Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,653
2	John	1,812
3	Robert	1,760
4	Billy	1,740
5	William	1,637
6	Charles	1,466
7	Joe	1,102
8	Jose	930
9	George	889
10	Jack	685
11	Bobby	679
12	Thomas	624
13	Richard	591
14	Frank	589
15	Willie	526
16	Donald	518
17	Juan	506
18	Edward	477
19	Raymond	473
20	Manuel	472
21	Kenneth	470
22	Henry	462
23	Harold	442
24	David	437
25	Jesus	434

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Roy	434
27	Walter	382
28	Paul	353
29	Clarence	329
30	Arthur	323
31	Joseph	312
32	Antonio	304
33	Billie	303
33	Eugene	303
35	Albert	301
36	Fred	283
37	Louis	278
38	Pedro	276
39	Herbert	273
40	Francisco	262
41	Marvin	260
42	Earl	258
43	Ernest	249
44	Johnnie	239
45	Carl	238
46	Jesse	237
47	Ramon	229
47	Ray	229
49	Jimmie	228
50	Raul	227
51	Jerry	224
52	Howard	223
53	Bill	211
54	Alfred	209
54	Roberto	209
56	Oscar	208
57	Melvin	207
58	Daniel	204
58	Floyd	204
60	Lee	202
61	Johnny	198
62	Don	195
63	Jimmy	194
64	Cecil	189
65	Ralph	185
66	Leroy	184
67	Charlie	180
68	Samuel	178
69	Alvin	175
69	Gene	175
69	Guadalupe	175
72	Clyde	174
72	Lawrence	174
74	Luis	172
74	Tommy	172
76	Herman	169
77	Vernon	168
78	Jessie	165
79	Carlos	162
80	Harry	161
81	Curtis	160
82	Gerald	158
83	Leon	157
84	Edwin	155
85	Leonard	145
86	Eddie	144
86	Martin	144
86	Sam	144
89	Milton	141
90	Bennie	139
91	Victor	135
92	Gilbert	133
92	Norman	133
94	Andrew	132
95	Lloyd	130
95	Wayne	130
97	Ruben	127
98	Alfredo	126
99	Claude	125
100	Lewis	122