Top baby names in Texas, 1926
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 3,442 |
| 2 | Dorothy | 1,908 |
| 3 | Betty | 1,290 |
| 4 | Maria | 1,154 |
| 5 | Helen | 957 |
| 6 | Doris | 906 |
| 7 | Billie | 769 |
| 8 | Frances | 757 |
| 9 | Margaret | 732 |
| 10 | Ruby | 703 |
| 11 | Mildred | 631 |
| 12 | Virginia | 618 |
| 13 | Juanita | 609 |
| 14 | Ruth | 559 |
| 15 | Evelyn | 506 |
| 16 | Martha | 496 |
| 17 | Annie | 495 |
| 18 | Willie | 437 |
| 19 | Joyce | 435 |
| 20 | Wanda | 417 |
| 21 | Alice | 414 |
| 22 | Gloria | 380 |
| 23 | Gladys | 378 |
| 23 | Lois | 378 |
| 25 | Edna | 361 |
| 26 | Emma | 329 |
| 27 | Thelma | 325 |
| 28 | Anna | 314 |
| 28 | Elizabeth | 314 |
| 30 | Louise | 312 |
| 31 | Marjorie | 306 |
| 32 | Marie | 305 |
| 33 | Norma | 300 |
| 34 | Hazel | 296 |
| 35 | Margie | 287 |
| 36 | Lillie | 283 |
| 37 | Pauline | 280 |
| 38 | Irene | 279 |
| 39 | Peggy | 276 |
| 40 | Lillian | 267 |
| 41 | Bobbie | 265 |
| 42 | Julia | 262 |
| 43 | Jessie | 260 |
| 44 | Jean | 259 |
| 45 | Guadalupe | 257 |
| 46 | Eva | 255 |
| 47 | Clara | 253 |
| 48 | Johnnie | 251 |
| 49 | Ethel | 250 |
| 50 | Barbara | 244 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 2,698 |
| 2 | John | 1,908 |
| 3 | Robert | 1,800 |
| 4 | William | 1,791 |
| 5 | Charles | 1,244 |
| 6 | Billy | 1,186 |
| 7 | Joe | 958 |
| 8 | George | 872 |
| 9 | Jose | 802 |
| 10 | Jack | 728 |
| 11 | Thomas | 692 |
| 12 | Frank | 527 |
| 13 | Richard | 503 |
| 14 | Willie | 499 |
| 15 | Raymond | 498 |
| 16 | Henry | 486 |
| 17 | Manuel | 483 |
| 18 | Edward | 467 |
| 19 | Roy | 457 |
| 20 | Harold | 449 |
| 21 | Walter | 424 |
| 22 | David | 404 |
| 23 | Juan | 370 |
| 24 | Clarence | 368 |
| 24 | Paul | 368 |
| 26 | Kenneth | 364 |
| 27 | Jesus | 361 |
| 28 | Albert | 357 |
| 29 | Joseph | 315 |
| 30 | Donald | 294 |
| 31 | Bobby | 292 |
| 32 | Arthur | 290 |
| 33 | Louis | 288 |
| 34 | Fred | 287 |
| 35 | Eugene | 286 |
| 36 | Earl | 271 |
| 37 | Jesse | 269 |
| 38 | Ernest | 267 |
| 39 | Billie | 259 |
| 40 | Carl | 247 |
| 41 | Antonio | 241 |
| 41 | Floyd | 241 |
| 43 | Marvin | 240 |
| 44 | Francisco | 234 |
| 45 | Pedro | 230 |
| 46 | Melvin | 224 |
| 47 | Alfred | 222 |
| 47 | Ralph | 222 |
| 49 | Howard | 221 |
| 50 | Ramon | 218 |