State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 117,501 Texas births in 1927 across 1,934 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#192 nationally
#24Bobbie#194 nationally
#26Jesus#195 nationally
#35Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#36Antoniooutside the national top 200
#37Franciscooutside the national top 200
#49Pedrooutside the national top 200
#52Carmen#199 nationally
#58Rauloutside the national top 200
#60Ramonoutside the national top 200
#66Jooutside the national top 200
#57Johnnie#191 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,608US #1
#2Dorothy1,885US #2
#3Betty1,648US #3
#4Maria1,323US #107
#5Helen922US #4
#6Doris879US #7
#7Billie813US #109
#8Frances771US #12
#9Margaret701US #5
#10Juanita615US #55
#11Ruby612US #30
#12Virginia610US #8
#13Mildred609US #11
#14Wanda535US #66
#15Ruth496US #6
#16Martha485US #24
#17Willie466US #71
#18Evelyn461US #15
#19Annie455US #36
#20Joyce423US #35
#21Alice420US #17
#22Gloria389US #22
#23Lois346US #19
#24Bobbie330US #194
#25Gladys330US #37
#26Barbara320US #10
#27Edna315US #40
#28Marjorie315US #25
#29Norma313US #26
#30Margie311US #104
#31Emma308US #64
#32Thelma297US #38
#33Irene296US #21
#34Peggy294US #96
#35Guadalupe284
#36Elizabeth280US #13
#37Marie273US #20
#38Hazel271US #53
#39Louise270US #27
#40Patsy270US #168
#41Lillian263US #32
#42Lillie263US #94
#43Eva261US #79
#44Pauline251US #42
#45Jean247US #14
#46Jessie247US #95
#47Anna245US #16
#48Julia243US #76
#49Rosa238US #124
#50Bonnie236US #100
#51Dora235US #140
#52Carmen234US #199
#53Clara226US #63
#54Wilma226US #68
#55Patricia225US #18
#56Josephine218US #39
#57Johnnie217US #191
#58Bernice214US #49
#59Ella207US #98
#60Bessie206US #88
#61Bertha203US #80
#62Minnie202US #114
#63Geraldine198US #58
#64Edith196US #48
#65Ethel194US #47
#66Jo191
#67Rose190US #23
#68Dolores189US #34
#69Laura187US #82
#70Mattie185US #113
#71Esther181US #65
#72Shirley181US #9
#73Ida180US #84
#74Elsie179US #72
#75Lucille177US #45
#76Beatrice176US #67
#77Velma176US #118
#78Alma172US #97
#79Jimmie171
#80Opal171US #141
#81Sarah166US #61
#82Antonia165
#83Geneva164US #119
#84Georgia163US #120
#85Aurora161
#86Vera161US #89
#87Lupe160
#88Anita159US #148
#89Myrtle159US #110
#90Margarita157
#91Imogene155US #157
#92Katherine153US #73
#93Rosie151US #152
#94Florence150US #28
#95Bettye146
#96Alicia142
#97Grace142US #50
#98Nancy142US #56
#99Melba140
#100Olivia140

Boys

#1James2,675US #3
#2John1,848US #2
#3William1,753US #4
#4Robert1,726US #1
#5Billy1,462US #31
#6Charles1,462US #5
#7Joe945US #30
#8George927US #7
#9Jose843US #112
#10Jack753US #16
#11Thomas669US #11
#12Frank591US #12
#13Henry541US #19
#14Willie533US #27
#15Richard517US #6
#16Manuel489US #116
#17Raymond479US #15
#18Edward477US #10
#19Harold465US #14
#20Juan443US #192
#21Bobby436US #91
#22Roy436US #34
#23David435US #21
#24Walter407US #17
#25Paul388US #13
#26Jesus383US #195
#27Donald370US #8
#28Kenneth359US #18
#29Albert347US #23
#30Clarence334US #32
#31Louis321US #29
#32Joseph318US #9
#33Eugene298US #20
#34Carl296US #26
#35Fred287US #35
#36Antonio286
#37Francisco285
#38Arthur282US #22
#39Billie282US #135
#40Ernest267US #41
#41Earl262US #33
#42Jesse250US #89
#43Daniel246US #46
#44Jimmie246US #108
#45Floyd245US #53
#46Melvin244US #48
#47Marvin242US #47
#48Charlie240US #80
#49Pedro228
#50Lee221US #86
#51Johnnie216US #105
#52Ray214US #60
#53Cecil213US #92
#54Ralph210US #24
#55Howard206US #28
#56Alvin202US #66
#57Oscar199US #113
#58Raul196
#59Alfred195US #45
#60Ramon195
#61Edwin194US #57
#62Lawrence194US #37
#63Harry192US #25
#64Samuel191US #49
#65Vernon191US #71
#66Herman189US #70
#67Herbert186US #42
#68Roberto186
#69Jessie182US #124
#70Bill176US #69
#71Calvin175US #73
#72Luis175
#73Guadalupe172
#74Johnny171US #132
#75Leon171US #78
#76Eddie168US #103
#77Leroy166US #51
#78Gene165US #72
#79Don163US #90
#80Clyde162US #68
#81Jerry161US #93
#82Leonard161US #40
#83Dan155US #161
#84Lloyd155US #58
#85Milton153US #88
#86Carlos152
#87Gerald151US #38
#88Victor148US #98
#89Curtis147US #118
#90Jimmy144US #158
#91Norman141US #39
#92Elmer136US #61
#93Lewis130US #82
#94Sam128US #102
#95Jim127US #136
#96Rodolfo127
#97Wayne127US #67
#98Alfredo125
#99Andrew125US #56
#100Martin124US #87

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑29Patricia#55
↑24Barbara#26
↑21Patsy#40
↑21Dolores#68
↑20Gene#78
↑17Bobbie#24
↑16Jo#66
↑15Carmen#52

Falling

↓29Anita#88
↓20Sam#94
↓19Anna#47
↓19Dan#83
↓17Vera#86
↓17Katherine#92
↓17Bill#70
↓16Ethel#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.