Top baby names in Texas, 1928
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 3,419 |
| 2 | Betty | 1,886 |
| 3 | Dorothy | 1,845 |
| 4 | Maria | 1,341 |
| 5 | Doris | 881 |
| 6 | Helen | 869 |
| 7 | Billie | 846 |
| 8 | Frances | 707 |
| 9 | Margaret | 670 |
| 10 | Ruby | 624 |
| 11 | Virginia | 585 |
| 12 | Juanita | 571 |
| 13 | Wanda | 569 |
| 14 | Mildred | 546 |
| 15 | Martha | 510 |
| 15 | Ruth | 510 |
| 17 | Annie | 482 |
| 18 | Joyce | 479 |
| 19 | Evelyn | 466 |
| 20 | Willie | 409 |
| 21 | Gloria | 399 |
| 22 | Alice | 388 |
| 23 | Peggy | 378 |
| 24 | Barbara | 363 |
| 25 | Bobbie | 360 |
| 26 | Norma | 343 |
| 27 | Lois | 338 |
| 28 | Patsy | 335 |
| 29 | Emma | 333 |
| 30 | Thelma | 322 |
| 31 | Guadalupe | 297 |
| 32 | Elizabeth | 290 |
| 33 | Margie | 288 |
| 34 | Marjorie | 287 |
| 35 | Irene | 280 |
| 36 | Anna | 276 |
| 36 | Gladys | 276 |
| 38 | Hazel | 269 |
| 39 | Edna | 267 |
| 40 | Lillie | 262 |
| 41 | Jean | 261 |
| 41 | Patricia | 261 |
| 43 | Lillian | 257 |
| 44 | Eva | 254 |
| 45 | Pauline | 253 |
| 46 | Julia | 251 |
| 46 | Rosa | 251 |
| 48 | Louise | 249 |
| 49 | Marie | 245 |
| 50 | Dolores | 238 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 2,622 |
| 2 | Robert | 1,890 |
| 3 | John | 1,801 |
| 4 | William | 1,655 |
| 5 | Billy | 1,576 |
| 6 | Charles | 1,413 |
| 7 | Joe | 1,075 |
| 8 | Jose | 924 |
| 9 | George | 872 |
| 10 | Jack | 754 |
| 11 | Thomas | 629 |
| 12 | Frank | 588 |
| 13 | Richard | 577 |
| 14 | Willie | 568 |
| 15 | Bobby | 553 |
| 16 | Edward | 527 |
| 17 | Henry | 517 |
| 18 | Raymond | 511 |
| 19 | Juan | 488 |
| 20 | Manuel | 485 |
| 21 | David | 471 |
| 22 | Kenneth | 449 |
| 23 | Roy | 442 |
| 24 | Harold | 440 |
| 25 | Donald | 437 |
| 26 | Walter | 421 |
| 27 | Jesus | 390 |
| 28 | Paul | 342 |
| 29 | Albert | 339 |
| 29 | Joseph | 339 |
| 31 | Clarence | 330 |
| 32 | Eugene | 318 |
| 33 | Billie | 308 |
| 34 | Herbert | 303 |
| 35 | Louis | 292 |
| 36 | Arthur | 291 |
| 37 | Jesse | 282 |
| 37 | Marvin | 282 |
| 39 | Pedro | 275 |
| 40 | Earl | 272 |
| 41 | Antonio | 259 |
| 41 | Francisco | 259 |
| 41 | Fred | 259 |
| 44 | Johnnie | 256 |
| 45 | Carl | 255 |
| 46 | Ernest | 248 |
| 47 | Alfred | 245 |
| 47 | Jimmie | 245 |
| 49 | Daniel | 236 |
| 50 | Melvin | 230 |