State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 111,303 Texas births in 1922 across 1,938 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
#28Jesusoutside the national top 200
#41Antonio#200 nationally
#42Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#33Billie#190 nationally
#46Pedrooutside the national top 200
#58Franciscooutside the national top 200
#63Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#67Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#3Maria#132 nationally
#73Trinidadoutside the national top 200
#73Carlosoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary3,371US #1
#2Dorothy1,882US #2
#3Maria1,007US #132
#4Helen963US #3
#5Frances822US #10
#6Mildred804US #8
#7Margaret793US #4
#8Ruby741US #26
#9Doris727US #11
#10Ruth691US #5
#11Juanita672US #57
#12Virginia655US #7
#13Annie595US #30
#14Evelyn520US #13
#15Willie517US #70
#16Martha501US #21
#17Betty450US #6
#18Hazel434US #37
#19Gladys395US #25
#20Alice387US #15
#21Edna380US #29
#22Louise378US #22
#23Lois374US #35
#24Lillian370US #19
#25Marjorie367US #16
#26Thelma364US #31
#27Marie349US #14
#28Margie346US #100
#29Elizabeth345US #9
#30Lillie323US #85
#31Emma315US #50
#32Anna309US #12
#33Billie308US #190
#34Pauline305US #36
#35Lucille300US #33
#36Eva295US #64
#37Jessie292US #87
#38Edith287US #34
#39Josephine283US #27
#40Bernice274US #41
#41Irene274US #17
#42Guadalupe273
#43Julia273US #60
#44Ethel267US #32
#45Opal259US #108
#46Clara258US #47
#47Beatrice248US #43
#48Minnie245US #91
#49Ella242US #90
#50Myrtle240US #75
#51Bertha239US #63
#52Katherine232US #54
#53Esther225US #44
#54Geraldine214US #58
#55Wanda214US #92
#56Vera213US #79
#57Elsie212US #59
#58Dora210US #138
#59Mattie210US #103
#60Alma208US #84
#61Bessie207US #81
#62Sarah207US #51
#63Johnnie203
#64Laura200US #68
#65Anita199US #141
#66Florence197US #18
#67Norma197US #46
#68Ida196US #65
#69Rosa193US #123
#70Georgia190US #114
#71Jean189US #20
#72Gloria185US #61
#73Trinidad185
#74Viola183US #72
#75Bonnie180US #137
#76Joyce176US #126
#77Velma176US #113
#78Vivian176US #74
#79Wilma176US #77
#80Geneva173US #110
#81Grace172US #38
#82Maxine162US #82
#83Jane161US #55
#84Christine159US #116
#85Rosie159US #165
#86Carmen153
#87Kathryn151US #73
#88Lorene151US #178
#89Nellie150US #83
#90Catherine148US #24
#91Barbara147US #40
#92Jewel147
#93Petra144
#94Lola143US #161
#95Margarita142
#96Imogene140
#97Lupe139
#98Lucy137US #93
#99Gertrude136US #48
#100Consuelo135

Boys

#1James2,548US #4
#2William1,962US #3
#3John1,935US #1
#4Robert1,576US #2
#5Charles1,098US #5
#6George955US #6
#7Joe831US #35
#8Jack708US #18
#9Jose658US #131
#10Thomas650US #11
#11Frank589US #10
#12Henry567US #17
#13Willie561US #28
#14Edward491US #8
#15Raymond456US #16
#16Manuel447US #119
#17Roy447US #32
#18Walter447US #15
#19Richard437US #9
#20Billy420US #90
#21Harold380US #13
#22Joseph379US #7
#23Albert378US #20
#24Juan376
#25David367US #24
#26Arthur365US #19
#27Clarence352US #29
#28Jesus333
#29Louis327US #27
#30Paul322US #14
#31Fred306US #33
#32Eugene289US #25
#33Jesse285US #81
#34Earl262US #31
#35Carl253US #30
#36Ernest246US #37
#37Marvin235US #56
#38Charlie234US #72
#39Ralph234US #23
#40Daniel229US #47
#41Antonio227US #200
#42Harry221US #22
#43Howard221US #26
#44Kenneth220US #21
#45Lee214US #83
#46Pedro213
#47Alfred210US #42
#48Melvin210US #50
#49Ray208US #65
#50Samuel207US #43
#51Jessie206US #111
#52Edwin205US #52
#53Oscar201US #92
#54Johnnie199US #105
#55Leonard198US #38
#56Leon193US #77
#57Leroy192US #55
#58Francisco191
#59Cecil190US #85
#60Floyd180US #61
#61Vernon180US #68
#62Curtis174US #113
#63Herbert173US #40
#64Herman173US #66
#65Lawrence173US #36
#66Sam172US #84
#67Guadalupe168
#68Bill166US #104
#69Milton161US #74
#70Donald158US #12
#71Elmer156US #54
#72Alvin155US #73
#73Carlos155
#74Clyde155US #67
#75Andrew151US #53
#76Horace151US #132
#77Victor151US #86
#78Ramon144
#79Billie142
#80Homer137US #108
#81Jimmie135US #140
#82Jim134US #169
#83Luis134
#84Edgar131US #93
#85Lewis129US #75
#86Eddie125US #112
#87Douglas123US #106
#88Lloyd123US #59
#89Martin121US #80
#90Raul121
#91Norman120US #44
#92Chester119US #64
#93Luther119US #118
#94Ben118US #139
#95Clifford118US #63
#96Hubert118US #116
#97Lester118US #69
#98Gilbert116US #100
#99Leo114US #51
#100Trinidad114

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑28Daniel#40
↑21Curtis#62
↑18Margie#28
↑17Guadalupe#67
↑16Wanda#55
↑16Sarah#62
↑15Dora#58
↑14Esther#53

Falling

↓23Grace#81
↓23Clyde#74
↓22Leo#99
↓20Margarita#95
↓19Alvin#72
↓18Herbert#63
↓16Velma#77
↓15Ida#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.