Texas · 1937

Top 100 names in Texas, 1937, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	3,122
#2	Barbara	1,646
#3	Betty	1,634
#4	Maria	1,165
#5	Shirley	1,107
#6	Dorothy	921
#7	Patsy	728
#8	Patricia	703
#9	Wanda	644
#10	Martha	624
#11	Joyce	623
#12	Margaret	570
#13	Peggy	568
#14	Frances	549
#15	Virginia	520
#16	Helen	520
#17	Doris	509
#18	Gloria	506
#19	Nancy	485
#20	Carolyn	464
#21	Jo	462
#22	Bobbie	401
#23	Billie	399
#24	Juanita	364
#25	Alice	358
#26	Elizabeth	355
#27	Ruby	349
#28	Norma	337
#29	Carol	307
#30	Annie	301
#31	Ruth	293
#32	Linda	286
#33	Evelyn	276
#34	Sandra	272
#35	Sylvia	265
#36	Anita	254
#37	Mildred	248
#38	Eva	245
#39	Janice	241
#40	Emma	241
#41	Beverly	239
#42	Dolores	238
#43	Rose	235
#44	Ann	230
#45	Lois	226
#46	Margie	223
#47	Joan	222
#48	Irene	221
#49	Guadalupe	221
#50	Rosa	218
#51	Glenda	217
#52	Jean	215
#53	Edna	207
#54	Sue	203
#55	Marilyn	200
#56	Julia	199
#57	Anna	195
#58	Willie	188
#59	Sarah	188
#60	Bonnie	187
#61	Thelma	176
#62	Jane	173
#63	Carmen	166
#64	Lydia	166
#65	Bertha	165
#66	Lillie	164
#67	Nelda	164
#68	Clara	162
#69	Kay	161
#70	Gladys	160
#71	Paula	154
#72	Beatrice	153
#73	Melba	150
#74	Joann	146
#75	Esther	146
#76	Alma	146
#77	Wilma	146
#78	Dora	146
#79	Margarita	145
#80	Johnnie	143
#81	Josephine	142
#82	Loretta	140
#83	Marjorie	140
#84	Joy	140
#85	Donna	139
#86	Hazel	137
#87	Louise	137
#88	Marie	133
#89	Lupe	133
#90	June	132
#91	Amelia	132
#92	Laura	130
#93	Janie	130
#94	Georgia	130
#95	Delores	129
#96	Ella	127
#97	Sara	126
#98	Edith	123
#99	Alicia	122
#100	Rosie	121

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	32	6	0
Tomasa	30	5	0
Refugia	23	4	0
Elida	93	17	1
Oralia	90	16	1
Elia	36	6	0
Ninfa	27	5	0
Josefa	35	6	0
Enriqueta	20	4	0
Gregoria	24	4	0
Concepcion	43	8	0
Dominga	47	8	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.