Texas · 1927

Top 100 names in Texas, 1927, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	3,608
#2	Dorothy	1,885
#3	Betty	1,648
#4	Maria	1,323
#5	Helen	922
#6	Doris	879
#7	Billie	813
#8	Frances	771
#9	Margaret	701
#10	Juanita	615
#11	Ruby	612
#12	Virginia	610
#13	Mildred	609
#14	Wanda	535
#15	Ruth	496
#16	Martha	485
#17	Willie	466
#18	Evelyn	461
#19	Annie	455
#20	Joyce	423
#21	Alice	420
#22	Gloria	389
#23	Lois	346
#24	Gladys	330
#25	Bobbie	330
#26	Barbara	320
#27	Marjorie	315
#28	Edna	315
#29	Norma	313
#30	Margie	311
#31	Emma	308
#32	Thelma	297
#33	Irene	296
#34	Peggy	294
#35	Guadalupe	284
#36	Elizabeth	280
#37	Marie	273
#38	Hazel	271
#39	Louise	270
#40	Patsy	270
#41	Lillian	263
#42	Lillie	263
#43	Eva	261
#44	Pauline	251
#45	Jessie	247
#46	Jean	247
#47	Anna	245
#48	Julia	243
#49	Rosa	238
#50	Bonnie	236
#51	Dora	235
#52	Carmen	234
#53	Clara	226
#54	Wilma	226
#55	Patricia	225
#56	Josephine	218
#57	Johnnie	217
#58	Bernice	214
#59	Ella	207
#60	Bessie	206
#61	Bertha	203
#62	Minnie	202
#63	Geraldine	198
#64	Edith	196
#65	Ethel	194
#66	Jo	191
#67	Rose	190
#68	Dolores	189
#69	Laura	187
#70	Mattie	185
#71	Esther	181
#72	Shirley	181
#73	Ida	180
#74	Elsie	179
#75	Lucille	177
#76	Beatrice	176
#77	Velma	176
#78	Alma	172
#79	Opal	171
#80	Jimmie	171
#81	Sarah	166
#82	Antonia	165
#83	Geneva	164
#84	Georgia	163
#85	Vera	161
#86	Aurora	161
#87	Lupe	160
#88	Anita	159
#89	Myrtle	159
#90	Margarita	157
#91	Imogene	155
#92	Katherine	153
#93	Rosie	151
#94	Florence	150
#95	Bettye	146
#96	Grace	142
#97	Alicia	142
#98	Nancy	142
#99	Olivia	140
#100	Melba	140

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	35	6	0
Catarina	21	3	0
Elida	64	11	1
Dominga	57	9	1
Santos	52	9	1
Josefa	52	9	1
Genoveva	36	6	0
Simona	26	4	0
Tomasa	58	10	1
Evangelina	46	8	1
Romana	24	4	0
Herminia	44	7	1

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.