Popular baby names in Texas, 1916

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1916 were Mary for girls (2,328 babies) and James for boys (1,752). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 83,308 babies born in Texas in 1916 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1916

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: 25 babies, 23.2× the national rate
Santos: 40 babies, 22.6× the national rate
Tomasa: 35 babies, 20.8× the national rate
Josefa: 35 babies, 20.3× the national rate
Felipa: 29 babies, 19.8× the national rate
Francisca: 80 babies, 19.1× the national rate
Guadalupe: 117 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Josefina: 64 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Manuela: 92 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Concepcion: 38 babies, 17.3× the national rate

Boys

Eugenio: 26 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Santos: 38 babies, 18.8× the national rate
Gilberto: 28 babies, 18.6× the national rate
Felipe: 43 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Pablo: 53 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Raul: 61 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Domingo: 71 babies, 17× the national rate
Rodolfo: 29 babies, 16.9× the national rate
Enrique: 34 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Guadalupe: 71 babies, 16.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1916

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	Mary	2,328	–	1
2	Dorothy	790	–	3
3	Ruby	733	–	23
4	Ruth	673	–	5
5	Mildred	618	–	6
6	Helen	595	↑2	2
7	Margaret	585	–	4
8	Frances	577	↑1	9
9	Annie	511	↑1	36
10	Maria	484	↓4	>100
11	Edna	457	↑2	19
12	Gladys	452	↓1	22
13	Juanita	446	↑5	90
14	Willie	425	↓2	73
15	Hazel	406	↑6	31
16	Pauline	389	↑1	33
17	Thelma	389	↓1	29
18	Louise	383	↑6	18
19	Elizabeth	366	↓4	8
20	Virginia	366	↑6	10
21	Alice	358	↑4	13
22	Evelyn	351	↓8	11
23	Lois	346	↓3	43
24	Lucille	341	↓2	30
25	Lillian	339	↓2	16
26	Marie	329	↓7	12
27	Martha	304	↑3	24
28	Opal	292	↑1	91
29	Jessie	290	↑3	68
30	Lillie	290	↓3	88
31	Clara	286	–	39
32	Bessie	279	↑4	56
33	Anna	272	↑1	7
34	Doris	271	↑5	32
35	Ethel	269	↓7	25
36	Myrtle	259	↑5	58
37	Edith	257	↑1	28
38	Minnie	255	↓1	71
39	Emma	254	↓6	41
40	Irene	235	↓5	17
41	Julia	230	new	46
42	Josephine	228	↑2	21
43	Mattie	228	↓1	93
44	Vera	226	↑1	66
45	Alma	225	new	70
46	Bertha	221	↑4	49
47	Ida	207	↑1	54
48	Bernice	201	↓8	42
49	Eva	199	↓3	55
50	Velma	191	↓1	99

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	James	1,752	–	3
2	John	1,578	↑1	1
3	William	1,524	↓1	2
4	Robert	1,152	–	4
5	George	738	↑1	7
6	Charles	700	↓1	6
7	Joe	604	–	35
8	Thomas	533	↑1	10
9	Henry	527	↑2	14
10	Frank	520	↓2	9
11	Jack	479	↓1	26
12	Walter	424	↑1	11
13	Willie	416	↓1	30
14	Roy	372	↑2	33
15	Raymond	363	↑3	16
16	Jose	357	↓2	>100
17	Edward	349	–	8
18	Joseph	342	↑1	5
19	Albert	303	↓4	17
20	Paul	287	↑3	12
21	Richard	285	↑4	15
22	David	258	↑4	28
23	Fred	254	↓3	29
24	Manuel	250	↑3	>100
25	Clarence	249	↓1	24
26	Arthur	247	↓4	18
27	Carl	245	↑4	23
28	Louis	242	↓7	22
29	Woodrow	242	↑4	64
30	Jesse	239	–	77
31	Charlie	223	↑1	68
32	Cecil	220	↑8	80
33	Earl	210	↑5	32
34	Juan	202	↓6	>100
35	Harold	201	↑2	13
36	Ernest	195	↓7	36
37	Marvin	195	↓1	66
38	Eugene	194	↓4	39
39	Lee	191	↑3	83
40	Herbert	188	↑6	40
41	Johnnie	183	↑4	>100
42	Herman	180	↓7	56
43	Oscar	175	new	86
44	Alfred	172	new	43
45	Clyde	170	↓2	62
46	Jesus	167	↓5	>100
47	Samuel	167	↑3	41
48	Ralph	166	↓4	21
49	Harry	161	↓10	19
50	Howard	158	↓3	25

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