Top baby names in Texas, 1937
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 3,122 |
| 2 | Barbara | 1,646 |
| 3 | Betty | 1,634 |
| 4 | Maria | 1,165 |
| 5 | Shirley | 1,107 |
| 6 | Dorothy | 921 |
| 7 | Patsy | 728 |
| 8 | Patricia | 703 |
| 9 | Wanda | 644 |
| 10 | Martha | 624 |
| 11 | Joyce | 623 |
| 12 | Margaret | 570 |
| 13 | Peggy | 568 |
| 14 | Frances | 549 |
| 15 | Helen | 520 |
| 15 | Virginia | 520 |
| 17 | Doris | 509 |
| 18 | Gloria | 506 |
| 19 | Nancy | 485 |
| 20 | Carolyn | 464 |
| 21 | Jo | 462 |
| 22 | Bobbie | 401 |
| 23 | Billie | 399 |
| 24 | Juanita | 364 |
| 25 | Alice | 358 |
| 26 | Elizabeth | 355 |
| 27 | Ruby | 349 |
| 28 | Norma | 337 |
| 29 | Carol | 307 |
| 30 | Annie | 301 |
| 31 | Ruth | 293 |
| 32 | Linda | 286 |
| 33 | Evelyn | 276 |
| 34 | Sandra | 272 |
| 35 | Sylvia | 265 |
| 36 | Anita | 254 |
| 37 | Mildred | 248 |
| 38 | Eva | 245 |
| 39 | Emma | 241 |
| 39 | Janice | 241 |
| 41 | Beverly | 239 |
| 42 | Dolores | 238 |
| 43 | Rose | 235 |
| 44 | Ann | 230 |
| 45 | Lois | 226 |
| 46 | Margie | 223 |
| 47 | Joan | 222 |
| 48 | Guadalupe | 221 |
| 48 | Irene | 221 |
| 50 | Rosa | 218 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 2,648 |
| 2 | Robert | 1,995 |
| 3 | John | 1,672 |
| 4 | Charles | 1,649 |
| 5 | William | 1,336 |
| 6 | Joe | 1,221 |
| 7 | Billy | 1,161 |
| 8 | Bobby | 1,069 |
| 9 | Donald | 985 |
| 10 | Jerry | 912 |
| 11 | David | 763 |
| 12 | George | 725 |
| 13 | Richard | 722 |
| 14 | Jose | 700 |
| 15 | Jimmy | 675 |
| 16 | Kenneth | 642 |
| 17 | Thomas | 608 |
| 18 | Frank | 493 |
| 19 | Edward | 441 |
| 19 | Willie | 441 |
| 21 | Don | 432 |
| 22 | Henry | 415 |
| 23 | Raymond | 410 |
| 24 | Johnny | 402 |
| 25 | Juan | 400 |
| 26 | Roy | 392 |
| 27 | Jack | 386 |
| 28 | Paul | 381 |
| 29 | Larry | 372 |
| 30 | Manuel | 358 |
| 31 | Tommy | 346 |
| 32 | Harold | 342 |
| 33 | Jesus | 311 |
| 34 | Albert | 305 |
| 35 | Carl | 302 |
| 36 | Walter | 301 |
| 37 | Jimmie | 295 |
| 38 | Gerald | 287 |
| 39 | Ronald | 269 |
| 40 | Arthur | 264 |
| 41 | Daniel | 256 |
| 42 | Antonio | 251 |
| 43 | Jesse | 250 |
| 44 | Joseph | 248 |
| 45 | Fred | 244 |
| 46 | Melvin | 241 |
| 47 | Gene | 229 |
| 48 | Pedro | 222 |
| 49 | Ernest | 221 |
| 50 | Clarence | 219 |