State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 111,208 Texas births in 1921 across 1,943 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#26Juanoutside the national top 200
#32Jesusoutside the national top 200
#39Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#42Pedrooutside the national top 200
#35Billie#190 nationally
#50Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#55Franciscooutside the national top 200
#44Antonio#188 nationally
#69Ramonoutside the national top 200
#75Margaritaoutside the national top 200
#4Maria#129 nationally
#10Jose#132 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,414US #1
#2Dorothy1,927US #2
#3Helen978US #3
#4Maria972US #129
#5Frances855US #9
#6Margaret838US #4
#7Mildred837US #7
#8Ruby774US #26
#9Ruth751US #5
#10Virginia671US #6
#11Doris656US #13
#12Juanita645US #57
#13Annie555US #36
#14Evelyn547US #12
#15Willie493US #74
#16Martha478US #21
#17Gladys454US #24
#18Hazel404US #34
#19Thelma404US #30
#20Betty401US #8
#21Marie401US #14
#22Edna384US #27
#23Lois375US #38
#24Alice368US #15
#25Lillian364US #19
#26Louise357US #22
#27Elizabeth356US #10
#28Marjorie356US #16
#29Pauline355US #37
#30Anna323US #11
#31Lucille315US #31
#32Lillie305US #94
#33Irene297US #18
#34Emma296US #52
#35Billie291US #190
#36Bernice288US #39
#37Ethel287US #32
#38Clara284US #45
#39Guadalupe280
#40Jessie268US #91
#41Opal267US #103
#42Edith265US #33
#43Eva263US #63
#44Josephine258US #28
#45Julia253US #58
#46Margie252US #106
#47Beatrice250US #41
#48Bertha239US #59
#49Bessie239US #75
#50Johnnie233
#51Ella231US #89
#52Myrtle228US #73
#53Ida225US #67
#54Alma224US #78
#55Geraldine224US #62
#56Katherine222US #49
#57Minnie215US #96
#58Grace212US #35
#59Rosa210US #131
#60Mattie206US #105
#61Velma206US #108
#62Elsie205US #55
#63Vera205US #76
#64Anita201US #134
#65Florence200US #17
#66Laura198US #71
#67Esther197US #42
#68Vivian195US #68
#69Georgia194US #117
#70Wilma194US #72
#71Wanda184US #101
#72Viola181US #66
#73Dora177US #130
#74Bonnie175US #151
#75Margarita173
#76Norma172US #51
#77Geneva171US #113
#78Sarah171US #54
#79Kathryn164US #64
#80Trinidad164
#81Christine163US #118
#82Lena163US #104
#83Catherine162US #23
#84Lorene160US #172
#85Aurora158
#86Audrey150US #82
#87Nellie150US #80
#88Lola149US #157
#89Jane145US #47
#90Joyce144US #137
#91Pearl144US #65
#92Carmen141
#93Lula141US #143
#94Maxine137US #77
#95Rose137US #20
#96Agnes136US #56
#97Consuelo135
#98Gertrude135US #46
#99Mae135US #110
#100Jewel131

Boys

#1James2,597US #4
#2William2,015US #3
#3John1,943US #1
#4Robert1,640US #2
#5Charles1,061US #5
#6George991US #6
#7Joe868US #36
#8Jack768US #18
#9Thomas662US #11
#10Jose634US #132
#11Frank601US #9
#12Henry530US #17
#13Willie512US #34
#14Raymond498US #16
#15Edward496US #8
#16Roy457US #32
#17Walter443US #15
#18Manuel434US #113
#19Richard414US #10
#20Joseph397US #7
#21Albert383US #20
#22David375US #25
#23Paul367US #14
#24Arthur346US #19
#25Clarence346US #28
#26Juan341
#27Louis339US #29
#28Fred326US #33
#29Billy325US #109
#30Earl308US #31
#31Harold305US #12
#32Jesus301
#33Jesse287US #77
#34Howard285US #27
#35Ernest277US #38
#36Carl267US #30
#37Eugene265US #26
#38Marvin257US #59
#39Charlie229US #76
#40Kenneth226US #22
#41Harry221US #21
#42Pedro220
#43Ralph219US #23
#44Antonio217US #188
#45Herbert217US #42
#46Melvin213US #53
#47Lee211US #86
#48Ray208US #67
#49Alfred207US #43
#50Warren204US #24
#51Clyde203US #69
#52Leon203US #74
#53Alvin201US #73
#54Cecil201US #79
#55Francisco201
#56Leroy198US #55
#57Edwin197US #54
#58Samuel197US #44
#59Johnnie194US #108
#60Andrew192US #51
#61Herman190US #64
#62Oscar190US #92
#63Jessie184US #117
#64Elmer178US #48
#65Lawrence178US #37
#66Leonard178US #39
#67Floyd176US #63
#68Daniel168US #49
#69Ramon167
#70Donald158US #13
#71Milton157US #75
#72Sam151US #85
#73Vernon150US #68
#74Lewis146US #71
#75Lloyd143US #58
#76Victor139US #83
#77Leo138US #50
#78Homer137US #105
#79Chester136US #56
#80Jimmie135US #147
#81Horace134US #129
#82Bill133US #121
#83Curtis131US #122
#84Guadalupe131
#85Martin131US #78
#86Claude129US #96
#87Carlos123
#88Edgar123US #90
#89Luis123
#90Eddie121US #118
#91Douglas119US #111
#92Lester116US #66
#93Billie115
#94Clifford115US #62
#95Jim115US #165
#96Trinidad115
#97Roberto114
#98Marion112US #102
#99Allen111US #94
#100Harvey110US #87

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑54Margie#46
↑37Kenneth#40
↑23Melvin#46
↑21Pedro#42
↑19Marjorie#28
↑19Johnnie#50
↑15Billie#35
↑14Warren#50

Falling

↓24Jewel#100
↓21Sarah#78
↓19Vernon#73
↓18Minnie#57
↓18Vera#63
↓18Lola#88
↓17Daniel#68
↓15Carmen#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.