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Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 152,275 Texas births in 1943 across 1,939 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#25Juan#193 nationally
#37Jesusoutside the national top 200
#38Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#53Robertooutside the national top 200
#56Antoniooutside the national top 200
#60Pedrooutside the national top 200
#62Carlosoutside the national top 200
#63Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#65Rauloutside the national top 200
#18Jose#151 nationally
#68Franciscooutside the national top 200
#69Yolandaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary4,064US #1
#2Linda2,255US #4
#3Barbara1,811US #2
#4Patricia1,547US #3
#5Maria1,535US #103
#6Betty1,418US #10
#7Carolyn1,376US #11
#8Sandra1,204US #6
#9Shirley1,024US #12
#10Sharon916US #8
#11Judy905US #13
#12Gloria884US #30
#13Carol853US #5
#14Dorothy848US #19
#15Nancy841US #9
#16Martha811US #29
#17Joyce743US #16
#18Margaret715US #14
#19Virginia694US #25
#20Patsy643US #61
#21Frances623US #31
#22Judith535US #7
#23Alice534US #38
#24Helen525US #28
#25Donna502US #17
#26Wanda502US #56
#27Elizabeth482US #23
#28Peggy464US #41
#29Jo460US #63
#30Glenda454US #83
#31Doris439US #40
#32Juanita400US #91
#33Janice396US #26
#34Beverly391US #32
#35Brenda385US #35
#36Karen372US #15
#37Norma351US #58
#38Guadalupe348
#39Charlotte347US #47
#40Ruby346US #82
#41Susan343US #18
#42Ruth331US #33
#43Sylvia321US #77
#44Billie316US #138
#45Rosa308US #154
#46Anita303US #98
#47Bonnie298US #34
#48Dolores298US #74
#49Paula298US #93
#50Evelyn295US #53
#51Bobbie288US #147
#52Ann287US #37
#53Rose284US #50
#54Marilyn273US #27
#55Janet252US #20
#56Sue249US #72
#57Joan247US #21
#58Lois246US #43
#59Annie245US #69
#60Sarah243US #71
#61Connie238US #59
#62Kay237US #81
#63Julia236US #95
#64Rita236US #52
#65Eva232US #148
#66Rebecca225US #87
#67Sherry224US #123
#68Anna223US #64
#69Yolanda223
#70Janie221US #198
#71Dora220
#72Jean220US #36
#73Irene218US #85
#74Emma216US #114
#75Jane216US #44
#76Josephine215US #108
#77Margie212US #128
#78Diana211US #62
#79Carmen207
#80Diane206US #24
#81Lynda198US #115
#82Willie198US #139
#83Pamela196US #54
#84Mildred189US #76
#85Bertha186US #150
#86Alicia185
#87Phyllis184US #39
#88Olga179
#89Margarita177
#90Sally176US #57
#91Irma174
#92Carole172US #42
#93Edna172US #106
#94Lupe172
#95Johnnie170US #196
#96Kathleen169US #22
#97Esther166US #151
#98Gladys165US #131
#99Delores162US #99
#100Beatrice159US #152

Boys

#1James3,906US #1
#2Robert2,832US #2
#3John2,701US #3
#4William2,049US #4
#5Charles1,996US #7
#6David1,561US #6
#7Jerry1,510US #17
#8Joe1,372US #35
#9Richard1,370US #5
#10Larry1,160US #12
#11Thomas1,075US #8
#12Billy1,034US #37
#13Jimmy976US #42
#14George958US #14
#15Donald948US #11
#16Ronald911US #9
#17Kenneth896US #15
#18Jose892US #151
#19Michael772US #10
#20Johnny748US #52
#21Bobby710US #46
#22Frank626US #21
#23Gary616US #16
#24Roy616US #38
#25Juan609US #193
#26Edward601US #18
#27Tommy559US #77
#28Paul547US #19
#29Raymond537US #22
#30Manuel502US #149
#31Willie486US #36
#32Henry470US #31
#33Ronnie454US #71
#34Jack437US #34
#35Joseph417US #13
#36Don399US #72
#37Jesus396
#38Jesse388US #105
#39Walter367US #26
#40Daniel354US #25
#41Harold351US #27
#42Arthur344US #30
#43Douglas342US #28
#44Gerald340US #23
#45Albert332US #43
#46Carl326US #33
#47Louis316US #53
#48Eddie307US #80
#49Roger303US #24
#50Bill298US #65
#51Fred293US #45
#52Jimmie289US #95
#53Roberto288
#54Mike287US #90
#55Ernest282US #61
#56Antonio279
#57Dennis269US #20
#58Howard245US #48
#59Ralph243US #40
#60Pedro242
#61Victor242US #97
#62Carlos240
#63Guadalupe239
#64Melvin238US #63
#65Raul238
#66Lawrence236US #32
#67Clarence235US #68
#68Francisco235
#69Gilbert234US #123
#70Marvin233US #66
#71Ray232US #84
#72Wayne232US #41
#73Danny223US #88
#74Curtis218US #100
#75Ruben214
#76Samuel212US #62
#77Eugene209US #47
#78Alfred208US #78
#79Jim205US #75
#80Terry203US #49
#81Jackie201US #124
#82Ramon201
#83Oscar200US #169
#84Tony196US #145
#85Earl191US #60
#86Leonard191US #55
#87Johnnie187US #135
#88Stephen185US #29
#89Gene180US #89
#90Harry179US #50
#91Lee178US #91
#92Martin174US #83
#93Allen172US #76
#94Arturo168
#95Lonnie168US #144
#96Luis166
#97Phillip164US #81
#98Alvin163US #113
#99Cecil163US #132
#100Floyd162US #112

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑36Connie#61
↑30Paula#49
↑28Guadalupe#63
↑25Sherry#67
↑21Susan#41
↑21Sue#56
↑16Guadalupe#38
↑16Dennis#57

Falling

↓22Edna#93
↓21Delores#99
↓18Carole#92
↓18Wayne#72
↓17Margie#77
↓17Floyd#100
↓15Eugene#77
↓15Ramon#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.