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Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 130,247 Texas births in 1941 across 1,872 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#29Juanoutside the national top 200
#44Jesusoutside the national top 200
#48Pedrooutside the national top 200
#51Antoniooutside the national top 200
#54Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#54Robertooutside the national top 200
#59Carlosoutside the national top 200
#15Jose#149 nationally
#68Irmaoutside the national top 200
#69Ramonoutside the national top 200
#70Franciscooutside the national top 200
#72Aliciaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary3,620US #1
#2Barbara1,690US #2
#3Linda1,553US #5
#4Betty1,402US #7
#5Patricia1,359US #3
#6Maria1,303US #102
#7Sandra911US #9
#8Carolyn896US #11
#9Shirley875US #10
#10Dorothy850US #14
#11Gloria797US #26
#12Martha787US #25
#13Patsy757US #52
#14Nancy701US #8
#15Joyce645US #13
#16Judy644US #16
#17Margaret636US #12
#18Virginia613US #23
#19Wanda523US #53
#20Frances518US #31
#21Peggy510US #39
#22Carol509US #4
#23Helen494US #24
#24Alice483US #34
#25Doris469US #38
#26Jo431US #66
#27Elizabeth391US #21
#28Judith374US #6
#29Sharon351US #15
#30Glenda342US #96
#31Juanita342US #84
#32Beverly331US #29
#33Janice331US #22
#34Ruby330US #69
#35Norma326US #47
#36Dolores321US #57
#37Brenda315US #41
#38Ruth306US #28
#39Sylvia290US #65
#40Ann287US #37
#41Billie281US #149
#42Evelyn281US #50
#43Donna280US #20
#44Bobbie271US #145
#45Annie270US #59
#46Emma250US #99
#47Rose250US #49
#48Sarah250US #60
#49Sue247US #75
#50Julia245US #88
#51Charlotte239US #55
#52Marilyn238US #30
#53Anita236US #91
#54Guadalupe236
#55Lois227US #43
#56Rosa227US #154
#57Joan223US #17
#58Anna222US #56
#59Bonnie216US #33
#60Rebecca216US #86
#61Eva205US #135
#62Jean203US #32
#63Delores202US #80
#64Margie202US #122
#65Irene200US #74
#66Karen198US #19
#67Mildred195US #64
#68Irma194
#69Kay191US #70
#70Willie190US #136
#71Carmen188US #195
#72Alicia180
#73Edna177US #89
#74Jane176US #46
#75Lynda173US #153
#76Bertha170US #140
#77Dora170US #197
#78Nelda170
#79Janet168US #18
#80Josephine168US #92
#81Margarita167
#82Marie160US #42
#83Olga160
#84Clara159US #111
#85Paula159US #151
#86Janie158
#87Lillie156US #144
#88Gladys155US #118
#89Thelma154US #108
#90Lupe153
#91Rita153US #63
#92Yolanda152
#93Georgia149US #127
#94Laura149US #115
#95Johnnie145US #192
#96Beatrice140US #143
#97Connie137US #79
#98Rosie137US #177
#99Geraldine136US #45
#100Lucy136US #156

Boys

#1James3,227US #1
#2Robert2,308US #2
#3John2,042US #3
#4Charles1,895US #6
#5William1,648US #4
#6Jerry1,509US #14
#7Joe1,312US #30
#8Billy1,185US #27
#9David1,167US #7
#10Richard1,109US #5
#11Donald830US #10
#12George819US #13
#13Jimmy813US #45
#14Kenneth810US #15
#15Jose801US #149
#16Bobby800US #35
#17Thomas785US #8
#18Larry777US #11
#19Ronald578US #9
#20Johnny549US #55
#21Roy537US #39
#22Frank532US #21
#23Raymond500US #22
#24Tommy486US #71
#25Edward484US #17
#26Paul476US #18
#27Henry452US #28
#28Willie451US #36
#29Juan450
#30Gary441US #19
#31Michael434US #16
#32Don426US #66
#33Manuel399US #154
#34Jack386US #32
#35Gerald375US #20
#36Jesse365US #99
#37Joseph345US #12
#38Harold343US #24
#39Walter333US #26
#40Arthur320US #33
#41Daniel316US #31
#42Albert309US #40
#43Carl306US #29
#44Jesus298
#45Jimmie275US #89
#46Ronnie254US #79
#47Melvin252US #56
#48Pedro251
#49Fred249US #43
#50Eddie248US #78
#51Antonio247
#52Ernest246US #61
#53Bill244US #68
#54Roberto243
#55Louis242US #50
#56Clarence241US #62
#57Wayne230US #37
#58Marvin224US #63
#59Carlos215
#60Mike210US #111
#61Jackie209US #110
#62Oscar205US #165
#63Curtis203US #100
#64Eugene203US #42
#65Roger202US #25
#66Alfred197US #74
#67Ralph196US #38
#68Ray191US #83
#69Ramon190
#70Francisco184
#71Samuel182US #65
#72Lawrence180US #34
#73Raul180
#74Gene176US #72
#75Ruben176
#76Freddie175US #138
#77Lee174US #81
#78Dennis167US #23
#79Earl167US #58
#80Guadalupe166
#81Howard165US #47
#82Jim165US #80
#83Leon162US #93
#84Leonard162US #54
#85Gilbert160US #117
#86Alvin155US #107
#87Alfredo154
#88Douglas154US #53
#89Floyd151US #102
#90Harry150US #48
#91Leroy149US #67
#92Johnnie147US #131
#93Luis141
#94Tony141US #145
#95Herman140US #114
#96Victor140US #118
#97Glenn137US #86
#98Norman136US #49
#99Stephen134US #41
#100Allen132US #73

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑29Karen#66
↑23Dolores#36
↑21Janet#79
↑21Ronnie#46
↑18Oscar#62
↑16Roger#65
↑15Jackie#61
↑14Donna#43

Falling

↓16Dora#77
↓14Ray#68
↓14Gene#74
↓13Rosa#56
↓13Eugene#64
↓13Ruben#75
↓12Bobbie#44
↓11Eva#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.