Texas · 1942

Top 100 names in Texas, 1942, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	3,773
#2	Linda	1,881
#3	Barbara	1,745
#4	Maria	1,493
#5	Betty	1,404
#6	Patricia	1,288
#7	Carolyn	1,163
#8	Sandra	1,077
#9	Shirley	898
#10	Gloria	829
#11	Nancy	827
#12	Dorothy	821
#13	Judy	782
#14	Martha	715
#15	Joyce	670
#16	Patsy	655
#17	Carol	624
#18	Margaret	614
#19	Virginia	588
#20	Frances	579
#21	Sharon	544
#22	Wanda	516
#23	Helen	515
#24	Alice	495
#25	Doris	477
#26	Elizabeth	471
#27	Peggy	456
#28	Jo	438
#29	Judith	438
#30	Glenda	390
#31	Janice	358
#32	Donna	358
#33	Beverly	355
#34	Dolores	347
#35	Juanita	341
#36	Brenda	340
#37	Ruth	333
#38	Norma	324
#39	Ruby	293
#40	Billie	293
#41	Anita	289
#42	Sylvia	284
#43	Ann	276
#44	Marilyn	274
#45	Evelyn	274
#46	Bonnie	271
#47	Annie	266
#48	Karen	263
#49	Rosa	263
#50	Charlotte	257
#51	Rose	252
#52	Bobbie	247
#53	Joan	235
#54	Guadalupe	231
#55	Lois	230
#56	Rebecca	227
#57	Julia	224
#58	Kay	223
#59	Sarah	219
#60	Margie	218
#61	Janet	216
#62	Susan	213
#63	Rita	211
#64	Emma	211
#65	Jane	208
#66	Yolanda	206
#67	Anna	204
#68	Eva	198
#69	Marie	196
#70	Lynda	196
#71	Edna	190
#72	Irene	189
#73	Jean	187
#74	Carole	186
#75	Carmen	185
#76	Sue	184
#77	Margarita	184
#78	Delores	180
#79	Paula	175
#80	Georgia	174
#81	Janie	174
#82	Josephine	172
#83	Dora	171
#84	Olga	171
#85	Willie	169
#86	Sally	167
#87	Diana	164
#88	Esther	163
#89	Mildred	163
#90	Alicia	163
#91	Phyllis	162
#92	Sherry	161
#93	Irma	160
#94	Bertha	158
#95	Laura	157
#96	Katherine	155
#97	Thelma	152
#98	Connie	152
#99	Cynthia	151
#100	Lydia	150

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	23	3	0
Genoveva	21	3	0
Santos	46	7	0
Odilia	24	4	0
Oralia	83	12	1
Dominga	48	7	0
Elida	96	14	1
Belia	29	4	0
Micaela	21	3	0
Refugia	20	3	0
Herminia	42	6	0
Tomasa	36	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.