Popular baby names in Texas, 1914

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1914 were Mary for girls (1,707 babies) and James for boys (1,397). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 64,516 babies born in Texas in 1914 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1914

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: 18 babies, 21.5× the national rate
Refugia: 18 babies, 20.4× the national rate
Santos: 32 babies, 20.3× the national rate
Cruz: 26 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Gregoria: 34 babies, 17.9× the national rate
Josefina: 42 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Francisca: 69 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Tomasa: 26 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Manuela: 72 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Guadalupe: 122 babies, 16.8× the national rate

Boys

Marcos: 22 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Guadalupe: 73 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Gilberto: 30 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Gregorio: 37 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Benito: 22 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Santos: 25 babies, 16× the national rate
Rodolfo: 21 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Vicente: 21 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Enrique: 33 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Pablo: 36 babies, 15.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1914

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	Mary	1,707	–	1
2	Ruby	559	–	24
3	Dorothy	529	↑1	3
4	Maria	467	↑2	>100
5	Ruth	462	↓2	5
6	Helen	458	↑1	2
7	Margaret	457	↑2	4
8	Mildred	442	↓3	7
9	Frances	433	↓1	9
10	Annie	410	–	33
11	Willie	401	↑1	66
12	Gladys	382	↓1	20
13	Hazel	341	↑1	29
14	Pauline	326	↑12	34
15	Juanita	319	↑1	94
16	Thelma	317	↓3	26
17	Elizabeth	308	↑3	8
18	Edna	286	↓3	19
19	Lucille	284	–	30
20	Virginia	279	↑14	14
21	Lillian	276	↑1	16
22	Opal	268	↑2	89
23	Evelyn	265	↑2	11
24	Lois	262	↓3	51
25	Louise	259	↓2	17
26	Alice	255	↑2	12
27	Marie	251	↓10	10
28	Lillie	248	↓10	74
29	Bessie	241	↑2	55
30	Ethel	228	↓1	21
31	Minnie	222	↑6	67
32	Martha	221	↓5	27
33	Irene	217	↓1	22
34	Jessie	214	↓1	64
35	Clara	211	↓5	37
36	Emma	210	–	39
37	Edith	209	↑7	31
38	Mattie	208	↑1	78
39	Anna	203	↓1	6
40	Doris	198	new	36
41	Vera	193	–	68
42	Bernice	187	new	43
43	Josephine	178	↓1	23
44	Myrtle	176	↓9	60
45	Beatrice	173	new	38
46	Eva	173	–	52
47	Alma	172	↓7	69
48	Bertha	164	↓1	41
49	Rosa	162	new	>100
50	Ella	159	↓1	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	James	1,397	–	3
2	John	1,234	↑1	1
3	William	1,184	↓1	2
4	Robert	838	–	4
5	George	571	–	6
6	Charles	477	–	7
7	Joe	451	–	34
8	Thomas	407	–	11
9	Jack	390	–	27
10	Henry	384	↑2	12
11	Frank	377	↓1	9
12	Willie	374	↓1	25
13	Joseph	301	–	5
14	Jose	299	↑2	>100
15	Walter	292	↓1	10
16	Edward	276	↓1	8
17	Raymond	265	↑2	16
18	Roy	256	–	32
19	Albert	252	↑1	15
20	Fred	250	↓3	28
21	Clarence	218	↑6	22
22	Manuel	202	↑4	>100
23	Louis	201	↑9	20
24	Ernest	198	↓1	38
25	Arthur	193	↓3	18
26	Richard	193	↓2	17
27	Juan	189	↑1	>100
28	Paul	185	↓3	13
29	Carl	176	–	24
30	Woodrow	166	↓9	71
31	Cecil	165	–	79
32	Charlie	160	↑2	65
33	David	160	–	29
34	Eugene	156	↑6	43
35	Earl	149	–	33
36	Jesse	145	↓6	82
37	Alfred	139	new	41
38	Clyde	138	↑6	63
39	Herman	138	↓3	51
40	Sam	138	new	67
41	Ralph	137	↓2	21
42	Harold	134	↑1	14
43	Harry	134	↓5	19
44	Samuel	134	↓2	36
45	Herbert	133	new	42
46	Lee	133	↓9	84
47	Jesus	131	↓2	>100
48	Marvin	131	↓2	75
49	Floyd	125	new	58
50	Lawrence	125	new	35

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