State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 149,188 Texas births in 1945 across 1,935 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#31Jesusoutside the national top 200
#35Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#39Yolandaoutside the national top 200
#46Rauloutside the national top 200
#47Antoniooutside the national top 200
#48Robertooutside the national top 200
#55Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#22Juan#166 nationally
#57Carlos#200 nationally
#58Pedrooutside the national top 200
#59Rubenoutside the national top 200
#65Ramonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary3,779US #1
#2Linda2,519US #2
#3Maria1,763US #86
#4Barbara1,610US #3
#5Patricia1,388US #4
#6Sandra1,240US #6
#7Carolyn1,207US #12
#8Betty1,200US #11
#9Gloria1,110US #23
#10Judy1,041US #13
#11Carol1,013US #5
#12Shirley990US #14
#13Nancy830US #7
#14Sharon790US #8
#15Martha740US #30
#16Dorothy691US #21
#17Joyce665US #18
#18Margaret655US #15
#19Virginia593US #28
#20Donna576US #17
#21Susan519US #10
#22Frances514US #34
#23Elizabeth476US #26
#24Brenda468US #29
#25Helen466US #31
#26Janice466US #24
#27Karen455US #16
#28Alice444US #41
#29Patsy443US #84
#30Wanda438US #58
#31Judith428US #9
#32Doris417US #46
#33Juanita416US #108
#34Peggy411US #45
#35Guadalupe403
#36Jo393US #60
#37Marilyn380US #27
#38Glenda368US #92
#39Yolanda368
#40Beverly358US #37
#41Sylvia333US #83
#42Rosa331US #147
#43Diana318US #43
#44Paula308US #67
#45Ruth306US #33
#46Cheryl305US #32
#47Janet304US #20
#48Anita295US #100
#49Ruby293US #95
#50Pamela288US #42
#51Janie284US #159
#52Connie278US #47
#53Charlotte264US #55
#54Sherry259US #104
#55Rose256US #54
#56Diane253US #22
#57Bobbie251US #150
#58Dolores249US #103
#59Billie243US #152
#60Norma243US #74
#61Joan237US #25
#62Ann236US #39
#63Jane236US #36
#64Evelyn235US #57
#65Lynda231US #111
#66Irene230US #97
#67Sue225US #66
#68Eva224US #146
#69Bonnie222US #35
#70Dora216
#71Rita216US #59
#72Alicia208
#73Rebecca208US #85
#74Kathleen207US #19
#75Annie206US #69
#76Julia206US #115
#77Kay204US #91
#78Carmen199
#79Laura199US #77
#80Teresa199US #171
#81Sarah198US #76
#82Irma193
#83Emma192US #123
#84Jean185US #38
#85Margie183US #138
#86Margarita182
#87Marie181US #49
#88Anna179US #73
#89Lydia175
#90Bertha174US #165
#91Lupe174
#92Olga174
#93Lois173US #48
#94Cynthia170US #90
#95Josephine169US #120
#96Phyllis166US #40
#97Sally163US #64
#98Victoria159US #106
#99Carole155US #51
#100Esther155US #160

Boys

#1James3,579US #1
#2Robert2,759US #2
#3John2,641US #3
#4Charles1,907US #7
#5William1,837US #4
#6David1,662US #6
#7Richard1,522US #5
#8Joe1,304US #36
#9Larry1,304US #11
#10Jerry1,195US #20
#11Michael1,128US #9
#12Jose1,044US #132
#13Billy969US #42
#14Thomas957US #8
#15George948US #15
#16Jimmy905US #41
#17Donald898US #12
#18Gary898US #13
#19Kenneth875US #16
#20Johnny781US #45
#21Ronald777US #10
#22Juan758US #166
#23Frank599US #21
#24Paul597US #17
#25Bobby595US #53
#26Manuel548US #150
#27Tommy537US #75
#28Edward518US #18
#29Roy512US #40
#30Raymond480US #23
#31Jesus478
#32Daniel461US #24
#33Willie444US #31
#34Joseph423US #14
#35Henry420US #37
#36Jack418US #32
#37Ronnie407US #67
#38Jesse375US #104
#39Arthur367US #34
#40Danny357US #56
#41Don349US #73
#42Harold348US #28
#43Mike333US #69
#44Roger329US #22
#45Walter324US #27
#46Raul321
#47Antonio316
#48Roberto313
#49Eddie312US #81
#50Carl310US #39
#51Albert296US #49
#52Dennis292US #19
#53Fred291US #51
#54Louis285US #55
#55Guadalupe283
#56Douglas276US #29
#57Carlos270US #200
#58Pedro267
#59Ruben261
#60Ernest259US #60
#61Terry259US #33
#62Gerald254US #25
#63Bill246US #66
#64Wayne246US #35
#65Ramon233
#66Jimmie232US #102
#67Victor232US #95
#68Francisco228
#69Clarence223US #82
#70Ralph223US #44
#71Marvin222US #80
#72Stephen222US #26
#73Gilbert209US #130
#74Howard209US #54
#75Melvin209US #78
#76Samuel207US #62
#77Lawrence204US #30
#78Ray202US #92
#79Harry199US #47
#80Luis194
#81Alfred187US #88
#82Oscar183US #176
#83Jim182US #68
#84Curtis177US #97
#85Eugene175US #50
#86Martin174US #90
#87Lee173US #87
#88Steve173US #79
#89Tony173US #129
#90Glenn168US #93
#91Leonard168US #57
#92Jackie167US #142
#93Armando163
#94Johnnie154US #133
#95Ricardo154
#96Rodolfo154
#97Arturo153
#98Phillip153US #85
#99Earl151US #71
#100Hector148

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑25Diana#43
↑23Yolanda#39
↑23Victor#67
↑21Diane#56
↑18Eva#68
↑18Carmen#78
↑17Alicia#72
↑16Susan#21

Falling

↓26Lois#93
↓18Eugene#85
↓17Lupe#91
↓17Olga#92
↓14Gerald#62
↓13Joan#61
↓13Bill#63
↓13Earl#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.