State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 107,805 Texas births in 1920 across 1,903 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#23Juanoutside the national top 200
#29Jesusoutside the national top 200
#50Billieoutside the national top 200
#40Antonio#190 nationally
#51Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#52Franciscooutside the national top 200
#63Pedrooutside the national top 200
#67Ramonoutside the national top 200
#69Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#4Maria#130 nationally
#76Jeweloutside the national top 200
#77Carmenoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary3,192US #1
#2Dorothy1,573US #2
#3Helen965US #3
#4Maria916US #130
#5Mildred851US #6
#6Frances823US #9
#7Margaret812US #4
#8Ruby761US #26
#9Ruth753US #5
#10Juanita599US #61
#11Annie558US #35
#12Doris553US #14
#13Virginia541US #7
#14Evelyn503US #12
#15Willie499US #74
#16Gladys464US #22
#17Elizabeth431US #8
#18Lois422US #38
#19Edna420US #27
#20Martha418US #23
#21Thelma398US #31
#22Marie394US #13
#23Louise393US #19
#24Hazel367US #34
#25Lillian362US #18
#26Pauline362US #36
#27Lucille348US #29
#28Alice332US #15
#29Opal326US #101
#30Irene315US #17
#31Anna297US #10
#32Jessie294US #84
#33Betty293US #11
#34Lillie293US #90
#35Edith288US #32
#36Emma283US #46
#37Ethel275US #30
#38Bernice274US #40
#39Minnie273US #87
#40Josephine272US #28
#41Eva268US #58
#42Julia253US #55
#43Bessie252US #71
#44Clara251US #44
#45Vera251US #75
#46Katherine246US #45
#47Marjorie242US #24
#48Beatrice241US #41
#49Mattie237US #96
#50Billie235
#51Guadalupe233
#52Rosa231US #116
#53Ella225US #88
#54Myrtle220US #68
#55Alma219US #80
#56Bertha217US #57
#57Sarah214US #50
#58Viola210US #59
#59Velma202US #105
#60Anita194US #131
#61Wilma194US #78
#62Florence192US #16
#63Esther191US #39
#64Geraldine191US #60
#65Ida191US #66
#66Laura189US #63
#67Elsie185US #51
#68Grace183US #37
#69Johnnie182
#70Lola178US #147
#71Georgia177US #113
#72Vivian174US #64
#73Christine170US #118
#74Lena167US #98
#75Lorene167US #167
#76Jewel162
#77Carmen159
#78Geneva158US #106
#79Kathryn158US #67
#80Catherine155US #21
#81Norma154US #69
#82Bonnie150US #154
#83Inez149US #122
#84Margarita147
#85Dora144US #133
#86Lula144US #139
#87Jean143US #33
#88Trinidad143
#89Consuelo142
#90Rosie142US #162
#91Manuela140
#92Nellie139US #76
#93Eula136US #169
#94Gertrude135US #42
#95Maxine135US #81
#96Audrey134US #103
#97Fannie134US #127
#98Jane134US #48
#99Leona134US #89
#100Margie134US #168

Boys

#1James2,527US #4
#2William2,075US #2
#3John1,969US #1
#4Robert1,539US #3
#5Charles1,062US #5
#6George958US #6
#7Joe908US #35
#8Jack737US #20
#9Jose659US #130
#10Thomas645US #11
#11Frank582US #9
#12Henry561US #17
#13Willie514US #29
#14Edward485US #8
#15Raymond466US #15
#16Roy450US #32
#17Joseph438US #7
#18David425US #25
#19Walter421US #13
#20Manuel413US #118
#21Richard393US #10
#22Albert372US #19
#23Juan363
#24Arthur337US #18
#25Louis333US #28
#26Harold329US #12
#27Clarence328US #26
#28Paul320US #14
#29Jesus317
#30Fred312US #33
#31Jesse275US #79
#32Eugene263US #30
#33Carl260US #27
#34Ernest258US #37
#35Howard255US #24
#36Charlie251US #70
#37Harry244US #21
#38Ralph240US #22
#39Earl239US #31
#40Antonio226US #190
#41Marvin222US #62
#42Billy218US #132
#43Cecil218US #77
#44Alfred217US #42
#45Johnnie211US #99
#46Samuel209US #44
#47Herbert208US #41
#48Oscar204US #90
#49Jessie203US #111
#50Ray201US #67
#51Daniel199US #52
#52Francisco196
#53Herman190US #66
#54Vernon187US #65
#55Edwin185US #53
#56Lawrence184US #36
#57Lee184US #82
#58Floyd182US #61
#59Clyde178US #68
#60Elmer178US #45
#61Leon178US #75
#62Leonard178US #38
#63Pedro173
#64Warren173US #39
#65Leroy170US #56
#66Alvin163US #76
#67Ramon163
#68Andrew160US #49
#69Melvin160US #54
#70Lewis153US #72
#71Lloyd152US #58
#72Leo149US #48
#73Sam144US #84
#74Donald143US #16
#75Eddie140US #104
#76Milton138US #74
#77Kenneth137US #23
#78Homer136US #100
#79Victor136US #81
#80Jimmie134US #147
#81Claude133US #92
#82Curtis133US #120
#83Chester131US #55
#84Horace131US #128
#85Ben128US #137
#86Tom128US #131
#87Guadalupe123
#88Luther122US #123
#89Carlos116
#90Clifford116US #59
#91Douglas115US #106
#92Edgar115US #89
#93Weldon114
#94Bill113US #121
#95Jim112US #165
#96Lester112US #69
#97Marion112US #109
#98Martin112US #78
#99Benjamin110US #83
#100Norman109US #47

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑37Betty#33
↑23Billy#42
↑19Anita#60
↑19Geraldine#64
↑17Billie#50
↑16Daniel#51
↑14Christine#73
↑14Jewel#76

Falling

↓19Ida#65
↓19Nellie#92
↓18Gertrude#94
↓16Rosie#90
↓16Horace#84
↓15Melvin#69
↓14Inez#83
↓14Edgar#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.