State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 111,397 Texas births in 1931 across 1,831 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#26Jesusoutside the national top 200
#30Antoniooutside the national top 200
#42Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#22Juan#180 nationally
#45Franciscooutside the national top 200
#46Ramon#200 nationally
#52Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#53Pedrooutside the national top 200
#54Rauloutside the national top 200
#59Robertooutside the national top 200
#57Carmen#196 nationally
#68Margaritaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary3,300US #1
#2Betty2,174US #2
#3Dorothy1,477US #3
#4Maria1,197US #109
#5Billie807US #81
#6Doris751US #10
#7Joyce686US #15
#8Helen682US #6
#9Barbara652US #4
#10Margaret616US #7
#11Wanda615US #54
#12Patsy593US #83
#13Frances585US #18
#14Virginia557US #12
#15Peggy546US #42
#16Juanita513US #57
#17Martha507US #28
#18Bobbie483US #124
#19Ruby449US #39
#20Gloria445US #23
#21Mildred414US #26
#22Ruth401US #11
#23Patricia398US #8
#24Annie374US #41
#25Norma371US #22
#26Alice360US #21
#27Evelyn343US #24
#28Jo339US #116
#29Dolores322US #14
#30Elizabeth296US #16
#31Shirley284US #9
#32Nancy275US #17
#33Joan270US #5
#34Emma269US #76
#35Lois267US #20
#36Edna265US #52
#37Margie262US #107
#38Jean261US #13
#39Willie259US #93
#40Eva253US #94
#41Thelma247US #53
#42Guadalupe243
#43Bonnie230US #73
#44Clara226US #61
#45Julia225US #91
#46Anna223US #25
#47Gladys210US #55
#48Rosa210US #138
#49Marjorie207US #34
#50Wilma206US #69
#51Lillie203US #112
#52Louise203US #33
#53Anita200US #117
#54Irene200US #37
#55Pauline195US #56
#56Jessie191US #122
#57Carmen189US #196
#58Marie188US #27
#59Johnnie181US #187
#60Lillian181US #47
#61Hazel180US #74
#62Josephine179US #51
#63Rose178US #30
#64Bernice177US #63
#65Alma176US #114
#66Dora174US #144
#67Bertha173US #102
#68Margarita170
#69Minnie169US #129
#70Georgia167US #120
#71Carolyn165US #60
#72Ramona165US #164
#73Beatrice163US #85
#74Ann162US #35
#75Laura158US #89
#76Geraldine157US #38
#77Edith156US #65
#78Melba156
#79Bettie153US #177
#80Marilyn152US #19
#81Vera149US #111
#82Ethel148US #67
#83Jimmie148
#84Lupe147
#85Aurora145
#86Joy145US #152
#87Alicia144
#88June144US #44
#89Sarah144US #71
#90Ella142US #110
#91Esther142US #79
#92Velma142US #131
#93Bettye140
#94Consuelo140
#95Rosie139US #155
#96Ida138US #100
#97Jane138US #50
#98Geneva135US #136
#99Joann132US #90
#100Lucille129US #62

Boys

#1James2,606US #2
#2Robert1,730US #1
#3Billy1,706US #19
#4John1,564US #3
#5Charles1,560US #6
#6William1,440US #4
#7Joe1,038US #29
#8Bobby883US #32
#9George770US #8
#10Jose735US #126
#11Donald655US #7
#12Richard640US #5
#13Thomas639US #10
#14Jack613US #15
#15Kenneth536US #14
#16Frank526US #16
#17David514US #13
#18Henry468US #22
#19Willie467US #31
#20Raymond450US #17
#21Edward436US #11
#22Juan432US #180
#23Roy417US #35
#24Harold411US #18
#25Manuel382US #132
#26Jesus372
#27Paul353US #12
#28Walter346US #20
#29Jerry329US #43
#30Antonio304
#31Albert298US #24
#32Jimmy298US #89
#33Jimmie292US #81
#34Clarence282US #39
#35Joseph268US #9
#36Marvin267US #45
#37Don261US #59
#38Arthur260US #23
#39Fred254US #33
#40Carl251US #28
#41Louis249US #37
#42Jesse248US #97
#43Eugene246US #21
#44Daniel245US #44
#45Francisco229
#46Ramon229US #200
#47Tommy224US #115
#48Howard222US #34
#49Ernest221US #47
#50Johnny220US #105
#51Melvin219US #51
#52Guadalupe208
#53Pedro208
#54Raul207
#55Bill206US #57
#56Billie203US #128
#57Ray202US #60
#58Floyd201US #66
#59Roberto197
#60Gene195US #64
#61Ralph194US #25
#62Samuel187US #56
#63Earl186US #40
#64Cecil182US #102
#65Lawrence182US #38
#66Charlie175US #94
#67Vernon172US #74
#68Carlos170
#69Herbert169US #41
#70Oscar169US #129
#71Johnnie165US #110
#72Alvin164US #80
#73Wayne164US #58
#74Jessie163US #135
#75Lee162US #90
#76Harry161US #30
#77Eddie156US #95
#78Alfred155US #50
#79Herman153US #83
#80Leroy151US #52
#81Milton143US #99
#82Gerald141US #26
#83Clyde140US #77
#84Leonard140US #48
#85Norman140US #36
#86Edwin137US #67
#87Leon136US #84
#88Gilbert134US #92
#89Curtis130US #108
#90Ruben129
#91Luis124
#92Bobbie121US #178
#93Victor121US #109
#94Harvey118US #93
#95Martin118US #91
#96Bennie117US #169
#97Jim115US #116
#98Alton114US #186
#99Felix113
#100Lloyd113US #68

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑25Shirley#31
↑19Johnnie#59
↑18Guadalupe#52
↑17Samuel#62
↑15Nancy#32
↑15Gene#60
↑15Wayne#73
↑14Wilma#50

Falling

↓29Ida#96
↓21Alfred#78
↓21Victor#93
↓20Hazel#61
↓20Ella#90
↓20Johnnie#71
↓20Luis#91
↓19Pedro#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.