Popular baby names in Texas, 1917

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1917 were Mary for girls (2,504 babies) and James for boys (1,926). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 86,894 babies born in Texas in 1917 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1917

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

Girls

Dominga: 54 babies, 19.3× the national rate
Gregoria: 33 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Josefa: 44 babies, 18× the national rate
Estela: 27 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Guadalupe: 140 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Santos: 24 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Trinidad: 66 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Josefina: 49 babies, 16× the national rate
Angelita: 34 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Beatriz: 30 babies, 15.3× the national rate

Boys

Santiago: 37 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Gilberto: 25 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Trinidad: 44 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Domingo: 79 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Benito: 46 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Lupe: 21 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Santos: 43 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Felipe: 48 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Marcos: 26 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Pablo: 55 babies, 15.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1917

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	Mary	2,504	–	1
2	Dorothy	909	–	3
3	Ruby	778	–	27
4	Helen	727	↑2	2
5	Margaret	722	↑2	4
6	Ruth	678	↓2	5
7	Mildred	627	↓2	6
8	Frances	597	–	9
9	Annie	541	–	35
10	Maria	534	–	>100
11	Juanita	446	↑2	87
12	Evelyn	439	↑10	11
13	Willie	438	↑1	72
14	Edna	427	↓3	20
15	Virginia	413	↑5	10
16	Thelma	393	↑1	32
17	Gladys	391	↓5	23
18	Hazel	391	↓3	31
19	Lucille	379	↑5	29
20	Martha	369	↑7	22
21	Lois	366	↑2	43
22	Pauline	361	↓6	33
23	Alice	355	↓2	13
24	Louise	347	↓6	19
25	Lillian	344	–	15
26	Elizabeth	341	↓7	8
27	Marie	337	↓1	12
28	Lillie	311	↑2	86
29	Doris	310	↑5	25
30	Jessie	300	↓1	70
31	Emma	293	↑8	46
32	Edith	287	↑5	28
33	Irene	279	↑7	17
34	Anna	275	↓1	7
35	Ethel	275	–	24
36	Minnie	263	↑2	75
37	Myrtle	262	↓1	58
38	Opal	261	↓10	95
39	Bernice	257	↑9	42
40	Clara	249	↓9	41
41	Bessie	234	↓9	61
42	Beatrice	229	new	39
43	Eva	222	↑6	54
44	Ella	216	new	83
45	Vera	216	↓1	66
46	Bertha	211	–	51
47	Florence	209	new	14
48	Josephine	209	↓6	21
49	Mattie	208	↓6	94
50	Alma	204	↓5	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	James	1,926	–	3
2	William	1,668	↑1	2
3	John	1,640	↓1	1
4	Robert	1,179	–	4
5	Charles	757	↑1	7
6	George	750	↓1	6
7	Joe	616	–	35
8	Thomas	551	–	10
9	Frank	535	↑1	9
10	Jack	527	↑1	22
11	Henry	493	↓2	15
12	Jose	425	↑4	>100
13	Willie	422	–	31
14	Edward	379	↑3	8
15	Joseph	378	↑3	5
16	Roy	367	↓2	33
17	Walter	366	↓5	11
18	Raymond	332	↓3	16
19	Fred	323	↑4	29
20	Albert	303	↓1	18
21	Richard	285	–	14
22	David	282	–	28
23	Woodrow	276	↑6	73
24	Louis	275	↑4	23
25	Manuel	269	↓1	>100
26	Arthur	265	–	17
27	Clarence	256	↓2	25
28	Juan	251	↑6	>100
29	Paul	235	↓9	13
30	Earl	219	↑3	32
31	Cecil	216	↑1	83
32	Harold	214	↑3	12
33	Charlie	211	↓2	67
34	Howard	207	↑16	26
35	Ernest	206	↑1	37
36	Harry	199	↑13	19
37	Jesse	197	↓7	79
38	Floyd	189	new	62
39	Jesus	186	↑7	>100
40	Marvin	185	↓3	68
41	Herman	184	↑1	58
42	Carl	181	↓15	24
43	Ralph	176	↑5	21
44	Lee	175	↓5	85
45	Samuel	170	↑2	42
46	Sam	168	new	72
47	Eugene	167	↓9	39
48	Herbert	167	↓8	40
49	Oscar	166	↓6	87
50	Leonard	164	new	41

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