Popular baby names in Texas, 1935

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1935 were Mary for girls (3,181 babies) and James for boys (2,648). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 113,747 babies born in Texas in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1935

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, 18.5× the national rate
Elida: 104 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Santos: 33 babies, 16.9× the national rate
Oralia: 66 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Dominga: 76 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Francisca: 84 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Josefa: 38 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Guadalupe: 206 babies, 15× the national rate
Genoveva: 30 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Cruz: 32 babies, 14.1× the national rate

Boys

Federico: 34 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Guadalupe: 177 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Adan: 35 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Noe: 34 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Ramiro: 56 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Gilberto: 93 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Maria: 34 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Erasmo: 29 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Rogelio: 33 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Arturo: 103 babies, 14× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Mary	3,181	–	1
2	Shirley	2,042	↑4	2
3	Betty	1,862	↓1	4
4	Barbara	1,275	–	3
5	Maria	1,218	–	>100
6	Dorothy	1,088	↓3	6
7	Patsy	752	–	56
8	Joyce	656	–	12
9	Wanda	653	↑1	49
10	Doris	634	↓1	13
11	Patricia	617	↑4	5
12	Martha	594	↑5	24
13	Helen	585	↓2	10
14	Frances	573	↑2	19
15	Margaret	570	↑3	8
16	Jo	548	↑3	73
17	Peggy	519	↓5	36
18	Virginia	510	↓5	16
19	Billie	471	↓5	>100
20	Ruby	460	↑2	41
21	Gloria	440	–	32
22	Nancy	434	↑2	9
23	Bobbie	403	↓3	>100
24	Juanita	386	↓1	72
25	Norma	385	–	29
26	Alice	343	–	25
27	Ruth	335	–	15
28	Dolores	327	↑5	26
29	Elizabeth	316	↑1	17
30	Carolyn	314	↑2	28
31	Annie	305	↓2	38
32	Joan	282	↑4	7
33	Evelyn	273	↓5	31
34	Mildred	270	↓3	35
35	Emma	266	–	89
36	Eva	259	↑3	>100
37	Rosa	240	↑3	>100
38	Anna	238	↑8	34
39	Ann	234	↑4	30
40	Margie	226	↓6	100
41	Willie	224	–	99
42	Lois	223	↓5	21
43	Bonnie	221	↓5	62
44	Sylvia	219	new	60
45	Jean	215	↓3	18
46	Carol	208	new	11
47	Guadalupe	206	↓2	>100
48	Anita	200	new	>100
49	Joann	197	↑1	53
50	Irene	196	new	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	James	2,648	–	2
2	Robert	1,745	–	1
3	Charles	1,709	–	6
4	John	1,672	–	3
5	Billy	1,400	–	19
6	William	1,357	–	4
7	Joe	1,160	–	25
8	Bobby	1,079	–	24
9	Donald	889	–	7
10	Jose	741	↑1	>100
11	Richard	741	↑1	5
12	George	740	↓2	8
13	Jerry	729	↑2	22
14	Kenneth	671	↓1	15
15	David	661	↑1	11
16	Thomas	621	↓2	9
17	Jimmy	615	–	47
18	Jack	521	↑1	18
19	Frank	477	↓1	16
20	Juan	467	↑5	>100
21	Raymond	452	–	17
22	Roy	437	↑1	40
23	Willie	422	↓3	30
24	Edward	404	–	13
25	Harold	400	↓3	20
26	Henry	389	↑1	27
27	Don	388	↑2	51
28	Manuel	376	↓2	>100
29	Paul	363	↓1	14
30	Johnny	351	↑4	74
31	Jesus	330	–	>100
32	Jimmie	312	↓2	69
33	Tommy	310	–	95
34	Louis	284	↑5	42
35	Carl	281	↑6	28
36	Walter	281	↓4	23
37	Albert	272	↓2	31
38	Jesse	264	↑4	>100
39	Arthur	258	↑7	29
40	Antonio	251	↓2	>100
41	Pedro	247	↑2	>100
42	Larry	243	new	33
43	Clarence	240	↑2	48
44	Joseph	240	↓8	10
45	Eugene	236	↓1	26
46	Gerald	226	new	21
47	Bill	225	↑1	60
48	Daniel	225	↓1	43
49	Jackie	214	new	>100
50	Marvin	212	↓1	45

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