State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 172,194 Texas births in 1946 across 2,021 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#27Yolandaoutside the national top 200
#34Jesusoutside the national top 200
#40Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#47Robertooutside the national top 200
#48Antoniooutside the national top 200
#22Juan#172 nationally
#54Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#58Pedrooutside the national top 200
#59Rubenoutside the national top 200
#60Rauloutside the national top 200
#61Carlos#199 nationally
#63Franciscooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary4,206US #1
#2Linda3,033US #2
#3Maria2,043US #88
#4Barbara1,766US #4
#5Patricia1,760US #3
#6Carolyn1,423US #12
#7Sandra1,386US #6
#8Judy1,357US #11
#9Betty1,257US #14
#10Gloria1,208US #26
#11Sharon1,166US #9
#12Shirley1,049US #18
#13Carol1,033US #5
#14Nancy942US #7
#15Donna817US #13
#16Martha780US #32
#17Margaret752US #17
#18Dorothy701US #23
#19Susan693US #8
#20Brenda690US #24
#21Joyce666US #20
#22Janice612US #22
#23Virginia598US #31
#24Karen564US #15
#25Frances529US #39
#26Helen524US #36
#27Yolanda512
#28Beverly510US #30
#29Alice504US #44
#30Peggy491US #43
#31Elizabeth486US #25
#32Patsy484US #85
#33Jo474US #53
#34Juanita464US #110
#35Wanda457US #59
#36Sylvia454US #82
#37Judith437US #10
#38Sherry433US #73
#39Doris432US #51
#40Guadalupe414
#41Glenda413US #99
#42Diana400US #42
#43Rosa400US #168
#44Marilyn382US #29
#45Cheryl373US #27
#46Cynthia372US #46
#47Pamela369US #34
#48Rebecca359US #68
#49Janet358US #21
#50Paula342US #69
#51Anita334US #84
#52Janie330US #158
#53Connie329US #45
#54Ruth321US #38
#55Dolores308US #104
#56Norma303US #77
#57Rose294US #60
#58Charlotte293US #64
#59Evelyn292US #65
#60Diane286US #19
#61Rita284US #56
#62Jane283US #35
#63Ruby281US #105
#64Sue266US #61
#65Bonnie263US #33
#66Irene262US #102
#67Lynda261US #109
#68Ann255US #40
#69Laura254US #75
#70Eva253US #161
#71Julia250US #114
#72Anna243US #87
#73Kathleen241US #16
#74Alicia240
#75Olga240
#76Billie237US #164
#77Joan235US #28
#78Irma233
#79Phyllis231US #41
#80Carmen230
#81Margarita228
#82Annie227US #97
#83Kay225US #101
#84Sarah225US #92
#85Suzanne216US #52
#86Bobbie215US #171
#87Teresa213US #148
#88Lydia211
#89Margie204US #138
#90Kathryn198US #63
#91Dora197
#92Emma197US #131
#93Bertha190US #173
#94Lupe190
#95Sally186US #67
#96Marie182US #54
#97Esther180US #151
#98Lois180US #55
#99Katherine178US #78
#100Kathy177US #79

Boys

#1James4,047US #1
#2Robert3,288US #2
#3John3,004US #3
#4Charles2,182US #9
#5David2,110US #6
#6William2,097US #4
#7Richard1,850US #5
#8Larry1,722US #11
#9Michael1,495US #7
#10Joe1,489US #37
#11Jerry1,334US #20
#12Jose1,239US #133
#13Thomas1,141US #8
#14Ronald1,097US #10
#15Gary1,083US #12
#16George1,042US #16
#17Donald1,030US #13
#18Jimmy1,026US #42
#19Kenneth1,013US #15
#20Johnny924US #47
#21Billy921US #45
#22Juan837US #172
#23Paul700US #18
#24Bobby687US #53
#25Tommy666US #77
#26Ronnie662US #54
#27Frank638US #22
#28Roy628US #43
#29Edward616US #19
#30Manuel594US #157
#31Raymond568US #25
#32Danny537US #46
#33Mike510US #64
#34Jesus494
#35Willie491US #40
#36Daniel474US #21
#37Henry473US #41
#38Dennis454US #17
#39Joseph447US #14
#40Don441US #79
#41Jack438US #35
#42Jesse414US #109
#43Terry405US #26
#44Roger396US #23
#45Arthur380US #36
#46Albert377US #52
#47Roberto365
#48Antonio363
#49Eddie361US #85
#50Harold352US #33
#51Walter352US #30
#52Bill345US #72
#53Carl335US #39
#54Guadalupe326
#55Stephen318US #24
#56Douglas316US #34
#57Ernest313US #71
#58Pedro309
#59Ruben306
#60Raul304
#61Carlos298US #199
#62Fred295US #51
#63Francisco286
#64Wayne281US #29
#65Ralph278US #48
#66Gerald274US #27
#67Ray274US #95
#68Louis267US #63
#69Jimmie253US #104
#70Samuel248US #70
#71Ramon247
#72Oscar244US #182
#73Gilbert230US #138
#74Clarence227US #89
#75Harry225US #50
#76Steve225US #69
#77Lawrence223US #31
#78Marvin221US #88
#79Alfred220US #94
#80Jim219US #73
#81Victor219US #120
#82Curtis218US #99
#83Melvin216US #86
#84Eugene215US #57
#85Tony213US #129
#86Howard208US #55
#87Alfredo206
#88Luis206
#89Phillip205US #83
#90Ricardo204
#91Lee203US #91
#92Sammy202US #170
#93Armando197
#94Arturo191
#95Glenn190US #81
#96Martin189US #92
#97Rodolfo188
#98Leonard186US #67
#99Steven185US #28
#100Johnnie179US #141

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑48Cynthia#46
↑25Rebecca#48
↑18Terry#43
↑17Olga#75
↑17Phyllis#79
↑17Stephen#55
↑16Sherry#38
↑16Anna#72

Falling

↓29Bobbie#86
↓21Dora#91
↓17Billie#76
↓16Joan#77
↓14Ruby#63
↓14Raul#60
↓14Louis#68
↓14Victor#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.