State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 83,308 Texas births in 1916 across 1,708 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#34Juanoutside the national top 200
#16Jose#175 nationally
#46Jesusoutside the national top 200
#10Maria#159 nationally
#62Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#67Antoniooutside the national top 200
#69Jeweloutside the national top 200
#70Pedrooutside the national top 200
#78Franciscooutside the national top 200
#86Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#64Lorene#177 nationally
#24Manuel#133 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,328US #1
#2Dorothy790US #3
#3Ruby733US #23
#4Ruth673US #5
#5Mildred618US #6
#6Helen595US #2
#7Margaret585US #4
#8Frances577US #9
#9Annie511US #36
#10Maria484US #159
#11Edna457US #19
#12Gladys452US #22
#13Juanita446US #90
#14Willie425US #73
#15Hazel406US #31
#16Pauline389US #33
#17Thelma389US #29
#18Louise383US #18
#19Elizabeth366US #8
#20Virginia366US #10
#21Alice358US #13
#22Evelyn351US #11
#23Lois346US #43
#24Lucille341US #30
#25Lillian339US #16
#26Marie329US #12
#27Martha304US #24
#28Opal292US #91
#29Jessie290US #68
#30Lillie290US #88
#31Clara286US #39
#32Bessie279US #56
#33Anna272US #7
#34Doris271US #32
#35Ethel269US #25
#36Myrtle259US #58
#37Edith257US #28
#38Minnie255US #71
#39Emma254US #41
#40Irene235US #17
#41Julia230US #46
#42Josephine228US #21
#43Mattie228US #93
#44Vera226US #66
#45Alma225US #70
#46Bertha221US #49
#47Ida207US #54
#48Bernice201US #42
#49Eva199US #55
#50Velma191US #99
#51Elsie189US #48
#52Lena188US #85
#53Vivian180US #77
#54Ella179US #81
#55Florence176US #14
#56Beatrice175US #38
#57Gertrude173US #35
#58Laura173US #64
#59Grace171US #26
#60Georgia168US #108
#61Katherine168US #51
#62Johnnie166
#63Inez165US #107
#64Lorene165US #177
#65Esther163US #34
#66Nellie161US #61
#67Rosa158US #120
#68Sarah152US #52
#69Jewel149
#70Leona142US #75
#71Dora139US #124
#72Marguerite138US #78
#73Viola138US #59
#74Marjorie134US #37
#75Pearl134US #57
#76Lola133US #147
#77Mable133US #136
#78Hattie129US #115
#79Geneva124US #112
#80Kathryn124US #60
#81Agnes123US #50
#82Wilma120US #82
#83Catherine119US #20
#84Eunice119US #110
#85Anita118US #151
#86Guadalupe117
#87Eula116US #164
#88Mabel116US #65
#89Christine114US #121
#90Cora114US #114
#91Rose114US #15
#92Fannie111US #116
#93Mamie110US #129
#94Lucy108US #84
#95Cleo106US #180
#96Ollie106US #193
#97Ann105US #40
#98Faye104
#99Geraldine104US #94
#100Lula103US #127

Boys

#1James1,752US #3
#2John1,578US #1
#3William1,524US #2
#4Robert1,152US #4
#5George738US #7
#6Charles700US #6
#7Joe604US #35
#8Thomas533US #10
#9Henry527US #14
#10Frank520US #9
#11Jack479US #26
#12Walter424US #11
#13Willie416US #30
#14Roy372US #33
#15Raymond363US #16
#16Jose357US #175
#17Edward349US #8
#18Joseph342US #5
#19Albert303US #17
#20Paul287US #12
#21Richard285US #15
#22David258US #28
#23Fred254US #29
#24Manuel250US #133
#25Clarence249US #24
#26Arthur247US #18
#27Carl245US #23
#28Louis242US #22
#29Woodrow242US #64
#30Jesse239US #77
#31Charlie223US #68
#32Cecil220US #80
#33Earl210US #32
#34Juan202
#35Harold201US #13
#36Ernest195US #36
#37Marvin195US #66
#38Eugene194US #39
#39Lee191US #83
#40Herbert188US #40
#41Johnnie183US #115
#42Herman180US #56
#43Oscar175US #86
#44Alfred172US #43
#45Clyde170US #62
#46Jesus167
#47Samuel167US #41
#48Ralph166US #21
#49Harry161US #19
#50Howard158US #25
#51Edwin157US #53
#52Jessie150US #117
#53Leon150US #85
#54Floyd149US #60
#55Lawrence145US #38
#56Sam142US #74
#57Daniel140US #55
#58Alvin139US #82
#59Elmer137US #45
#60Leonard135US #42
#61Ray132US #73
#62Milton131US #72
#63Leroy130US #63
#64Vernon130US #75
#65Andrew128US #46
#66Melvin128US #57
#67Antonio127
#68Curtis123US #120
#69Lewis121US #71
#70Pedro121
#71Horace114US #126
#72Lloyd112US #58
#73Ben111US #119
#74Clifford111US #61
#75Edgar110US #88
#76Chester109US #54
#77Homer108US #103
#78Francisco107
#79Jimmie106US #179
#80Leo105US #47
#81Harvey101US #92
#82Claude100US #93
#83Eddie100US #114
#84Bill98US #147
#85Tom98US #139
#86Morris97US #97
#87Jim94US #177
#88Earnest93US #155
#89Willard93US #69
#90Luther92US #116
#91Lester90US #59
#92Victor90US #78
#93Marion89US #110
#94Travis86
#95Hubert85US #113
#96Martin85US #81
#97Norman85US #48
#98Ramon85
#99Allen83US #101
#100Kenneth83US #27

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑21Johnnie#62
↑21Milton#62
↑20Mable#77
↑20Daniel#57
↑19Vivian#53
↑19Geneva#79
↑18Gertrude#57
↑18Georgia#60

Falling

↓29Lula#100
↓28Willard#89
↓19Lester#91
↓18Agnes#81
↓18Fannie#92
↓17Sarah#68
↓14Viola#73
↓13Beatrice#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.