Texas · 1936

Top 100 names in Texas, 1936, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	3,111
#2	Betty	1,647
#3	Shirley	1,476
#4	Barbara	1,334
#5	Maria	1,222
#6	Dorothy	1,017
#7	Patsy	791
#8	Patricia	648
#9	Joyce	646
#10	Wanda	592
#11	Helen	591
#12	Frances	587
#13	Doris	581
#14	Martha	567
#15	Margaret	548
#16	Peggy	546
#17	Nancy	508
#18	Virginia	503
#19	Gloria	449
#20	Jo	439
#21	Bobbie	435
#22	Billie	427
#23	Ruby	406
#24	Juanita	394
#25	Carolyn	388
#26	Norma	376
#27	Alice	362
#28	Elizabeth	329
#29	Evelyn	297
#30	Ruth	294
#31	Annie	293
#32	Dolores	274
#33	Emma	273
#34	Carol	265
#35	Anita	255
#36	Ann	240
#37	Lois	229
#38	Joan	228
#39	Willie	223
#40	Mildred	223
#41	Rosa	222
#42	Margie	217
#43	Sylvia	214
#44	Guadalupe	213
#45	Beverly	210
#46	Rose	206
#47	Glenda	205
#48	Jean	205
#49	Eva	203
#50	Anna	201
#51	Marilyn	201
#52	Bonnie	198
#53	Carmen	197
#54	Dora	196
#55	Edna	196
#56	Sandra	196
#57	Irene	183
#58	Sue	183
#59	Julia	176
#60	Thelma	176
#61	Wilma	171
#62	Josephine	171
#63	Marie	170
#64	Margarita	167
#65	Jane	167
#66	Gladys	166
#67	Joann	163
#68	Sarah	162
#69	Melba	161
#70	Janice	159
#71	Nelda	158
#72	Lillie	157
#73	Clara	154
#74	Johnnie	153
#75	Hazel	152
#76	Esther	151
#77	Olga	149
#78	Lillian	148
#79	Laura	148
#80	Lydia	148
#81	Joy	148
#82	Linda	145
#83	Beatrice	144
#84	Pauline	141
#85	Charlotte	139
#86	Louise	139
#87	Delores	138
#88	Bertha	136
#89	Georgia	136
#90	Janie	135
#91	Lupe	132
#92	Minnie	131
#93	Marjorie	130
#94	Paula	129
#95	Rita	127
#96	Jessie	126
#97	Mattie	126
#98	Donna	124
#99	Ethel	122
#100	Rosie	122

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	31	6	0
Elida	92	17	1
Tomasa	39	7	0
Catarina	22	4	0
Felipa	22	4	0
Santos	27	5	0
Micaela	20	4	0
Dominga	43	8	0
Josefa	32	6	0
Ninfa	30	5	0
Oralia	63	11	1
Guadalupe	213	39	2

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.