Texas · 1917

Top 100 names in Texas, 1917, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,504
#2	Dorothy	909
#3	Ruby	778
#4	Helen	727
#5	Margaret	722
#6	Ruth	678
#7	Mildred	627
#8	Frances	597
#9	Annie	541
#10	Maria	534
#11	Juanita	446
#12	Evelyn	439
#13	Willie	438
#14	Edna	427
#15	Virginia	413
#16	Thelma	393
#17	Gladys	391
#18	Hazel	391
#19	Lucille	379
#20	Martha	369
#21	Lois	366
#22	Pauline	361
#23	Alice	355
#24	Louise	347
#25	Lillian	344
#26	Elizabeth	341
#27	Marie	337
#28	Lillie	311
#29	Doris	310
#30	Jessie	300
#31	Emma	293
#32	Edith	287
#33	Irene	279
#34	Anna	275
#35	Ethel	275
#36	Minnie	263
#37	Myrtle	262
#38	Opal	261
#39	Bernice	257
#40	Clara	249
#41	Bessie	234
#42	Beatrice	229
#43	Eva	222
#44	Vera	216
#45	Ella	216
#46	Bertha	211
#47	Florence	209
#48	Josephine	209
#49	Mattie	208
#50	Alma	204
#51	Julia	204
#52	Katherine	201
#53	Georgia	192
#54	Grace	191
#55	Velma	190
#56	Elsie	189
#57	Laura	189
#58	Rosa	182
#59	Ida	177
#60	Sarah	172
#61	Johnnie	171
#62	Wilma	168
#63	Lena	167
#64	Anita	164
#65	Nellie	160
#66	Vivian	158
#67	Viola	158
#68	Bonnie	156
#69	Gertrude	147
#70	Lola	146
#71	Leona	145
#72	Inez	144
#73	Pearl	143
#74	Catherine	141
#75	Marjorie	140
#76	Guadalupe	140
#77	Lorene	140
#78	Dora	138
#79	Esther	138
#80	Agnes	136
#81	Kathryn	136
#82	Rosie	136
#83	Geneva	132
#84	Marguerite	131
#85	Eunice	128
#86	Hattie	128
#87	Fannie	125
#88	Christine	125
#89	Lula	125
#90	Betty	122
#91	Winnie	119
#92	Geraldine	118
#93	Jewel	116
#94	Mamie	111
#95	Mae	111
#96	Mable	107
#97	Jewell	107
#98	Rose	107
#99	Cora	106
#100	Ora	105

Uniquely popular in Texas

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Jesusa	21	4	0
Dominga	54	11	1
Gregoria	33	7	0
Josefa	44	9	1
Ofelia	23	5	0
Estela	27	6	0
Santos	24	5	0
Guadalupe	140	30	2
Trinidad	66	14	1
Josefina	49	10	1
Tomasa	21	4	0
Angelita	34	7	0

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.