State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1933 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 108,056 Texas births in 1933 across 1,779 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#29Jesusoutside the national top 200
#20Juan#191 nationally
#37Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#43Antoniooutside the national top 200
#55Pedrooutside the national top 200
#57Lupeoutside the national top 200
#57Ramonoutside the national top 200
#59Rauloutside the national top 200
#61Robertooutside the national top 200
#59Johnnie#195 nationally
#67Franciscooutside the national top 200
#70Carlosoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary3,001US #1
#2Betty1,906US #2
#3Dorothy1,317US #4
#4Maria1,117US #122
#5Barbara1,016US #3
#6Patsy732US #65
#7Joyce702US #12
#8Doris687US #10
#9Wanda663US #48
#10Helen646US #8
#11Billie619US #92
#12Peggy577US #36
#13Frances552US #18
#14Margaret549US #7
#15Martha519US #27
#16Patricia492US #6
#17Virginia475US #15
#18Gloria456US #31
#19Juanita452US #63
#20Bobbie446US #114
#21Ruby444US #43
#22Jo418US #90
#23Nancy381US #11
#24Shirley369US #9
#25Norma367US #23
#26Ruth363US #13
#27Alice361US #22
#28Mildred359US #32
#29Evelyn334US #30
#30Annie330US #37
#31Emma309US #75
#32Elizabeth292US #17
#33Joan286US #5
#34Lois279US #19
#35Dolores262US #21
#36Margie251US #95
#37Guadalupe250
#38Willie250US #93
#39Ann240US #34
#40Eva237US #101
#41Anna235US #29
#42Rosa227US #132
#43Jean224US #14
#44Anita214US #116
#45Bonnie212US #68
#46Irene208US #46
#47Julia205US #97
#48Clara204US #67
#49Rose191US #35
#50Gladys189US #60
#51Lillie188US #111
#52Bertha187US #106
#53Edna187US #55
#54Thelma186US #57
#55Carolyn181US #40
#56Dora180US #151
#57Lupe179
#58Hazel172US #82
#59Johnnie171US #195
#60Marie171US #33
#61Wilma171US #66
#62Joy170US #147
#63Louise170US #39
#64Sarah170US #58
#65Joann169US #72
#66June168US #45
#67Josephine167US #62
#68Lillian166US #51
#69Esther164US #88
#70Geraldine164US #42
#71Marjorie163US #41
#72Melba160
#73Pauline153US #64
#74Bernice152US #83
#75Carmen151
#76Beatrice149US #94
#77Ella149US #113
#78Jessie149US #127
#79Nelda148
#80Jane143US #47
#81Margarita143
#82Minnie138US #135
#83Georgia135US #126
#84Alma134US #124
#85Jimmie134
#86Ida132US #109
#87Laura132US #91
#88Carol131US #20
#89Janie130
#90Bessie129US #117
#91Bettie129US #185
#92Olivia129
#93Alicia127
#94Beverly127US #26
#95Mattie127US #130
#96Vera127US #121
#97Marilyn126US #16
#98Sue126US #131
#99Velma126US #137
#100Bettye125

Boys

#1James2,525US #2
#2John1,624US #3
#3Robert1,597US #1
#4Charles1,595US #6
#5Billy1,529US #20
#6William1,238US #4
#7Joe1,027US #27
#8Bobby886US #26
#9Donald780US #7
#10Jose700US #136
#11George692US #8
#12Richard647US #5
#13Kenneth607US #15
#14Thomas597US #10
#15David508US #13
#16Jerry498US #31
#17Frank495US #16
#18Jack471US #17
#19Willie468US #32
#20Juan445US #191
#21Harold421US #18
#22Roy407US #39
#23Manuel401US #134
#24Edward399US #11
#25Henry390US #24
#26Jimmy388US #64
#27Raymond381US #19
#28Walter348US #21
#29Jesus325
#30Paul321US #14
#31Jimmie315US #72
#32Don306US #54
#33Johnny285US #90
#34Clarence273US #43
#35Joseph262US #9
#36Louis254US #40
#37Eugene253US #23
#38Carl252US #28
#39Fred251US #34
#40Jesse251US #100
#41Tommy251US #109
#42Albert250US #30
#43Antonio248
#44Marvin244US #44
#45Franklin223US #33
#46Arthur221US #25
#47Daniel214US #42
#48Bill209US #59
#49Gerald205US #22
#50Howard203US #36
#51Melvin203US #51
#52Floyd197US #69
#53Ray195US #62
#54Earl193US #41
#55Pedro193
#56Ernest191US #50
#57Ramon188
#58Johnnie186US #115
#59Raul185
#60Eddie182US #93
#61Roberto177
#62Samuel177US #61
#63Billie176US #146
#64Alfred173US #57
#65Gene167US #66
#66Charlie166US #95
#67Francisco165
#68Lee165US #79
#69Cecil164US #111
#70Carlos162
#71Oscar161US #142
#72Wayne157US #52
#73Norman154US #37
#74Ralph154US #29
#75Herman151US #96
#76Ronald146US #12
#77Lawrence145US #38
#78Leroy145US #56
#79Glenn143US #74
#80Jackie143US #123
#81Curtis142US #107
#82Edwin142US #77
#83Larry141US #58
#84Gilbert139US #104
#85Herbert135US #49
#86Milton135US #113
#87Alvin132US #88
#88Victor132US #116
#89Ruben131
#90Leonard130US #47
#91Lloyd130US #73
#92Luis129
#93Vernon128US #83
#94Guadalupe127
#95Leon127US #85
#96Jessie125US #143
#97Clyde123US #87
#98Martin123US #89
#99Bob121US #82
#100Jim120US #98

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑30Lupe#57
↑27Bertha#52
↑22Eddie#60
↑22Ronald#76
↑21Cecil#69
↑20Sarah#64
↑20Gerald#49
↑16Ann#39

Falling

↓32Guadalupe#94
↓27Clyde#97
↓21Velma#99
↓19Minnie#82
↓19Laura#87
↓19Ralph#74
↓19Jessie#96
↓18Francisco#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.