State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 114,751 Texas births in 1926 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.

#23Juanoutside the national top 200
#27Jesus#197 nationally
#41Bobbieoutside the national top 200
#44Franciscooutside the national top 200
#45Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#45Pedrooutside the national top 200
#41Antonio#194 nationally
#50Ramonoutside the national top 200
#48Johnnie#191 nationally
#61Patsy#198 nationally
#67Carmenoutside the national top 200
#71Rauloutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary3,442US #1
#2Dorothy1,908US #2
#3Betty1,290US #3
#4Maria1,154US #115
#5Helen957US #4
#6Doris906US #7
#7Billie769US #122
#8Frances757US #10
#9Margaret732US #5
#10Ruby703US #30
#11Mildred631US #9
#12Virginia618US #8
#13Juanita609US #52
#14Ruth559US #6
#15Evelyn506US #13
#16Martha496US #24
#17Annie495US #34
#18Willie437US #73
#19Joyce435US #44
#20Wanda417US #66
#21Alice414US #17
#22Gloria380US #20
#23Gladys378US #35
#24Lois378US #19
#25Edna361US #38
#26Emma329US #59
#27Thelma325US #36
#28Anna314US #15
#29Elizabeth314US #11
#30Louise312US #27
#31Marjorie306US #22
#32Marie305US #18
#33Norma300US #29
#34Hazel296US #48
#35Margie287US #103
#36Lillie283US #99
#37Pauline280US #39
#38Irene279US #21
#39Peggy276US #104
#40Lillian267US #28
#41Bobbie265
#42Julia262US #75
#43Jessie260US #93
#44Jean259US #12
#45Guadalupe257
#46Eva255US #79
#47Clara253US #61
#48Johnnie251US #191
#49Ethel250US #41
#50Barbara244US #16
#51Rosa242US #125
#52Bernice234US #45
#53Geraldine221US #54
#54Dora218US #140
#55Edith217US #42
#56Bonnie214US #105
#57Bessie213US #89
#58Josephine213US #37
#59Anita210US #150
#60Beatrice209US #58
#61Patsy203US #198
#62Bertha202US #76
#63Minnie200US #111
#64Wilma196US #67
#65Mattie193US #109
#66Opal191US #130
#67Carmen187
#68Georgia187US #116
#69Vera187US #84
#70Ella186US #98
#71Alma185US #91
#72Rose185US #25
#73Myrtle177US #101
#74Ida174US #82
#75Katherine172US #72
#76Lucille171US #43
#77Elsie169US #69
#78Laura168US #81
#79Esther167US #62
#80Sarah166US #63
#81Velma165US #124
#82Jo163
#83Florence162US #26
#84Patricia160US #23
#85Margarita155
#86Consuelo153
#87Grace153US #46
#88Jimmie152
#89Dolores150US #49
#90Melba150
#91Lupe149
#92Maxine149US #85
#93Aurora148
#94Lola148US #162
#95Viola146US #97
#96Vivian146US #80
#97Imogene145US #172
#98Bettye144
#99Lena140US #123
#100Jane139US #56

Boys

#1James2,698US #3
#2John1,908US #2
#3Robert1,800US #1
#4William1,791US #4
#5Charles1,244US #5
#6Billy1,186US #40
#7Joe958US #33
#8George872US #6
#9Jose802US #125
#10Jack728US #16
#11Thomas692US #11
#12Frank527US #12
#13Richard503US #7
#14Willie499US #28
#15Raymond498US #15
#16Henry486US #19
#17Manuel483US #120
#18Edward467US #10
#19Roy457US #34
#20Harold449US #14
#21Walter424US #17
#22David404US #22
#23Juan370
#24Clarence368US #29
#25Paul368US #13
#26Kenneth364US #18
#27Jesus361US #197
#28Albert357US #21
#29Joseph315US #8
#30Donald294US #9
#31Bobby292US #116
#32Arthur290US #20
#33Louis288US #30
#34Fred287US #31
#35Eugene286US #23
#36Earl271US #32
#37Jesse269US #87
#38Ernest267US #37
#39Billie259US #145
#40Carl247US #26
#41Antonio241US #194
#42Floyd241US #53
#43Marvin240US #50
#44Francisco234
#45Pedro230
#46Melvin224US #47
#47Alfred222US #45
#48Ralph222US #24
#49Howard221US #27
#50Ramon218
#51Charlie217US #81
#52Jimmie212US #115
#53Bill211US #74
#54Ray210US #57
#55Lee203US #85
#56Daniel202US #46
#57Harry202US #25
#58Cecil196US #86
#59Oscar195US #105
#60Herbert193US #44
#61Johnnie188US #104
#62Vernon187US #66
#63Lawrence181US #36
#64Dan180US #167
#65Clyde178US #67
#66Herman177US #69
#67Leroy175US #51
#68Edwin173US #55
#69Alvin171US #72
#70Samuel169US #48
#71Raul163
#72Leonard161US #38
#73Curtis158US #112
#74Sam157US #92
#75Roberto154
#76Johnny153US #136
#77Leon152US #73
#78Guadalupe149
#79Gerald147US #41
#80Jessie147US #124
#81Milton141US #83
#82Calvin140US #65
#83Lewis140US #82
#84Carlos138
#85Eddie138US #108
#86Luis137
#87Victor136US #94
#88Lloyd135US #60
#89Martin135US #80
#90Wayne135US #68
#91Elmer134US #61
#92Andrew132US #59
#93Marion128US #113
#94Don127US #96
#95Jerry126US #97
#96Pablo122
#97Bennie121US #169
#98Gene121US #91
#99Jim121US #143
#100Tommy121US #192

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑40Bobby#31
↑37Patsy#61
↑31Bobbie#41
↑27Barbara#50
↑22Rose#72
↑18Peggy#39
↑18Ramon#50
↑16Jean#44

Falling

↓35Calvin#82
↓25Esther#79
↓19Vera#69
↓16Lee#55
↓16Andrew#92
↓15Leonard#72
↓14Samuel#70
↓13Mattie#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.