Top baby names in Texas, 1916
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 2,328 |
| 2 | Dorothy | 790 |
| 3 | Ruby | 733 |
| 4 | Ruth | 673 |
| 5 | Mildred | 618 |
| 6 | Helen | 595 |
| 7 | Margaret | 585 |
| 8 | Frances | 577 |
| 9 | Annie | 511 |
| 10 | Maria | 484 |
| 11 | Edna | 457 |
| 12 | Gladys | 452 |
| 13 | Juanita | 446 |
| 14 | Willie | 425 |
| 15 | Hazel | 406 |
| 16 | Pauline | 389 |
| 16 | Thelma | 389 |
| 18 | Louise | 383 |
| 19 | Elizabeth | 366 |
| 19 | Virginia | 366 |
| 21 | Alice | 358 |
| 22 | Evelyn | 351 |
| 23 | Lois | 346 |
| 24 | Lucille | 341 |
| 25 | Lillian | 339 |
| 26 | Marie | 329 |
| 27 | Martha | 304 |
| 28 | Opal | 292 |
| 29 | Jessie | 290 |
| 29 | Lillie | 290 |
| 31 | Clara | 286 |
| 32 | Bessie | 279 |
| 33 | Anna | 272 |
| 34 | Doris | 271 |
| 35 | Ethel | 269 |
| 36 | Myrtle | 259 |
| 37 | Edith | 257 |
| 38 | Minnie | 255 |
| 39 | Emma | 254 |
| 40 | Irene | 235 |
| 41 | Julia | 230 |
| 42 | Josephine | 228 |
| 42 | Mattie | 228 |
| 44 | Vera | 226 |
| 45 | Alma | 225 |
| 46 | Bertha | 221 |
| 47 | Ida | 207 |
| 48 | Bernice | 201 |
| 49 | Eva | 199 |
| 50 | Velma | 191 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 1,752 |
| 2 | John | 1,578 |
| 3 | William | 1,524 |
| 4 | Robert | 1,152 |
| 5 | George | 738 |
| 6 | Charles | 700 |
| 7 | Joe | 604 |
| 8 | Thomas | 533 |
| 9 | Henry | 527 |
| 10 | Frank | 520 |
| 11 | Jack | 479 |
| 12 | Walter | 424 |
| 13 | Willie | 416 |
| 14 | Roy | 372 |
| 15 | Raymond | 363 |
| 16 | Jose | 357 |
| 17 | Edward | 349 |
| 18 | Joseph | 342 |
| 19 | Albert | 303 |
| 20 | Paul | 287 |
| 21 | Richard | 285 |
| 22 | David | 258 |
| 23 | Fred | 254 |
| 24 | Manuel | 250 |
| 25 | Clarence | 249 |
| 26 | Arthur | 247 |
| 27 | Carl | 245 |
| 28 | Louis | 242 |
| 28 | Woodrow | 242 |
| 30 | Jesse | 239 |
| 31 | Charlie | 223 |
| 32 | Cecil | 220 |
| 33 | Earl | 210 |
| 34 | Juan | 202 |
| 35 | Harold | 201 |
| 36 | Ernest | 195 |
| 36 | Marvin | 195 |
| 38 | Eugene | 194 |
| 39 | Lee | 191 |
| 40 | Herbert | 188 |
| 41 | Johnnie | 183 |
| 42 | Herman | 180 |
| 43 | Oscar | 175 |
| 44 | Alfred | 172 |
| 45 | Clyde | 170 |
| 46 | Jesus | 167 |
| 46 | Samuel | 167 |
| 48 | Ralph | 166 |
| 49 | Harry | 161 |
| 50 | Howard | 158 |