Top baby names in Texas, 1917
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 2,504 |
| 2 | Dorothy | 909 |
| 3 | Ruby | 778 |
| 4 | Helen | 727 |
| 5 | Margaret | 722 |
| 6 | Ruth | 678 |
| 7 | Mildred | 627 |
| 8 | Frances | 597 |
| 9 | Annie | 541 |
| 10 | Maria | 534 |
| 11 | Juanita | 446 |
| 12 | Evelyn | 439 |
| 13 | Willie | 438 |
| 14 | Edna | 427 |
| 15 | Virginia | 413 |
| 16 | Thelma | 393 |
| 17 | Gladys | 391 |
| 17 | Hazel | 391 |
| 19 | Lucille | 379 |
| 20 | Martha | 369 |
| 21 | Lois | 366 |
| 22 | Pauline | 361 |
| 23 | Alice | 355 |
| 24 | Louise | 347 |
| 25 | Lillian | 344 |
| 26 | Elizabeth | 341 |
| 27 | Marie | 337 |
| 28 | Lillie | 311 |
| 29 | Doris | 310 |
| 30 | Jessie | 300 |
| 31 | Emma | 293 |
| 32 | Edith | 287 |
| 33 | Irene | 279 |
| 34 | Anna | 275 |
| 34 | Ethel | 275 |
| 36 | Minnie | 263 |
| 37 | Myrtle | 262 |
| 38 | Opal | 261 |
| 39 | Bernice | 257 |
| 40 | Clara | 249 |
| 41 | Bessie | 234 |
| 42 | Beatrice | 229 |
| 43 | Eva | 222 |
| 44 | Ella | 216 |
| 44 | Vera | 216 |
| 46 | Bertha | 211 |
| 47 | Florence | 209 |
| 47 | Josephine | 209 |
| 49 | Mattie | 208 |
| 50 | Alma | 204 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 1,926 |
| 2 | William | 1,668 |
| 3 | John | 1,640 |
| 4 | Robert | 1,179 |
| 5 | Charles | 757 |
| 6 | George | 750 |
| 7 | Joe | 616 |
| 8 | Thomas | 551 |
| 9 | Frank | 535 |
| 10 | Jack | 527 |
| 11 | Henry | 493 |
| 12 | Jose | 425 |
| 13 | Willie | 422 |
| 14 | Edward | 379 |
| 15 | Joseph | 378 |
| 16 | Roy | 367 |
| 17 | Walter | 366 |
| 18 | Raymond | 332 |
| 19 | Fred | 323 |
| 20 | Albert | 303 |
| 21 | Richard | 285 |
| 22 | David | 282 |
| 23 | Woodrow | 276 |
| 24 | Louis | 275 |
| 25 | Manuel | 269 |
| 26 | Arthur | 265 |
| 27 | Clarence | 256 |
| 28 | Juan | 251 |
| 29 | Paul | 235 |
| 30 | Earl | 219 |
| 31 | Cecil | 216 |
| 32 | Harold | 214 |
| 33 | Charlie | 211 |
| 34 | Howard | 207 |
| 35 | Ernest | 206 |
| 36 | Harry | 199 |
| 37 | Jesse | 197 |
| 38 | Floyd | 189 |
| 39 | Jesus | 186 |
| 40 | Marvin | 185 |
| 41 | Herman | 184 |
| 42 | Carl | 181 |
| 43 | Ralph | 176 |
| 44 | Lee | 175 |
| 45 | Samuel | 170 |
| 46 | Sam | 168 |
| 47 | Eugene | 167 |
| 47 | Herbert | 167 |
| 49 | Oscar | 166 |
| 50 | Leonard | 164 |