State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 154,559 Texas births in 1944 across 1,961 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#34Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#38Jesusoutside the national top 200
#22Juan#179 nationally
#44Robertooutside the national top 200
#55Pedrooutside the national top 200
#56Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#59Antoniooutside the national top 200
#61Rauloutside the national top 200
#62Yolandaoutside the national top 200
#64Carlosoutside the national top 200
#66Ramonoutside the national top 200
#56Janie#186 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,139US #1
#2Linda2,514US #3
#3Maria1,831US #80
#4Barbara1,747US #2
#5Patricia1,528US #4
#6Betty1,365US #10
#7Sandra1,358US #6
#8Carolyn1,320US #11
#9Judy1,051US #12
#10Gloria1,017US #25
#11Carol1,012US #5
#12Shirley1,006US #15
#13Sharon932US #8
#14Dorothy859US #19
#15Nancy815US #7
#16Martha781US #29
#17Joyce715US #18
#18Margaret694US #14
#19Virginia661US #26
#20Donna610US #17
#21Judith576US #9
#22Patsy573US #72
#23Frances551US #33
#24Elizabeth516US #23
#25Alice494US #38
#26Brenda486US #30
#27Helen474US #31
#28Doris461US #42
#29Peggy447US #45
#30Jo446US #61
#31Wanda446US #58
#32Karen431US #16
#33Juanita428US #94
#34Guadalupe419
#35Glenda415US #79
#36Beverly414US #35
#37Susan409US #13
#38Janice386US #28
#39Marilyn351US #27
#40Rosa336US #145
#41Janet326US #21
#42Charlotte325US #50
#43Sylvia322US #83
#44Anita321US #95
#45Ruth309US #32
#46Cheryl301US #36
#47Paula296US #82
#48Joan293US #22
#49Norma292US #66
#50Dolores291US #92
#51Rose283US #52
#52Billie282US #142
#53Ruby279US #87
#54Bobbie270US #144
#55Sue270US #62
#56Janie265US #186
#57Ann264US #39
#58Sherry263US #100
#59Connie257US #51
#60Rita256US #54
#61Pamela254US #44
#62Yolanda253
#63Evelyn251US #57
#64Bonnie246US #34
#65Julia244US #102
#66Jane243US #41
#67Lois232US #47
#68Diana229US #60
#69Annie228US #71
#70Irene226US #91
#71Lynda223US #113
#72Sarah222US #67
#73Emma220US #118
#74Lupe217
#75Olga213
#76Kay212US #88
#77Diane211US #24
#78Margie208US #130
#79Rebecca208US #84
#80Dora206
#81Jean205US #37
#82Irma202
#83Lydia200
#84Phyllis200US #40
#85Anna198US #74
#86Eva193US #148
#87Bertha190US #151
#88Josephine186US #115
#89Alicia185
#90Kathleen184US #20
#91Willie182US #138
#92Carole180US #43
#93Rosie180US #193
#94Marie178US #48
#95Georgia171US #114
#96Carmen170
#97Katherine168US #77
#98Beatrice166US #156
#99Sally166US #59
#100Suzanne165US #78

Boys

#1James3,872US #1
#2Robert2,866US #2
#3John2,702US #3
#4Charles2,011US #7
#5William2,001US #4
#6David1,730US #6
#7Richard1,509US #5
#8Joe1,452US #33
#9Jerry1,442US #19
#10Larry1,215US #12
#11Thomas1,038US #8
#12Michael1,002US #9
#13George994US #14
#14Billy985US #38
#15Jose956US #139
#16Donald955US #11
#17Jimmy891US #41
#18Ronald873US #10
#19Kenneth838US #16
#20Johnny806US #45
#21Gary803US #15
#22Juan687US #179
#23Bobby612US #50
#24Frank611US #21
#25Roy606US #39
#26Edward595US #18
#27Tommy576US #70
#28Paul545US #17
#29Raymond530US #22
#30Henry493US #35
#31Manuel490US #149
#32Willie473US #31
#33Ronnie448US #69
#34Joseph442US #13
#35Jesse422US #103
#36Jack409US #30
#37Daniel384US #25
#38Jesus381
#39Walter366US #26
#40Harold365US #27
#41Don363US #72
#42Arthur353US #29
#43Roger350US #23
#44Roberto329
#45Mike327US #80
#46Albert322US #44
#47Carl318US #36
#48Gerald316US #24
#49Eddie310US #79
#50Bill294US #66
#51Fred289US #47
#52Danny288US #76
#53Louis288US #54
#54Douglas285US #34
#55Pedro284
#56Guadalupe282
#57Dennis273US #20
#58Ernest271US #59
#59Antonio270
#60Jimmie262US #98
#61Raul262
#62Ralph257US #42
#63Terry254US #43
#64Carlos252
#65Samuel252US #62
#66Ramon241
#67Eugene235US #48
#68Marvin235US #75
#69Wayne235US #37
#70Lawrence231US #32
#71Melvin226US #67
#72Ruben218
#73Ray217US #86
#74Stephen217US #28
#75Francisco216
#76Howard208US #53
#77Clarence206US #74
#78Harry201US #49
#79Jim201US #68
#80Alfred197US #82
#81Luis197
#82Jackie192US #128
#83Oscar191US #178
#84Gilbert190US #127
#85Curtis189US #97
#86Earl183US #65
#87Arturo178
#88Leonard178US #56
#89Tony177US #143
#90Victor177US #107
#91Lee174US #85
#92Alfredo172
#93Johnnie172US #131
#94Sammy169US #173
#95Freddie168US #138
#96Glenn164US #88
#97Floyd162US #110
#98Steve159US #89
#99Anthony157US #46
#100Martin157US #91

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑22Pamela#61
↑21Danny#52
↑20Lupe#74
↑17Terry#63
↑16Ramon#66
↑15Marilyn#39
↑15Luis#81
↑14Janet#41

Falling

↓29Victor#90
↓21Eva#86
↓18Howard#76
↓17Bonnie#64
↓17Anna#85
↓17Carmen#96
↓15Gilbert#84
↓14Kay#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.