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Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1934 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 115,444 Texas births in 1934 across 1,830 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#25Juan#196 nationally
#31Jesusoutside the national top 200
#38Antoniooutside the national top 200
#43Pedrooutside the national top 200
#45Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#50Franciscooutside the national top 200
#56Robertooutside the national top 200
#57Neldaoutside the national top 200
#60Carmenoutside the national top 200
#61Ramonoutside the national top 200
#66Rauloutside the national top 200
#68Guadalupeoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary3,252US #1
#2Betty1,936US #2
#3Dorothy1,245US #5
#4Barbara1,218US #3
#5Maria1,205US #115
#6Shirley892US #4
#7Patsy790US #59
#8Joyce720US #12
#9Doris714US #11
#10Wanda669US #47
#11Helen639US #9
#12Peggy614US #36
#13Virginia578US #15
#14Billie561US #92
#15Patricia558US #6
#16Frances556US #19
#17Martha551US #27
#18Margaret543US #8
#19Jo523US #75
#20Bobbie477US #110
#21Gloria462US #30
#22Ruby454US #39
#23Juanita436US #64
#24Nancy383US #10
#25Norma367US #24
#26Alice359US #25
#27Ruth352US #13
#28Evelyn334US #29
#29Annie324US #38
#30Elizabeth318US #18
#31Mildred307US #35
#32Carolyn282US #33
#33Dolores277US #26
#34Margie272US #103
#35Emma267US #85
#36Joan265US #7
#37Lois262US #20
#38Bonnie260US #58
#39Eva243US #100
#40Rosa241US #136
#41Willie238US #102
#42Jean236US #16
#43Ann234US #32
#44Julia232US #105
#45Guadalupe229
#46Anna216US #31
#47Gladys213US #66
#48Thelma205US #65
#49Clara203US #76
#50Joann203US #50
#51Edna202US #55
#52Carol198US #14
#53Irene198US #49
#54Dora193US #159
#55Anita192US #130
#56Bertha191US #112
#57Nelda191
#58Josephine188US #60
#59Sue188US #119
#60Carmen178
#61Wilma178US #73
#62Beverly176US #22
#63Johnnie175US #190
#64Rose174US #37
#65Sarah173US #67
#66Lillie171US #116
#67Hazel163US #87
#68Jessie162US #129
#69Lillian162US #52
#70Melba162
#71Minnie162US #133
#72Joy161US #152
#73Sylvia158US #70
#74Margarita157
#75Beatrice155US #99
#76Jane152US #48
#77Marjorie150US #41
#78Marie149US #34
#79Paula149
#80Georgia147US #122
#81Geraldine146US #43
#82Pauline146US #71
#83Louise145US #40
#84Lupe145
#85Marilyn141US #17
#86Laura140US #96
#87Mattie140US #132
#88Amelia138
#89June138US #46
#90Ella136US #113
#91Alma135US #123
#92Jimmie135
#93Esther134US #91
#94Glenda133US #194
#95Lucille133US #84
#96Bernice129US #82
#97Ida129US #118
#98Janie128
#99Ramona123US #193
#100Ethel122US #78

Boys

#1James2,670US #2
#2Robert1,747US #1
#3Charles1,703US #7
#4John1,634US #3
#5Billy1,563US #20
#6William1,298US #4
#7Joe1,207US #26
#8Bobby1,025US #23
#9Donald866US #6
#10George784US #8
#11Jose775US #133
#12Richard703US #5
#13Kenneth682US #15
#14Thomas668US #9
#15Jerry654US #25
#16David612US #12
#17Jimmy609US #56
#18Frank522US #16
#19Jack489US #17
#20Willie488US #30
#21Raymond464US #19
#22Harold455US #18
#23Roy453US #35
#24Edward450US #13
#25Juan432US #196
#26Manuel428US #131
#27Henry421US #27
#28Paul371US #14
#29Don353US #50
#30Jimmie350US #68
#31Jesus345
#32Walter317US #21
#33Tommy299US #98
#34Johnny295US #83
#35Albert277US #32
#36Joseph271US #10
#37Fred270US #33
#38Antonio268
#39Louis265US #40
#40Melvin264US #55
#41Carl263US #28
#42Jesse252US #102
#43Pedro249
#44Eugene247US #24
#45Clarence243US #45
#46Arthur241US #29
#47Daniel237US #42
#48Bill234US #59
#49Marvin229US #44
#50Francisco223
#51Wayne218US #48
#52Ernest214US #51
#53Ronald214US #11
#54Earl209US #41
#55Ray202US #63
#56Roberto198
#57Howard196US #37
#58Gene194US #67
#59Gerald191US #22
#60Samuel191US #66
#61Ramon188
#62Charlie187US #100
#63Oscar186US #143
#64Gilbert184US #106
#65Johnnie183US #116
#66Raul181
#67Lee180US #79
#68Guadalupe178
#69Eddie177US #92
#70Franklin177US #46
#71Lawrence175US #34
#72Cecil173US #111
#73Larry172US #43
#74Alfred170US #64
#75Luis170
#76Leroy168US #54
#77Ralph168US #31
#78Herbert167US #57
#79Clyde165US #84
#80Curtis165US #103
#81Herman165US #97
#82Norman165US #38
#83Floyd162US #73
#84Carlos159
#85Ruben159
#86Edwin156US #80
#87Alvin148US #93
#88Douglas148US #72
#89Victor148US #122
#90Leon145US #87
#91Jackie144US #114
#92Billie143US #147
#93Jim142US #90
#94Vernon141US #89
#95Jessie139US #144
#96Bob138US #75
#97Harry137US #36
#98Glenn132US #81
#99Leonard123US #53
#100Alton122US #184

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑39Sue#59
↑36Carol#52
↑32Beverly#62
↑26Guadalupe#68
↑23Carolyn#32
↑23Ronald#53
↑22Nelda#57
↑21Wayne#51

Falling

↓31Floyd#83
↓29Billie#92
↓27Lupe#84
↓25Franklin#70
↓24Esther#93
↓23June#89
↓22Bernice#96
↓20Louise#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.