Popular baby names in Texas, 1934

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1934 were Mary for girls (3,252 babies) and James for boys (2,670). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 115,441 babies born in Texas in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1934

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, 18.3× the national rate
Elida: 79 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Genoveva: 30 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Santos: 36 babies, 16× the national rate
Josefa: 47 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Dominga: 56 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Oralia: 50 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Manuela: 85 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Herminia: 41 babies, 15× the national rate
Felipa: 34 babies, 14.8× the national rate

Boys

Adan: 43 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Guadalupe: 178 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Esteban: 41 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Ramiro: 83 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Santos: 65 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Humberto: 35 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Gilberto: 90 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Gregorio: 59 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Pablo: 102 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Rogelio: 40 babies, 12.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	3,252	–	1
2	Betty	1,936	–	2
3	Dorothy	1,245	–	5
4	Barbara	1,218	↑1	3
5	Maria	1,205	↓1	>100
6	Shirley	892	↑18	4
7	Patsy	790	↓1	59
8	Joyce	720	↓1	12
9	Doris	714	↓1	11
10	Wanda	669	↓1	47
11	Helen	639	↓1	9
12	Peggy	614	–	36
13	Virginia	578	↑4	15
14	Billie	561	↓3	92
15	Patricia	558	↑1	6
16	Frances	556	↓3	19
17	Martha	551	↓2	27
18	Margaret	543	↓4	8
19	Jo	523	↑3	75
20	Bobbie	477	–	>100
21	Gloria	461	↓3	30
22	Ruby	454	↓1	39
23	Juanita	436	↓4	64
24	Nancy	383	↓1	10
25	Norma	367	–	24
26	Alice	359	↑1	25
27	Ruth	352	↓1	13
28	Evelyn	334	↑1	29
29	Annie	324	↑1	38
30	Elizabeth	318	↑2	18
31	Mildred	307	↓3	35
32	Carolyn	282	new	33
33	Dolores	277	↑2	26
34	Margie	272	↑2	>100
35	Emma	267	↓4	85
36	Joan	265	↓3	7
37	Lois	262	↓3	20
38	Bonnie	260	↑7	58
39	Eva	243	↑1	100
40	Rosa	241	↑2	>100
41	Willie	238	↓3	>100
42	Jean	236	↑1	16
43	Ann	234	↓4	32
44	Julia	232	↑3	>100
45	Guadalupe	229	↓8	>100
46	Anna	216	↓5	31
47	Gladys	213	↑3	66
48	Thelma	205	new	65
49	Clara	203	↓1	76
50	Joann	203	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	James	2,670	–	2
2	Robert	1,747	↑1	1
3	Charles	1,703	↑1	7
4	John	1,633	↓2	3
5	Billy	1,563	–	20
6	William	1,298	–	4
7	Joe	1,207	–	26
8	Bobby	1,025	–	23
9	Donald	866	–	6
10	George	784	↑1	8
11	Jose	775	↓1	>100
12	Richard	703	–	5
13	Kenneth	682	–	15
14	Thomas	668	–	9
15	Jerry	654	↑1	25
16	David	612	↓1	12
17	Jimmy	609	↑9	56
18	Frank	522	↓1	16
19	Jack	489	↓1	17
20	Willie	488	↓1	30
21	Raymond	464	↑6	19
22	Harold	455	↓1	18
23	Roy	453	↓1	35
24	Edward	450	–	13
25	Juan	432	↓5	>100
26	Manuel	428	↓3	>100
27	Henry	421	↓2	27
28	Paul	371	↑2	14
29	Don	353	↑3	50
30	Jimmie	350	↑1	68
31	Jesus	345	↓2	>100
32	Walter	317	↓4	21
33	Tommy	299	↑8	98
34	Johnny	295	↓1	83
35	Albert	277	↑7	32
36	Joseph	271	↓1	10
37	Fred	270	↑2	33
38	Antonio	268	↑5	>100
39	Louis	265	↓3	40
40	Melvin	264	new	55
41	Carl	263	↓3	28
42	Jesse	252	↓2	>100
43	Pedro	248	new	>100
44	Eugene	247	↓7	24
45	Clarence	243	↓11	45
46	Arthur	241	–	29
47	Daniel	237	–	42
48	Bill	234	–	59
49	Marvin	229	↓5	44
50	Francisco	223	new	>100

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