Popular baby names in Texas, 1922

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1922 were Mary for girls (3,371 babies) and James for boys (2,548). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 111,303 babies born in Texas in 1922 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1922

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: 49 babies, 19.6× the national rate
Tomasa: 48 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Francisca: 128 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Josefa: 66 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Trinidad: 185 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Santos: 50 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Guadalupe: 273 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Dominga: 73 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Petra: 144 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Hortencia: 48 babies, 15.3× the national rate

Boys

Ramiro: 44 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Domingo: 110 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Guadalupe: 168 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Rodolfo: 69 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Santos: 67 babies, 15× the national rate
Enrique: 88 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Trinidad: 114 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Reynaldo: 36 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Andres: 71 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Felipe: 87 babies, 14.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1922

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Mary	3,371	–	1
2	Dorothy	1,882	–	2
3	Maria	1,007	↑1	>100
4	Helen	963	↓1	3
5	Frances	822	–	10
6	Mildred	804	↑1	8
7	Margaret	793	↓1	4
8	Ruby	741	–	26
9	Doris	727	↑2	11
10	Ruth	691	↓1	5
11	Juanita	672	↑1	57
12	Virginia	655	↓2	7
13	Annie	595	–	30
14	Evelyn	520	–	13
15	Willie	517	–	70
16	Martha	501	–	21
17	Betty	450	↑3	6
18	Hazel	434	–	37
19	Gladys	395	↓2	25
20	Alice	387	↑4	15
21	Edna	380	↑1	29
22	Louise	378	↑4	22
23	Lois	374	–	35
24	Lillian	370	↑1	19
25	Marjorie	367	↑3	16
26	Thelma	364	↓7	31
27	Marie	349	↓6	14
28	Margie	346	↑18	100
29	Elizabeth	345	↓2	9
30	Lillie	323	↑2	85
31	Emma	315	↑3	50
32	Anna	309	↓2	12
33	Billie	308	↑2	>100
34	Pauline	305	↓5	36
35	Lucille	300	↓4	33
36	Eva	295	↑7	64
37	Jessie	292	↑3	87
38	Edith	287	↑4	34
39	Josephine	283	↑5	27
40	Bernice	274	↓4	41
41	Irene	274	↓8	17
42	Guadalupe	273	↓3	>100
43	Julia	273	↑2	60
44	Ethel	267	↓7	32
45	Opal	259	↓4	>100
46	Clara	258	↓8	47
47	Beatrice	248	–	43
48	Minnie	245	new	91
49	Ella	242	new	90
50	Myrtle	240	new	75

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	James	2,548	–	4
2	William	1,962	–	3
3	John	1,935	–	1
4	Robert	1,576	–	2
5	Charles	1,098	–	5
6	George	955	–	6
7	Joe	831	–	35
8	Jack	708	–	18
9	Jose	658	↑1	>100
10	Thomas	650	↓1	11
11	Frank	589	–	10
12	Henry	567	–	17
13	Willie	561	–	28
14	Edward	491	↑1	8
15	Raymond	456	↓1	16
16	Manuel	447	↑2	>100
17	Roy	447	↓1	32
18	Walter	447	↓1	15
19	Richard	437	–	9
20	Billy	420	↑9	90
21	Harold	380	↑10	13
22	Joseph	379	↓2	7
23	Albert	378	↓2	20
24	Juan	376	↑2	>100
25	David	367	↓3	24
26	Arthur	365	↓2	19
27	Clarence	352	↓2	29
28	Jesus	333	↑4	>100
29	Louis	327	↓2	27
30	Paul	322	↓7	14
31	Fred	306	↓3	33
32	Eugene	289	↑5	25
33	Jesse	285	–	81
34	Earl	262	↓4	31
35	Carl	253	↑1	30
36	Ernest	246	↓1	37
37	Marvin	235	↑1	56
38	Charlie	234	↑1	72
39	Ralph	234	↑4	23
40	Daniel	229	new	47
41	Antonio	227	↑3	>100
42	Harry	221	↓1	22
43	Howard	221	↓9	26
44	Kenneth	220	↓4	21
45	Lee	214	↑2	83
46	Pedro	213	↓4	>100
47	Alfred	210	↑2	42
48	Melvin	210	↓2	50
49	Ray	208	↓1	65
50	Samuel	207	new	43

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