State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 97,017 Texas births in 1919 across 1,819 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#24Juanoutside the national top 200
#31Jesusoutside the national top 200
#40Antoniooutside the national top 200
#52Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#59Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#63Franciscooutside the national top 200
#67Billieoutside the national top 200
#7Maria#138 nationally
#12Jose#141 nationally
#75Pedrooutside the national top 200
#76Ramonoutside the national top 200
#78Carmenoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,740US #1
#2Dorothy1,220US #3
#3Helen805US #2
#4Margaret794US #4
#5Ruby780US #24
#6Mildred755US #6
#7Maria725US #138
#8Ruth707US #5
#9Frances700US #9
#10Juanita587US #73
#11Annie566US #35
#12Willie554US #61
#13Gladys460US #21
#14Virginia456US #7
#15Evelyn437US #11
#16Doris436US #18
#17Edna417US #22
#18Hazel412US #32
#19Marie388US #12
#20Thelma386US #31
#21Elizabeth376US #8
#22Pauline365US #36
#23Alice359US #13
#24Martha359US #25
#25Lois350US #40
#26Lillian338US #17
#27Louise334US #20
#28Lucille332US #27
#29Edith321US #29
#30Irene316US #16
#31Ethel311US #28
#32Lillie297US #81
#33Jessie287US #75
#34Emma283US #45
#35Eva282US #55
#36Opal282US #98
#37Bernice281US #42
#38Anna280US #10
#39Bessie278US #59
#40Josephine257US #26
#41Clara253US #43
#42Vera250US #65
#43Bertha245US #52
#44Mattie241US #95
#45Minnie239US #80
#46Ida231US #57
#47Julia229US #48
#48Beatrice226US #41
#49Rosa219US #110
#50Ella218US #87
#51Katherine218US #51
#52Guadalupe214
#53Myrtle208US #67
#54Alma202US #76
#55Sarah194US #46
#56Marjorie192US #33
#57Velma192US #104
#58Viola191US #58
#59Johnnie188
#60Georgia185US #106
#61Grace184US #34
#62Laura184US #71
#63Esther183US #38
#64Lola179US #142
#65Florence177US #14
#66Elsie174US #47
#67Billie169
#68Vivian166US #72
#69Inez163US #117
#70Betty160US #15
#71Wilma158US #86
#72Geneva155US #107
#73Nellie155US #69
#74Rosie155US #158
#75Agnes152US #50
#76Gertrude152US #39
#77Lorene151US #168
#78Carmen149
#79Anita146US #146
#80Lena145US #94
#81Dora144US #127
#82Maxine140US #85
#83Geraldine137US #68
#84Lucy137US #91
#85Lula131US #134
#86Pearl131US #56
#87Christine130US #116
#88Kathryn130US #66
#89Rose130US #19
#90Jewel128
#91Catherine124US #23
#92Carrie123US #111
#93Leona122US #90
#94Hattie121US #125
#95Jane121US #53
#96Bonnie119US #163
#97Mamie117US #132
#98Eula116US #159
#99Mae116US #99
#100Marguerite115US #96

Boys

#1James2,270US #3
#2William1,733US #2
#3John1,703US #1
#4Robert1,261US #4
#5Charles885US #5
#6George842US #6
#7Joe722US #35
#8Jack652US #21
#9Thomas609US #10
#10Frank586US #9
#11Henry533US #16
#12Jose526US #141
#13Willie504US #23
#14Edward451US #8
#15Walter432US #11
#16Roy424US #32
#17Raymond421US #14
#18Joseph407US #7
#19Manuel372US #118
#20Albert353US #18
#21David347US #27
#22Clarence329US #25
#23Richard319US #12
#24Juan308
#25Louis292US #28
#26Fred281US #30
#27Harold280US #13
#28Arthur269US #19
#29Charlie268US #66
#30Eugene262US #33
#31Jesus252
#32Jesse249US #77
#33Ernest247US #36
#34Carl239US #29
#35Paul230US #15
#36Earl222US #31
#37Johnnie221US #95
#38Samuel209US #43
#39Marvin207US #63
#40Antonio203
#41Cecil203US #78
#42Howard201US #24
#43Ralph201US #22
#44Oscar197US #88
#45Herman192US #61
#46Lee191US #82
#47Vernon190US #65
#48Edwin189US #52
#49Harry187US #20
#50Lawrence186US #38
#51Leonard186US #39
#52Herbert183US #40
#53Alfred182US #42
#54Melvin182US #56
#55Clyde180US #67
#56Floyd178US #59
#57Alvin176US #76
#58Woodrow173US #91
#59Jessie168US #109
#60Ray167US #69
#61Leroy165US #55
#62Leon163US #80
#63Francisco160
#64Sam157US #75
#65Billy151US #154
#66Elmer147US #44
#67Daniel142US #51
#68Horace136US #127
#69Lloyd135US #58
#70Milton135US #73
#71Kenneth134US #26
#72Lewis133US #74
#73Andrew132US #47
#74Homer131US #104
#75Pedro131
#76Ramon130
#77Ben129US #126
#78Edgar128US #89
#79Tom125US #140
#80Jimmie122US #143
#81Curtis121US #120
#82Eddie119US #99
#83Guadalupe117
#84Luther116US #117
#85Leo114US #49
#86Chester111US #53
#87Lester111US #62
#88Bill110US #130
#89Jim110US #158
#90Victor110US #68
#91Gilbert106US #102
#92Norman106US #48
#93Hubert105US #115
#94Allen103US #101
#95Claude102US #92
#96Marion101US #106
#97Alton98US #199
#98Earnest96US #139
#99Harvey95US #85
#100Benjamin93US #79

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑21Billy#65
↑20Antonio#40
↑20Lewis#72
↑18Maxine#82
↑17Wilma#71
↑17Herman#45
↑16Carmen#78
↑15Samuel#38

Falling

↓38Woodrow#58
↓23Marguerite#100
↓21Hattie#94
↓17Catherine#91
↓16Lena#80
↓15Leon#62
↓15Chester#86
↓14Herbert#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.