Popular baby names in Texas, 1913

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1913 were Mary for girls (1,425 babies) and James for boys (1,146). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 53,917 babies born in Texas in 1913 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1913

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: 22 babies, 20.9× the national rate
Felipa: 26 babies, 20.2× the national rate
Santos: 24 babies, 20.1× the national rate
Manuela: 67 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Tomasa: 50 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Refugia: 21 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Francisca: 46 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Angelita: 27 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Beatriz: 17 babies, 17× the national rate
Guadalupe: 93 babies, 16.9× the national rate

Boys

Guadalupe: 61 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Raul: 43 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Felipe: 28 babies, 17× the national rate
Roberto: 24 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Domingo: 25 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Pablo: 26 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Gilberto: 17 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Jesus: 106 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Andres: 31 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Rodolfo: 21 babies, 14.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1913

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	Mary	1,425	–	1
2	Ruby	538	–	23
3	Ruth	451	–	5
4	Dorothy	394	↑4	3
5	Mildred	394	–	6
6	Maria	367	↑4	>100
7	Helen	357	↑2	2
8	Frances	350	↑3	9
9	Margaret	341	↑3	4
10	Annie	337	↓6	30
11	Gladys	329	↓4	19
12	Willie	319	↓6	65
13	Thelma	286	–	26
14	Hazel	265	↑8	27
15	Edna	261	↑1	18
16	Juanita	250	↑3	95
17	Marie	248	↑3	10
18	Lillie	242	–	71
19	Lucille	242	↓2	31
20	Elizabeth	237	↑1	8
21	Lois	232	↑14	59
22	Lillian	225	↓8	16
23	Louise	222	↓8	17
24	Opal	213	↑4	86
25	Evelyn	210	↑11	12
26	Pauline	208	↓3	35
27	Martha	205	↑6	28
28	Alice	201	↓3	11
29	Ethel	200	↓5	20
30	Clara	199	↓4	36
31	Bessie	198	↓4	47
32	Irene	196	↓3	21
33	Jessie	194	↓1	61
34	Virginia	192	↑7	15
35	Myrtle	186	↑8	53
36	Emma	183	↓5	38
37	Minnie	182	↓7	63
38	Anna	179	–	7
39	Mattie	176	↓5	75
40	Alma	168	↑2	64
41	Vera	167	↑5	68
42	Josephine	159	new	24
43	Grace	155	↓6	25
44	Edith	154	↑1	29
45	Velma	153	↓5	89
46	Eva	150	new	50
47	Bertha	149	↓3	39
48	Julia	149	new	42
49	Ella	146	↓2	70
50	Ida	143	↓2	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	James	1,146	–	3
2	William	1,079	↑1	2
3	John	981	↓1	1
4	Robert	679	–	4
5	George	501	–	6
6	Charles	472	↑1	7
7	Joe	419	↓1	37
8	Thomas	349	↑1	10
9	Jack	333	↑3	28
10	Frank	329	–	9
11	Willie	317	↓3	24
12	Henry	310	↓1	12
13	Joseph	291	–	5
14	Walter	240	–	11
15	Edward	233	↑3	8
16	Jose	233	–	>100
17	Fred	223	↑7	27
18	Roy	219	↓3	32
19	Raymond	214	–	18
20	Albert	187	↓3	16
21	Woodrow	180	↑4	44
22	Arthur	176	–	17
23	Ernest	173	↑10	34
24	Richard	170	↓3	19
25	Paul	168	↑7	14
26	Manuel	166	↑2	>100
27	Clarence	165	↓7	21
28	Juan	159	↑2	>100
29	Carl	157	–	23
30	Jesse	157	↑1	79
31	Cecil	150	↑3	74
32	Louis	148	↓9	20
33	David	142	↑4	29
34	Charlie	137	↓8	62
35	Earl	137	↑9	31
36	Herman	135	↑5	53
37	Lee	132	↑3	78
38	Harry	125	↑9	15
39	Ralph	117	↑3	22
40	Eugene	115	↑3	43
41	Howard	112	↓6	26
42	Samuel	110	new	36
43	Harold	108	↑5	13
44	Clyde	106	new	64
45	Jesus	106	–	>100
46	Marvin	106	new	77
47	Oscar	101	↓20	76
48	Jessie	99	↓9	>100
49	Ray	99	new	73
50	Alvin	98	new	82

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