Popular baby names in Texas, 1912

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1912 were Mary for girls (1,179 babies) and James for boys (877). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 45,157 babies born in Texas in 1912 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1912

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

Girls

Jesusa: 16 babies, 21.2× the national rate
Tomasa: 42 babies, 19.8× the national rate
Santos: 18 babies, 19.1× the national rate
Guadalupe: 79 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Gregoria: 23 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Francisca: 68 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Manuela: 58 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Angelita: 29 babies, 15× the national rate
Josefa: 32 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Leonor: 25 babies, 14.7× the national rate

Boys

Gilberto: 20 babies, 19.9× the national rate
Guadalupe: 45 babies, 19.4× the national rate
Raul: 23 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Gregorio: 21 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Pablo: 23 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Pedro: 85 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Tomas: 39 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Santos: 15 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Benito: 16 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Rafael: 27 babies, 14.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1912

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	Mary	1,179	–	1
2	Ruby	485	–	23
3	Ruth	394	↑1	5
4	Annie	361	↓1	27
5	Mildred	335	↑3	6
6	Willie	327	↑9	61
7	Gladys	324	↓2	19
8	Dorothy	316	↑1	3
9	Helen	300	↑2	2
10	Maria	300	↓4	>100
11	Frances	271	↓4	9
12	Margaret	261	↓2	4
13	Thelma	256	↓1	26
14	Lillian	245	↑9	14
15	Louise	226	↑3	17
16	Edna	225	↓2	16
17	Lucille	224	↓1	32
18	Lillie	222	↓5	67
19	Juanita	214	↑3	>100
20	Marie	209	↑5	10
21	Elizabeth	206	↑10	8
22	Hazel	202	↑4	25
23	Pauline	198	↑7	38
24	Ethel	192	↓3	18
25	Alice	188	↓8	11
26	Clara	187	↑11	34
27	Bessie	186	↑6	43
28	Opal	186	↓8	85
29	Irene	184	↑3	22
30	Minnie	176	↓6	60
31	Emma	175	↓4	35
32	Jessie	173	↑13	65
33	Martha	173	↓4	29
34	Mattie	173	↓6	70
35	Lois	171	↓16	63
36	Evelyn	169	↓1	13
37	Grace	167	↑1	24
38	Anna	164	↑6	7
39	Beatrice	156	↑2	37
40	Velma	150	↓6	88
41	Virginia	150	↑2	20
42	Alma	149	↑5	62
43	Myrtle	149	↓4	50
44	Bertha	146	↑4	36
45	Edith	145	new	31
46	Vera	145	–	68
47	Ella	139	new	69
48	Ida	133	↓12	45
49	Lena	132	new	72
50	Florence	130	new	12

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	James	877	–	3
2	John	859	–	1
3	William	828	–	2
4	Robert	556	–	4
5	George	431	–	6
6	Joe	325	↑1	36
7	Charles	305	↑1	7
8	Willie	291	↓2	22
9	Thomas	277	↑2	10
10	Frank	263	↑2	9
11	Henry	238	↓1	12
12	Jack	227	↓3	28
13	Joseph	220	↑1	5
14	Walter	199	↑2	11
15	Roy	185	↑5	31
16	Jose	181	↓3	>100
17	Albert	179	–	17
18	Edward	166	–	8
19	Raymond	161	↑4	18
20	Clarence	160	↑4	21
21	Richard	155	↑8	19
22	Arthur	154	↑11	15
23	Louis	148	↑2	20
24	Fred	146	↓5	26
25	Woodrow	141	new	46
26	Charlie	137	↓5	57
27	Oscar	127	↑22	73
28	Manuel	124	↓13	>100
29	Carl	122	↑17	24
30	Juan	122	↓8	>100
31	Jesse	120	↑7	74
32	Paul	116	↓6	14
33	Ernest	115	↓2	32
34	Cecil	109	–	76
35	Howard	108	↑8	25
36	Sam	104	↓6	63
37	David	100	↓10	29
38	Floyd	100	↓6	59
39	Jessie	98	↓11	>100
40	Lee	97	↑1	78
41	Herman	96	↓6	50
42	Ralph	96	↓5	23
43	Eugene	94	↓1	41
44	Earl	93	–	34
45	Jesus	92	↓9	>100
46	Johnnie	90	new	>100
47	Harry	89	↑1	16
48	Harold	87	new	13
49	Pedro	85	↓4	>100
50	Andrew	82	new	44

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