Popular baby names in Texas, 1933

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1933 were Mary for girls (3,001 babies) and James for boys (2,525). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 108,054 babies born in Texas in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1933

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

Girls

Elida: 81 babies, 17× the national rate
Dominga: 51 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Tomasa: 50 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Josefa: 39 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Oralia: 54 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Santos: 39 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Francisca: 89 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Guadalupe: 250 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Manuela: 104 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Beatriz: 40 babies, 14.5× the national rate

Boys

Hilario: 30 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Ramiro: 71 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Guadalupe: 127 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Santos: 69 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Domingo: 89 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Santiago: 67 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Alejandro: 59 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Roberto: 177 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Pablo: 104 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Humberto: 32 babies, 13.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Mary	3,001	–	1
2	Betty	1,906	–	2
3	Dorothy	1,317	–	4
4	Maria	1,117	–	>100
5	Barbara	1,016	–	3
6	Patsy	732	↑4	65
7	Joyce	702	↓1	12
8	Doris	687	↓1	10
9	Wanda	663	↑2	48
10	Helen	646	↓1	8
11	Billie	619	↓3	92
12	Peggy	577	↑2	36
13	Frances	552	↓1	18
14	Margaret	549	↓1	7
15	Martha	519	–	27
16	Patricia	492	↑5	6
17	Virginia	475	↑1	15
18	Gloria	456	↑2	31
19	Juanita	452	–	63
20	Bobbie	446	↓3	>100
21	Ruby	444	↓5	43
22	Jo	418	↑1	90
23	Nancy	381	↑9	11
24	Shirley	369	↑6	9
25	Norma	367	↑3	23
26	Ruth	363	↓2	13
27	Alice	361	↓5	22
28	Mildred	359	↓3	32
29	Evelyn	334	↓3	30
30	Annie	330	↓3	37
31	Emma	309	↑9	75
32	Elizabeth	292	↓1	17
33	Joan	286	↓4	5
34	Lois	279	–	19
35	Dolores	262	↓2	21
36	Margie	251	↓1	95
37	Guadalupe	250	↑4	>100
38	Willie	250	↓2	93
39	Ann	240	new	34
40	Eva	237	↓1	>100
41	Anna	235	↓3	29
42	Rosa	227	↑3	>100
43	Jean	224	↓6	14
44	Anita	214	new	>100
45	Bonnie	212	↓3	68
46	Irene	208	–	46
47	Julia	205	↓4	97
48	Clara	204	↑1	67
49	Rose	191	new	35
50	Gladys	189	↓6	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	James	2,525	–	2
2	John	1,624	↑1	3
3	Robert	1,597	↓1	1
4	Charles	1,595	–	6
5	Billy	1,528	–	20
6	William	1,238	–	4
7	Joe	1,027	–	27
8	Bobby	886	–	26
9	Donald	780	↑2	7
10	Jose	700	–	>100
11	George	692	↓2	8
12	Richard	647	–	5
13	Kenneth	607	↑2	15
14	Thomas	597	↓1	10
15	David	508	↑2	13
16	Jerry	498	↑5	31
17	Frank	495	↓1	16
18	Jack	471	↓4	17
19	Willie	468	↓1	32
20	Juan	445	↑2	>100
21	Harold	421	↑2	18
22	Roy	407	↑7	39
23	Manuel	401	↑1	>100
24	Edward	399	↑1	11
25	Henry	390	↓6	24
26	Jimmy	388	↑1	64
27	Raymond	381	↓7	19
28	Walter	348	↑2	21
29	Jesus	325	↓3	>100
30	Paul	321	↓2	14
31	Jimmie	315	–	72
32	Don	306	↑6	54
33	Johnny	285	↑7	90
34	Clarence	273	↑12	43
35	Joseph	262	↓1	9
36	Louis	254	–	40
37	Eugene	253	↑8	23
38	Carl	252	↓5	28
39	Fred	251	–	34
40	Jesse	251	↓5	100
41	Tommy	251	↑2	>100
42	Albert	250	↓10	30
43	Antonio	248	↓6	>100
44	Marvin	244	–	44
45	Franklin	223	new	33
46	Arthur	221	↓4	25
47	Daniel	214	↓6	42
48	Bill	209	↑2	59
49	Gerald	205	new	22
50	Howard	203	new	36

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