Texas · 1930

Top 100 names in Texas, 1930, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	3,395
#2	Betty	2,259
#3	Dorothy	1,702
#4	Maria	1,359
#5	Billie	938
#6	Doris	863
#7	Helen	737
#8	Margaret	637
#9	Wanda	637
#10	Frances	634
#11	Joyce	633
#12	Virginia	564
#13	Juanita	546
#14	Ruby	535
#15	Barbara	526
#16	Martha	518
#17	Patsy	517
#18	Mildred	485
#19	Ruth	463
#20	Bobbie	460
#21	Peggy	442
#22	Gloria	421
#23	Annie	420
#24	Evelyn	403
#25	Alice	366
#26	Norma	351
#27	Patricia	341
#28	Dolores	330
#29	Willie	330
#30	Emma	307
#31	Jo	305
#32	Guadalupe	305
#33	Lois	301
#34	Elizabeth	295
#35	Eva	288
#36	Jean	284
#37	Gladys	281
#38	Margie	277
#39	Thelma	273
#40	Anna	253
#41	Hazel	247
#42	Clara	246
#43	Edna	245
#44	Irene	243
#45	Joan	239
#46	Anita	237
#47	Nancy	235
#48	Louise	230
#49	Bonnie	229
#50	Julia	227
#51	Rosa	226
#52	Marie	225
#53	Marjorie	224
#54	Shirley	218
#55	Rose	218
#56	Bernice	218
#57	Lillie	212
#58	Lillian	211
#59	Josephine	209
#60	Carmen	201
#61	Dora	193
#62	Geraldine	191
#63	Pauline	190
#64	Wilma	185
#65	Jessie	183
#66	Alma	180
#67	Ida	179
#68	Bessie	177
#69	Bertha	177
#70	Ella	176
#71	Beatrice	174
#72	Minnie	174
#73	Ethel	173
#74	Sarah	173
#75	Esther	172
#76	Margarita	171
#77	Aurora	171
#78	Johnnie	169
#79	Ramona	164
#80	Alicia	161
#81	Georgia	161
#82	Laura	160
#83	Edith	160
#84	Consuelo	157
#85	Ann	156
#86	Melba	155
#87	Velma	155
#88	Jimmie	152
#89	Lupe	149
#90	Lucille	148
#91	Vera	145
#92	Joy	144
#93	Bettye	143
#94	Katherine	143
#95	Myrtle	140
#96	Geneva	140
#97	Opal	139
#98	Rita	137
#99	Maxine	136
#100	Jane	135

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
Elida	88	15	1
Catarina	24	4	0
Ninfa	34	6	0
Jesusa	40	7	0
Ignacia	24	4	0
Santos	42	7	0
Simona	22	4	0
Oralia	47	8	1
Herminia	64	11	1
Refugia	26	4	0
Josefa	48	8	1
Genoveva	31	5	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.