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Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1942 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 137,450 Texas births in 1942 across 1,904 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
#39Jesusoutside the national top 200
#50Antoniooutside the national top 200
#53Robertooutside the national top 200
#54Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#57Pedrooutside the national top 200
#64Rauloutside the national top 200
#15Jose#150 nationally
#66Yolandaoutside the national top 200
#67Ramonoutside the national top 200
#69Carlosoutside the national top 200
#71Rubenoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary3,773US #1
#2Linda1,881US #4
#3Barbara1,745US #2
#4Maria1,493US #97
#5Betty1,404US #9
#6Patricia1,288US #3
#7Carolyn1,162US #10
#8Sandra1,077US #6
#9Shirley897US #12
#10Gloria829US #31
#11Nancy827US #8
#12Dorothy821US #17
#13Judy782US #15
#14Martha715US #29
#15Joyce670US #13
#16Patsy655US #57
#17Carol624US #5
#18Margaret614US #14
#19Virginia587US #23
#20Frances579US #30
#21Sharon544US #11
#22Wanda516US #54
#23Helen515US #26
#24Alice495US #39
#25Doris477US #41
#26Elizabeth471US #22
#27Peggy456US #42
#28Jo438US #65
#29Judith438US #7
#30Glenda390US #89
#31Donna358US #20
#32Janice358US #25
#33Beverly355US #32
#34Dolores347US #63
#35Juanita341US #90
#36Brenda340US #40
#37Ruth333US #33
#38Norma324US #52
#39Billie293US #143
#40Ruby293US #77
#41Anita289US #93
#42Sylvia284US #72
#43Ann276US #38
#44Evelyn274US #53
#45Marilyn274US #27
#46Bonnie271US #34
#47Annie266US #62
#48Karen263US #16
#49Rosa263US #155
#50Charlotte257US #51
#51Rose252US #50
#52Bobbie247US #151
#53Joan235US #18
#54Guadalupe231
#55Lois230US #44
#56Rebecca227US #85
#57Julia224US #95
#58Kay223US #75
#59Sarah219US #67
#60Margie218US #126
#61Janet216US #19
#62Susan213US #21
#63Emma211US #108
#64Rita211US #55
#65Jane208US #46
#66Yolanda206
#67Anna204US #59
#68Eva198US #140
#69Lynda196US #132
#70Marie196US #43
#71Edna189US #99
#72Irene189US #80
#73Jean187US #36
#74Carole186US #35
#75Carmen185
#76Margarita184
#77Sue184US #73
#78Delores180US #86
#79Paula175US #136
#80Georgia174US #123
#81Janie174
#82Josephine172US #100
#83Dora171
#84Olga171
#85Willie169US #133
#86Sally167US #56
#87Diana164US #68
#88Alicia163
#89Esther163US #142
#90Mildred163US #71
#91Phyllis162US #37
#92Sherry161US #145
#93Irma160
#94Bertha158US #147
#95Laura157US #115
#96Katherine155US #81
#97Connie152US #70
#98Thelma152US #121
#99Cynthia151US #101
#100Lydia150

Boys

#1James3,543US #1
#2Robert2,503US #2
#3John2,417US #3
#4William1,904US #4
#5Charles1,883US #7
#6David1,465US #6
#7Jerry1,417US #16
#8Joe1,387US #33
#9Richard1,083US #5
#10Billy1,036US #35
#11Larry958US #12
#12Thomas938US #8
#13George905US #14
#14Jimmy865US #47
#15Jose855US #150
#16Donald832US #10
#17Kenneth723US #15
#18Bobby718US #43
#19Ronald669US #9
#20Johnny617US #55
#21Michael588US #13
#22Frank575US #21
#23Edward545US #17
#24Roy541US #42
#25Tommy534US #73
#26Gary517US #18
#27Juan517
#28Paul497US #19
#29Henry489US #31
#30Raymond485US #24
#31Manuel466US #153
#32Willie444US #37
#33Douglas424US #23
#34Jack401US #34
#35Jesse398US #100
#36Harold376US #27
#37Don370US #72
#38Joseph359US #11
#39Jesus355
#40Walter341US #26
#41Ronnie333US #78
#42Arthur308US #29
#43Carl306US #36
#44Daniel305US #28
#45Albert304US #40
#46Eddie284US #86
#47Gerald284US #22
#48Jimmie284US #94
#49Fred275US #46
#50Antonio262
#51Louis256US #51
#52Bill249US #65
#53Roberto245
#54Wayne242US #41
#55Roger238US #25
#56Marvin237US #66
#57Pedro235
#58Melvin233US #60
#59Clarence230US #67
#60Ernest227US #61
#61Mike226US #106
#62Eugene224US #45
#63Samuel215US #59
#64Raul211
#65Howard210US #49
#66Ralph206US #38
#67Ramon204
#68Victor202US #99
#69Carlos198
#70Ray198US #84
#71Ruben198
#72Lawrence197US #30
#73Dennis196US #20
#74Alfred190US #76
#75Oscar190US #172
#76Curtis188US #98
#77Gilbert187US #128
#78Francisco184
#79Leonard182US #57
#80Jackie180US #119
#81Gene179US #82
#82Harry175US #48
#83Floyd173US #113
#84Jim172US #74
#85Terry172US #52
#86Danny165US #111
#87Lee164US #87
#88Norman163US #53
#89Glenn162US #88
#90Herbert162US #83
#91Guadalupe160
#92Tony160US #145
#93Cecil158US #131
#94Leon152US #93
#95Clyde150US #109
#96Johnnie148US #138
#97Allen147US #71
#98Alvin147US #115
#99Alfredo144
#100Earl144US #62

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑55Douglas#33
↑28Victor#68
↑27Rita#64
↑26Yolanda#66
↑18Karen#48
↑18Janet#61
↑16Howard#65
↑13Bonnie#46

Falling

↓28Sue#77
↓25Irma#93
↓23Mildred#90
↓21Earl#100
↓19Jackie#80
↓18Bertha#94
↓17Emma#63
↓16Alicia#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.