Popular baby names in Texas, 1910

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1910 were Mary for girls (895 babies) and John for boys (411). Social Security records list 28,389 babies born in Texas in 1910 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1910

Names given at least 15 times in Texas that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Tomasa: 18 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Dominga: 16 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Manuela: 52 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Francisca: 39 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Luz: 16 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Angelita: 16 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Delfina: 16 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Josefa: 26 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Guadalupe: 50 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Concepcion: 23 babies, 14.8× the national rate

Boys

Guadalupe: 30 babies, 16.9× the national rate
Gregorio: 15 babies, 16.9× the national rate
Santos: 18 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Santiago: 20 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Pablo: 19 babies, 14× the national rate
Alfredo: 22 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Jesus: 44 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Pedro: 49 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Francisco: 36 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Juan: 80 babies, 11.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1910

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Mary	895	1
2	Ruby	314	27
3	Annie	277	19
4	Willie	260	56
5	Ruth	252	5
6	Gladys	240	15
7	Maria	223	>100
8	Frances	197	11
9	Margaret	194	3
10	Helen	189	2
11	Thelma	188	25
12	Mildred	186	8
13	Bessie	181	37
14	Lillian	180	14
15	Edna	178	18
16	Ethel	176	13
17	Lillie	170	54
18	Dorothy	167	4
19	Lucille	166	31
20	Minnie	164	50
21	Elizabeth	161	7
22	Hazel	151	24
23	Alice	149	10
24	Myrtle	149	43
25	Bertha	146	33
26	Opal	146	87
27	Irene	144	21
28	Emma	142	34
29	Marie	142	9
30	Mattie	142	60
31	Lois	140	76
32	Pauline	139	42
33	Juanita	133	>100
34	Velma	133	90
35	Clara	129	32
36	Jessie	128	63
37	Louise	127	20
38	Beatrice	123	36
39	Julia	122	49
40	Martha	119	28
41	Anna	117	6
42	Alma	116	61
43	Grace	111	23
44	Ida	108	47
45	Evelyn	107	17
46	Vera	107	71
47	Virginia	107	29
48	Eva	103	45
49	Pearl	103	39
50	Ella	102	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	John	411	1
2	James	403	2
3	William	397	3
4	Robert	276	4
5	Joe	212	25
6	Willie	199	11
7	George	198	5
8	Jack	158	23
9	Frank	152	8
10	Henry	133	10
11	Charles	129	7
12	Jose	123	>100
13	Thomas	121	12
14	Joseph	106	6
15	Albert	102	14
16	Walter	102	13
17	Roy	96	29
18	Edward	95	9
19	Juan	80	>100
20	Louis	79	24
21	Fred	78	22
22	Raymond	78	19
23	Charlie	77	34
24	Manuel	77	>100
25	Clarence	76	20
26	Richard	75	21
27	Floyd	65	55
28	Lee	64	49
29	Paul	63	15
30	David	59	30
31	Johnnie	58	74
32	Arthur	57	17
33	Eddie	57	59
34	Carl	56	26
35	Sam	56	40
36	Ernest	55	31
37	Antonio	53	>100
38	Clyde	53	57
39	Earl	51	33
40	Pedro	49	>100
41	Jim	46	100
42	Alfred	45	38
43	Cecil	45	77
44	Jessie	44	72
45	Jesus	44	>100
46	Howard	43	27
47	Marvin	43	84
48	Oscar	43	73
49	Harry	42	16
50	Jesse	42	60

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