Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,606
2	Robert	1,730
3	Billy	1,706
4	John	1,564
5	Charles	1,560
6	William	1,440
7	Joe	1,038
8	Bobby	883
9	George	770
10	Jose	735
11	Donald	655
12	Richard	640
13	Thomas	639
14	Jack	613
15	Kenneth	536
16	Frank	526
17	David	514
18	Henry	468
19	Willie	467
20	Raymond	450
21	Edward	436
22	Juan	432
23	Roy	417
24	Harold	411
25	Manuel	382

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jesus	372
27	Paul	353
28	Walter	346
29	Jerry	329
30	Antonio	304
31	Albert	298
31	Jimmy	298
33	Jimmie	292
34	Clarence	282
35	Joseph	268
36	Marvin	267
37	Don	261
38	Arthur	260
39	Fred	254
40	Carl	251
41	Louis	249
42	Jesse	248
43	Eugene	246
44	Daniel	245
45	Francisco	229
45	Ramon	229
47	Tommy	224
48	Howard	222
49	Ernest	221
50	Johnny	220
51	Melvin	219
52	Guadalupe	208
52	Pedro	208
54	Raul	207
55	Bill	206
56	Billie	203
57	Ray	202
58	Floyd	201
59	Roberto	197
60	Gene	195
61	Ralph	194
62	Samuel	187
63	Earl	186
64	Cecil	182
64	Lawrence	182
66	Charlie	175
67	Vernon	172
68	Carlos	170
69	Herbert	169
69	Oscar	169
71	Johnnie	165
72	Alvin	164
72	Wayne	164
74	Jessie	163
75	Lee	162
76	Harry	161
77	Eddie	156
78	Alfred	155
79	Herman	153
80	Leroy	151
81	Milton	143
82	Gerald	141
83	Clyde	140
83	Leonard	140
83	Norman	140
86	Edwin	137
87	Leon	136
88	Gilbert	134
89	Curtis	130
90	Ruben	129
91	Luis	124
92	Bobbie	121
92	Victor	121
94	Harvey	118
94	Martin	118
96	Bennie	117
97	Jim	115
98	Alton	114
99	Felix	113
99	Lloyd	113