State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 110,204 Texas births in 1923 across 1,932 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
#26Jesusoutside the national top 200
#44Pedrooutside the national top 200
#21Billie#177 nationally
#36Antonio#189 nationally
#48Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#55Franciscooutside the national top 200
#61Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#68Luisoutside the national top 200
#69Carmenoutside the national top 200
#70Ramonoutside the national top 200
#3Maria#133 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,246US #1
#2Dorothy1,951US #2
#3Maria965US #133
#4Helen926US #3
#5Margaret773US #4
#6Frances765US #10
#7Doris746US #11
#8Ruby743US #25
#9Mildred728US #8
#10Ruth725US #6
#11Betty646US #5
#12Juanita626US #51
#13Virginia589US #7
#14Evelyn547US #12
#15Willie502US #67
#16Annie499US #34
#17Martha461US #21
#18Alice405US #15
#19Gladys392US #29
#20Edna381US #32
#21Billie366US #177
#22Elizabeth362US #9
#23Louise362US #22
#24Thelma357US #31
#25Lois347US #27
#26Marjorie346US #16
#27Marie345US #14
#28Hazel341US #40
#29Lillian322US #20
#30Pauline320US #37
#31Emma312US #53
#32Margie305US #101
#33Wanda296US #80
#34Irene294US #17
#35Bernice290US #43
#36Anna286US #13
#37Eva276US #66
#38Lillie271US #91
#39Josephine262US #30
#40Bertha260US #64
#41Beatrice256US #46
#42Clara255US #49
#43Edith255US #36
#44Lucille254US #35
#45Norma248US #41
#46Ethel247US #38
#47Jessie246US #94
#48Guadalupe245
#49Rosa238US #130
#50Julia237US #62
#51Ella236US #93
#52Ida234US #68
#53Vera223US #82
#54Gloria221US #48
#55Minnie221US #99
#56Myrtle221US #84
#57Mattie217US #106
#58Opal216US #113
#59Florence214US #18
#60Anita209US #138
#61Johnnie206
#62Joyce205US #104
#63Wilma203US #74
#64Bessie201US #81
#65Geraldine200US #58
#66Esther198US #47
#67Elsie197US #61
#68Velma197US #116
#69Carmen188
#70Katherine183US #60
#71Sarah182US #54
#72Dora178US #136
#73Laura178US #73
#74Vivian178US #69
#75Bonnie175US #126
#76Alma173US #89
#77Aurora171
#78Geneva171US #111
#79Jean169US #19
#80Georgia167US #112
#81Viola163US #79
#82Christine162US #120
#83Margarita157
#84Jane154US #55
#85Grace152US #39
#86Nellie150US #88
#87Mae147US #109
#88Peggy147US #155
#89Melba146
#90Lula145US #151
#91Consuelo144
#92Imogene144US #200
#93Lola144US #157
#94Maxine141US #76
#95Catherine136US #24
#96Leona135US #100
#97Barbara134US #33
#98Kathryn133US #72
#99Lorene133US #178
#100Rose132US #23

Boys

#1James2,735US #4
#2William1,994US #3
#3John1,918US #1
#4Robert1,618US #2
#5Charles1,090US #5
#6George955US #6
#7Joe850US #35
#8Jack770US #17
#9Jose656US #127
#10Thomas642US #12
#11Frank575US #11
#12Willie531US #30
#13Henry512US #18
#14Raymond509US #15
#15Edward495US #8
#16Billy491US #78
#17Richard456US #9
#18Roy443US #32
#19Walter437US #16
#20Manuel422US #114
#21David413US #24
#22Joseph383US #7
#23Juan376
#24Harold373US #13
#25Albert367US #20
#26Jesus343
#27Paul341US #14
#28Clarence339US #29
#29Louis320US #27
#30Jesse291US #83
#31Arthur288US #19
#32Fred288US #33
#33Earl258US #31
#34Eugene255US #25
#35Ernest252US #38
#36Antonio243US #189
#37Carl243US #28
#38Ralph240US #23
#39Howard234US #26
#40Kenneth232US #21
#41Marvin227US #51
#42Lee223US #85
#43Samuel221US #45
#44Pedro215
#45Melvin211US #48
#46Edwin210US #56
#47Charlie206US #79
#48Leroy206US #55
#49Lawrence203US #36
#50Johnnie201US #107
#51Ray199US #61
#52Cecil194US #87
#53Oscar193US #96
#54Alvin192US #73
#55Francisco192
#56Alfred186US #42
#57Daniel186US #47
#58Floyd185US #64
#59Vernon183US #67
#60Clyde181US #68
#61Harry178US #22
#62Leonard172US #37
#63Herman170US #66
#64Billie169US #184
#65Herbert166US #40
#66Jessie164US #119
#67Donald163US #10
#68Luis160
#69Leon157US #77
#70Ramon155
#71Sam153US #89
#72Lloyd152US #59
#73Milton151US #81
#74Guadalupe150
#75Roberto148
#76Calvin146US #82
#77Curtis144US #116
#78Jimmie143US #141
#79Tom137US #144
#80Horace135US #134
#81Victor135US #88
#82Andrew133US #53
#83Edgar133US #94
#84Norman130US #44
#85Elmer129US #57
#86Raul128
#87Leo127US #49
#88Bill126US #98
#89Martin126US #80
#90Douglas123US #108
#91Jim123US #167
#92Alton121US #200
#93Ben121US #148
#94Carlos121
#95Warren121US #43
#96Claude119US #103
#97Johnny119US #159
#98Homer117US #113
#99Allen113US #97
#100Chester113US #63

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑22Wanda#33
↑22Norma#45
↑20Rosa#49
↑18Gloria#54
↑18Alvin#54
↑17Carmen#69
↑16Ida#52
↑16Wilma#63

Falling

↓21Carlos#94
↓20Bill#88
↓19Harry#61
↓18Katherine#70
↓18Homer#98
↓17Daniel#57
↓16Alma#76
↓15Jessie#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.