State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 118,261 Texas births in 1928 across 1,952 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#31Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#39Pedrooutside the national top 200
#42Franciscooutside the national top 200
#27Jesus#184 nationally
#19Juan#170 nationally
#41Antonio#190 nationally
#53Ramon#200 nationally
#56Carlosoutside the national top 200
#25Bobbie#166 nationally
#62Rauloutside the national top 200
#67Robertooutside the national top 200
#71Guadalupeoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary3,419US #1
#2Betty1,886US #2
#3Dorothy1,845US #3
#4Maria1,341US #105
#5Doris881US #7
#6Helen869US #4
#7Billie846US #96
#8Frances707US #13
#9Margaret670US #5
#10Ruby624US #34
#11Virginia585US #9
#12Juanita571US #58
#13Wanda569US #63
#14Mildred546US #15
#15Martha510US #22
#16Ruth510US #6
#17Annie482US #37
#18Joyce479US #30
#19Evelyn466US #17
#20Willie409US #74
#21Gloria399US #25
#22Alice388US #19
#23Peggy378US #76
#24Barbara363US #8
#25Bobbie360US #166
#26Norma343US #23
#27Lois338US #18
#28Patsy335US #145
#29Emma333US #67
#30Thelma322US #40
#31Guadalupe297
#32Elizabeth290US #14
#33Margie288US #108
#34Marjorie287US #29
#35Irene280US #28
#36Anna276US #16
#37Gladys276US #41
#38Hazel269US #59
#39Edna267US #45
#40Lillie262US #104
#41Jean261US #12
#42Patricia261US #11
#43Lillian257US #35
#44Eva254US #79
#45Pauline253US #48
#46Julia251US #80
#47Rosa251US #125
#48Louise249US #31
#49Marie245US #21
#50Dolores238US #20
#51Clara232US #65
#52Bonnie231US #89
#53Bernice227US #53
#54Wilma226US #69
#55Bertha221US #81
#56Johnnie220US #182
#57Anita213US #137
#58Dora213US #144
#59Ethel210US #55
#60Edith207US #56
#61Jessie206US #109
#62Bessie205US #101
#63Josephine205US #42
#64Geraldine199US #50
#65Shirley199US #10
#66Beatrice190US #70
#67Jo187US #179
#68Ella186US #100
#69Minnie186US #118
#70Velma186US #114
#71Vera186US #92
#72Consuelo185
#73Rose185US #24
#74Carmen184US #199
#75Aurora180
#76Georgia177US #115
#77Maxine177US #84
#78Mattie175US #121
#79Lucille173US #51
#80Alma172US #107
#81Esther169US #66
#82Ida165US #87
#83Ramona164US #117
#84Opal156US #146
#85Sarah156US #64
#86Margarita155
#87Laura151US #83
#88Nancy150US #43
#89Myrtle147US #116
#90Imogene146US #163
#91Katherine146US #75
#92Bettye145
#93Lupe145
#94Florence144US #32
#95Melba143
#96Elsie142US #73
#97Rosie142US #156
#98Jimmie140
#99Alicia139
#100Ann139US #54

Boys

#1James2,622US #3
#2Robert1,890US #1
#3John1,801US #2
#4William1,655US #4
#5Billy1,576US #27
#6Charles1,413US #5
#7Joe1,075US #30
#8Jose924US #108
#9George872US #8
#10Jack754US #15
#11Thomas629US #11
#12Frank588US #12
#13Richard577US #6
#14Willie568US #29
#15Bobby553US #65
#16Edward527US #10
#17Henry517US #21
#18Raymond511US #16
#19Juan488US #170
#20Manuel485US #111
#21David471US #19
#22Kenneth449US #17
#23Roy442US #34
#24Harold440US #14
#25Donald437US #7
#26Walter421US #18
#27Jesus390US #184
#28Paul342US #13
#29Albert339US #23
#30Joseph339US #9
#31Clarence330US #35
#32Eugene318US #20
#33Billie308US #133
#34Herbert303US #25
#35Louis292US #32
#36Arthur291US #22
#37Jesse282US #91
#38Marvin282US #46
#39Pedro275
#40Earl272US #37
#41Antonio259US #190
#42Francisco259
#43Fred259US #36
#44Johnnie256US #103
#45Carl255US #28
#46Ernest248US #43
#47Alfred245US #33
#48Jimmie245US #100
#49Daniel236US #47
#50Melvin230US #48
#51Floyd218US #54
#52Lee215US #87
#53Ramon207US #200
#54Jerry204US #79
#55Bill203US #64
#56Carlos203
#57Ray203US #57
#58Howard199US #31
#59Oscar199US #122
#60Charlie197US #80
#61Gene188US #62
#62Raul188
#63Samuel186US #52
#64Leroy184US #51
#65Johnny183US #117
#66Ralph179US #24
#67Roberto179
#68Alvin178US #72
#69Clyde178US #74
#70Vernon174US #70
#71Guadalupe173
#72Edwin171US #58
#73Leon170US #81
#74Leonard169US #42
#75Herman166US #78
#76Cecil163US #97
#77Eddie160US #105
#78Milton160US #92
#79Sam158US #109
#80Jimmy157US #138
#81Harry156US #26
#82Elmer154US #63
#83Luis154
#84Curtis152US #101
#85Jessie152US #124
#86Tommy152US #151
#87Don148US #84
#88Calvin145US #94
#89Gerald143US #41
#90Lawrence143US #38
#91Homer141US #131
#92Rodolfo140
#93Alfredo137
#94Victor136US #99
#95Wayne133US #69
#96Alton132US #176
#97Martin132US #83
#98Domingo130
#99Norman129US #39
#100Gilbert128US #96

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑33Herbert#34
↑31Anita#57
↑30Carlos#56
↑27Jerry#54
↑18Dolores#50
↑17Gene#61
↑15Vera#71
↑15Bill#55

Falling

↓28Lawrence#90
↓23Cecil#76
↓22Carmen#74
↓22Elsie#96
↓19Jimmie#98
↓18Laura#87
↓18Harry#81
↓17Calvin#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.