State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 112,675 Texas births in 1937 across 1,784 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#25Juanoutside the national top 200
#33Jesusoutside the national top 200
#42Antoniooutside the national top 200
#48Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#48Pedrooutside the national top 200
#54Robertooutside the national top 200
#56Franciscooutside the national top 200
#57Ramonoutside the national top 200
#60Rubenoutside the national top 200
#63Carmenoutside the national top 200
#64Lydiaoutside the national top 200
#67Neldaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary3,123US #1
#2Barbara1,646US #2
#3Betty1,634US #5
#4Maria1,165US #123
#5Shirley1,107US #4
#6Dorothy921US #8
#7Patsy728US #54
#8Patricia703US #3
#9Wanda644US #55
#10Martha624US #24
#11Joyce623US #11
#12Margaret570US #10
#13Peggy568US #31
#14Frances549US #19
#15Helen520US #12
#16Virginia520US #16
#17Doris509US #22
#18Gloria506US #32
#19Nancy485US #7
#20Carolyn464US #20
#21Jo462US #73
#22Bobbie401US #122
#23Billie399US #126
#24Juanita364US #75
#25Alice358US #28
#26Elizabeth355US #17
#27Ruby349US #52
#28Norma337US #33
#29Carol307US #6
#30Annie301US #46
#31Ruth293US #15
#32Linda286US #49
#33Evelyn276US #36
#34Sandra272US #26
#35Sylvia265US #50
#36Anita254US #93
#37Mildred248US #43
#38Eva245US #117
#39Emma241US #89
#40Janice241US #25
#41Beverly239US #14
#42Dolores238US #37
#43Rose235US #38
#44Ann230US #30
#45Lois226US #29
#46Margie223US #111
#47Joan222US #9
#48Guadalupe221
#49Irene221US #62
#50Rosa218US #152
#51Glenda217US #146
#52Jean215US #23
#53Edna207US #74
#54Sue203US #101
#55Marilyn200US #13
#56Julia199US #112
#57Anna195US #39
#58Sarah188US #65
#59Willie188US #114
#60Bonnie187US #64
#61Thelma176US #78
#62Jane173US #42
#63Carmen166
#64Lydia166
#65Bertha165US #121
#66Lillie164US #131
#67Nelda164
#68Clara162US #100
#69Kay161US #79
#70Gladys160US #86
#71Paula154US #165
#72Beatrice153US #120
#73Melba150
#74Alma146US #138
#75Dora146US #183
#76Esther146US #116
#77Joann146US #58
#78Wilma146US #80
#79Margarita145
#80Johnnie143US #198
#81Josephine142US #82
#82Joy140US #162
#83Loretta140US #63
#84Marjorie140US #57
#85Donna139US #21
#86Hazel137US #106
#87Louise137US #48
#88Lupe133
#89Marie133US #35
#90Amelia132
#91June132US #71
#92Georgia130US #132
#93Janie130
#94Laura130US #105
#95Delores129US #68
#96Ella127US #134
#97Sara126US #130
#98Edith123US #96
#99Alicia122
#100Minnie121US #156

Boys

#1James2,648US #2
#2Robert1,995US #1
#3John1,671US #3
#4Charles1,649US #6
#5William1,336US #4
#6Joe1,221US #25
#7Billy1,160US #22
#8Bobby1,069US #24
#9Donald985US #7
#10Jerry912US #17
#11David763US #8
#12George725US #10
#13Richard722US #5
#14Jose700US #142
#15Jimmy675US #45
#16Kenneth642US #14
#17Thomas608US #9
#18Frank493US #18
#19Edward441US #13
#20Willie441US #32
#21Don432US #51
#22Henry415US #30
#23Raymond410US #19
#24Johnny402US #69
#25Juan400
#26Roy392US #40
#27Jack386US #23
#28Paul381US #15
#29Larry372US #16
#30Manuel358US #138
#31Tommy346US #84
#32Harold342US #21
#33Jesus311
#34Albert305US #37
#35Carl302US #28
#36Walter301US #26
#37Jimmie295US #72
#38Gerald287US #20
#39Ronald269US #11
#40Arthur264US #31
#41Daniel255US #39
#42Antonio251
#43Jesse250US #102
#44Joseph248US #12
#45Fred244US #35
#46Melvin241US #50
#47Gene229US #61
#48Pedro222
#49Ernest221US #53
#50Clarence219US #54
#51Louis214US #46
#52Marvin205US #49
#53Howard198US #42
#54Roberto198
#55Eddie192US #83
#56Francisco191
#57Ramon190
#58Bill189US #64
#59Ray184US #71
#60Ruben181
#61Alfred179US #60
#62Wayne175US #44
#63Jackie174US #107
#64Ralph169US #34
#65Lawrence166US #38
#66Lee166US #78
#67Samuel165US #66
#68Raul163
#69Carlos160
#70Douglas159US #74
#71Eugene159US #33
#72Floyd159US #80
#73Gary159US #29
#74Guadalupe159
#75Oscar158US #154
#76Alvin157US #99
#77Curtis152US #109
#78Gilbert152US #112
#79Cecil150US #114
#80Norman150US #43
#81Earl149US #48
#82Luis149
#83Johnnie147US #118
#84Clyde146US #93
#85Glenn145US #88
#86Leonard143US #58
#87Leon142US #85
#88Jim141US #82
#89Victor141US #117
#90Leroy138US #56
#91Charlie136US #110
#92Herbert135US #65
#93Freddie134US #134
#94Alton127US #173
#95Bob124US #81
#96Harry123US #41
#97Milton123US #121
#98Benny122US #179
#99Michael122US #27
#100Vernon121US #96

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑50Linda#32
↑30Janice#40
↑23Bertha#65
↑23Paula#71
↑22Sandra#34
↑22Lawrence#65
↑17Lydia#64
↑16Ernest#49

Falling

↓26Marie#89
↓23Charlie#91
↓21Dora#75
↓20Josephine#81
↓20Leroy#90
↓19Willie#59
↓19Eugene#71
↓16Wilma#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.