Popular baby names in Texas, 1920

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1920 were Mary for girls (3,192 babies) and James for boys (2,527). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 107,804 babies born in Texas in 1920 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1920

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: 46 babies, 19.7× the national rate
Santos: 52 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Hortencia: 43 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Dominga: 61 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Concepcion: 78 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Felipa: 34 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Enriqueta: 29 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Trinidad: 143 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Estela: 30 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Josefa: 49 babies, 15.6× the national rate

Boys

Teodoro: 27 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Santos: 62 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Gilberto: 56 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Margarito: 33 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Guadalupe: 123 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Felipe: 74 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Rodolfo: 50 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Alejandro: 46 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Pablo: 91 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Benito: 57 babies, 14.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1920

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Mary	3,192	–	1
2	Dorothy	1,573	–	2
3	Helen	965	–	3
4	Maria	916	↑3	>100
5	Mildred	851	↑1	6
6	Frances	823	↑3	9
7	Margaret	812	↓3	4
8	Ruby	761	↓3	26
9	Ruth	753	↓1	5
10	Juanita	599	–	61
11	Annie	558	–	35
12	Doris	553	↑4	14
13	Virginia	541	↑1	7
14	Evelyn	503	↑1	12
15	Willie	499	↓3	74
16	Gladys	464	↓3	22
17	Elizabeth	431	↑4	8
18	Lois	422	↑7	38
19	Edna	420	↓2	27
20	Martha	418	↑4	23
21	Thelma	398	↓1	31
22	Marie	394	↓3	13
23	Louise	393	↑4	19
24	Hazel	367	↓6	34
25	Lillian	362	↑1	18
26	Pauline	362	↓4	36
27	Lucille	348	↑1	29
28	Alice	332	↓5	15
29	Opal	326	↑7	>100
30	Irene	315	–	17
31	Anna	297	↑7	10
32	Jessie	294	↑1	84
33	Betty	293	new	11
34	Lillie	293	↓2	90
35	Edith	288	↓6	32
36	Emma	283	↓2	46
37	Ethel	275	↓6	30
38	Bernice	274	↓1	40
39	Minnie	273	↑6	87
40	Josephine	272	–	28
41	Eva	268	↓6	58
42	Julia	253	↑5	55
43	Bessie	252	↓4	71
44	Clara	251	↓3	44
45	Vera	251	↓3	75
46	Katherine	246	new	45
47	Marjorie	242	new	24
48	Beatrice	241	–	41
49	Mattie	237	↓5	96
50	Billie	235	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	James	2,527	–	4
2	William	2,075	–	2
3	John	1,969	–	1
4	Robert	1,539	–	3
5	Charles	1,062	–	5
6	George	958	–	6
7	Joe	908	–	35
8	Jack	737	–	20
9	Jose	659	↑3	>100
10	Thomas	645	↓1	11
11	Frank	582	↓1	9
12	Henry	561	↓1	17
13	Willie	514	–	29
14	Edward	485	–	8
15	Raymond	466	↑2	15
16	Roy	450	–	32
17	Joseph	438	↑1	7
18	David	425	↑3	25
19	Walter	421	↓4	13
20	Manuel	413	↓1	>100
21	Richard	393	↑2	10
22	Albert	372	↓2	19
23	Juan	363	↑1	>100
24	Arthur	337	↑4	18
25	Louis	333	–	28
26	Harold	329	↑1	12
27	Clarence	328	↓5	26
28	Paul	320	↑7	14
29	Jesus	317	↑2	>100
30	Fred	312	↓4	33
31	Jesse	275	↑1	79
32	Eugene	263	↓2	30
33	Carl	260	↑1	27
34	Ernest	258	↓1	37
35	Howard	255	↑7	24
36	Charlie	251	↓7	70
37	Harry	244	↑12	21
38	Ralph	240	↑5	22
39	Earl	239	↓3	31
40	Antonio	226	–	>100
41	Marvin	222	↓2	62
42	Billy	218	new	>100
43	Cecil	218	↓2	77
44	Alfred	217	new	42
45	Johnnie	211	↓8	99
46	Samuel	209	↓8	44
47	Herbert	208	new	41
48	Oscar	204	↓4	90
49	Jessie	203	new	>100
50	Ray	201	new	67

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