Texas ★ 1940

Top names in Texas, 1940

Mary led for girls with 3,376 babies ; James for boys with 2,971. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,376
2	Barbara	1,678
3	Betty	1,463
4	Linda	1,277
5	Maria	1,260
6	Patricia	1,191
7	Shirley	921
8	Dorothy	829
9	Carolyn	704
10	Sandra	701
11	Martha	676
12	Nancy	675
13	Patsy	669
14	Joyce	667
15	Gloria	651
16	Virginia	630
17	Margaret	577
18	Wanda	573
19	Frances	533
20	Helen	526
21	Carol	520
22	Doris	509
23	Peggy	472
24	Alice	424
25	Judy	423
26	Elizabeth	419
27	Jo	393
28	Juanita	374
29	Judith	364
30	Ruby	344
31	Brenda	325
32	Bobbie	324
33	Glenda	316
34	Norma	313
35	Janice	312
36	Beverly	279
37	Billie	277
38	Annie	267
39	Ruth	264
40	Sylvia	258
41	Sharon	254
42	Ann	250
43	Rosa	249
44	Evelyn	245
45	Emma	240
46	Sue	233
47	Anita	232
48	Guadalupe	231
48	Rose	231
50	Eva	230
51	Joan	228
52	Jean	227
53	Sarah	220
54	Marilyn	219
55	Margie	218
56	Julia	216
57	Donna	211
58	Anna	208
59	Dolores	206
59	Irene	206
61	Dora	200
62	Charlotte	196
62	Jane	196
64	Lois	193
65	Bonnie	187
66	Kay	185
66	Mildred	185
68	Edna	174
69	Rebecca	172
70	Willie	171
71	Margarita	170
72	Carmen	169
72	Josephine	169
72	Paula	169
75	Janie	166
76	Irma	161
76	Nelda	161
78	Marie	160
79	Lydia	158
80	Esther	152
81	Clara	151
82	Alicia	150
82	Loretta	150
82	Lynda	150
85	Olga	149
85	Thelma	149
87	Bertha	148
88	Yolanda	147
89	Laura	146
90	Lupe	143
91	Wilma	142
92	Melba	140
93	Connie	139
93	Jeanette	139
95	Karen	138
96	Alma	137
96	Sara	137
98	Beatrice	135
99	Carole	133
100	Janet	132

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,971
2	Robert	2,152
3	John	2,109
4	Charles	1,844
5	William	1,549
6	Jerry	1,401
7	Joe	1,260
8	David	1,084
9	Billy	1,079
10	Richard	967
11	Donald	907
12	Bobby	801
13	George	800
14	Thomas	777
15	Jose	755
16	Kenneth	734
17	Jimmy	709
18	Larry	596
19	Johnny	537
20	Frank	493
21	Juan	486
22	Edward	477
23	Roy	442
24	Raymond	426
25	Manuel	420
26	Henry	411
27	Ronald	408
28	Willie	400
29	Tommy	387
30	Don	386
31	Gary	380
32	Paul	378
33	Jack	374
34	Michael	354
35	Walter	353
36	Harold	350
37	Joseph	319
38	Jesus	316
39	Daniel	310
40	Jesse	297
41	Gerald	289
42	Albert	280
43	Carl	278
44	Jimmie	275
45	Antonio	255
45	Arthur	255
47	Fred	252
48	Bill	235
49	Louis	231
50	Eddie	224
51	Eugene	222
52	Melvin	220
53	Pedro	217
54	Ray	215
55	Ernest	212
56	Wayne	207
57	Roberto	202
58	Marvin	201
59	Clarence	197
59	Gene	197
61	Ramon	193
62	Ruben	192
63	Ralph	191
64	Carlos	186
65	Francisco	181
66	Raul	180
66	Ronnie	180
68	Lawrence	178
69	Samuel	177
70	Alfred	176
71	Lee	174
72	Howard	169
72	Leon	169
72	Mike	169
75	Earl	165
75	Jackie	165
77	Curtis	164
78	Guadalupe	159
79	Gilbert	158
80	Oscar	156
80	Roger	156
82	Douglas	155
83	Alvin	151
83	Cecil	151
83	Freddie	151
86	Leonard	142
87	Jim	139
88	Jessie	136
89	Norman	135
90	Bob	134
90	Herman	134
92	Harry	133
92	Herbert	133
92	Martin	133
95	Victor	132
96	Luis	130
96	Milton	130
98	Clyde	129
99	Tony	127
100	Edwin	126