Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1927

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

RankNameBabies
1James2,675
2John1,848
3William1,753
4Robert1,726
5Billy1,462
5Charles1,462
7Joe945
8George927
9Jose843
10Jack753
11Thomas669
12Frank591
13Henry541
14Willie533
15Richard517
16Manuel489
17Raymond479
18Edward477
19Harold465
20Juan443
21Bobby436
21Roy436
23David435
24Walter407
25Paul388
RankNameBabies
26Jesus383
27Donald370
28Kenneth359
29Albert347
30Clarence334
31Louis321
32Joseph318
33Eugene298
34Carl296
35Fred287
36Antonio286
37Francisco285
38Arthur282
38Billie282
40Ernest267
41Earl262
42Jesse250
43Daniel246
43Jimmie246
45Floyd245
46Melvin244
47Marvin242
48Charlie240
49Pedro228
50Lee221
51Johnnie216
52Ray214
53Cecil213
54Ralph210
55Howard206
56Alvin202
57Oscar199
58Raul196
59Alfred195
59Ramon195
61Edwin194
61Lawrence194
63Harry192
64Samuel191
64Vernon191
66Herman189
67Herbert186
67Roberto186
69Jessie182
70Bill176
71Calvin175
71Luis175
73Guadalupe172
74Johnny171
74Leon171
76Eddie168
77Leroy166
78Gene165
79Don163
80Clyde162
81Jerry161
81Leonard161
83Dan155
83Lloyd155
85Milton153
86Carlos152
87Gerald151
88Victor148
89Curtis147
90Jimmy144
91Norman141
92Elmer136
93Lewis130
94Sam128
95Jim127
95Rodolfo127
95Wayne127
98Alfredo125
98Andrew125
100Martin124