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Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 117,011 Texas births in 1925 across 1,941 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#20Juan#194 nationally
#25Jesus#192 nationally
#38Pedrooutside the national top 200
#41Antoniooutside the national top 200
#42Franciscooutside the national top 200
#45Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#42Johnnie#189 nationally
#68Ramonoutside the national top 200
#72Bobbieoutside the national top 200
#13Billie#141 nationally
#75Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#79Carmenoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary3,535US #1
#2Dorothy2,134US #2
#3Maria1,183US #115
#4Betty1,096US #3
#5Helen960US #4
#6Doris897US #8
#7Frances795US #11
#8Margaret771US #5
#9Ruby749US #30
#10Juanita684US #49
#11Ruth678US #6
#12Mildred660US #9
#13Billie607US #141
#14Virginia569US #7
#15Annie541US #32
#16Evelyn522US #12
#17Willie455US #68
#18Martha448US #23
#19Alice432US #15
#20Gladys407US #33
#21Gloria384US #20
#22Lois376US #18
#23Edna369US #37
#24Wanda361US #72
#25Louise351US #27
#26Hazel329US #45
#27Thelma324US #35
#28Emma320US #57
#29Marie317US #16
#30Margie315US #99
#31Joyce311US #59
#32Elizabeth307US #10
#33Anna302US #13
#34Eva301US #71
#35Pauline299US #38
#36Lillian296US #25
#37Lillie289US #91
#38Norma289US #34
#39Marjorie286US #21
#40Irene273US #19
#41Clara272US #55
#42Johnnie268US #189
#43Edith262US #42
#44Jessie262US #97
#45Guadalupe261
#46Bernice258US #46
#47Ethel249US #43
#48Julia249US #65
#49Rosa242US #125
#50Vera239US #86
#51Bertha234US #74
#52Mattie230US #100
#53Minnie228US #104
#54Esther222US #56
#55Josephine222US #36
#56Opal220US #129
#57Peggy220US #117
#58Geraldine216US #54
#59Wilma216US #62
#60Jean212US #14
#61Alma211US #94
#62Dora209US #136
#63Ida209US #82
#64Bessie207US #87
#65Lucille207US #41
#66Bonnie206US #107
#67Ella202US #93
#68Anita201US #146
#69Katherine198US #61
#70Velma197US #128
#71Beatrice196US #50
#72Bobbie191
#73Georgia191US #112
#74Florence187US #24
#75Sarah184US #58
#76Myrtle183US #95
#77Barbara182US #22
#78Geneva182US #109
#79Carmen172
#80Maxine172US #79
#81Rosie170US #156
#82Aurora167
#83Elsie165US #63
#84Laura163US #75
#85Nellie159US #98
#86Consuelo158
#87Jimmie158
#88Grace155US #44
#89Lupe155
#90Vivian154US #76
#91Melba153
#92Dolores152US #64
#93Catherine151US #29
#94Rose151US #26
#95Lola148US #164
#96Margarita146
#97Kathryn145US #88
#98Patsy144
#99June143US #39
#100Patricia142US #28

Boys

#1James2,836US #4
#2William1,986US #3
#3John1,906US #2
#4Robert1,726US #1
#5Charles1,222US #5
#6Joe976US #34
#7George917US #6
#8Billy895US #49
#9Jack845US #17
#10Jose775US #125
#11Thomas680US #11
#12Frank603US #12
#13Willie595US #27
#14Henry518US #18
#15Raymond504US #15
#16Edward489US #9
#17Richard489US #8
#18Harold464US #14
#19Roy432US #32
#20Juan430US #194
#21Manuel420US #114
#22Walter417US #16
#23David409US #22
#24Joseph400US #7
#25Jesus388US #192
#26Paul364US #13
#27Albert354US #21
#28Clarence335US #30
#29Kenneth319US #19
#30Louis317US #29
#31Eugene315US #24
#32Fred308US #33
#33Ernest291US #37
#34Jesse291US #85
#35Earl288US #31
#36Carl281US #28
#37Arthur275US #20
#38Pedro271
#39Lee262US #82
#40Marvin262US #51
#41Antonio247
#42Francisco243
#43Donald242US #10
#44Floyd238US #58
#45Howard237US #26
#46Ray236US #64
#47Calvin232US #47
#48Cecil225US #87
#49Daniel224US #44
#50Johnnie221US #100
#51Billie216US #156
#52Alfred205US #43
#53Jimmie205US #121
#54Melvin205US #50
#55Harry197US #23
#56Samuel194US #46
#57Leonard191US #38
#58Leroy191US #52
#59Herman190US #69
#60Oscar189US #99
#61Ralph189US #25
#62Charlie188US #78
#63Vernon183US #67
#64Alvin178US #70
#65Bill176US #84
#66Herbert176US #42
#67Lawrence174US #36
#68Ramon174
#69Jessie173US #123
#70Edwin171US #57
#71Bobby166US #150
#72Leon166US #76
#73Clyde162US #68
#74Milton158US #80
#75Guadalupe156
#76Andrew155US #56
#77Sam149US #91
#78Victor148US #89
#79Johnny147US #142
#80Raul146
#81Curtis144US #118
#82Roberto144
#83Lewis137US #79
#84Luis130
#85Edgar129US #96
#86Homer128US #116
#87Carlos127
#88Eddie127US #101
#89Jim127US #147
#90Wayne123US #74
#91Claude122US #102
#92Clifford122US #59
#93Elmer122US #61
#94Ben121US #153
#95Horace121US #145
#96Bennie120US #169
#97Earnest120US #148
#98Lloyd120US #62
#99Norman117US #41
#100Tom116US #138

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑24Bobby#71
↑23Barbara#77
↑20Bobbie#72
↑19Floyd#44
↑18Curtis#81
↑16Gloria#21
↑14Peggy#57
↑14Geraldine#58

Falling

↓21Beatrice#71
↓20Leon#72
↓18Elmer#93
↓17Lucille#65
↓17Sarah#75
↓17Ralph#61
↓16Marjorie#39
↓16Charlie#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.