State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1936 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 110,593 Texas births in 1936 across 1,776 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#27Juanoutside the national top 200
#34Jesusoutside the national top 200
#38Antoniooutside the national top 200
#44Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#47Pedrooutside the national top 200
#50Ramonoutside the national top 200
#53Carmen#199 nationally
#59Franciscooutside the national top 200
#60Robertooutside the national top 200
#64Rubenoutside the national top 200
#65Margaritaoutside the national top 200
#69Melbaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary3,110US #1
#2Betty1,647US #4
#3Shirley1,476US #2
#4Barbara1,334US #3
#5Maria1,221US #120
#6Dorothy1,017US #6
#7Patsy791US #52
#8Patricia648US #5
#9Joyce646US #12
#10Wanda592US #56
#11Helen591US #11
#12Frances587US #19
#13Doris581US #15
#14Martha567US #24
#15Margaret548US #9
#16Peggy546US #35
#17Nancy508US #8
#18Virginia503US #14
#19Gloria449US #32
#20Jo439US #72
#21Bobbie435US #119
#22Billie427US #117
#23Ruby406US #51
#24Juanita394US #75
#25Carolyn388US #23
#26Norma376US #29
#27Alice362US #27
#28Elizabeth329US #18
#29Evelyn297US #34
#30Ruth294US #16
#31Annie293US #45
#32Dolores274US #30
#33Emma273US #85
#34Carol265US #10
#35Anita255US #104
#36Ann240US #28
#37Lois229US #26
#38Joan228US #7
#39Mildred223US #40
#40Willie223US #108
#41Rosa222US #146
#42Margie217US #102
#43Sylvia214US #53
#44Guadalupe213
#45Beverly210US #17
#46Rose206US #37
#47Glenda205US #150
#48Jean205US #20
#49Eva203US #116
#50Anna201US #36
#51Marilyn201US #13
#52Bonnie198US #65
#53Carmen197US #199
#54Dora196US #168
#55Edna196US #71
#56Sandra196US #38
#57Irene183US #57
#58Sue183US #109
#59Julia176US #105
#60Thelma176US #74
#61Josephine171US #77
#62Wilma171US #78
#63Marie170US #33
#64Jane167US #42
#65Margarita167
#66Gladys166US #84
#67Joann163US #55
#68Sarah162US #63
#69Melba161
#70Janice159US #31
#71Nelda158
#72Lillie157US #124
#73Clara154US #91
#74Johnnie153US #193
#75Hazel152US #96
#76Esther151US #107
#77Olga149
#78Joy148US #144
#79Laura148US #106
#80Lillian148US #79
#81Lydia148
#82Linda145US #97
#83Beatrice144US #121
#84Pauline141US #82
#85Charlotte139US #61
#86Louise139US #46
#87Delores138US #58
#88Bertha136US #122
#89Georgia136US #128
#90Janie135
#91Lupe132
#92Minnie131US #148
#93Marjorie130US #49
#94Paula129US #185
#95Rita127US #69
#96Jessie126US #140
#97Mattie126US #143
#98Donna124US #22
#99Ethel122US #90
#100Rosie122US #173

Boys

#1James2,594US #2
#2Robert1,885US #1
#3John1,648US #3
#4Charles1,584US #6
#5William1,282US #4
#6Billy1,275US #22
#7Joe1,273US #23
#8Bobby1,025US #24
#9Donald919US #7
#10Jerry746US #18
#11Richard727US #5
#12George690US #9
#13Jose681US #139
#14David641US #10
#15Kenneth625US #14
#16Thomas623US #8
#17Jimmy599US #46
#18Frank475US #16
#19Jack451US #20
#20Willie440US #32
#21Edward435US #13
#22Manuel408US #135
#23Henry407US #28
#24Raymond398US #17
#25Don396US #51
#26Roy394US #42
#27Juan388
#28Harold368US #21
#29Johnny355US #72
#30Paul329US #15
#31Jimmie318US #71
#32Walter314US #26
#33Tommy309US #91
#34Jesus304
#35Albert281US #34
#36Carl278US #27
#37Daniel277US #41
#38Antonio269
#39Ronald267US #12
#40Arthur259US #30
#41Joseph256US #11
#42Larry256US #25
#43Jesse251US #104
#44Louis244US #44
#45Fred242US #36
#46Clarence231US #52
#47Pedro228
#48Melvin226US #53
#49Gerald223US #19
#50Ramon217
#51Wayne215US #45
#52Eugene209US #29
#53Howard207US #40
#54Ray205US #65
#55Ralph198US #31
#56Gene197US #66
#57Jackie196US #106
#58Bill194US #61
#59Francisco194
#60Roberto192
#61Marvin187US #49
#62Eddie184US #79
#63Alfred179US #60
#64Ruben178
#65Ernest177US #55
#66Samuel175US #67
#67Curtis174US #107
#68Charlie170US #103
#69Raul170
#70Leroy167US #57
#71Norman165US #43
#72Carlos164
#73Oscar164US #153
#74Lee163US #76
#75Floyd161US #86
#76Earl157US #47
#77Clyde154US #89
#78Jim153US #85
#79Gilbert152US #113
#80Gary151US #38
#81Johnnie151US #117
#82Guadalupe147
#83Cecil146US #114
#84Leon145US #82
#85Victor140US #116
#86Leonard139US #54
#87Lawrence138US #37
#88Bob132US #77
#89Harry131US #39
#90Milton130US #120
#91Vernon130US #93
#92Glenn126US #80
#93Herman126US #105
#94Alfredo124
#95Herbert120US #62
#96Franklin119US #64
#97Freddie119US #134
#98Luis119
#99Billie118US #167
#100Jessie118US #151

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑29Alfred#63
↑27Sandra#56
↑26Ralph#55
↑21Rose#46
↑19Dora#54
↑16Laura#79
↑16Samuel#66
↑15Ronald#39

Falling

↓25Bertha#88
↓22Ethel#99
↓20Clara#73
↓18Joann#67
↓17Cecil#83
↓15Rita#95
↓15Guadalupe#82
↓14Nelda#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.