Top baby names in Texas, 1929
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 3,424 |
| 2 | Betty | 2,031 |
| 3 | Dorothy | 1,864 |
| 4 | Maria | 1,301 |
| 5 | Billie | 1,043 |
| 6 | Doris | 931 |
| 7 | Helen | 812 |
| 8 | Frances | 685 |
| 9 | Joyce | 649 |
| 10 | Margaret | 620 |
| 11 | Ruby | 605 |
| 12 | Wanda | 602 |
| 13 | Virginia | 560 |
| 14 | Juanita | 546 |
| 15 | Mildred | 497 |
| 16 | Martha | 494 |
| 17 | Ruth | 480 |
| 18 | Bobbie | 454 |
| 19 | Evelyn | 452 |
| 20 | Barbara | 447 |
| 21 | Patsy | 441 |
| 22 | Annie | 426 |
| 23 | Peggy | 409 |
| 24 | Gloria | 394 |
| 25 | Alice | 386 |
| 26 | Willie | 357 |
| 27 | Norma | 355 |
| 28 | Elizabeth | 324 |
| 29 | Emma | 318 |
| 30 | Lois | 304 |
| 31 | Gladys | 297 |
| 31 | Thelma | 297 |
| 33 | Patricia | 292 |
| 34 | Eva | 282 |
| 35 | Margie | 280 |
| 36 | Anna | 279 |
| 36 | Guadalupe | 279 |
| 38 | Jo | 275 |
| 39 | Edna | 270 |
| 40 | Marjorie | 266 |
| 41 | Louise | 264 |
| 42 | Jean | 258 |
| 43 | Hazel | 257 |
| 44 | Clara | 253 |
| 45 | Marie | 245 |
| 46 | Josephine | 244 |
| 47 | Pauline | 235 |
| 47 | Shirley | 235 |
| 49 | Lillie | 234 |
| 50 | Rosa | 232 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 2,653 |
| 2 | John | 1,812 |
| 3 | Robert | 1,760 |
| 4 | Billy | 1,740 |
| 5 | William | 1,637 |
| 6 | Charles | 1,466 |
| 7 | Joe | 1,102 |
| 8 | Jose | 930 |
| 9 | George | 889 |
| 10 | Jack | 685 |
| 11 | Bobby | 679 |
| 12 | Thomas | 624 |
| 13 | Richard | 591 |
| 14 | Frank | 589 |
| 15 | Willie | 526 |
| 16 | Donald | 518 |
| 17 | Juan | 506 |
| 18 | Edward | 477 |
| 19 | Raymond | 473 |
| 20 | Manuel | 472 |
| 21 | Kenneth | 470 |
| 22 | Henry | 462 |
| 23 | Harold | 442 |
| 24 | David | 437 |
| 25 | Jesus | 434 |
| 25 | Roy | 434 |
| 27 | Walter | 382 |
| 28 | Paul | 353 |
| 29 | Clarence | 329 |
| 30 | Arthur | 323 |
| 31 | Joseph | 312 |
| 32 | Antonio | 304 |
| 33 | Billie | 303 |
| 33 | Eugene | 303 |
| 35 | Albert | 301 |
| 36 | Fred | 283 |
| 37 | Louis | 278 |
| 38 | Pedro | 276 |
| 39 | Herbert | 273 |
| 40 | Francisco | 262 |
| 41 | Marvin | 260 |
| 42 | Earl | 258 |
| 43 | Ernest | 249 |
| 44 | Johnnie | 239 |
| 45 | Carl | 238 |
| 46 | Jesse | 237 |
| 47 | Ramon | 229 |
| 47 | Ray | 229 |
| 49 | Jimmie | 228 |
| 50 | Raul | 227 |