US #33
#61Katherine167US #49
#62Laura164US #61
#63Agnes157US #45
#64Nellie157US #63
#65Lorene155US #179
#66Dora149US #122
#67Inez148US #101
#68Lola144US #136
#69Wilma144US #80
#70Jewel143
#71Lula143US #129
#72Vivian136US #78
#73Marjorie130US #39
#74Fannie128US #105
#75Gertrude126US #35
#76Eula125US #160
#77Anita122US #164
#78Georgia120US #111
#79Leona120US #74
#80Betty118US #53
#81Catherine117US #19
#82Cora117US #119
#83Johnnie117
#84Mamie116US #124
#85Guadalupe114
#86Pearl114US #56
#87Jewell111
#88Bonnie110US #180
#89Cleo110US #184
#90Hattie109US #113
#91Rosie109US #174
#92Christine108US #125
#93Eunice108US #109
#94Kathryn108US #60
#95Rose106US #16
#96Winnie106
#97Mable104US #145
#98Geneva102US #110
#99Ada100US #114
#100Mabel97US #62

Boys

#1James1,780US #3
#2William1,527US #2
#3John1,471US #1
#4Robert1,064US #4
#5Charles710US #7
#6George692US #6
#7Joe552US #38
#8Frank511US #9
#9Thomas500US #10
#10Jack480US #27
#11Henry470US #14
#12Willie455US #30
#13Walter370US #11
#14Jose361US #174
#15Albert347US #17
#16Roy346US #32
#17Edward342US #8
#18Raymond340US #16
#19Joseph338US #5
#20Fred261US #26
#21Louis259US #23
#22Arthur256US #18
#23Paul247US #13
#24Clarence245US #24
#25Richard244US #15
#26David236US #31
#27Manuel232US #134
#28Juan231
#29Ernest230US #35
#30Jesse230US #77
#31Carl216US #22
#32Charlie203US #75
#33Woodrow194US #83
#34Eugene192US #41
#35Herman191US #56
#36Marvin191US #72
#37Harold190US #12
#38Earl189US #33
#39Harry186US #19
#40Cecil185US #76
#41Jesus185
#42Lee180US #84
#43Clyde170US #63
#44Ralph170US #21
#45Johnnie169US #117
#46Herbert167US #40
#47Howard163US #25
#48Jessie159US #114
#49Sam158US #68
#50Samuel157US #39
#51Alfred154US #42
#52Alvin154US #81
#53Lawrence154US #37
#54Leonard152US #44
#55Oscar150US #88
#56Floyd147US #59
#57Leon144US #82
#58Elmer143US #45
#59Antonio130
#60Melvin130US #60
#61Willard128US #58
#62Edwin127US #53
#63Ben126US #113
#64Lloyd125US #62
#65Vernon124US #80
#66Edgar120US #85
#67Curtis119US #128
#68Homer119US #98
#69Pedro119
#70Andrew118US #46
#71Horace115US #122
#72Lester114US #57
#73Ray113US #67
#74Lewis111US #70
#75Chester110US #54
#76Eddie108US #120
#77Daniel104US #55
#78Jim101US #170
#79Leo101US #47
#80Leroy100US #66
#81Morris98US #93
#82Clifford97US #61
#83Milton97US #73
#84Claude96US #96
#85Tom96US #142
#86Victor96US #74
#87Francisco95
#88Hubert93US #116
#89Virgil91US #108
#90Marion90US #112
#91Martin89US #79
#92Bill88US #157
#93Jimmie88US #183
#94Clifton86US #144
#95Luther86US #115
#96Earnest85US #143
#97Lonnie85US #199
#98Benjamin83US #71
#99Francis83US #29
#100Kenneth82US #28

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑29Ben#63
↑23Wilma#69
↑22Lloyd#64
↑16Sarah#51
↑16Leona#79
↑16Jessie#48
↑15Nellie#64
↑14Johnnie#45

Falling

↓41Mabel#100
↓23Pearl#86
↓22Lewis#74
↓19Luther#95
↓17Francisco#87
↓15Guadalupe#85
↓15Daniel#77
↓14Alfred#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.