Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Texas, 1912

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,179
2	Ruby	485
3	Ruth	394
4	Annie	361
5	Mildred	335
6	Willie	327
7	Gladys	324
8	Dorothy	316
9	Helen	300
9	Maria	300
11	Frances	271
12	Margaret	261
13	Thelma	256
14	Lillian	245
15	Louise	226
16	Edna	225
17	Lucille	224
18	Lillie	222
19	Juanita	214
20	Marie	209
21	Elizabeth	206
22	Hazel	202
23	Pauline	198
24	Ethel	192
25	Alice	188
26	Clara	187
27	Bessie	186
27	Opal	186
29	Irene	184
30	Minnie	176
31	Emma	175
32	Jessie	173
32	Martha	173
32	Mattie	173
35	Lois	171
36	Evelyn	169
37	Grace	167
38	Anna	164
39	Beatrice	156
40	Velma	150
40	Virginia	150
42	Alma	149
42	Myrtle	149
44	Bertha	146
45	Edith	145
45	Vera	145
47	Ella	139
48	Ida	133
49	Lena	132
50	Florence	130

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	877
2	John	859
3	William	828
4	Robert	556
5	George	431
6	Joe	325
7	Charles	305
8	Willie	291
9	Thomas	277
10	Frank	263
11	Henry	238
12	Jack	227
13	Joseph	220
14	Walter	199
15	Roy	185
16	Jose	181
17	Albert	179
18	Edward	166
19	Raymond	161
20	Clarence	160
21	Richard	155
22	Arthur	154
23	Louis	148
24	Fred	146
25	Woodrow	141
26	Charlie	137
27	Oscar	127
28	Manuel	124
29	Carl	122
29	Juan	122
31	Jesse	120
32	Paul	116
33	Ernest	115
34	Cecil	109
35	Howard	108
36	Sam	104
37	David	100
37	Floyd	100
39	Jessie	98
40	Lee	97
41	Herman	96
41	Ralph	96
43	Eugene	94
44	Earl	93
45	Jesus	92
46	Johnnie	90
47	Harry	89
48	Harold	87
49	Pedro	85
50	Andrew	82