State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 118,204 Texas births in 1929 across 1,884 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#37Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#38Pedrooutside the national top 200
#40Franciscooutside the national top 200
#25Jesus#181 nationally
#32Antonio#186 nationally
#47Ramon#198 nationally
#50Rauloutside the national top 200
#17Juan#164 nationally
#55Robertooutside the national top 200
#57Johnnie#195 nationally
#55Carmen#187 nationally
#70Margaritaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary3,424US #1
#2Betty2,031US #2
#3Dorothy1,864US #3
#4Maria1,301US #100
#5Billie1,043US #79
#6Doris931US #6
#7Helen812US #4
#8Frances685US #16
#9Joyce649US #23
#10Margaret620US #5
#11Ruby605US #36
#12Wanda602US #61
#13Virginia560US #11
#14Juanita546US #60
#15Mildred497US #18
#16Martha494US #27
#17Ruth480US #8
#18Bobbie454US #146
#19Evelyn452US #19
#20Barbara447US #7
#21Patsy441US #118
#22Annie426US #37
#23Peggy409US #70
#24Gloria394US #28
#25Alice386US #21
#26Willie357US #76
#27Norma355US #25
#28Elizabeth324US #15
#29Emma318US #69
#30Lois304US #17
#31Gladys297US #44
#32Thelma297US #41
#33Patricia292US #10
#34Eva282US #83
#35Margie280US #108
#36Anna279US #20
#37Guadalupe279
#38Jo275US #140
#39Edna270US #51
#40Marjorie266US #30
#41Louise264US #31
#42Jean258US #12
#43Hazel257US #64
#44Clara253US #65
#45Marie245US #22
#46Josephine244US #45
#47Pauline235US #50
#48Shirley235US #9
#49Lillie234US #103
#50Rosa232US #129
#51Julia228US #88
#52Dolores227US #14
#53Jessie223US #110
#54Bonnie222US #86
#55Carmen222US #187
#56Irene222US #29
#57Johnnie217US #195
#58Wilma214US #66
#59Bernice212US #55
#60Dora212US #141
#61Lillian210US #40
#62Bertha209US #93
#63Rose200US #26
#64Ramona196US #120
#65Ethel192US #56
#66Anita190US #125
#67Nancy190US #32
#68Bessie185US #107
#69Vera185US #99
#70Margarita182
#71Alma179US #106
#72Ella177US #102
#73Ida176US #96
#74Beatrice175US #72
#75Minnie174US #124
#76Melba170
#77Joan166US #13
#78Geraldine165US #43
#79Georgia164US #115
#80Maxine164US #85
#81Esther162US #71
#82Aurora160
#83Elsie160US #78
#84Alicia159
#85Velma159US #128
#86Consuelo157
#87Laura156US #90
#88Lupe156
#89Sarah155US #68
#90Rosie154US #154
#91Ann152US #46
#92Jimmie150
#93Lucille150US #57
#94Edith149US #59
#95Bettye148
#96Joy147US #177
#97Bettie143US #190
#98Imogene143US #174
#99Olivia141
#100Francisca140

Boys

#1James2,653US #2
#2John1,812US #3
#3Robert1,760US #1
#4Billy1,740US #23
#5William1,637US #4
#6Charles1,466US #5
#7Joe1,102US #30
#8Jose930US #108
#9George889US #8
#10Jack685US #14
#11Bobby678US #50
#12Thomas624US #11
#13Richard591US #6
#14Frank589US #12
#15Willie526US #29
#16Donald518US #7
#17Juan506US #164
#18Edward477US #10
#19Raymond473US #15
#20Manuel472US #111
#21Kenneth470US #18
#22Henry462US #21
#23Harold442US #16
#24David437US #17
#25Jesus434US #181
#26Roy434US #35
#27Walter382US #19
#28Paul353US #13
#29Clarence329US #37
#30Arthur323US #22
#31Joseph312US #9
#32Antonio304US #186
#33Billie303US #122
#34Eugene303US #20
#35Albert301US #24
#36Fred283US #34
#37Louis278US #32
#38Pedro276
#39Herbert273US #25
#40Francisco262
#41Marvin260US #46
#42Earl258US #36
#43Ernest249US #43
#44Johnnie239US #103
#45Carl238US #28
#46Jesse237US #93
#47Ramon229US #198
#48Ray229US #57
#49Jimmie228US #98
#50Raul227
#51Jerry224US #61
#52Howard223US #31
#53Bill211US #63
#54Alfred209US #41
#55Roberto209
#56Oscar208US #117
#57Melvin207US #49
#58Daniel204US #47
#59Floyd204US #58
#60Lee202US #85
#61Johnny198US #113
#62Don195US #78
#63Jimmy194US #115
#64Cecil189US #101
#65Ralph185US #26
#66Leroy184US #51
#67Charlie180US #87
#68Samuel178US #53
#69Alvin175US #77
#70Gene175US #68
#71Guadalupe175
#72Clyde174US #74
#73Lawrence174US #38
#74Luis172
#75Tommy172US #144
#76Herman169US #75
#77Vernon168US #71
#78Jessie165US #129
#79Carlos162
#80Harry161US #27
#81Curtis160US #99
#82Gerald158US #33
#83Leon157US #81
#84Edwin155US #66
#85Leonard145US #42
#86Martin145US #83
#87Eddie144US #102
#88Sam144US #105
#89Milton141US #94
#90Bennie139US #158
#91Victor135US #100
#92Gilbert133US #91
#93Norman133US #40
#94Andrew132US #59
#95Lloyd130US #62
#96Wayne130US #69
#97Alfredo126
#98Ruben126
#99Claude125US #119
#100Lewis122US #84

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑29Jo#38
↑25Don#62
↑21Nancy#67
↑19Carmen#55
↑19Ramona#64
↑19Melba#76
↑17Josephine#46
↑17Shirley#48

Falling

↓34Edith#94
↓23Carlos#79
↓21Irene#56
↓18Lillian#61
↓15Velma#85
↓14Geraldine#78
↓14Consuelo#86
↓14Lucille#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.