Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,730
2	Billy	1,845
3	Robert	1,812
4	John	1,741
5	Charles	1,593
6	William	1,555
7	Joe	1,117
8	Jose	882
9	George	874
10	Bobby	852
11	Jack	730
12	Thomas	663
13	Richard	660
14	Donald	593
15	David	575
16	Frank	550
17	Kenneth	540
18	Juan	532
19	Henry	528
20	Willie	525
21	Edward	491
22	Roy	476
23	Manuel	472
24	Harold	466
25	Jesus	436

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Raymond	400
27	Walter	379
28	Paul	355
29	Albert	343
30	Joseph	331
31	Antonio	309
32	Jimmie	307
32	Louis	307
34	Pedro	302
35	Eugene	298
36	Clarence	294
37	Arthur	293
38	Jimmy	283
39	Jesse	278
40	Jerry	277
41	Billie	275
41	Fred	275
43	Carl	273
44	Marvin	270
45	Ernest	267
46	Johnny	265
47	Francisco	260
48	Ramon	258
49	Melvin	234
50	Don	231
51	Johnnie	229
52	Daniel	227
53	Roberto	218
54	Raul	215
55	Tommy	214
56	Howard	210
57	Alfred	209
57	Earl	209
59	Oscar	208
60	Herbert	206
61	Bill	202
61	Floyd	202
61	Leroy	202
64	Ralph	200
65	Ray	199
66	Carlos	187
67	Jessie	185
67	Lee	185
69	Lawrence	183
70	Guadalupe	181
70	Luis	181
72	Victor	173
73	Charlie	171
74	Harry	170
75	Gene	169
76	Edwin	166
76	Vernon	166
78	Cecil	165
78	Samuel	165
80	Gerald	164
81	Alvin	160
82	Eddie	159
83	Clyde	156
84	Herman	154
85	Leon	152
86	Leonard	151
87	Ruben	148
88	Wayne	146
89	Curtis	145
89	Milton	145
91	Andrew	135
91	Norman	135
93	Alfredo	130
94	Bennie	124
94	Pablo	124
96	Lloyd	123
96	Martin	123
98	Gilbert	122
99	Harvey	121
99	Homer	121