Popular baby names in Texas, 1941

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1941 were Mary for girls (3,619 babies) and James for boys (3,228). Social Security records list 130,254 babies born in Texas in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1941

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

Girls

Elida: 97 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Santos: 37 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Dominga: 60 babies, 17× the national rate
Oralia: 84 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Josefa: 35 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Ninfa: 34 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Josefina: 75 babies, 16× the national rate
Herminia: 39 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Tomasa: 35 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Francisca: 55 babies, 15.1× the national rate

Boys

Adan: 49 babies, 17.7× the national rate
Guadalupe: 166 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Ramiro: 86 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Domingo: 121 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Benito: 79 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Santos: 68 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Gilberto: 79 babies, 15× the national rate
Pablo: 95 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Felipe: 75 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Alberto: 98 babies, 14.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Mary	3,619	–	1
2	Barbara	1,690	–	2
3	Linda	1,553	↑1	5
4	Betty	1,403	↓1	7
5	Patricia	1,359	↑1	3
6	Maria	1,303	↓1	>100
7	Sandra	911	↑3	9
8	Carolyn	896	↑1	11
9	Shirley	875	↓2	10
10	Dorothy	850	↓2	14
11	Gloria	797	↑4	26
12	Martha	787	↓1	25
13	Patsy	757	–	52
14	Nancy	701	↓2	8
15	Joyce	645	↓1	13
16	Judy	644	↑9	16
17	Margaret	636	–	12
18	Virginia	612	↓2	23
19	Wanda	523	↓1	53
20	Frances	518	↓1	31
21	Peggy	510	↑2	39
22	Carol	509	↓1	4
23	Helen	494	↓3	24
24	Alice	483	–	34
25	Doris	469	↓3	38
26	Jo	431	↑1	66
27	Elizabeth	391	↓1	21
28	Judith	374	↑1	6
29	Sharon	351	↑12	15
30	Glenda	342	↑3	96
31	Juanita	342	↓3	84
32	Beverly	331	↑4	29
33	Janice	331	↑2	22
34	Ruby	330	↓4	69
35	Norma	326	↓1	47
36	Dolores	321	new	57
37	Brenda	315	↓6	41
38	Ruth	306	↑1	28
39	Sylvia	290	↑1	65
40	Ann	287	↑2	37
41	Billie	281	↓4	>100
42	Evelyn	281	↑2	50
43	Donna	280	new	20
44	Bobbie	271	↓12	>100
45	Annie	270	↓7	59
46	Emma	250	↓1	99
47	Rose	250	↑2	49
48	Sarah	250	new	60
49	Sue	247	↓3	75
50	Julia	245	new	88

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	James	3,228	–	1
2	Robert	2,308	–	2
3	John	2,044	–	3
4	Charles	1,895	–	6
5	William	1,648	–	4
6	Jerry	1,509	–	14
7	Joe	1,312	–	30
8	Billy	1,185	↑1	27
9	David	1,167	↓1	7
10	Richard	1,109	–	5
11	Donald	830	–	10
12	George	819	↑1	13
13	Jimmy	813	↑4	45
14	Kenneth	810	↑2	15
15	Jose	801	–	>100
16	Bobby	800	↓4	35
17	Thomas	785	↓3	8
18	Larry	777	–	11
19	Ronald	578	↑8	9
20	Johnny	549	↓1	55
21	Roy	537	↑2	39
22	Frank	532	↓2	21
23	Raymond	501	↑1	22
24	Tommy	486	↑5	71
25	Edward	484	↓3	17
26	Paul	476	↑6	18
27	Henry	452	↓1	28
28	Willie	451	–	36
29	Juan	450	↓8	>100
30	Gary	441	↑1	19
31	Michael	434	↑3	16
32	Don	426	↓2	66
33	Manuel	399	↓8	>100
34	Jack	386	↓1	32
35	Gerald	375	↑6	20
36	Jesse	365	↑4	99
37	Joseph	345	–	12
38	Harold	343	↓2	24
39	Walter	333	↓4	26
40	Arthur	320	↑6	33
41	Daniel	316	↓2	31
42	Albert	309	–	40
43	Carl	306	–	29
44	Jesus	298	↓6	>100
45	Jimmie	275	↓1	89
46	Ronnie	254	new	79
47	Melvin	252	new	56
48	Pedro	251	new	>100
49	Fred	249	↓2	43
50	Eddie	248	–	78

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