State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 195,274 Texas births in 1949 across 2,129 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#37Jesusoutside the national top 200
#31Yolanda#193 nationally
#44Antoniooutside the national top 200
#45Rubenoutside the national top 200
#48Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#54Rauloutside the national top 200
#56Robertooutside the national top 200
#58Franciscooutside the national top 200
#63Luisoutside the national top 200
#65Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#51Carlos#184 nationally
#13Juan#145 nationally

Girls

#1Linda4,816US #1
#2Mary4,145US #2
#3Maria2,467US #72
#4Patricia1,958US #3
#5Barbara1,646US #4
#6Sandra1,515US #6
#7Brenda1,400US #13
#8Carolyn1,343US #17
#9Sharon1,306US #10
#10Gloria1,193US #29
#11Judy1,161US #20
#12Shirley1,128US #18
#13Nancy1,090US #7
#14Donna1,017US #12
#15Susan994US #5
#16Betty931US #22
#17Deborah898US #15
#18Carol885US #8
#19Cynthia869US #27
#20Karen835US #11
#21Martha832US #34
#22Margaret800US #14
#23Elizabeth684US #25
#24Janice683US #24
#25Rebecca682US #40
#26Pamela678US #21
#27Juanita664US #107
#28Beverly663US #31
#29Joyce645US #26
#30Virginia615US #39
#31Yolanda611US #193
#32Peggy603US #38
#33Dorothy565US #32
#34Rosa554US #155
#35Kathy528US #42
#36Frances502US #49
#37Alice498US #53
#38Paula497US #55
#39Sylvia494US #94
#40Sherry492US #68
#41Connie485US #43
#42Diana477US #48
#43Helen461US #46
#44Jo450US #60
#45Janet447US #23
#46Wanda443US #56
#47Cheryl427US #28
#48Guadalupe418
#49Janie415US #165
#50Glenda414US #87
#51Kathleen411US #9
#52Doris404US #69
#53Marilyn398US #33
#54Judith390US #16
#55Charlotte380US #71
#56Patsy379US #106
#57Rita375US #54
#58Diane371US #19
#59Vicki364US #70
#60Rose345US #66
#61Kathryn332US #52
#62Norma330US #105
#63Teresa330US #82
#64Anita325US #99
#65Evelyn318US #80
#66Laura315US #65
#67Carmen299US #189
#68Katherine293US #59
#69Lynda289US #93
#70Irma285
#71Phyllis285US #50
#72Catherine277US #37
#73Margarita270
#74Ruth270US #47
#75Bonnie269US #35
#76Dolores268US #130
#77Olga263
#78Anna258US #91
#79Irene254US #111
#80Ann251US #44
#81Ruby250US #123
#82Jane245US #41
#83Alicia244
#84Lydia241
#85Sarah240US #84
#86Cathy237US #81
#87Eva236US #170
#88Marsha235US #79
#89Dora228
#90Gwendolyn225US #114
#91Julia221US #112
#92Kay220US #119
#93Sally217US #77
#94Sue215US #88
#95Janis214US #131
#96Joan208US #36
#97Vickie206US #124
#98Esther202US #162
#99Suzanne201US #62
#100Bertha199US #181

Boys

#1James4,138US #1
#2Robert3,642US #2
#3John3,226US #3
#4David2,908US #6
#5William2,384US #4
#6Michael2,360US #5
#7Charles2,262US #9
#8Larry2,107US #10
#9Richard1,869US #7
#10Jose1,478US #120
#11Joe1,467US #52
#12Gary1,400US #12
#13Juan1,385US #145
#14Thomas1,373US #8
#15Ronald1,231US #11
#16Donald1,192US #13
#17Jerry1,183US #23
#18Kenneth1,135US #15
#19George1,122US #18
#20Johnny1,025US #49
#21Jimmy969US #53
#22Billy941US #57
#23Paul750US #17
#24Edward736US #21
#25Stephen733US #19
#26Danny700US #40
#27Bobby658US #67
#28Daniel644US #22
#29Frank635US #27
#30Roy616US #51
#31Manuel614US #154
#32Tommy597US #84
#33Raymond590US #30
#34Joseph555US #14
#35Ronnie535US #65
#36Dennis516US #16
#37Jesus507
#38Willie495US #41
#39Terry494US #28
#40Henry492US #46
#41Roger469US #25
#42Jesse464US #110
#43Jack447US #47
#44Antonio439
#45Ruben422
#46Steven412US #20
#47Harold410US #42
#48Mark410US #24
#49Albert405US #56
#50Douglas402US #29
#51Carlos398US #184
#52Arthur397US #44
#53Mike380US #88
#54Raul376
#55Eddie373US #80
#56Roberto372
#57Carl359US #43
#58Francisco347
#59Walter346US #37
#60Don338US #98
#61Samuel329US #62
#62Louis328US #64
#63Luis328
#64Gerald312US #33
#65Guadalupe309
#66Gilbert307US #147
#67Victor305US #116
#68Wayne303US #35
#69Ralph300US #50
#70Patrick297US #39
#71Bruce295US #26
#72Ernest295US #76
#73Glenn289US #61
#74Pedro287
#75Lawrence282US #32
#76Oscar278US #186
#77Phillip277US #66
#78Armando272
#79Fred266US #72
#80Randy262US #92
#81Hector257
#82Melvin253US #82
#83Ray246US #109
#84Marvin245US #89
#85Arturo243
#86Mario239
#87Martin239US #83
#88Allen235US #71
#89Steve233US #68
#90Alfredo223
#91Ricardo223
#92Bill218US #106
#93Ramon218
#94Alfred216US #96
#95Lee214US #93
#96Harry213US #59
#97Howard208US #63
#98Jimmie208US #130
#99Timothy208US #34
#100Clarence207US #94

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑31Kathy#35
↑25Mark#48
↑21Deborah#17
↑21Bruce#71
↑20Catherine#72
↑18Kathleen#51
↑18Katherine#68
↑17Phillip#77

Falling

↓23Bill#92
↓18Pedro#74
↓17Howard#97
↓16Olga#77
↓15Steve#89
↓13Dora#89
↓13Walter#59
↓13Clarence#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.