State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 118,528 Texas births in 1924 across 2,010 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#26Jesusoutside the national top 200
#20Juan#190 nationally
#36Pedrooutside the national top 200
#39Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#42Antoniooutside the national top 200
#56Franciscooutside the national top 200
#16Billie#158 nationally
#54Johnnie#196 nationally
#68Ramonoutside the national top 200
#69Rauloutside the national top 200
#76Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#78Carmenoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary3,528US #1
#2Dorothy2,067US #2
#3Maria1,119US #119
#4Helen984US #3
#5Doris937US #9
#6Frances868US #10
#7Margaret861US #5
#8Betty860US #4
#9Ruby800US #26
#10Mildred740US #8
#11Ruth739US #6
#12Juanita726US #48
#13Virginia642US #7
#14Annie584US #32
#15Evelyn530US #12
#16Billie519US #158
#17Willie519US #68
#18Martha487US #21
#19Thelma401US #33
#20Lois398US #22
#21Gladys391US #30
#22Alice389US #15
#23Marjorie383US #17
#24Edna365US #31
#25Elizabeth360US #11
#26Hazel359US #42
#27Marie353US #14
#28Louise346US #24
#29Lillian340US #23
#30Emma332US #57
#31Lillie330US #97
#32Margie322US #102
#33Wanda317US #74
#34Anna314US #13
#35Joyce302US #83
#36Pauline301US #38
#37Gloria297US #41
#38Irene297US #18
#39Guadalupe290
#40Eva283US #66
#41Edith281US #36
#42Bernice277US #47
#43Julia269US #62
#44Rosa266US #129
#45Clara261US #56
#46Josephine257US #34
#47Norma254US #40
#48Lucille249US #37
#49Jessie248US #91
#50Beatrice246US #50
#51Minnie243US #100
#52Ida238US #70
#53Mattie237US #109
#54Johnnie236US #196
#55Ethel231US #39
#56Vera224US #85
#57Esther223US #51
#58Sarah222US #54
#59Alma220US #87
#60Bertha220US #65
#61Bessie220US #86
#62Ella219US #94
#63Wilma212US #67
#64Opal209US #120
#65Katherine208US #59
#66Jean207US #16
#67Dora196US #139
#68Anita194US #142
#69Myrtle194US #89
#70Bonnie193US #117
#71Peggy193US #133
#72Geraldine191US #58
#73Velma191US #123
#74Georgia189US #113
#75Elsie185US #61
#76Florence181US #20
#77Vivian178US #71
#78Carmen175
#79Geneva174US #110
#80Aurora171
#81Maxine169US #77
#82Rosie169US #163
#83Viola162US #82
#84Laura160US #72
#85Jimmie155
#86Melba155
#87Lola152US #161
#88Margarita152
#89Grace150US #43
#90Nellie150US #92
#91Patricia149US #35
#92Bobbie148
#93Lupe148
#94Manuela147
#95Christine145US #115
#96Antonia144
#97Catherine144US #27
#98Lena143US #112
#99Jane142US #53
#100Barbara140US #28

Boys

#1James2,866US #4
#2William1,977US #3
#3John1,968US #2
#4Robert1,757US #1
#5Charles1,186US #5
#6George955US #6
#7Joe898US #35
#8Jack814US #17
#9Billy755US #63
#10Jose683US #128
#11Thomas664US #11
#12Frank649US #12
#13Henry589US #18
#14Willie568US #30
#15Richard504US #8
#16Edward493US #9
#17Raymond489US #15
#18Manuel485US #108
#19Roy475US #31
#20Juan467US #190
#21Walter454US #16
#22Harold442US #13
#23Joseph404US #7
#24David390US #24
#25Albert354US #21
#26Jesus354
#27Louis350US #28
#28Paul348US #14
#29Clarence332US #29
#30Fred322US #32
#31Arthur321US #20
#32Ernest305US #37
#33Kenneth300US #19
#34Earl282US #33
#35Eugene279US #25
#36Pedro275
#37Jesse271US #86
#38Carl270US #27
#39Calvin262US #44
#40Howard250US #26
#41Melvin250US #48
#42Antonio247
#43Marvin244US #50
#44Ralph234US #23
#45Lee228US #83
#46Charlie227US #80
#47Samuel227US #45
#48Daniel226US #47
#49Alfred221US #43
#50Johnnie221US #101
#51Oscar219US #99
#52Leon214US #76
#53Donald212US #10
#54Ray212US #60
#55Edwin207US #55
#56Francisco203
#57Harry202US #22
#58Billie201US #167
#59Jimmie198US #132
#60Cecil197US #85
#61Alvin195US #73
#62Herbert193US #41
#63Floyd191US #66
#64Lawrence190US #36
#65Vernon187US #68
#66Jessie185US #124
#67Herman183US #70
#68Ramon183
#69Raul179
#70Leonard168US #38
#71Bill166US #92
#72Leroy165US #53
#73Clyde159US #69
#74Andrew158US #56
#75Elmer154US #57
#76Guadalupe151
#77Milton151US #81
#78Chester150US #67
#79Luis149
#80Roberto148
#81Sam148US #91
#82Johnny142US #152
#83Lewis142US #77
#84Martin139US #82
#85Victor138US #90
#86Eddie134US #113
#87Harvey133US #88
#88Ben132US #141
#89Lloyd131US #61
#90Jim130US #160
#91Hubert128US #115
#92Marion127US #112
#93Clifford126US #64
#94Edgar125US #96
#95Bobby124US #191
#96Claude123US #103
#97Gilbert123US #100
#98Horace122US #143
#99Curtis120US #117
#100Felix119

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑37Calvin#39
↑27Joyce#35
↑22Chester#78
↑19Jimmie#59
↑17Gloria#37
↑17Alma#59
↑17Peggy#71
↑17Leon#52

Falling

↓24Leroy#72
↓22Curtis#99
↓20Bertha#60
↓18Horace#98
↓17Florence#76
↓17Lloyd#89
↓15Jane#99
↓15Lawrence#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.