Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1920

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

RankNameBabies
1James2,527
2William2,075
3John1,969
4Robert1,539
5Charles1,062
6George958
7Joe908
8Jack737
9Jose659
10Thomas645
11Frank582
12Henry561
13Willie514
14Edward485
15Raymond466
16Roy450
17Joseph438
18David425
19Walter421
20Manuel413
21Richard393
22Albert372
23Juan363
24Arthur337
25Louis333
RankNameBabies
26Harold329
27Clarence328
28Paul320
29Jesus317
30Fred312
31Jesse275
32Eugene263
33Carl260
34Ernest258
35Howard255
36Charlie251
37Harry244
38Ralph240
39Earl239
40Antonio226
41Marvin222
42Billy218
42Cecil218
44Alfred217
45Johnnie211
46Samuel209
47Herbert208
48Oscar204
49Jessie203
50Ray201
51Daniel199
52Francisco196
53Herman190
54Vernon187
55Edwin185
56Lawrence184
56Lee184
58Floyd182
59Clyde178
59Elmer178
59Leon178
59Leonard178
63Pedro173
63Warren173
65Leroy170
66Alvin163
66Ramon163
68Andrew160
68Melvin160
70Lewis153
71Lloyd152
72Leo149
73Sam144
74Donald143
75Eddie140
76Milton138
77Kenneth137
78Homer136
78Victor136
80Jimmie134
81Claude133
81Curtis133
83Chester131
83Horace131
85Ben128
85Tom128
87Guadalupe123
88Luther122
89Carlos116
89Clifford116
91Douglas115
91Edgar115
93Weldon114
94Bill113
95Jim112
95Lester112
95Marion112
95Martin112
99Benjamin110
100Norman109