State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 118,499 Texas births in 1930 across 1,860 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
#34Pedrooutside the national top 200
#25Jesus#186 nationally
#31Antonio#189 nationally
#47Franciscooutside the national top 200
#53Robertooutside the national top 200
#54Rauloutside the national top 200
#18Juan#164 nationally
#66Carlosoutside the national top 200
#48Ramon#182 nationally
#70Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#71Luisoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary3,395US #1
#2Betty2,259US #2
#3Dorothy1,702US #3
#4Maria1,359US #99
#5Billie938US #79
#6Doris863US #9
#7Helen737US #4
#8Margaret637US #5
#9Wanda637US #56
#10Frances634US #16
#11Joyce633US #18
#12Virginia564US #12
#13Juanita546US #57
#14Ruby535US #36
#15Barbara526US #6
#16Martha518US #27
#17Patsy517US #97
#18Mildred485US #21
#19Ruth463US #10
#20Bobbie460US #135
#21Peggy442US #67
#22Gloria421US #30
#23Annie420US #40
#24Evelyn403US #19
#25Alice366US #20
#26Norma351US #25
#27Patricia341US #7
#28Dolores330US #13
#29Willie330US #87
#30Emma307US #73
#31Guadalupe305
#32Jo305US #131
#33Lois301US #17
#34Elizabeth295US #15
#35Eva288US #86
#36Jean284US #14
#37Gladys281US #48
#38Margie277US #112
#39Thelma273US #45
#40Anna253US #23
#41Hazel247US #71
#42Clara246US #64
#43Edna245US #51
#44Irene243US #33
#45Joan239US #8
#46Anita237US #115
#47Nancy235US #24
#48Louise230US #31
#49Bonnie229US #78
#50Julia227US #90
#51Rosa226US #129
#52Marie225US #26
#53Marjorie224US #32
#54Bernice218US #58
#55Rose218US #29
#56Shirley218US #11
#57Lillie212US #111
#58Lillian211US #44
#59Josephine209US #49
#60Carmen201US #184
#61Dora193US #142
#62Geraldine191US #43
#63Pauline190US #52
#64Wilma185US #68
#65Jessie183US #114
#66Alma180US #109
#67Ida179US #94
#68Bertha177US #95
#69Bessie177US #108
#70Ella176US #107
#71Beatrice174US #76
#72Minnie174US #122
#73Ethel173US #65
#74Sarah173US #70
#75Esther172US #77
#76Aurora171
#77Margarita171
#78Johnnie169
#79Ramona164US #149
#80Alicia161
#81Georgia161US #117
#82Edith160US #61
#83Laura160US #89
#84Consuelo157
#85Ann156US #41
#86Melba155
#87Velma155US #127
#88Jimmie152
#89Lupe149
#90Lucille148US #59
#91Vera145US #104
#92Joy144US #163
#93Bettye143
#94Katherine143US #85
#95Geneva140US #133
#96Myrtle140US #123
#97Opal139US #156
#98Rita137US #42
#99Maxine136US #93
#100Jane135US #55

Boys

#1James2,730US #2
#2Billy1,845US #20
#3Robert1,812US #1
#4John1,741US #3
#5Charles1,593US #6
#6William1,555US #4
#7Joe1,117US #27
#8Jose882US #113
#9George874US #8
#10Bobby853US #41
#11Jack730US #14
#12Thomas663US #11
#13Richard660US #5
#14Donald593US #7
#15David575US #15
#16Frank550US #13
#17Kenneth540US #17
#18Juan532US #164
#19Henry528US #22
#20Willie525US #29
#21Edward491US #10
#22Roy476US #33
#23Manuel472US #121
#24Harold466US #18
#25Jesus436US #186
#26Raymond400US #16
#27Walter379US #19
#28Paul355US #12
#29Albert343US #24
#30Joseph331US #9
#31Antonio309US #189
#32Jimmie307US #86
#33Louis307US #34
#34Pedro302
#35Eugene298US #21
#36Clarence294US #39
#37Arthur293US #23
#38Jimmy283US #102
#39Jesse278US #94
#40Jerry277US #51
#41Billie275US #123
#42Fred275US #32
#43Carl273US #26
#44Marvin270US #48
#45Ernest267US #43
#46Johnny265US #101
#47Francisco260
#48Ramon258US #182
#49Melvin234US #50
#50Don231US #68
#51Johnnie229US #104
#52Daniel227US #47
#53Roberto218
#54Raul215
#55Tommy214US #127
#56Howard210US #31
#57Alfred209US #46
#58Earl209US #38
#59Oscar208US #124
#60Herbert206US #35
#61Bill202US #59
#62Floyd202US #61
#63Leroy202US #53
#64Ralph200US #25
#65Ray199US #57
#66Carlos187
#67Jessie185US #133
#68Lee185US #82
#69Lawrence183US #36
#70Guadalupe181
#71Luis181
#72Victor173US #100
#73Charlie171US #91
#74Harry170US #28
#75Gene169US #70
#76Edwin166US #66
#77Vernon166US #72
#78Cecil165US #99
#79Samuel165US #55
#80Gerald164US #30
#81Alvin160US #79
#82Eddie159US #97
#83Clyde156US #76
#84Herman154US #78
#85Leon152US #81
#86Leonard151US #45
#87Ruben149
#88Wayne146US #65
#89Curtis145US #106
#90Milton145US #93
#91Andrew135US #62
#92Norman135US #40
#93Alfredo130
#94Bennie124US #162
#95Pablo124
#96Lloyd123US #69
#97Martin123US #83
#98Gilbert122US #90
#99Harvey121US #92
#100Homer121US #146

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑32Joan#45
↑25Jimmy#38
↑24Dolores#28
↑20Anita#46
↑20Nancy#47
↑20Tommy#55
↑19Victor#72
↑17Jimmie#32

Falling

↓22Vera#91
↓21Johnnie#78
↓21Herbert#60
↓19Maxine#99
↓17Ray#65
↓16Pauline#63
↓16Earl#58
↓15Ramona#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.