Popular baby names in Texas, 1932

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1932 were Mary for girls (3,183 babies) and James for boys (2,688). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 112,437 babies born in Texas in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1932

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: 33 babies, 19× the national rate
Elida: 86 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Santos: 39 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Dominga: 51 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Oralia: 57 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Felipa: 29 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Gregoria: 29 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Hortencia: 44 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Josefa: 46 babies, 15× the national rate
Tomasa: 35 babies, 14.8× the national rate

Boys

Adan: 40 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Noe: 30 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Ramiro: 81 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Arnulfo: 30 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Gilberto: 111 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Federico: 36 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Marcos: 32 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Santos: 76 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Rogelio: 30 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Guadalupe: 183 babies, 14.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Mary	3,183	–	1
2	Betty	2,061	–	2
3	Dorothy	1,420	–	4
4	Maria	1,173	–	>100
5	Barbara	996	↑4	3
6	Joyce	727	↑1	12
7	Doris	702	↓1	10
8	Billie	693	↓3	93
9	Helen	683	↓1	8
10	Patsy	666	↑2	77
11	Wanda	619	–	52
12	Frances	597	↑1	19
13	Margaret	587	↓3	7
14	Peggy	553	↑1	40
15	Martha	547	↑2	27
16	Ruby	529	↑3	38
17	Bobbie	519	↑1	>100
18	Virginia	502	↓4	14
19	Juanita	493	↓3	58
20	Gloria	462	–	25
21	Patricia	440	↑2	6
22	Alice	393	↑4	21
23	Jo	379	↑5	>100
24	Ruth	376	↓2	11
25	Mildred	358	↓4	26
26	Evelyn	353	↑1	23
27	Annie	342	↓3	41
28	Norma	322	↓3	22
29	Joan	319	↑4	5
30	Shirley	316	↑1	9
31	Elizabeth	312	↓1	17
32	Nancy	311	–	13
33	Dolores	280	↓4	18
34	Lois	279	↑1	20
35	Margie	277	↑2	>100
36	Willie	276	↑3	91
37	Jean	273	↑1	15
38	Anna	260	↑8	24
39	Eva	252	↑1	98
40	Emma	244	↓6	76
41	Guadalupe	244	↑1	>100
42	Bonnie	239	↑1	64
43	Julia	236	↑2	92
44	Gladys	231	↑3	54
45	Rosa	230	↑3	>100
46	Irene	224	new	43
47	Edna	223	↓11	50
48	Thelma	221	↓7	51
49	Clara	214	↓5	70
50	Wilma	211	–	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	James	2,688	–	2
2	Robert	1,736	–	1
3	John	1,668	↑1	3
4	Charles	1,648	↑1	6
5	Billy	1,596	↓2	20
6	William	1,362	–	4
7	Joe	1,064	–	29
8	Bobby	997	–	30
9	George	804	–	8
10	Jose	776	–	>100
11	Donald	730	–	7
12	Richard	665	–	5
13	Thomas	604	–	10
14	Jack	582	–	17
15	Kenneth	571	–	14
16	Frank	509	–	15
17	David	485	–	12
18	Willie	475	↑1	31
19	Henry	443	↓1	23
20	Raymond	436	–	19
21	Jerry	430	↑8	34
22	Juan	422	–	>100
23	Harold	416	↑1	18
24	Manuel	416	↑1	>100
25	Edward	411	↓4	11
26	Jesus	405	–	>100
27	Jimmy	403	↑5	76
28	Paul	401	↓1	13
29	Roy	385	↓6	38
30	Walter	362	↓2	21
31	Jimmie	317	↑2	75
32	Albert	307	↓1	26
33	Carl	292	↑7	28
34	Joseph	292	↑1	9
35	Jesse	280	↑7	99
36	Louis	268	↑5	39
37	Antonio	265	↓7	>100
38	Don	248	↓1	55
39	Fred	247	–	33
40	Johnny	246	↑10	96
41	Daniel	239	↑3	42
42	Arthur	234	↓4	25
43	Tommy	232	↑4	>100
44	Marvin	231	↓8	46
45	Eugene	229	↓2	22
46	Clarence	227	↓12	40
47	Melvin	227	new	51
48	Ramon	225	↓2	>100
49	Francisco	224	↓4	>100
50	Bill	221	new	58

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