Popular baby names in Texas, 1939

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1939 were Mary for girls (3,254 babies) and James for boys (2,867). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 115,857 babies born in Texas in 1939 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1939

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: 41 babies, 18.8× the national rate
Elida: 87 babies, 18× the national rate
Dominga: 72 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Oralia: 76 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Josefa: 30 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Tomasa: 38 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Josefina: 78 babies, 16× the national rate
Guadalupe: 191 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Manuela: 74 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Lidia: 35 babies, 14.6× the national rate

Boys

Gilberto: 91 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Ramiro: 73 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Guadalupe: 151 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Santos: 69 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Domingo: 112 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Pablo: 75 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Reynaldo: 71 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Humberto: 42 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Santiago: 64 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Leonel: 35 babies, 14.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1939

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	Mary	3,254	–	1
2	Barbara	1,737	–	2
3	Betty	1,452	–	4
4	Maria	1,193	–	>100
5	Shirley	1,021	–	5
6	Patricia	950	↑1	3
7	Dorothy	877	↓1	9
8	Patsy	742	–	56
9	Nancy	725	↑5	7
10	Martha	706	↓1	27
11	Linda	703	↑10	15
12	Joyce	647	↓2	12
13	Wanda	631	↓2	50
14	Margaret	624	↓2	10
15	Carolyn	609	↑1	14
16	Gloria	548	↑3	36
17	Virginia	532	–	21
18	Frances	521	↓3	26
19	Sandra	519	↑4	13
20	Peggy	513	↓7	34
21	Doris	505	↓1	29
22	Helen	503	↓4	16
23	Jo	463	↓1	70
24	Carol	425	–	6
25	Alice	424	↑2	31
26	Elizabeth	375	–	18
27	Juanita	369	↑1	77
28	Ruby	334	↑1	67
29	Norma	326	↑1	38
30	Glenda	316	↑2	>100
31	Judy	311	new	28
32	Bobbie	308	↓1	>100
33	Billie	299	↓8	>100
34	Janice	294	–	24
35	Beverly	279	↓2	25
36	Sylvia	273	–	62
37	Annie	264	↓2	54
38	Ruth	263	↓1	22
39	Evelyn	251	↓1	40
40	Julia	237	new	91
41	Rosa	234	↓1	>100
42	Anita	233	↓3	97
43	Ann	232	↓2	33
44	Dolores	230	–	58
45	Marilyn	230	new	19
46	Judith	229	new	8
47	Emma	226	↓5	89
48	Donna	217	new	20
49	Rose	213	–	42
50	Joan	210	new	11

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	James	2,867	–	2
2	Robert	1,985	–	1
3	John	1,865	–	3
4	Charles	1,790	–	6
5	William	1,348	–	4
6	Jerry	1,195	↑2	16
7	Joe	1,138	↓1	27
8	Billy	1,033	↓1	24
9	David	988	↑2	7
10	Donald	945	↓1	8
11	Richard	853	↑1	5
12	Bobby	826	↓2	29
13	Kenneth	703	↑4	13
14	Thomas	695	↑2	9
15	Jose	694	↓2	>100
16	George	684	↓2	11
17	Jimmy	666	↓2	43
18	Larry	516	↑7	14
19	Frank	511	↓1	20
20	Johnny	471	↑9	62
21	Juan	446	↓2	>100
22	Edward	444	↓1	15
23	Willie	433	↓1	33
24	Roy	431	↑2	42
25	Henry	402	↓2	31
26	Don	398	↑2	56
27	Raymond	396	↓3	22
28	Manuel	389	↑2	>100
29	Tommy	378	↓2	77
30	Paul	376	↓10	17
31	Jack	347	–	26
32	Ronald	344	↑3	10
33	Harold	337	↓1	23
34	Gerald	326	–	19
35	Walter	317	↑4	25
36	Michael	309	new	18
37	Jesse	289	↑1	99
38	Arthur	287	↑8	32
39	Jimmie	280	↓3	80
40	Daniel	278	↑2	38
41	Jesus	277	↓8	>100
42	Albert	275	↓2	41
43	Joseph	275	↓2	12
44	Fred	274	–	40
45	Carl	240	↓8	30
46	Marvin	240	new	52
47	Eddie	233	new	81
48	Louis	233	↓3	49
49	Pedro	230	new	>100
50	Antonio	229	↓7	>100

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