Top baby names in Texas, 1936
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 3,111 |
| 2 | Betty | 1,647 |
| 3 | Shirley | 1,476 |
| 4 | Barbara | 1,334 |
| 5 | Maria | 1,222 |
| 6 | Dorothy | 1,017 |
| 7 | Patsy | 791 |
| 8 | Patricia | 648 |
| 9 | Joyce | 646 |
| 10 | Wanda | 592 |
| 11 | Helen | 591 |
| 12 | Frances | 587 |
| 13 | Doris | 581 |
| 14 | Martha | 567 |
| 15 | Margaret | 548 |
| 16 | Peggy | 546 |
| 17 | Nancy | 508 |
| 18 | Virginia | 503 |
| 19 | Gloria | 449 |
| 20 | Jo | 439 |
| 21 | Bobbie | 435 |
| 22 | Billie | 427 |
| 23 | Ruby | 406 |
| 24 | Juanita | 394 |
| 25 | Carolyn | 388 |
| 26 | Norma | 376 |
| 27 | Alice | 362 |
| 28 | Elizabeth | 329 |
| 29 | Evelyn | 297 |
| 30 | Ruth | 294 |
| 31 | Annie | 293 |
| 32 | Dolores | 274 |
| 33 | Emma | 273 |
| 34 | Carol | 265 |
| 35 | Anita | 255 |
| 36 | Ann | 240 |
| 37 | Lois | 229 |
| 38 | Joan | 228 |
| 39 | Mildred | 223 |
| 39 | Willie | 223 |
| 41 | Rosa | 222 |
| 42 | Margie | 217 |
| 43 | Sylvia | 214 |
| 44 | Guadalupe | 213 |
| 45 | Beverly | 210 |
| 46 | Rose | 206 |
| 47 | Glenda | 205 |
| 47 | Jean | 205 |
| 49 | Eva | 203 |
| 50 | Anna | 201 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 2,594 |
| 2 | Robert | 1,885 |
| 3 | John | 1,648 |
| 4 | Charles | 1,584 |
| 5 | William | 1,282 |
| 6 | Billy | 1,275 |
| 7 | Joe | 1,273 |
| 8 | Bobby | 1,025 |
| 9 | Donald | 919 |
| 10 | Jerry | 746 |
| 11 | Richard | 727 |
| 12 | George | 690 |
| 13 | Jose | 681 |
| 14 | David | 641 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 625 |
| 16 | Thomas | 623 |
| 17 | Jimmy | 599 |
| 18 | Frank | 475 |
| 19 | Jack | 451 |
| 20 | Willie | 440 |
| 21 | Edward | 435 |
| 22 | Manuel | 408 |
| 23 | Henry | 407 |
| 24 | Raymond | 398 |
| 25 | Don | 396 |
| 26 | Roy | 394 |
| 27 | Juan | 388 |
| 28 | Harold | 368 |
| 29 | Johnny | 355 |
| 30 | Paul | 329 |
| 31 | Jimmie | 318 |
| 32 | Walter | 314 |
| 33 | Tommy | 309 |
| 34 | Jesus | 304 |
| 35 | Albert | 281 |
| 36 | Carl | 278 |
| 37 | Daniel | 277 |
| 38 | Antonio | 269 |
| 39 | Ronald | 267 |
| 40 | Arthur | 259 |
| 41 | Joseph | 256 |
| 41 | Larry | 256 |
| 43 | Jesse | 251 |
| 44 | Louis | 244 |
| 45 | Fred | 242 |
| 46 | Clarence | 231 |
| 47 | Pedro | 228 |
| 48 | Melvin | 226 |
| 49 | Gerald | 223 |
| 50 | Ramon | 217 |