Popular baby names in Texas, 1938

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1938 were Mary for girls (3,382 babies) and James for boys (2,773). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 116,871 babies born in Texas in 1938 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1938

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

Girls

Santos: 34 babies, 18.6× the national rate
Elida: 96 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Dominga: 76 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Ninfa: 38 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Oralia: 89 babies, 17× the national rate
Herminia: 41 babies, 17× the national rate
Tomasa: 33 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Belia: 30 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Evangelina: 54 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Guadalupe: 217 babies, 15.4× the national rate

Boys

Adan: 32 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Noe: 36 babies, 16.9× the national rate
Rogelio: 39 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Guadalupe: 177 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Domingo: 105 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Santos: 72 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Ramiro: 54 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Rosendo: 33 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Gilberto: 88 babies, 15× the national rate
Enrique: 97 babies, 14.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1938

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Mary	3,382	–	1
2	Barbara	1,820	–	2
3	Betty	1,622	–	4
4	Maria	1,174	–	>100
5	Shirley	1,043	–	5
6	Dorothy	873	–	8
7	Patricia	807	↑1	3
8	Patsy	734	↓1	55
9	Martha	691	↑1	26
10	Joyce	672	↑1	11
11	Wanda	653	↓2	49
12	Margaret	611	–	9
13	Peggy	579	–	35
14	Nancy	572	↑5	7
15	Frances	569	↓1	23
16	Carolyn	547	↑4	15
17	Virginia	547	↓1	22
18	Helen	532	↓3	13
19	Gloria	531	↓1	36
20	Doris	527	↓3	25
21	Linda	460	↑11	31
22	Jo	448	↓1	78
23	Sandra	433	↑11	14
24	Carol	426	↑5	6
25	Billie	382	↓2	>100
26	Elizabeth	380	–	17
27	Alice	374	↓2	29
28	Juanita	360	↓4	80
29	Ruby	359	↓2	61
30	Norma	341	↓2	34
31	Bobbie	330	↓9	>100
32	Glenda	300	new	>100
33	Beverly	297	↑8	18
34	Janice	291	↑6	24
35	Annie	290	↓5	47
36	Sylvia	273	↓1	56
37	Ruth	267	↓6	21
38	Evelyn	258	↓5	38
39	Anita	257	↓3	99
40	Rosa	238	↑10	>100
41	Ann	235	↑3	32
42	Emma	233	↓3	96
43	Margie	230	↑3	>100
44	Dolores	226	↓2	43
45	Eva	224	↓7	>100
46	Mildred	219	↓9	52
47	Guadalupe	217	↑1	>100
48	Lois	217	↓3	33
49	Rose	215	↓6	39
50	Anna	207	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	James	2,773	–	2
2	Robert	2,013	–	1
3	John	1,868	–	3
4	Charles	1,698	–	6
5	William	1,365	–	4
6	Joe	1,204	–	28
7	Billy	1,125	–	24
8	Jerry	1,109	↑2	17
9	Donald	982	–	7
10	Bobby	964	↓2	27
11	David	907	–	8
12	Richard	786	↑1	5
13	Jose	740	↑1	>100
14	George	734	↓2	11
15	Jimmy	693	–	45
16	Thomas	693	↑1	9
17	Kenneth	654	↓1	14
18	Frank	482	–	18
19	Juan	460	↑6	>100
20	Paul	451	↑8	15
21	Edward	447	↓2	13
22	Willie	437	↓2	34
23	Henry	435	↓1	30
24	Raymond	426	↓1	20
25	Larry	424	↑4	16
26	Roy	421	–	41
27	Tommy	415	↑4	77
28	Don	414	↓7	52
29	Johnny	402	↓5	63
30	Manuel	381	–	>100
31	Jack	380	↓4	25
32	Harold	367	–	23
33	Jesus	331	–	>100
34	Gerald	327	↑4	19
35	Ronald	320	↑4	10
36	Jimmie	300	↑1	76
37	Carl	299	↓2	29
38	Jesse	293	↑5	>100
39	Walter	291	↓3	26
40	Albert	272	↓6	37
41	Joseph	269	↑3	12
42	Daniel	265	↓1	39
43	Antonio	261	↓1	>100
44	Fred	253	↑1	38
45	Louis	246	new	47
46	Arthur	238	↓6	32
47	Bill	237	new	67
48	Clarence	237	↑2	58
49	Melvin	234	↓3	54
50	Gene	224	↓3	65

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