State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1938 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 116,873 Texas births in 1938 across 1,816 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#19Juanoutside the national top 200
#33Jesusoutside the national top 200
#43Antoniooutside the national top 200
#47Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#52Neldaoutside the national top 200
#55Franciscooutside the national top 200
#56Pedrooutside the national top 200
#59Luisoutside the national top 200
#62Robertooutside the national top 200
#64Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#67Rauloutside the national top 200
#69Ramonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary3,382US #1
#2Barbara1,820US #2
#3Betty1,622US #4
#4Maria1,174US #122
#5Shirley1,043US #5
#6Dorothy873US #8
#7Patricia807US #3
#8Patsy734US #55
#9Martha691US #26
#10Joyce672US #11
#11Wanda653US #49
#12Margaret611US #9
#13Peggy579US #35
#14Nancy572US #7
#15Frances569US #23
#16Carolyn547US #15
#17Virginia547US #22
#18Helen532US #13
#19Gloria530US #36
#20Doris527US #25
#21Linda460US #31
#22Jo448US #78
#23Sandra433US #14
#24Carol426US #6
#25Billie382US #139
#26Elizabeth380US #17
#27Alice374US #29
#28Juanita360US #80
#29Ruby359US #61
#30Norma341US #34
#31Bobbie330US #127
#32Glenda300US #123
#33Beverly297US #18
#34Janice291US #24
#35Annie290US #47
#36Sylvia273US #56
#37Ruth267US #21
#38Evelyn258US #38
#39Anita257US #99
#40Rosa238US #146
#41Ann235US #32
#42Emma233US #96
#43Margie230US #109
#44Dolores226US #43
#45Eva224US #126
#46Mildred219US #52
#47Guadalupe217
#48Lois217US #33
#49Rose215US #39
#50Anna207US #40
#51Marilyn206US #19
#52Nelda206
#53Irene205US #72
#54Willie201US #121
#55Sharon192US #30
#56Dora191US #177
#57Sarah191US #67
#58Judy183US #41
#59Donna176US #20
#60Edna176US #82
#61Jean174US #27
#62Jane172US #44
#63Josephine172US #83
#64Julia172US #107
#65Sue171US #104
#66Paula170US #163
#67Marie168US #37
#68Joan167US #10
#69Bonnie166US #65
#70Margarita166
#71Bertha165US #131
#72Clara163US #98
#73Lydia163
#74Carmen160
#75Beatrice159US #125
#76Janie158
#77Charlotte157US #70
#78Joann156US #68
#79Lillie156US #132
#80Esther153US #120
#81Rosie150US #170
#82Gladys149US #103
#83Melba148
#84Wilma148US #85
#85Rita143US #74
#86Marjorie142US #53
#87Thelma141US #86
#88Irma140
#89Laura140US #108
#90Loretta139US #62
#91Olivia138
#92Joy136US #159
#93Kay135US #81
#94Olga135
#95Alma134US #147
#96Lupe134
#97Katherine131US #105
#98Connie129US #110
#99Minnie129US #161
#100Johnnie127

Boys

#1James2,773US #2
#2Robert2,013US #1
#3John1,868US #3
#4Charles1,698US #6
#5William1,365US #4
#6Joe1,204US #28
#7Billy1,125US #24
#8Jerry1,109US #17
#9Donald982US #7
#10Bobby964US #27
#11David907US #8
#12Richard786US #5
#13Jose740US #142
#14George734US #11
#15Jimmy693US #45
#16Thomas693US #9
#17Kenneth654US #14
#18Frank482US #18
#19Juan460
#20Paul451US #15
#21Edward447US #13
#22Willie437US #34
#23Henry435US #30
#24Raymond426US #20
#25Larry424US #16
#26Roy421US #41
#27Tommy415US #77
#28Don414US #52
#29Johnny402US #63
#30Manuel381US #144
#31Jack380US #25
#32Harold367US #23
#33Jesus331
#34Gerald327US #19
#35Ronald320US #10
#36Jimmie300US #76
#37Carl299US #29
#38Jesse293US #107
#39Walter291US #26
#40Albert272US #37
#41Joseph269US #12
#42Daniel266US #39
#43Antonio261
#44Fred253US #38
#45Louis246US #47
#46Arthur238US #32
#47Bill237US #67
#48Clarence237US #58
#49Melvin234US #54
#50Gene224US #65
#51Eddie221US #79
#52Gary219US #22
#53Ernest217US #55
#54Howard215US #42
#55Francisco205
#56Pedro200
#57Eugene198US #33
#58Marvin192US #53
#59Luis191
#60Wayne190US #40
#61Ray189US #72
#62Roberto189
#63Lee184US #80
#64Guadalupe177
#65Norman174US #43
#66Oscar174US #158
#67Raul174
#68Alvin172US #98
#69Ramon172
#70Alfred171US #69
#71Ralph170US #35
#72Jackie169US #105
#73Floyd164US #96
#74Earl162US #50
#75Michael162US #21
#76Samuel162US #62
#77Carlos161
#78Ruben161
#79Douglas160US #60
#80Curtis154US #101
#81Cecil152US #118
#82Johnnie149US #123
#83Harry148US #44
#84Lawrence147US #36
#85Leon147US #85
#86Charlie143US #112
#87Leroy143US #61
#88Glenn142US #83
#89Freddie138US #132
#90Herman138US #108
#91Gilbert136US #116
#92Leonard135US #57
#93Roger134US #31
#94Tony133US #153
#95Clyde131US #97
#96Jim129US #81
#97Leo129US #104
#98Milton128US #127
#99Bennie122US #170
#100Stanley122US #59

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑26Donna#59
↑24Michael#75
↑23Luis#59
↑22Marie#67
↑21Gary#52
↑19Glenda#32
↑19Dora#56
↑18Josephine#63

Falling

↓26Thelma#87
↓24Kay#93
↓21Joan#68
↓21Alma#95
↓20Johnnie#100
↓19Lawrence#84
↓18Ruben#78
↓13Lillie#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.