State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 112,435 Texas births in 1932 across 1,803 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
#22Juan#195 nationally
#37Antoniooutside the national top 200
#41Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#49Franciscooutside the national top 200
#48Ramon#199 nationally
#53Pedrooutside the national top 200
#62Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#63Rauloutside the national top 200
#64Melbaoutside the national top 200
#68Carlosoutside the national top 200
#73Robertooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary3,183US #1
#2Betty2,061US #2
#3Dorothy1,420US #4
#4Maria1,173US #120
#5Barbara996US #3
#6Joyce727US #12
#7Doris702US #10
#8Billie693US #93
#9Helen683US #8
#10Patsy666US #77
#11Wanda619US #52
#12Frances597US #19
#13Margaret587US #7
#14Peggy553US #40
#15Martha547US #27
#16Ruby529US #38
#17Bobbie519US #113
#18Virginia502US #14
#19Juanita493US #58
#20Gloria462US #25
#21Patricia440US #6
#22Alice393US #21
#23Jo379US #103
#24Ruth376US #11
#25Mildred358US #26
#26Evelyn353US #23
#27Annie342US #41
#28Norma322US #22
#29Joan319US #5
#30Shirley316US #9
#31Elizabeth312US #17
#32Nancy311US #13
#33Dolores280US #18
#34Lois279US #20
#35Margie277US #102
#36Willie276US #91
#37Jean273US #15
#38Anna260US #24
#39Eva252US #98
#40Emma244US #76
#41Guadalupe244
#42Bonnie239US #64
#43Julia236US #92
#44Gladys231US #54
#45Rosa230US #131
#46Irene224US #43
#47Edna223US #50
#48Thelma221US #51
#49Clara214US #70
#50Wilma211US #65
#51Lillian202US #48
#52Hazel201US #75
#53Lillie193US #111
#54Louise193US #36
#55Ann191US #34
#56Marie191US #31
#57Anita190US #116
#58Dora189US #143
#59Esther189US #82
#60Josephine186US #57
#61Rose180US #33
#62Geraldine179US #42
#63Minnie179US #129
#64Melba178
#65Carolyn177US #46
#66Joann171US #79
#67Marjorie171US #37
#68Laura169US #88
#69Ella167US #108
#70Johnnie167US #190
#71Pauline166US #59
#72Joy165US #147
#73Jessie164US #126
#74Nelda164
#75Georgia162US #118
#76Bernice161US #71
#77Ethel161US #66
#78Velma161US #133
#79Bertha160US #101
#80June154US #44
#81Carmen151
#82Beatrice150US #87
#83Vera150US #121
#84Sarah147US #67
#85Aurora146
#86Beverly146US #28
#87Lupe144
#88Margarita142
#89Amelia139
#90Mattie138US #125
#91Alma137US #119
#92Jane134US #49
#93Bessie131US #117
#94Ida130US #105
#95Paula130
#96Ramona129US #180
#97Rosie128US #152
#98Olga127
#99Katherine125US #95
#100Myrtle125US #135

Boys

#1James2,688US #2
#2Robert1,736US #1
#3John1,668US #3
#4Charles1,648US #6
#5Billy1,595US #20
#6William1,362US #4
#7Joe1,064US #29
#8Bobby997US #30
#9George804US #8
#10Jose776US #131
#11Donald730US #7
#12Richard665US #5
#13Thomas604US #10
#14Jack582US #17
#15Kenneth571US #14
#16Frank509US #15
#17David485US #12
#18Willie475US #31
#19Henry443US #23
#20Raymond436US #19
#21Jerry430US #34
#22Juan422US #195
#23Harold416US #18
#24Manuel416US #129
#25Edward411US #11
#26Jesus405
#27Jimmy403US #76
#28Paul401US #13
#29Roy385US #38
#30Walter362US #21
#31Jimmie317US #75
#32Albert307US #26
#33Carl292US #28
#34Joseph292US #9
#35Jesse280US #99
#36Louis268US #39
#37Antonio265
#38Don248US #55
#39Fred247US #33
#40Johnny246US #96
#41Daniel239US #42
#42Arthur234US #25
#43Tommy232US #109
#44Marvin231US #46
#45Eugene229US #22
#46Clarence227US #40
#47Melvin227US #51
#48Ramon225US #199
#49Francisco224
#50Bill221US #58
#51Ray220US #59
#52Lee213US #86
#53Pedro210
#54Alfred205US #49
#55Ralph204US #27
#56Gene203US #64
#57Floyd199US #68
#58Howard197US #36
#59Earl196US #41
#60Ernest196US #47
#61Charlie195US #90
#62Guadalupe183
#63Raul182
#64Billie181US #141
#65Samuel178US #56
#66Oscar174US #138
#67Johnnie173US #113
#68Carlos172
#69Gerald168US #24
#70Clyde167US #82
#71Herbert166US #44
#72Leonard164US #48
#73Roberto164
#74Harry163US #32
#75Herman162US #89
#76Wayne161US #57
#77Jessie157US #137
#78Alvin155US #87
#79Curtis155US #103
#80Lawrence154US #35
#81Leroy154US #53
#82Eddie150US #91
#83Luis146
#84Norman145US #37
#85Vernon144US #78
#86Ruben143
#87Douglas141US #85
#88Gilbert138US #97
#89Jackie136US #130
#90Cecil135US #108
#91Larry133US #65
#92Pablo132
#93Edwin128US #72
#94Leon128US #83
#95Lloyd128US #71
#96Harvey127US #95
#97Jim127US #104
#98Ronald126US #16
#99Andrew125US #69
#100Martin125US #88

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑33Joann#66
↑32Esther#59
↑24Alfred#54
↑23Lee#52
↑21Ella#69
↑19Ann#55
↑14Geraldine#62
↑14Melba#64

Falling

↓26Alma#91
↓26Cecil#90
↓24Carmen#81
↓24Ramona#96
↓20Margarita#88
↓18Marjorie#67
↓18Vernon#85
↓17Jessie#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.