State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1939 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 115,850 Texas births in 1939 across 1,775 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#21Juan#199 nationally
#41Jesusoutside the national top 200
#49Pedrooutside the national top 200
#50Antoniooutside the national top 200
#55Neldaoutside the national top 200
#56Robertooutside the national top 200
#58Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#61Rauloutside the national top 200
#66Rubenoutside the national top 200
#15Jose#148 nationally
#68Janieoutside the national top 200
#69Ramonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary3,254US #1
#2Barbara1,737US #2
#3Betty1,452US #4
#4Maria1,193US #119
#5Shirley1,021US #5
#6Patricia949US #3
#7Dorothy877US #9
#8Patsy742US #56
#9Nancy725US #7
#10Martha706US #27
#11Linda703US #15
#12Joyce647US #12
#13Wanda631US #50
#14Margaret624US #10
#15Carolyn609US #14
#16Gloria548US #36
#17Virginia532US #21
#18Frances521US #26
#19Sandra519US #13
#20Peggy513US #34
#21Doris505US #29
#22Helen503US #16
#23Jo463US #70
#24Carol425US #6
#25Alice424US #31
#26Elizabeth375US #18
#27Juanita369US #77
#28Ruby334US #67
#29Norma326US #38
#30Glenda316US #112
#31Judy311US #28
#32Bobbie308US #141
#33Billie299US #149
#34Janice294US #24
#35Beverly279US #25
#36Sylvia273US #62
#37Annie264US #54
#38Ruth263US #22
#39Evelyn251US #40
#40Julia237US #91
#41Rosa234US #151
#42Anita233US #97
#43Ann232US #33
#44Dolores230US #58
#45Marilyn230US #19
#46Judith229US #8
#47Emma226US #89
#48Donna217US #20
#49Rose213US #42
#50Joan210US #11
#51Eva208US #129
#52Lois206US #35
#53Margie203US #113
#54Sue202US #92
#55Nelda197
#56Anna196US #43
#57Sarah196US #68
#58Guadalupe191
#59Jean184US #32
#60Mildred182US #55
#61Willie181US #126
#62Irene179US #74
#63Sharon177US #23
#64Dora173US #182
#65Jane163US #46
#66Kay161US #76
#67Clara160US #103
#68Janie160
#69Paula160US #159
#70Lydia156
#71Bonnie155US #61
#72Charlotte155US #66
#73Marie153US #37
#74Phyllis152US #30
#75Carmen151
#76Edna151US #81
#77Bertha149US #135
#78Esther148US #117
#79Margarita148
#80Melba146
#81Thelma145US #88
#82Geraldine143US #41
#83Wilma141US #87
#84Gladys140US #104
#85Joann140US #57
#86Alicia138
#87Olga138
#88Loretta136US #65
#89Irma135
#90Josephine135US #84
#91Rita135US #78
#92Johnnie133
#93Laura132US #107
#94Louise131US #59
#95Georgia129US #131
#96Yvonne127US #90
#97Alma125US #150
#98Ethel125US #100
#99Jeanette125US #82
#100Yolanda125

Boys

#1James2,867US #2
#2Robert1,985US #1
#3John1,865US #3
#4Charles1,790US #6
#5William1,348US #4
#6Jerry1,195US #16
#7Joe1,138US #27
#8Billy1,033US #24
#9David988US #7
#10Donald945US #8
#11Richard853US #5
#12Bobby826US #29
#13Kenneth703US #13
#14Thomas695US #9
#15Jose694US #148
#16George684US #11
#17Jimmy666US #43
#18Larry515US #14
#19Frank511US #20
#20Johnny471US #62
#21Juan446US #199
#22Edward444US #15
#23Willie433US #33
#24Roy431US #42
#25Henry402US #31
#26Don398US #56
#27Raymond396US #22
#28Manuel390US #143
#29Tommy378US #77
#30Paul376US #17
#31Jack347US #26
#32Ronald344US #10
#33Harold337US #23
#34Gerald326US #19
#35Walter317US #25
#36Michael309US #18
#37Jesse289US #99
#38Arthur287US #32
#39Jimmie280US #80
#40Daniel278US #38
#41Jesus277
#42Albert275US #41
#43Joseph275US #12
#44Fred274US #40
#45Carl240US #30
#46Marvin240US #52
#47Eddie233US #81
#48Louis233US #49
#49Pedro230
#50Antonio229
#51Gary226US #21
#52Ernest223US #55
#53Bill222US #67
#54Melvin221US #51
#55Clarence212US #60
#56Roberto209
#57Wayne207US #39
#58Gene204US #69
#59Curtis198US #98
#60Eugene197US #37
#61Raul195
#62Ralph193US #35
#63Jackie187US #105
#64Alfred183US #70
#65Howard183US #47
#66Ruben180
#67Samuel180US #63
#68Oscar172US #159
#69Ramon170
#70Ray169US #74
#71Norman168US #44
#72Carlos165
#73Jim164US #75
#74Cecil159US #114
#75Charlie158US #112
#76Douglas158US #58
#77Lawrence158US #36
#78Earl156US #50
#79Francisco154
#80Mike153US #129
#81Guadalupe151
#82Victor151US #119
#83Floyd150US #94
#84Lee150US #78
#85Gilbert142US #115
#86Johnnie140US #120
#87Luis140
#88Herman139US #111
#89Roger138US #28
#90Glenn135US #87
#91Tony133US #140
#92Harry131US #45
#93Leonard130US #54
#94Alvin129US #103
#95Leon127US #86
#96Edwin126US #96
#97Freddie125US #138
#98Jessie125US #154
#99Clyde123US #101
#100Harvey123US #102

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑39Michael#36
↑27Judy#31
↑27Kay#66
↑24Julia#40
↑23Jim#73
↑21Curtis#59
↑18Joan#50
↑12Marvin#46

Falling

↓28Luis#87
↓27Josephine#90
↓26Alvin#94
↓24Francisco#79
↓21Lee#84
↓17Guadalupe#81
↓16Edna#76
↓14Mildred#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.