Popular baby names in Texas, 1936

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1936 were Mary for girls (3,111 babies) and James for boys (2,594). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 110,597 babies born in Texas in 1936 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1936

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, 18.4× the national rate
Elida: 92 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Tomasa: 39 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Dominga: 43 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Josefa: 32 babies, 16× the national rate
Ninfa: 30 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Oralia: 63 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Guadalupe: 213 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Francisca: 65 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Modesta: 28 babies, 14.7× the national rate

Boys

Adan: 36 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Guadalupe: 147 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Rogelio: 47 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Santos: 49 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Esteban: 28 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Domingo: 74 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Pablo: 88 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Vicente: 37 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Gilberto: 89 babies, 14× the national rate
Gregorio: 42 babies, 14× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1936

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Mary	3,111	–	1
2	Betty	1,647	↑1	4
3	Shirley	1,476	↓1	2
4	Barbara	1,334	–	3
5	Maria	1,222	–	>100
6	Dorothy	1,017	–	6
7	Patsy	791	–	52
8	Patricia	648	↑3	5
9	Joyce	646	↓1	12
10	Wanda	592	↓1	56
11	Helen	591	↑2	11
12	Frances	587	↑2	19
13	Doris	581	↓3	15
14	Martha	567	↓2	24
15	Margaret	548	–	9
16	Peggy	546	↑1	35
17	Nancy	508	↑5	8
18	Virginia	503	–	14
19	Gloria	449	↑2	32
20	Jo	439	↓4	72
21	Bobbie	435	↑2	>100
22	Billie	427	↓3	>100
23	Ruby	406	↓3	51
24	Juanita	394	–	75
25	Carolyn	388	↑5	23
26	Norma	376	↓1	29
27	Alice	362	↓1	27
28	Elizabeth	329	↑1	18
29	Evelyn	297	↑4	34
30	Ruth	294	↓3	16
31	Annie	293	–	45
32	Dolores	274	↓4	30
33	Emma	273	↑2	85
34	Carol	265	↑12	10
35	Anita	255	↑13	>100
36	Ann	240	↑3	28
37	Lois	229	↑5	26
38	Joan	228	↓6	7
39	Mildred	223	↓5	40
40	Willie	223	↑1	>100
41	Rosa	222	↓4	>100
42	Margie	217	↓2	>100
43	Sylvia	214	↑1	53
44	Guadalupe	213	↑3	>100
45	Beverly	210	new	17
46	Rose	206	new	37
47	Glenda	205	new	>100
48	Jean	205	↓3	20
49	Eva	203	↓13	>100
50	Anna	201	↓12	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	James	2,594	–	2
2	Robert	1,885	–	1
3	John	1,648	↑1	3
4	Charles	1,584	↓1	6
5	William	1,282	↑1	4
6	Billy	1,275	↓1	22
7	Joe	1,273	–	23
8	Bobby	1,025	–	24
9	Donald	919	–	7
10	Jerry	746	↑3	18
11	Richard	727	–	5
12	George	690	–	9
13	Jose	681	↓3	>100
14	David	641	↑1	10
15	Kenneth	625	↓1	14
16	Thomas	623	–	8
17	Jimmy	599	–	46
18	Frank	475	↑1	16
19	Jack	451	↓1	20
20	Willie	440	↑3	32
21	Edward	435	↑3	13
22	Manuel	408	↑6	>100
23	Henry	407	↑3	28
24	Raymond	398	↓3	17
25	Don	396	↑2	51
26	Roy	394	↓4	42
27	Juan	388	↓7	>100
28	Harold	368	↓3	21
29	Johnny	355	↑1	72
30	Paul	329	↓1	15
31	Jimmie	318	↑1	71
32	Walter	314	↑4	26
33	Tommy	309	–	91
34	Jesus	304	↓3	>100
35	Albert	281	↑2	34
36	Carl	278	↓1	27
37	Daniel	277	↑11	41
38	Antonio	269	↑2	>100
39	Ronald	267	new	12
40	Arthur	259	↓1	30
41	Joseph	256	↑3	11
42	Larry	256	–	25
43	Jesse	251	↓5	>100
44	Louis	244	↓10	44
45	Fred	242	new	36
46	Clarence	231	↓3	52
47	Pedro	228	↓6	>100
48	Melvin	226	new	53
49	Gerald	223	↓3	19
50	Ramon	217	new	>100

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