Texas · 1923

Top 100 names in Texas, 1923, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	3,246
#2	Dorothy	1,951
#3	Maria	965
#4	Helen	926
#5	Margaret	773
#6	Frances	765
#7	Doris	746
#8	Ruby	743
#9	Mildred	728
#10	Ruth	725
#11	Betty	646
#12	Juanita	626
#13	Virginia	589
#14	Evelyn	547
#15	Willie	502
#16	Annie	499
#17	Martha	461
#18	Alice	405
#19	Gladys	392
#20	Edna	381
#21	Billie	366
#22	Louise	362
#23	Elizabeth	362
#24	Thelma	357
#25	Lois	347
#26	Marjorie	346
#27	Marie	345
#28	Hazel	341
#29	Lillian	322
#30	Pauline	320
#31	Emma	312
#32	Margie	305
#33	Wanda	296
#34	Irene	294
#35	Bernice	290
#36	Anna	286
#37	Eva	276
#38	Lillie	271
#39	Josephine	262
#40	Bertha	260
#41	Beatrice	256
#42	Clara	255
#43	Edith	255
#44	Lucille	254
#45	Norma	248
#46	Ethel	247
#47	Jessie	246
#48	Guadalupe	245
#49	Rosa	238
#50	Julia	237
#51	Ella	236
#52	Ida	234
#53	Vera	223
#54	Minnie	221
#55	Myrtle	221
#56	Gloria	221
#57	Mattie	217
#58	Opal	216
#59	Florence	214
#60	Anita	209
#61	Johnnie	206
#62	Joyce	205
#63	Wilma	203
#64	Bessie	201
#65	Geraldine	200
#66	Esther	198
#67	Elsie	197
#68	Velma	197
#69	Carmen	188
#70	Katherine	183
#71	Sarah	182
#72	Dora	178
#73	Vivian	178
#74	Laura	178
#75	Bonnie	175
#76	Alma	173
#77	Aurora	171
#78	Geneva	171
#79	Jean	169
#80	Georgia	167
#81	Viola	163
#82	Christine	162
#83	Margarita	157
#84	Jane	154
#85	Grace	152
#86	Nellie	150
#87	Peggy	147
#88	Mae	147
#89	Melba	146
#90	Lula	145
#91	Lola	144
#92	Imogene	144
#93	Consuelo	144
#94	Maxine	141
#95	Catherine	136
#96	Leona	135
#97	Barbara	134
#98	Lorene	133
#99	Kathryn	133
#100	Rose	132

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
Santos	65	11	1
Jesusa	41	7	0
Agustina	25	4	0
Dominga	74	13	1
Jesusita	26	4	0
Refugia	33	6	0
Genoveva	28	5	0
Elida	31	5	0
Tomasa	54	9	1
Josefa	50	9	1
Hortencia	49	8	1
Gregoria	39	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.