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Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 113,744 Texas births in 1935 across 1,829 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#20Juan#200 nationally
#31Jesusoutside the national top 200
#40Antoniooutside the national top 200
#41Pedrooutside the national top 200
#47Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#52Franciscooutside the national top 200
#57Neldaoutside the national top 200
#59Ramonoutside the national top 200
#60Melbaoutside the national top 200
#61Robertooutside the national top 200
#63Rauloutside the national top 200
#65Carmenoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary3,181US #1
#2Shirley2,042US #2
#3Betty1,862US #4
#4Barbara1,275US #3
#5Maria1,217US #117
#6Dorothy1,088US #6
#7Patsy752US #56
#8Joyce656US #12
#9Wanda653US #49
#10Doris634US #13
#11Patricia617US #5
#12Martha594US #24
#13Helen585US #10
#14Frances573US #19
#15Margaret570US #8
#16Jo548US #73
#17Peggy519US #36
#18Virginia510US #16
#19Billie471US #106
#20Ruby460US #41
#21Gloria440US #32
#22Nancy434US #9
#23Bobbie403US #116
#24Juanita386US #72
#25Norma385US #29
#26Alice343US #25
#27Ruth335US #15
#28Dolores327US #26
#29Elizabeth316US #17
#30Carolyn314US #28
#31Annie305US #38
#32Joan282US #7
#33Evelyn273US #31
#34Mildred270US #35
#35Emma266US #89
#36Eva259US #110
#37Rosa240US #137
#38Anna238US #34
#39Ann234US #30
#40Margie226US #100
#41Willie224US #99
#42Lois223US #21
#43Bonnie221US #62
#44Sylvia219US #60
#45Jean215US #18
#46Carol208US #11
#47Guadalupe206
#48Anita200US #119
#49Joann197US #53
#50Irene196US #52
#51Josephine196US #75
#52Julia195US #102
#53Clara192US #81
#54Wilma192US #70
#55Edna185US #67
#56Beverly184US #20
#57Nelda184
#58Gladys182US #78
#59Marilyn175US #14
#60Melba175
#61Glenda174US #169
#62Thelma173US #76
#63Bertha171US #114
#64Sue170US #115
#65Carmen168
#66Esther168US #94
#67Rose166US #37
#68Sarah165US #61
#69Margarita164
#70Jane162US #43
#71Hazel159US #92
#72Lillie159US #118
#73Dora158US #168
#74Lillian156US #66
#75Joy155US #148
#76Marie155US #33
#77Ethel153US #82
#78Johnnie151US #193
#79Georgia148US #123
#80Rita148US #63
#81Lupe145
#82Pauline143US #80
#83Sandra142US #50
#84Lydia141
#85Beatrice140US #107
#86Alma139US #132
#87Charlotte138US #65
#88Louise138US #45
#89Minnie137US #139
#90Olivia133
#91Vera133US #124
#92Teresa130
#93Jimmie129
#94June128US #55
#95Laura127US #101
#96Paula127
#97Amelia125
#98Geraldine125US #40
#99Rosie125US #166
#100Janie124

Boys

#1James2,648US #2
#2Robert1,745US #1
#3Charles1,709US #6
#4John1,672US #3
#5Billy1,400US #19
#6William1,357US #4
#7Joe1,160US #25
#8Bobby1,079US #24
#9Donald889US #7
#10Jose741US #135
#11Richard741US #5
#12George740US #8
#13Jerry729US #22
#14Kenneth671US #15
#15David661US #11
#16Thomas621US #9
#17Jimmy615US #47
#18Jack521US #18
#19Frank477US #16
#20Juan467US #200
#21Raymond452US #17
#22Roy437US #40
#23Willie422US #30
#24Edward404US #13
#25Harold400US #20
#26Henry389US #27
#27Don388US #51
#28Manuel376US #137
#29Paul363US #14
#30Johnny351US #74
#31Jesus330
#32Jimmie312US #69
#33Tommy310US #95
#34Louis284US #42
#35Carl281US #28
#36Walter281US #23
#37Albert272US #31
#38Jesse264US #104
#39Arthur258US #29
#40Antonio251
#41Pedro246
#42Larry243US #33
#43Clarence240US #48
#44Joseph240US #10
#45Eugene236US #26
#46Gerald226US #21
#47Bill225US #60
#48Daniel225US #43
#49Jackie214US #102
#50Marvin212US #45
#51Gene211US #66
#52Francisco210
#53Fred208US #34
#54Ronald205US #12
#55Melvin203US #57
#56Howard202US #39
#57Wayne201US #49
#58Ray198US #64
#59Ramon192
#60Ernest190US #55
#61Roberto188
#62Earl187US #46
#63Raul182
#64Lee180US #80
#65Leroy179US #50
#66Cecil177US #109
#67Guadalupe177
#68Ruben173
#69Eddie171US #87
#70Clyde168US #82
#71Carlos166
#72Floyd163US #76
#73Oscar163US #143
#74Alvin162US #91
#75Charlie161US #100
#76Douglas160US #75
#77Norman160US #38
#78Harry159US #37
#79Curtis155US #108
#80Lawrence151US #35
#81Ralph151US #32
#82Samuel151US #62
#83Johnnie150US #118
#84Glenn147US #78
#85Gilbert146US #111
#86Herbert141US #58
#87Bennie140US #155
#88Leonard140US #54
#89Jessie139US #140
#90Jim137US #90
#91Luis136
#92Alfred135US #63
#93Bob135US #81
#94Milton135US #117
#95Leon133US #86
#96Victor130US #116
#97Herman123US #101
#98Edwin121US #89
#99Allen120US #83
#100Freddie120US #145

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑42Jackie#49
↑33Glenda#61
↑31Larry#42
↑29Sylvia#44
↑27Esther#66
↑26Marilyn#59
↑23Ethel#77
↑19Harry#78

Falling

↓22Samuel#82
↓21Gilbert#85
↓19Dora#73
↓18Minnie#89
↓18Johnnie#83
↓18Alfred#92
↓17Paula#96
↓17Geraldine#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.