Top baby names in Texas, 1938
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 3,382 |
| 2 | Barbara | 1,820 |
| 3 | Betty | 1,622 |
| 4 | Maria | 1,174 |
| 5 | Shirley | 1,043 |
| 6 | Dorothy | 873 |
| 7 | Patricia | 807 |
| 8 | Patsy | 734 |
| 9 | Martha | 691 |
| 10 | Joyce | 672 |
| 11 | Wanda | 653 |
| 12 | Margaret | 611 |
| 13 | Peggy | 579 |
| 14 | Nancy | 572 |
| 15 | Frances | 569 |
| 16 | Carolyn | 547 |
| 16 | Virginia | 547 |
| 18 | Helen | 532 |
| 19 | Gloria | 531 |
| 20 | Doris | 527 |
| 21 | Linda | 460 |
| 22 | Jo | 448 |
| 23 | Sandra | 433 |
| 24 | Carol | 426 |
| 25 | Billie | 382 |
| 26 | Elizabeth | 380 |
| 27 | Alice | 374 |
| 28 | Juanita | 360 |
| 29 | Ruby | 359 |
| 30 | Norma | 341 |
| 31 | Bobbie | 330 |
| 32 | Glenda | 300 |
| 33 | Beverly | 297 |
| 34 | Janice | 291 |
| 35 | Annie | 290 |
| 36 | Sylvia | 273 |
| 37 | Ruth | 267 |
| 38 | Evelyn | 258 |
| 39 | Anita | 257 |
| 40 | Rosa | 238 |
| 41 | Ann | 235 |
| 42 | Emma | 233 |
| 43 | Margie | 230 |
| 44 | Dolores | 226 |
| 45 | Eva | 224 |
| 46 | Mildred | 219 |
| 47 | Guadalupe | 217 |
| 47 | Lois | 217 |
| 49 | Rose | 215 |
| 50 | Anna | 207 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 2,773 |
| 2 | Robert | 2,013 |
| 3 | John | 1,868 |
| 4 | Charles | 1,698 |
| 5 | William | 1,365 |
| 6 | Joe | 1,204 |
| 7 | Billy | 1,125 |
| 8 | Jerry | 1,109 |
| 9 | Donald | 982 |
| 10 | Bobby | 964 |
| 11 | David | 907 |
| 12 | Richard | 786 |
| 13 | Jose | 740 |
| 14 | George | 734 |
| 15 | Jimmy | 693 |
| 15 | Thomas | 693 |
| 17 | Kenneth | 654 |
| 18 | Frank | 482 |
| 19 | Juan | 460 |
| 20 | Paul | 451 |
| 21 | Edward | 447 |
| 22 | Willie | 437 |
| 23 | Henry | 435 |
| 24 | Raymond | 426 |
| 25 | Larry | 424 |
| 26 | Roy | 421 |
| 27 | Tommy | 415 |
| 28 | Don | 414 |
| 29 | Johnny | 402 |
| 30 | Manuel | 381 |
| 31 | Jack | 380 |
| 32 | Harold | 367 |
| 33 | Jesus | 331 |
| 34 | Gerald | 327 |
| 35 | Ronald | 320 |
| 36 | Jimmie | 300 |
| 37 | Carl | 299 |
| 38 | Jesse | 293 |
| 39 | Walter | 291 |
| 40 | Albert | 272 |
| 41 | Joseph | 269 |
| 42 | Daniel | 265 |
| 43 | Antonio | 261 |
| 44 | Fred | 253 |
| 45 | Louis | 246 |
| 46 | Arthur | 238 |
| 47 | Bill | 237 |
| 47 | Clarence | 237 |
| 49 | Melvin | 234 |
| 50 | Gene | 224 |