Popular baby names in Texas, 1921

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1921 were Mary for girls (3,414 babies) and James for boys (2,597). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 111,209 babies born in Texas in 1921 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1921

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: 45 babies, 20.1× the national rate
Santos: 51 babies, 18.4× the national rate
Trine: 30 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Estela: 42 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Enriqueta: 32 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Gregoria: 52 babies, 17× the national rate
Tomasa: 57 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Dominga: 77 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Herlinda: 31 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Elida: 31 babies, 16.2× the national rate

Boys

Federico: 43 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Gilberto: 61 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Trinidad: 115 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Guadalupe: 131 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Ramiro: 30 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Santiago: 70 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Domingo: 103 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Roberto: 114 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Andres: 64 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Santos: 68 babies, 14.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1921

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Mary	3,414	–	1
2	Dorothy	1,927	–	2
3	Helen	978	–	3
4	Maria	972	–	>100
5	Frances	855	↑1	9
6	Margaret	838	↑1	4
7	Mildred	837	↓2	7
8	Ruby	774	–	26
9	Ruth	751	–	5
10	Virginia	671	↑3	6
11	Doris	656	↑1	13
12	Juanita	645	↓2	57
13	Annie	555	↓2	36
14	Evelyn	547	–	12
15	Willie	493	–	74
16	Martha	478	↑4	21
17	Gladys	454	↓1	24
18	Hazel	404	↑6	34
19	Thelma	404	↑2	30
20	Betty	401	↑13	8
21	Marie	401	↑1	14
22	Edna	384	↓3	27
23	Lois	375	↓5	38
24	Alice	368	↑4	15
25	Lillian	364	–	19
26	Louise	357	↓3	22
27	Elizabeth	356	↓10	10
28	Marjorie	356	↑19	16
29	Pauline	355	↓3	37
30	Anna	323	↑1	11
31	Lucille	315	↓4	31
32	Lillie	305	↑2	94
33	Irene	297	↓3	18
34	Emma	296	↑2	52
35	Billie	291	↑15	>100
36	Bernice	288	↑2	39
37	Ethel	287	–	32
38	Clara	284	↑6	45
39	Guadalupe	280	new	>100
40	Jessie	268	↓8	91
41	Opal	267	↓12	>100
42	Edith	265	↓7	33
43	Eva	263	↓2	63
44	Josephine	258	↓4	28
45	Julia	253	↓3	58
46	Margie	252	new	>100
47	Beatrice	250	↑1	41
48	Bertha	239	new	59
49	Bessie	239	↓6	75
50	Johnnie	233	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	James	2,597	–	4
2	William	2,015	–	3
3	John	1,943	–	1
4	Robert	1,640	–	2
5	Charles	1,061	–	5
6	George	991	–	6
7	Joe	868	–	36
8	Jack	768	–	18
9	Thomas	662	↑1	11
10	Jose	634	↓1	>100
11	Frank	601	–	9
12	Henry	530	–	17
13	Willie	512	–	34
14	Raymond	498	↑1	16
15	Edward	496	↓1	8
16	Roy	457	–	32
17	Walter	443	↑2	15
18	Manuel	434	↑2	>100
19	Richard	414	↑2	10
20	Joseph	397	↓3	7
21	Albert	383	↑1	20
22	David	375	↓4	25
23	Paul	367	↑5	14
24	Arthur	346	–	19
25	Clarence	346	↑2	28
26	Juan	341	↓3	>100
27	Louis	339	↓2	29
28	Fred	326	↑2	33
29	Billy	325	↑13	>100
30	Earl	308	↑9	31
31	Harold	305	↓5	12
32	Jesus	301	↓3	>100
33	Jesse	287	↓2	77
34	Howard	285	↑1	27
35	Ernest	277	↓1	38
36	Carl	267	↓3	30
37	Eugene	265	↓5	26
38	Marvin	257	↑3	59
39	Charlie	229	↓3	76
40	Kenneth	226	new	22
41	Harry	221	↓4	21
42	Pedro	220	new	>100
43	Ralph	219	↓5	23
44	Antonio	217	↓4	>100
45	Herbert	217	↑2	42
46	Melvin	213	new	53
47	Lee	211	new	86
48	Ray	208	↑2	67
49	Alfred	207	↓5	43
50	Warren	204	new	24

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