State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 86,894 Texas births in 1917 across 1,682 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
#39Jesusoutside the national top 200
#12Jose#158 nationally
#60Antonio#200 nationally
#61Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#10Maria#146 nationally
#66Franciscooutside the national top 200
#67Pedrooutside the national top 200
#75Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#91Winnieoutside the national top 200
#93Jeweloutside the national top 200
#76Lorene#181 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,504US #1
#2Dorothy909US #3
#3Ruby778US #27
#4Helen727US #2
#5Margaret722US #4
#6Ruth678US #5
#7Mildred627US #6
#8Frances597US #9
#9Annie541US #35
#10Maria534US #146
#11Juanita446US #87
#12Evelyn439US #11
#13Willie438US #72
#14Edna427US #20
#15Virginia413US #10
#16Thelma393US #32
#17Gladys391US #23
#18Hazel391US #31
#19Lucille379US #29
#20Martha369US #22
#21Lois366US #43
#22Pauline361US #33
#23Alice355US #13
#24Louise347US #19
#25Lillian344US #15
#26Elizabeth341US #8
#27Marie337US #12
#28Lillie311US #86
#29Doris310US #25
#30Jessie300US #70
#31Emma293US #46
#32Edith287US #28
#33Irene279US #17
#34Anna275US #7
#35Ethel275US #24
#36Minnie263US #75
#37Myrtle262US #58
#38Opal261US #95
#39Bernice257US #42
#40Clara249US #41
#41Bessie234US #61
#42Beatrice229US #39
#43Eva222US #54
#44Ella216US #83
#45Vera216US #66
#46Bertha211US #51
#47Florence209US #14
#48Josephine209US #21
#49Mattie208US #94
#50Alma204US #71
#51Julia204US #47
#52Katherine201US #49
#53Georgia192US #105
#54Grace191US #30
#55Velma190US #99
#56Elsie189US #50
#57Laura189US #65
#58Rosa182US #121
#59Ida177US #56
#60Sarah172US #52
#61Johnnie171
#62Wilma168US #82
#63Lena167US #85
#64Anita164US #137
#65Nellie160US #64
#66Viola158US #59
#67Vivian158US #79
#68Bonnie156US #171
#69Gertrude147US #37
#70Lola146US #143
#71Leona145US #80
#72Inez144US #110
#73Pearl143US #57
#74Catherine141US #18
#75Guadalupe140
#76Lorene140US #181
#77Marjorie140US #36
#78Dora138US #125
#79Esther138US #38
#80Agnes136US #48
#81Kathryn136US #60
#82Rosie136US #179
#83Geneva132US #113
#84Marguerite131US #78
#85Eunice128US #111
#86Hattie128US #118
#87Christine125US #120
#88Fannie125US #115
#89Lula125US #135
#90Betty122US #34
#91Winnie119
#92Geraldine118US #89
#93Jewel116
#94Mae111US #96
#95Mamie111US #130
#96Jewell107
#97Mable107US #144
#98Rose107US #16
#99Cora106US #126
#100Lucy105US #88

Boys

#1James1,926US #3
#2William1,668US #2
#3John1,640US #1
#4Robert1,179US #4
#5Charles757US #7
#6George750US #6
#7Joe616US #35
#8Thomas551US #10
#9Frank535US #9
#10Jack527US #22
#11Henry493US #15
#12Jose425US #158
#13Willie422US #31
#14Edward379US #8
#15Joseph378US #5
#16Roy367US #33
#17Walter366US #11
#18Raymond332US #16
#19Fred323US #29
#20Albert303US #18
#21Richard285US #14
#22David282US #28
#23Woodrow276US #73
#24Louis275US #23
#25Manuel269US #128
#26Arthur265US #17
#27Clarence256US #25
#28Juan251
#29Paul235US #13
#30Earl219US #32
#31Cecil216US #83
#32Harold214US #12
#33Charlie211US #67
#34Howard207US #26
#35Ernest206US #37
#36Harry199US #19
#37Jesse197US #79
#38Floyd189US #62
#39Jesus186
#40Marvin185US #68
#41Herman184US #58
#42Carl181US #24
#43Ralph176US #21
#44Lee175US #85
#45Samuel170US #42
#46Sam168US #72
#47Eugene167US #39
#48Herbert167US #40
#49Oscar166US #87
#50Leonard164US #41
#51Clyde163US #64
#52Jessie163US #114
#53Melvin163US #57
#54Alvin161US #81
#55Alfred159US #43
#56Johnnie159US #111
#57Ray159US #74
#58Edwin158US #55
#59Leroy152US #60
#60Antonio150US #200
#61Vernon148US #71
#62Leon142US #82
#63Jim141US #163
#64Lloyd139US #53
#65Lewis137US #70
#66Francisco136
#67Pedro136
#68Elmer133US #45
#69Daniel132US #54
#70Lawrence132US #36
#71Edgar129US #88
#72Horace124US #125
#73Homer123US #102
#74Milton122US #75
#75Eddie115US #118
#76Tom113US #139
#77Leo111US #47
#78Claude110US #98
#79Luther108US #116
#80Ben107US #129
#81Chester107US #56
#82Hubert105US #115
#83Lester105US #61
#84Victor105US #78
#85Curtis104US #121
#86Clifford100US #59
#87Jimmie100US #176
#88Martin97US #77
#89Harvey96US #90
#90Kenneth94US #27
#91Bill89US #147
#92Leslie89US #107
#93Benjamin88US #76
#94Clifton88US #159
#95Felix87US #185
#96Virgil87US #103
#97Andrew85US #48
#98Lonnie85US #196
#99Morris84US #99
#100Donald83US #20

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑24Jim#63
↑21Anita#64
↑20Wilma#62
↑16Howard#34
↑16Floyd#38
↑14Beatrice#42
↑13Harry#36
↑13Melvin#53

Falling

↓32Andrew#97
↓24Jewel#93
↓20Mable#97
↓17Curtis#85
↓15Carl#42
↓15Johnnie#56
↓15Lawrence#70
↓14Vivian#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.