State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 92,001 Texas births in 1918 across 1,715 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#31Juanoutside the national top 200
#37Jesusoutside the national top 200
#14Jose#160 nationally
#58Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#60Antoniooutside the national top 200
#62Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#9Maria#147 nationally
#65Franciscooutside the national top 200
#69Billieoutside the national top 200
#73Pedrooutside the national top 200
#84Jeweloutside the national top 200
#86Billy#198 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,589US #1
#2Dorothy1,070US #3
#3Frances757US #8
#4Ruby745US #27
#5Margaret727US #4
#6Helen702US #2
#7Mildred702US #6
#8Ruth662US #5
#9Maria591US #147
#10Annie533US #36
#11Willie515US #70
#12Juanita466US #85
#13Evelyn457US #11
#14Virginia453US #7
#15Gladys410US #22
#16Hazel410US #33
#17Louise395US #18
#18Thelma382US #32
#19Edna380US #23
#20Lois379US #42
#21Alice376US #13
#22Doris371US #19
#23Pauline367US #35
#24Elizabeth345US #9
#25Martha336US #25
#26Lucille334US #29
#27Lillian330US #15
#28Marie328US #12
#29Opal305US #94
#30Lillie299US #89
#31Jessie298US #75
#32Ethel293US #28
#33Anna283US #10
#34Bessie279US #61
#35Irene279US #16
#36Clara276US #43
#37Edith259US #30
#38Eva256US #55
#39Emma246US #46
#40Myrtle245US #62
#41Vera245US #68
#42Bernice241US #41
#43Minnie240US #88
#44Josephine233US #24
#45Beatrice226US #40
#46Ella218US #84
#47Julia214US #48
#48Ida209US #57
#49Mattie209US #100
#50Velma209US #103
#51Alma208US #73
#52Bertha207US #51
#53Florence207US #14
#54Marjorie200US #34
#55Grace195US #31
#56Rosa194US #117
#57Sarah194US #52
#58Johnnie193
#59Katherine190US #50
#60Vivian182US #72
#61Elsie180US #49
#62Guadalupe178
#63Laura177US #64
#64Lena168US #93
#65Viola168US #59
#66Georgia165US #107
#67Esther161US #38
#68Inez161US #115
#69Billie159
#70Gertrude158US #39
#71Lola157US #146
#72Agnes151US #47
#73Hattie150US #121
#74Catherine148US #20
#75Lorene147US #173
#76Kathryn146US #63
#77Marguerite145US #86
#78Nellie145US #65
#79Dora142US #136
#80Geneva142US #112
#81Christine137US #119
#82Geraldine137US #77
#83Betty135US #21
#84Jewel135
#85Lucy135US #90
#86Anita130US #151
#87Fannie130US #120
#88Wilma130US #82
#89Eula129US #168
#90Leona128US #79
#91Pearl127US #56
#92Mable126US #144
#93Maggie123US #158
#94Carmen120
#95Bonnie117US #178
#96Frankie117
#97Cora116US #124
#98Mae112US #95
#99Margie112US #188
#100Maxine111US #87

Boys

#1James2,222US #3
#2John1,781US #1
#3William1,751US #2
#4Robert1,293US #4
#5George847US #6
#6Charles846US #5
#7Joe745US #34
#8Thomas611US #10
#9Jack580US #21
#10Henry543US #16
#11Frank524US #9
#12Willie504US #29
#13Edward422US #8
#14Jose418US #160
#15Raymond411US #15
#16Walter406US #11
#17Roy397US #32
#18Joseph393US #7
#19Albert360US #19
#20Woodrow340US #58
#21Manuel307US #126
#22Arthur300US #17
#23David296US #28
#24Richard287US #12
#25Fred268US #33
#26Clarence261US #23
#27Louis261US #24
#28Charlie258US #70
#29Paul257US #14
#30Ernest251US #37
#31Juan249
#32Harold237US #13
#33Earl231US #31
#34Carl229US #25
#35Jesse226US #78
#36Cecil215US #82
#37Jesus209
#38Herbert199US #40
#39Marvin199US #68
#40Johnnie197US #110
#41Harry192US #20
#42Alfred188US #42
#43Lee188US #86
#44Eugene186US #35
#45Ralph185US #22
#46Howard181US #26
#47Leon181US #77
#48Floyd178US #61
#49Clyde175US #67
#50Jessie171US #120
#51Vernon170US #66
#52Alvin167US #80
#53Samuel165US #43
#54Oscar162US #87
#55Sam162US #75
#56Edwin155US #55
#57Ray155US #69
#58Lawrence150US #38
#59Melvin149US #56
#60Antonio146
#61Leonard145US #41
#62Herman144US #65
#63Lloyd141US #51
#64Daniel140US #52
#65Francisco140
#66Elmer139US #44
#67Andrew132US #46
#68Leroy132US #57
#69Curtis130US #123
#70Wilson130US #122
#71Chester129US #54
#72Milton129US #76
#73Pedro129
#74Homer127US #100
#75Edgar123US #89
#76Horace123US #132
#77Jim123US #165
#78Ben120US #128
#79Clifford120US #60
#80Kenneth118US #27
#81Luther118US #119
#82Eddie115US #117
#83Tom115US #139
#84Victor115US #63
#85Leo114US #48
#86Billy111US #198
#87Claude107US #95
#88Jimmie107US #159
#89Martin107US #81
#90Hubert104US #114
#91Travis104
#92Lewis103US #74
#93Harvey102US #88
#94Leslie101US #102
#95Lester100US #62
#96Benjamin94US #79
#97Bill92US #143
#98Donald89US #18
#99Carlos87
#100Earnest86US #142

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑30Andrew#67
↑23Marjorie#54
↑16Johnnie#40
↑16Curtis#69
↑15Lucy#85
↑15Leon#47
↑13Guadalupe#62
↑13Hattie#73

Falling

↓27Bonnie#95
↓27Lewis#92
↓26Wilma#88
↓22Anita#86
↓21Herman#62
↓19Leona#90
↓18Pearl#91
↓14Jim#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.