Top baby names in Texas, 1940
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 3,376 |
| 2 | Barbara | 1,678 |
| 3 | Betty | 1,463 |
| 4 | Linda | 1,277 |
| 5 | Maria | 1,260 |
| 6 | Patricia | 1,191 |
| 7 | Shirley | 921 |
| 8 | Dorothy | 829 |
| 9 | Carolyn | 704 |
| 10 | Sandra | 701 |
| 11 | Martha | 676 |
| 12 | Nancy | 675 |
| 13 | Patsy | 669 |
| 14 | Joyce | 667 |
| 15 | Gloria | 651 |
| 16 | Virginia | 630 |
| 17 | Margaret | 577 |
| 18 | Wanda | 573 |
| 19 | Frances | 533 |
| 20 | Helen | 526 |
| 21 | Carol | 520 |
| 22 | Doris | 509 |
| 23 | Peggy | 472 |
| 24 | Alice | 424 |
| 25 | Judy | 423 |
| 26 | Elizabeth | 419 |
| 27 | Jo | 393 |
| 28 | Juanita | 374 |
| 29 | Judith | 364 |
| 30 | Ruby | 344 |
| 31 | Brenda | 325 |
| 32 | Bobbie | 324 |
| 33 | Glenda | 316 |
| 34 | Norma | 313 |
| 35 | Janice | 312 |
| 36 | Beverly | 279 |
| 37 | Billie | 277 |
| 38 | Annie | 267 |
| 39 | Ruth | 264 |
| 40 | Sylvia | 258 |
| 41 | Sharon | 254 |
| 42 | Ann | 250 |
| 43 | Rosa | 249 |
| 44 | Evelyn | 245 |
| 45 | Emma | 240 |
| 46 | Sue | 233 |
| 47 | Anita | 232 |
| 48 | Guadalupe | 231 |
| 48 | Rose | 231 |
| 50 | Eva | 230 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James | 2,971 |
| 2 | Robert | 2,152 |
| 3 | John | 2,109 |
| 4 | Charles | 1,844 |
| 5 | William | 1,549 |
| 6 | Jerry | 1,401 |
| 7 | Joe | 1,260 |
| 8 | David | 1,084 |
| 9 | Billy | 1,079 |
| 10 | Richard | 967 |
| 11 | Donald | 907 |
| 12 | Bobby | 801 |
| 13 | George | 800 |
| 14 | Thomas | 777 |
| 15 | Jose | 755 |
| 16 | Kenneth | 734 |
| 17 | Jimmy | 709 |
| 18 | Larry | 596 |
| 19 | Johnny | 537 |
| 20 | Frank | 493 |
| 21 | Juan | 486 |
| 22 | Edward | 477 |
| 23 | Roy | 442 |
| 24 | Raymond | 426 |
| 25 | Manuel | 420 |
| 26 | Henry | 411 |
| 27 | Ronald | 408 |
| 28 | Willie | 400 |
| 29 | Tommy | 387 |
| 30 | Don | 386 |
| 31 | Gary | 380 |
| 32 | Paul | 378 |
| 33 | Jack | 374 |
| 34 | Michael | 354 |
| 35 | Walter | 353 |
| 36 | Harold | 350 |
| 37 | Joseph | 319 |
| 38 | Jesus | 316 |
| 39 | Daniel | 310 |
| 40 | Jesse | 297 |
| 41 | Gerald | 289 |
| 42 | Albert | 280 |
| 43 | Carl | 278 |
| 44 | Jimmie | 275 |
| 45 | Antonio | 255 |
| 45 | Arthur | 255 |
| 47 | Fred | 252 |
| 48 | Bill | 235 |
| 49 | Louis | 231 |
| 50 | Eddie | 224 |