Popular baby names in Texas, 1929

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1929 were Mary for girls (3,424 babies) and James for boys (2,653). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 118,200 babies born in Texas in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1929

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: 47 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Santos: 51 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Elida: 90 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Josefa: 55 babies, 15× the national rate
Genoveva: 34 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Oralia: 41 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Tomasa: 56 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Francisca: 140 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Hortencia: 47 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Dominga: 51 babies, 13.3× the national rate

Boys

Adan: 32 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Reymundo: 32 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Fidencio: 34 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Ramiro: 65 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Guadalupe: 175 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Santos: 66 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Rogelio: 32 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Gilberto: 93 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Gregorio: 72 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Esteban: 37 babies, 12.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Mary	3,424	–	1
2	Betty	2,031	–	2
3	Dorothy	1,864	–	3
4	Maria	1,301	–	100
5	Billie	1,043	↑2	79
6	Doris	931	↓1	6
7	Helen	812	↓1	4
8	Frances	685	–	16
9	Joyce	649	↑9	23
10	Margaret	620	↓1	5
11	Ruby	605	↓1	36
12	Wanda	602	↑1	61
13	Virginia	560	↓2	11
14	Juanita	546	↓2	60
15	Mildred	497	↓1	18
16	Martha	494	↓1	27
17	Ruth	480	↓1	8
18	Bobbie	454	↑7	>100
19	Evelyn	452	–	19
20	Barbara	447	↑4	7
21	Patsy	441	↑7	>100
22	Annie	426	↓5	37
23	Peggy	409	–	70
24	Gloria	394	↓3	28
25	Alice	386	↓3	21
26	Willie	357	↓6	76
27	Norma	355	↓1	25
28	Elizabeth	324	↑4	15
29	Emma	318	–	69
30	Lois	304	↓3	17
31	Gladys	297	↑6	44
32	Thelma	297	↓2	41
33	Patricia	292	↑9	10
34	Eva	282	↑10	83
35	Margie	280	↓2	>100
36	Anna	279	–	20
37	Guadalupe	279	↓6	>100
38	Jo	275	new	>100
39	Edna	270	–	51
40	Marjorie	266	↓6	30
41	Louise	264	↑7	31
42	Jean	258	↓1	12
43	Hazel	257	↓5	64
44	Clara	253	new	65
45	Marie	245	↑4	22
46	Josephine	244	new	45
47	Pauline	235	↓2	50
48	Shirley	235	new	9
49	Lillie	234	↓9	>100
50	Rosa	232	↓3	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	James	2,653	–	2
2	John	1,812	↑1	3
3	Robert	1,760	↓1	1
4	Billy	1,740	↑1	23
5	William	1,637	↓1	4
6	Charles	1,466	–	5
7	Joe	1,102	–	30
8	Jose	930	–	>100
9	George	889	–	8
10	Jack	685	–	14
11	Bobby	679	↑4	50
12	Thomas	624	↓1	11
13	Richard	591	–	6
14	Frank	589	↓2	12
15	Willie	526	↓1	29
16	Donald	518	↑9	7
17	Juan	506	↑2	>100
18	Edward	477	↓2	10
19	Raymond	473	↓1	15
20	Manuel	472	–	>100
21	Kenneth	470	↑1	18
22	Henry	462	↓5	21
23	Harold	442	↑1	16
24	David	437	↓3	17
25	Jesus	434	↑2	>100
26	Roy	434	↓3	35
27	Walter	382	↓1	19
28	Paul	353	–	13
29	Clarence	329	↑2	37
30	Arthur	323	↑6	22
31	Joseph	312	↓1	9
32	Antonio	304	↑9	>100
33	Billie	303	–	>100
34	Eugene	303	↓2	20
35	Albert	301	↓6	24
36	Fred	283	↑7	34
37	Louis	278	↓2	32
38	Pedro	276	↑1	>100
39	Herbert	273	↓5	25
40	Francisco	262	↑2	>100
41	Marvin	260	↓3	46
42	Earl	258	↓2	36
43	Ernest	249	↑3	43
44	Johnnie	239	–	>100
45	Carl	238	–	28
46	Jesse	237	↓9	93
47	Ramon	229	new	>100
48	Ray	229	new	57
49	Jimmie	228	↓1	98
50	Raul	227	new	>100

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