State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 189,446 Texas births in 1948 across 2,128 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#29Yolanda#197 nationally
#33Jesusoutside the national top 200
#43Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#45Robertooutside the national top 200
#47Antoniooutside the national top 200
#49Rauloutside the national top 200
#51Rubenoutside the national top 200
#17Juan#164 nationally
#56Pedrooutside the national top 200
#58Franciscooutside the national top 200
#60Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#61Olgaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda4,948US #1
#2Mary4,173US #2
#3Maria2,262US #75
#4Patricia1,778US #4
#5Barbara1,741US #3
#6Sandra1,416US #6
#7Carolyn1,358US #14
#8Gloria1,243US #28
#9Judy1,230US #16
#10Sharon1,230US #9
#11Betty1,074US #18
#12Nancy1,058US #7
#13Brenda1,013US #17
#14Shirley970US #20
#15Donna918US #11
#16Carol912US #8
#17Susan903US #5
#18Martha842US #32
#19Margaret815US #13
#20Cynthia776US #27
#21Karen724US #12
#22Joyce664US #21
#23Janice647US #23
#24Elizabeth645US #26
#25Virginia632US #36
#26Beverly629US #31
#27Peggy593US #38
#28Dorothy588US #29
#29Yolanda581US #197
#30Pamela562US #22
#31Frances554US #42
#32Rosa540US #149
#33Sherry508US #61
#34Alice504US #49
#35Juanita502US #107
#36Rebecca496US #50
#37Paula495US #52
#38Deborah482US #30
#39Helen478US #40
#40Wanda477US #57
#41Jo468US #56
#42Sylvia468US #100
#43Guadalupe456
#44Glenda453US #92
#45Marilyn433US #33
#46Cheryl429US #25
#47Patsy429US #98
#48Connie428US #43
#49Diana417US #48
#50Doris410US #64
#51Janet404US #24
#52Judith369US #15
#53Charlotte361US #69
#54Janie349US #176
#55Diane341US #19
#56Rita340US #59
#57Teresa330US #82
#58Rose329US #62
#59Anita321US #102
#60Evelyn315US #74
#61Olga307
#62Norma305US #103
#63Irma303
#64Phyllis302US #46
#65Bonnie301US #34
#66Kathy299US #55
#67Laura299US #73
#68Lynda294US #84
#69Kathleen292US #10
#70Irene291US #111
#71Ruby286US #114
#72Vicki283US #81
#73Anna273US #89
#74Kathryn271US #54
#75Jane260US #39
#76Dora258
#77Margarita257
#78Dolores252US #119
#79Julia251US #118
#80Alicia244
#81Ruth244US #45
#82Carmen241
#83Ann239US #44
#84Sue235US #78
#85Eva233US #162
#86Katherine233US #68
#87Lydia230
#88Kay227US #113
#89Annie221US #97
#90Sarah221US #85
#91Bobbie218US #179
#92Catherine218US #41
#93Billie217US #178
#94Marsha217US #76
#95Gwendolyn210US #124
#96Esther205US #155
#97Janis205US #121
#98Theresa200US #63
#99Emma198US #138
#100Joan196US #37

Boys

#1James4,120US #1
#2Robert3,512US #2
#3John3,200US #3
#4David2,618US #5
#5William2,261US #4
#6Charles2,152US #9
#7Larry2,040US #11
#8Michael1,945US #6
#9Richard1,861US #7
#10Joe1,559US #47
#11Jose1,379US #126
#12Jerry1,340US #21
#13Gary1,279US #12
#14Thomas1,268US #8
#15Ronald1,241US #10
#16Kenneth1,166US #15
#17Juan1,109US #164
#18Donald1,101US #14
#19Billy1,048US #53
#20Jimmy1,029US #50
#21Johnny1,026US #52
#22George983US #16
#23Paul728US #18
#24Bobby708US #62
#25Ronnie696US #59
#26Frank686US #25
#27Roy660US #49
#28Tommy653US #79
#29Danny650US #39
#30Daniel642US #22
#31Edward616US #19
#32Manuel606US #156
#33Jesus558
#34Willie554US #40
#35Raymond542US #27
#36Henry541US #45
#37Joseph531US #13
#38Stephen520US #20
#39Terry517US #26
#40Dennis503US #17
#41Jesse500US #108
#42Jack465US #43
#43Roger465US #24
#44Mike454US #68
#45Roberto416
#46Walter416US #35
#47Antonio402
#48Arthur398US #44
#49Raul392
#50Eddie384US #78
#51Ruben381
#52Harold380US #36
#53Carl379US #42
#54Albert375US #55
#55Carlos366US #193
#56Pedro349
#57Don346US #91
#58Francisco341
#59Douglas331US #33
#60Guadalupe330
#61Louis329US #64
#62Steven315US #23
#63Samuel312US #70
#64Gerald308US #30
#65Gilbert306US #145
#66Wayne298US #34
#67Luis295
#68Lawrence293US #31
#69Bill291US #84
#70Fred286US #66
#71Ernest281US #76
#72Oscar281US #184
#73Mark274US #29
#74Steve274US #60
#75Ray263US #100
#76Victor260US #115
#77Ralph256US #51
#78Melvin252US #81
#79Patrick252US #48
#80Howard245US #63
#81Marvin244US #90
#82Arturo236
#83Glenn234US #73
#84Ramon232
#85Jim231US #86
#86Armando229
#87Clarence229US #87
#88Ricardo229
#89Eugene227US #61
#90Hector227
#91Mario227
#92Bruce225US #28
#93Leonard223US #71
#94Phillip223US #69
#95Martin222US #88
#96Curtis221US #101
#97Randy217US #99
#98Jimmie213US #120
#99Alfred212US #96
#100Allen206US #72

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑59Deborah#38
↑29Steven#62
↑22Mark#73
↑17Luis#67
↑16Teresa#57
↑16Margarita#77
↑15Julia#79
↑15Gilbert#65

Falling

↓28Jimmie#98
↓22Ann#83
↓21Ruth#81
↓20Joan#100
↓18Sue#84
↓15Patsy#47
↓15Lynda#68
↓14Janis#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.