State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1950 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 199,539 Texas births in 1950 across 2,165 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#39Jesusoutside the national top 200
#44Antoniooutside the national top 200
#26Yolanda#179 nationally
#47Ruben#200 nationally
#49Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#51Rauloutside the national top 200
#53Robertooutside the national top 200
#50Carlos#188 nationally
#64Irmaoutside the national top 200
#72Margaritaoutside the national top 200
#72Franciscooutside the national top 200
#36Janie#164 nationally

Girls

#1Linda4,198US #1
#2Mary4,061US #2
#3Maria2,253US #73
#4Patricia2,049US #3
#5Barbara1,623US #4
#6Deborah1,484US #7
#7Sandra1,476US #8
#8Brenda1,400US #14
#9Sharon1,245US #11
#10Gloria1,220US #30
#11Carolyn1,184US #20
#12Judy1,118US #25
#13Nancy1,063US #6
#14Susan1,059US #5
#15Shirley1,048US #19
#16Donna1,009US #13
#17Karen972US #12
#18Carol941US #9
#19Cynthia941US #23
#20Betty940US #26
#21Martha798US #32
#22Margaret778US #15
#23Pamela751US #17
#24Elizabeth743US #24
#25Juanita731US #115
#26Yolanda730US #179
#27Janice720US #22
#28Rebecca701US #36
#29Beverly638US #31
#30Joyce596US #27
#31Rosa589US #155
#32Virginia589US #43
#33Janet548US #18
#34Dorothy535US #35
#35Kathy528US #38
#36Janie521US #164
#37Sylvia520US #97
#38Connie519US #44
#39Diana519US #47
#40Peggy513US #41
#41Sherry506US #62
#42Paula496US #54
#43Alice489US #57
#44Frances483US #51
#45Wanda476US #52
#46Glenda457US #87
#47Jo456US #64
#48Marilyn451US #37
#49Guadalupe422
#50Vicki416US #61
#51Rose396US #69
#52Irene394US #92
#53Judith390US #21
#54Kathleen389US #10
#55Diane385US #16
#56Norma374US #104
#57Cheryl370US #29
#58Helen368US #50
#59Teresa367US #81
#60Kathryn358US #46
#61Patsy357US #117
#62Katherine354US #58
#63Rita354US #56
#64Irma349
#65Debra345US #59
#66Doris340US #74
#67Charlotte334US #80
#68Anita318US #99
#69Cathy311US #75
#70Catherine310US #34
#71Laura309US #63
#72Margarita302
#73Evelyn296US #86
#74Anna288US #93
#75Marsha279US #68
#76Phyllis279US #53
#77Bonnie275US #33
#78Vickie273US #108
#79Ruth268US #49
#80Alicia266
#81Ann265US #45
#82Jane264US #39
#83Ruby262US #130
#84Carmen257US #186
#85Dolores253US #139
#86Olga242
#87Eva230US #175
#88Lynda227US #107
#89Gwendolyn226US #113
#90Dora223
#91Lydia222
#92Sheila220US #70
#93Sue219US #100
#94Sarah217US #88
#95Esther214US #162
#96Theresa213US #65
#97Emma211US #154
#98Bertha208US #193
#99Jacqueline206US #55
#100Christine204US #28

Boys

#1James4,176US #1
#2Robert3,709US #2
#3John3,301US #3
#4David3,045US #5
#5Michael2,726US #4
#6William2,472US #6
#7Charles2,273US #9
#8Larry2,178US #11
#9Richard2,083US #7
#10Gary1,641US #10
#11Juan1,530US #133
#12Joe1,515US #54
#13Jose1,513US #109
#14Thomas1,430US #8
#15Ronald1,261US #12
#16Donald1,245US #14
#17Kenneth1,211US #15
#18Jerry1,203US #24
#19George1,094US #20
#20Johnny1,031US #50
#21Billy907US #57
#22Jimmy817US #55
#23Daniel791US #21
#24Stephen786US #19
#25Edward774US #22
#26Paul772US #18
#27Danny666US #39
#28Frank657US #29
#29Roy656US #51
#30Bobby635US #65
#31Joseph615US #13
#32Raymond612US #31
#33Dennis568US #17
#34Terry558US #30
#35Manuel553US #158
#36Steven553US #16
#37Tommy537US #94
#38Mark511US #23
#39Jesus508
#40Willie472US #42
#41Henry471US #47
#42Ronnie471US #76
#43Jesse462US #114
#44Antonio452
#45Roger442US #27
#46Douglas439US #28
#47Ruben436US #200
#48Jack417US #48
#49Arthur400US #46
#50Carlos399US #188
#51Raul397
#52Harold383US #45
#53Roberto376
#54Carl375US #44
#55Samuel373US #62
#56Eddie369US #89
#57Walter366US #40
#58Albert347US #56
#59Ernest347US #81
#60Gerald341US #34
#61Patrick335US #38
#62Randy329US #80
#63Gilbert326US #144
#64Louis323US #66
#65Wayne319US #35
#66Don318US #107
#67Victor318US #106
#68Glenn317US #59
#69Oscar317US #192
#70Timothy317US #32
#71Bruce316US #26
#72Francisco316
#73Lawrence308US #33
#74Pedro306
#75Armando291
#76Ralph289US #52
#77Luis284
#78Phillip278US #64
#79Gregory276US #25
#80Guadalupe274
#81Melvin272US #87
#82Ricardo270
#83Hector269
#84Mario268
#85Randall266US #70
#86Mike263US #113
#87Steve258US #83
#88Fred253US #84
#89Alfred250US #96
#90Arturo249
#91Curtis248US #97
#92Ray243US #111
#93Ramon240
#94Alan237US #41
#95Rodney236US #88
#96Anthony233US #36
#97Marvin230US #93
#98Eugene228US #58
#99Martin219US #85
#100Leonard217US #77

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑29Timothy#70
↑27Irene#52
↑19Vickie#78
↑18Randy#62
↑17Cathy#69
↑13Janie#36
↑13Marsha#75
↑13Ernest#59

Falling

↓33Mike#86
↓19Lynda#88
↓17Carmen#84
↓15Helen#58
↓15Guadalupe#80
↓14Doris#66
↓14Francisco#72
↓14Luis#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.