Popular baby names in Texas, 1926

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1926 were Mary for girls (3,442 babies) and James for boys (2,698). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 114,752 babies born in Texas in 1926 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1926

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: 31 babies, 18.6× the national rate
Elida: 70 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Santos: 59 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Evangelina: 51 babies, 16× the national rate
Josefa: 57 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Oralia: 34 babies, 15× the national rate
Refugia: 31 babies, 15× the national rate
Genoveva: 30 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Dominga: 54 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Tomasa: 56 babies, 14.6× the national rate

Boys

Ramiro: 40 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Andres: 57 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Arnulfo: 29 babies, 14× the national rate
Santos: 66 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Guadalupe: 149 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Rogelio: 28 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Alejandro: 43 babies, 13× the national rate
Esteban: 29 babies, 13× the national rate
Domingo: 77 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Eusebio: 28 babies, 12.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1926

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Mary	3,442	–	1
2	Dorothy	1,908	–	2
3	Betty	1,290	↑1	3
4	Maria	1,154	↓1	>100
5	Helen	957	–	4
6	Doris	906	–	7
7	Billie	769	↑6	>100
8	Frances	757	↓1	10
9	Margaret	732	↓1	5
10	Ruby	703	↓1	30
11	Mildred	631	↑1	9
12	Virginia	618	↑2	8
13	Juanita	609	↓3	52
14	Ruth	559	↓3	6
15	Evelyn	506	↑1	13
16	Martha	496	↑2	24
17	Annie	495	↓2	34
18	Willie	437	↓1	73
19	Joyce	435	↑12	44
20	Wanda	417	↑4	66
21	Alice	414	↓2	17
22	Gloria	380	↓1	20
23	Gladys	378	↓3	35
24	Lois	378	↓2	19
25	Edna	361	↓2	38
26	Emma	329	↑2	59
27	Thelma	325	–	36
28	Anna	314	↑5	15
29	Elizabeth	314	↑3	11
30	Louise	312	↓5	27
31	Marjorie	306	↑8	22
32	Marie	305	↓3	18
33	Norma	300	↑5	29
34	Hazel	296	↓8	48
35	Margie	287	↓5	>100
36	Lillie	283	↑1	99
37	Pauline	280	↓2	39
38	Irene	279	↑2	21
39	Peggy	276	new	>100
40	Lillian	267	↓4	28
41	Bobbie	265	new	>100
42	Julia	262	↑6	75
43	Jessie	260	↑1	93
44	Jean	259	new	12
45	Guadalupe	257	–	>100
46	Eva	255	↓12	79
47	Clara	253	↓6	61
48	Johnnie	251	↓6	>100
49	Ethel	250	↓2	41
50	Barbara	244	new	16

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	James	2,698	–	3
2	John	1,908	↑1	2
3	Robert	1,800	↑1	1
4	William	1,791	↓2	4
5	Charles	1,244	–	5
6	Billy	1,186	↑2	40
7	Joe	958	↓1	33
8	George	872	↓1	6
9	Jose	802	↑1	>100
10	Jack	728	↓1	16
11	Thomas	692	–	11
12	Frank	527	–	12
13	Richard	503	↑4	7
14	Willie	499	↓1	28
15	Raymond	498	–	15
16	Henry	486	↓2	19
17	Manuel	483	↑4	>100
18	Edward	467	↓2	10
19	Roy	457	–	34
20	Harold	449	↓2	14
21	Walter	424	↑1	17
22	David	404	↑1	22
23	Juan	370	↓3	>100
24	Clarence	368	↑4	29
25	Paul	368	↑1	13
26	Kenneth	364	↑3	18
27	Jesus	361	↓2	>100
28	Albert	357	↓1	21
29	Joseph	315	↓5	8
30	Donald	294	↑13	9
31	Bobby	292	new	>100
32	Arthur	290	↑5	20
33	Louis	288	↓3	30
34	Fred	287	↓2	31
35	Eugene	286	↓4	23
36	Earl	271	↓1	32
37	Jesse	269	↓3	87
38	Ernest	267	↓5	37
39	Billie	259	new	>100
40	Carl	247	↓4	26
41	Antonio	241	–	>100
42	Floyd	241	↑2	53
43	Marvin	240	↓3	50
44	Francisco	234	↓2	>100
45	Pedro	230	↓7	>100
46	Melvin	224	new	47
47	Alfred	222	new	45
48	Ralph	222	new	24
49	Howard	221	↓4	27
50	Ramon	218	new	>100

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