Texas · 1939

Top 100 names in Texas, 1939, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	3,254
#2	Barbara	1,737
#3	Betty	1,452
#4	Maria	1,193
#5	Shirley	1,021
#6	Patricia	950
#7	Dorothy	877
#8	Patsy	742
#9	Nancy	725
#10	Martha	706
#11	Linda	703
#12	Joyce	647
#13	Wanda	631
#14	Margaret	624
#15	Carolyn	609
#16	Gloria	548
#17	Virginia	532
#18	Frances	521
#19	Sandra	519
#20	Peggy	513
#21	Doris	505
#22	Helen	503
#23	Jo	463
#24	Carol	425
#25	Alice	424
#26	Elizabeth	375
#27	Juanita	369
#28	Ruby	334
#29	Norma	326
#30	Glenda	316
#31	Judy	311
#32	Bobbie	308
#33	Billie	299
#34	Janice	294
#35	Beverly	279
#36	Sylvia	273
#37	Annie	264
#38	Ruth	263
#39	Evelyn	251
#40	Julia	237
#41	Rosa	234
#42	Anita	233
#43	Ann	232
#44	Marilyn	230
#45	Dolores	230
#46	Judith	229
#47	Emma	226
#48	Donna	217
#49	Rose	213
#50	Joan	210
#51	Eva	208
#52	Lois	206
#53	Margie	203
#54	Sue	202
#55	Nelda	197
#56	Anna	196
#57	Sarah	196
#58	Guadalupe	191
#59	Jean	184
#60	Mildred	182
#61	Willie	181
#62	Irene	179
#63	Sharon	177
#64	Dora	173
#65	Jane	163
#66	Kay	161
#67	Janie	160
#68	Clara	160
#69	Paula	160
#70	Lydia	156
#71	Bonnie	155
#72	Charlotte	155
#73	Marie	153
#74	Phyllis	152
#75	Edna	151
#76	Carmen	151
#77	Bertha	149
#78	Esther	148
#79	Margarita	148
#80	Melba	146
#81	Thelma	145
#82	Geraldine	143
#83	Wilma	141
#84	Joann	140
#85	Gladys	140
#86	Alicia	138
#87	Olga	138
#88	Loretta	136
#89	Josephine	135
#90	Irma	135
#91	Rita	135
#92	Johnnie	133
#93	Laura	132
#94	Louise	131
#95	Georgia	129
#96	Yvonne	127
#97	Alma	125
#98	Jeanette	125
#99	Ethel	125
#100	Yolanda	125

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	24	4	0
Santos	41	7	0
Elida	87	15	1
Dominga	72	13	1
Oralia	76	13	1
Josefa	30	5	0
Tomasa	38	7	0
Josefina	78	14	1
Noemi	22	4	0
Manuela	74	13	1
Guadalupe	191	34	2
Lidia	35	6	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.