Popular baby names in Texas, 1937

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1937 were Mary for girls (3,122 babies) and James for boys (2,648). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 112,678 babies born in Texas in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1937

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: 32 babies, 19× the national rate
Tomasa: 30 babies, 18.4× the national rate
Elida: 93 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Oralia: 90 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Elia: 36 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Josefa: 35 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Dominga: 47 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Concepcion: 43 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Estela: 45 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Francisca: 80 babies, 15.5× the national rate

Boys

Arnulfo: 31 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Guadalupe: 159 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Rogelio: 38 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Santos: 66 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Adan: 37 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Leonel: 29 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Gilberto: 96 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Ramiro: 71 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Pablo: 103 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Domingo: 82 babies, 14.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Mary	3,122	–	1
2	Barbara	1,646	↑2	2
3	Betty	1,634	↓1	5
4	Maria	1,165	↑1	>100
5	Shirley	1,107	↓2	4
6	Dorothy	921	–	8
7	Patsy	728	–	54
8	Patricia	703	–	3
9	Wanda	644	↑1	55
10	Martha	624	↑4	24
11	Joyce	623	↓2	11
12	Margaret	570	↑3	10
13	Peggy	568	↑3	31
14	Frances	549	↓2	19
15	Helen	520	↓4	12
16	Virginia	520	↑2	16
17	Doris	509	↓4	22
18	Gloria	506	↑1	32
19	Nancy	485	↓2	7
20	Carolyn	464	↑5	20
21	Jo	462	↓1	73
22	Bobbie	401	↓1	>100
23	Billie	399	↓1	>100
24	Juanita	364	–	75
25	Alice	358	↑2	28
26	Elizabeth	355	↑2	17
27	Ruby	349	↓4	52
28	Norma	337	↓2	33
29	Carol	307	↑5	6
30	Annie	301	↑1	46
31	Ruth	293	↓1	15
32	Linda	286	new	49
33	Evelyn	276	↓4	36
34	Sandra	272	new	26
35	Sylvia	265	↑8	50
36	Anita	254	↓1	93
37	Mildred	248	↑2	43
38	Eva	245	↑11	>100
39	Emma	241	↓6	89
40	Janice	241	new	25
41	Beverly	239	↑4	14
42	Dolores	238	↓10	37
43	Rose	235	↑3	38
44	Ann	230	↓8	30
45	Lois	226	↓8	29
46	Margie	223	↓4	>100
47	Joan	222	↓9	9
48	Guadalupe	221	↓4	>100
49	Irene	221	new	62
50	Rosa	218	↓9	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	James	2,648	–	2
2	Robert	1,995	–	1
3	John	1,672	–	3
4	Charles	1,649	–	6
5	William	1,336	–	4
6	Joe	1,221	↑1	25
7	Billy	1,161	↓1	22
8	Bobby	1,069	–	24
9	Donald	985	–	7
10	Jerry	912	–	17
11	David	763	↑3	8
12	George	725	–	10
13	Richard	722	↓2	5
14	Jose	700	↓1	>100
15	Jimmy	675	↑2	45
16	Kenneth	642	↓1	14
17	Thomas	608	↓1	9
18	Frank	493	–	18
19	Edward	441	↑2	13
20	Willie	441	–	32
21	Don	432	↑4	51
22	Henry	415	↑1	30
23	Raymond	410	↑1	19
24	Johnny	402	↑5	69
25	Juan	400	↑2	>100
26	Roy	392	–	40
27	Jack	386	↓8	23
28	Paul	381	↑2	15
29	Larry	372	↑13	16
30	Manuel	358	↓8	>100
31	Tommy	346	↑2	84
32	Harold	342	↓4	21
33	Jesus	311	↑1	>100
34	Albert	305	↑1	37
35	Carl	302	↑1	28
36	Walter	301	↓4	26
37	Jimmie	295	↓6	72
38	Gerald	287	↑11	20
39	Ronald	269	–	11
40	Arthur	264	–	31
41	Daniel	256	↓4	39
42	Antonio	251	↓4	>100
43	Jesse	250	–	>100
44	Joseph	248	↓3	12
45	Fred	244	–	35
46	Melvin	241	↑2	50
47	Gene	229	new	61
48	Pedro	222	↓1	>100
49	Ernest	221	new	53
50	Clarence	219	↓4	54

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