Popular baby names in Texas, 1919

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1919 were Mary for girls (2,740 babies) and James for boys (2,270). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 97,017 babies born in Texas in 1919 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1919

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: 47 babies, 21.8× the national rate
Santos: 52 babies, 19.9× the national rate
Josefa: 53 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Ofelia: 30 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Francisca: 85 babies, 17× the national rate
Guadalupe: 214 babies, 16.9× the national rate
Refugia: 27 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Felipa: 44 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Dominga: 58 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Herlinda: 29 babies, 15.4× the national rate

Boys

Benito: 48 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Guadalupe: 117 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Santos: 54 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Gilberto: 49 babies, 15× the national rate
Raul: 75 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Alejandro: 28 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Pablo: 63 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Felipe: 64 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Domingo: 87 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Gregorio: 47 babies, 14.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1919

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Mary	2,740	–	1
2	Dorothy	1,220	–	3
3	Helen	805	↑3	2
4	Margaret	794	↑1	4
5	Ruby	780	↓1	24
6	Mildred	755	↑1	6
7	Maria	725	↑2	>100
8	Ruth	707	–	5
9	Frances	700	↓6	9
10	Juanita	587	↑2	73
11	Annie	566	↓1	35
12	Willie	554	↓1	61
13	Gladys	460	↑2	21
14	Virginia	456	–	7
15	Evelyn	437	↓2	11
16	Doris	436	↑6	18
17	Edna	417	↑2	22
18	Hazel	412	↓2	32
19	Marie	388	↑9	12
20	Thelma	386	↓2	31
21	Elizabeth	376	↑3	8
22	Pauline	365	↑1	36
23	Alice	359	↓2	13
24	Martha	359	↑1	25
25	Lois	350	↓5	40
26	Lillian	338	↑1	17
27	Louise	334	↓10	20
28	Lucille	332	↓2	27
29	Edith	321	↑8	29
30	Irene	316	↑5	16
31	Ethel	311	↑1	28
32	Lillie	297	↓2	81
33	Jessie	287	↓2	75
34	Emma	283	↑5	45
35	Eva	282	↑3	55
36	Opal	282	↓7	98
37	Bernice	281	↑5	42
38	Anna	280	↓5	10
39	Bessie	278	↓5	59
40	Josephine	257	↑4	26
41	Clara	253	↓5	43
42	Vera	250	↓1	65
43	Bertha	245	new	52
44	Mattie	241	↑5	95
45	Minnie	239	↓2	80
46	Ida	231	↑2	57
47	Julia	229	–	48
48	Beatrice	226	↓3	41
49	Rosa	219	new	>100
50	Ella	218	↓4	87

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	James	2,270	–	3
2	William	1,733	↑1	2
3	John	1,703	↓1	1
4	Robert	1,261	–	4
5	Charles	885	↑1	5
6	George	842	↓1	6
7	Joe	722	–	35
8	Jack	652	↑1	21
9	Thomas	609	↓1	10
10	Frank	586	↑1	9
11	Henry	533	↓1	16
12	Jose	526	↑2	>100
13	Willie	504	↓1	23
14	Edward	451	↓1	8
15	Walter	432	↑1	11
16	Roy	424	↑1	32
17	Raymond	421	↓2	14
18	Joseph	407	–	7
19	Manuel	372	↑2	>100
20	Albert	353	↓1	18
21	David	347	↑2	27
22	Clarence	329	↑4	25
23	Richard	319	↑1	12
24	Juan	308	↑7	>100
25	Louis	292	↑2	28
26	Fred	281	↓1	30
27	Harold	280	↑5	13
28	Arthur	269	↓6	19
29	Charlie	268	↓1	66
30	Eugene	262	↑14	33
31	Jesus	252	↑6	>100
32	Jesse	249	↑3	77
33	Ernest	247	↓3	36
34	Carl	239	–	29
35	Paul	230	↓6	15
36	Earl	222	↓3	31
37	Johnnie	221	↑3	95
38	Samuel	209	new	43
39	Marvin	207	–	63
40	Antonio	203	new	>100
41	Cecil	203	↓5	78
42	Howard	201	↑4	24
43	Ralph	201	↑2	22
44	Oscar	197	new	88
45	Herman	192	new	61
46	Lee	191	↓3	82
47	Vernon	190	new	65
48	Edwin	189	new	52
49	Harry	187	↓8	20
50	Lawrence	186	new	38

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