Popular baby names in Texas, 1923

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1923 were Mary for girls (3,246 babies) and James for boys (2,735). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 110,204 babies born in Texas in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1923

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

Girls

Santos: 65 babies, 19× the national rate
Jesusa: 41 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Dominga: 74 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Refugia: 33 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Elida: 31 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Tomasa: 54 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Josefa: 50 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Hortencia: 49 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Gregoria: 39 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Francisca: 99 babies, 15.4× the national rate

Boys

Ramiro: 45 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Guadalupe: 150 babies, 16× the national rate
Marcos: 39 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Gilberto: 76 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Santos: 76 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Domingo: 81 babies, 15× the national rate
Reynaldo: 36 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Agustin: 30 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Santiago: 68 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Roberto: 148 babies, 13.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	3,246	–	1
2	Dorothy	1,951	–	2
3	Maria	965	–	>100
4	Helen	926	–	3
5	Margaret	773	↑2	4
6	Frances	765	↓1	10
7	Doris	746	↑2	11
8	Ruby	743	–	25
9	Mildred	728	↓3	8
10	Ruth	725	–	6
11	Betty	646	↑6	5
12	Juanita	626	↓1	51
13	Virginia	589	↓1	7
14	Evelyn	547	–	12
15	Willie	502	–	67
16	Annie	499	↓3	34
17	Martha	461	↓1	21
18	Alice	405	↑2	15
19	Gladys	392	–	29
20	Edna	381	↑1	32
21	Billie	366	↑12	>100
22	Elizabeth	362	↑7	9
23	Louise	362	↓1	22
24	Thelma	357	↑2	31
25	Lois	347	↓2	27
26	Marjorie	346	↓1	16
27	Marie	345	–	14
28	Hazel	341	↓10	40
29	Lillian	322	↓5	20
30	Pauline	320	↑4	37
31	Emma	312	–	53
32	Margie	305	↓4	>100
33	Wanda	296	new	80
34	Irene	294	↑7	17
35	Bernice	290	↑5	43
36	Anna	286	↓4	13
37	Eva	276	↓1	66
38	Lillie	271	↓8	91
39	Josephine	262	–	30
40	Bertha	260	new	64
41	Beatrice	256	↑6	46
42	Clara	255	↑4	49
43	Edith	255	↓5	36
44	Lucille	254	↓9	35
45	Norma	248	new	41
46	Ethel	247	↓2	38
47	Jessie	246	↓10	94
48	Guadalupe	245	↓6	>100
49	Rosa	238	new	>100
50	Julia	237	↓7	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	James	2,735	–	4
2	William	1,994	–	3
3	John	1,918	–	1
4	Robert	1,618	–	2
5	Charles	1,090	–	5
6	George	955	–	6
7	Joe	850	–	35
8	Jack	770	–	17
9	Jose	656	–	>100
10	Thomas	642	–	12
11	Frank	575	–	11
12	Willie	531	↑1	30
13	Henry	512	↓1	18
14	Raymond	509	↑1	15
15	Edward	495	↓1	8
16	Billy	491	↑4	78
17	Richard	456	↑2	9
18	Roy	443	↓1	32
19	Walter	437	↓1	16
20	Manuel	422	↓4	>100
21	David	413	↑4	24
22	Joseph	383	–	7
23	Juan	376	↑1	>100
24	Harold	373	↓3	13
25	Albert	367	↓2	20
26	Jesus	343	↑2	>100
27	Paul	341	↑3	14
28	Clarence	339	↓1	29
29	Louis	320	–	27
30	Jesse	291	↑3	83
31	Arthur	288	↓5	19
32	Fred	288	↓1	33
33	Earl	258	↑1	31
34	Eugene	255	↓2	25
35	Ernest	252	↑1	38
36	Antonio	243	↑5	>100
37	Carl	243	↓2	28
38	Ralph	240	↑1	23
39	Howard	234	↑4	26
40	Kenneth	232	↑4	21
41	Marvin	227	↓4	51
42	Lee	223	↑3	85
43	Samuel	221	↑7	45
44	Pedro	215	↑2	>100
45	Melvin	211	↑3	48
46	Edwin	210	new	56
47	Charlie	206	↓9	79
48	Leroy	206	new	55
49	Lawrence	203	new	36
50	Johnnie	201	new	>100

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