State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 189,766 Texas births in 1947 across 2,134 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#30Yolanda#194 nationally
#38Jesusoutside the national top 200
#47Antoniooutside the national top 200
#48Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#22Juan#172 nationally
#52Rauloutside the national top 200
#53Robertooutside the national top 200
#51Carlos#197 nationally
#57Franciscooutside the national top 200
#60Rubenoutside the national top 200
#66Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#67Pedrooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda5,059US #1
#2Mary4,211US #2
#3Maria2,249US #79
#4Barbara1,918US #4
#5Patricia1,790US #3
#6Sandra1,590US #5
#7Carolyn1,447US #15
#8Sharon1,333US #9
#9Judy1,311US #14
#10Gloria1,300US #27
#11Betty1,187US #17
#12Shirley1,069US #19
#13Nancy1,039US #7
#14Carol962US #6
#15Donna954US #10
#16Margaret830US #16
#17Martha809US #32
#18Brenda787US #21
#19Susan780US #8
#20Dorothy692US #26
#21Joyce691US #20
#22Janice661US #22
#23Elizabeth655US #25
#24Virginia636US #34
#25Karen631US #13
#26Cynthia614US #33
#27Beverly599US #31
#28Frances593US #39
#29Peggy550US #42
#30Yolanda546US #194
#31Juanita533US #110
#32Patsy519US #87
#33Pamela513US #28
#34Alice508US #47
#35Helen504US #38
#36Glenda503US #96
#37Jo502US #51
#38Sylvia484US #97
#39Sherry477US #67
#40Connie470US #43
#41Rebecca468US #52
#42Cheryl460US #24
#43Paula460US #54
#44Judith455US #12
#45Marilyn444US #29
#46Rosa443US #167
#47Wanda442US #66
#48Guadalupe426
#49Doris423US #58
#50Janet407US #23
#51Diana394US #48
#52Charlotte378US #68
#53Lynda359US #77
#54Norma352US #82
#55Anita336US #94
#56Janie334US #161
#57Phyllis331US #37
#58Rita326US #60
#59Diane320US #18
#60Ruth320US #44
#61Ann318US #41
#62Ruby314US #112
#63Rose308US #65
#64Kathleen304US #11
#65Jane295US #36
#66Sue295US #69
#67Evelyn291US #72
#68Alicia290
#69Dolores282US #111
#70Laura280US #74
#71Kathy272US #64
#72Anna267US #92
#73Teresa266US #121
#74Irma261
#75Olga256
#76Kathryn253US #55
#77Bonnie249US #35
#78Irene249US #107
#79Carmen243
#80Joan242US #30
#81Dora241
#82Eva239US #168
#83Janis235US #108
#84Jean235US #40
#85Vicki232US #101
#86Kay229US #104
#87Suzanne229US #53
#88Billie228US #175
#89Esther228US #162
#90Sarah226US #93
#91Bertha224US #180
#92Annie223US #103
#93Margarita222
#94Julia219US #116
#95Bobbie213US #178
#96Margie212US #139
#97Deborah210US #62
#98Lois202US #63
#99Marsha202US #88
#100Marie194US #57

Boys

#1James4,305US #1
#2Robert3,517US #2
#3John3,281US #3
#4David2,463US #6
#5William2,292US #4
#6Charles2,259US #9
#7Larry2,117US #10
#8Richard2,004US #5
#9Michael1,789US #7
#10Joe1,599US #43
#11Jerry1,434US #20
#12Gary1,310US #12
#13Jose1,291US #136
#14Thomas1,244US #8
#15Ronald1,192US #11
#16Kenneth1,152US #15
#17George1,147US #16
#18Jimmy1,136US #44
#19Donald1,083US #13
#20Johnny1,071US #49
#21Billy1,051US #51
#22Juan940US #172
#23Tommy778US #79
#24Bobby762US #60
#25Roy718US #48
#26Paul709US #18
#27Frank708US #23
#28Danny691US #39
#29Ronnie680US #61
#30Edward640US #19
#31Manuel638US #156
#32Raymond572US #27
#33Daniel554US #22
#34Mike549US #65
#35Joseph538US #14
#36Terry538US #26
#37Willie536US #42
#38Jesus518
#39Henry513US #46
#40Dennis512US #17
#41Jack497US #37
#42Jesse477US #107
#43Don436US #86
#44Eddie417US #80
#45Stephen412US #21
#46Harold409US #35
#47Antonio408
#48Walter400US #34
#49Roger395US #25
#50Arthur383US #38
#51Carlos371US #197
#52Raul367
#53Roberto361
#54Albert359US #55
#55Carl350US #40
#56Wayne347US #30
#57Francisco330
#58Fred323US #56
#59Ernest318US #75
#60Ruben312
#61Bill311US #76
#62Douglas302US #31
#63Samuel297US #72
#64Gerald296US #28
#65Louis295US #64
#66Guadalupe293
#67Pedro293
#68Ray287US #97
#69Steve285US #58
#70Jimmie270US #113
#71Oscar270US #186
#72Ralph268US #50
#73Howard263US #62
#74Lawrence258US #32
#75Armando256
#76Marvin255US #89
#77Melvin255US #85
#78Jim252US #77
#79Victor248US #121
#80Gilbert239US #146
#81Clarence234US #88
#82Phillip231US #74
#83Harry228US #54
#84Luis228
#85Glenn227US #70
#86Lee225US #92
#87Arturo219
#88Curtis218US #99
#89Martin217US #90
#90Ramon217
#91Steven216US #24
#92Patrick215US #53
#93Alfred208US #96
#94Allen208US #73
#95Mark202US #47
#96Jackie201US #141
#97Eugene200US #59
#98Gregory198US #33
#99Leonard197US #71
#100Ricardo197

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑29Kathy#71
↑22Phyllis#57
↑20Cynthia#26
↑18Armando#75
↑14Pamela#33
↑14Lynda#53
↑14Teresa#73
↑14Kathryn#76

Falling

↓23Julia#94
↓19Ramon#90
↓14Dolores#69
↓14Alfred#93
↓13Eugene#97
↓12Wanda#47
↓12Bonnie#77
↓12Irene#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.