Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,594
2	Robert	1,885
3	John	1,648
4	Charles	1,584
5	William	1,282
6	Billy	1,275
7	Joe	1,273
8	Bobby	1,025
9	Donald	919
10	Jerry	746
11	Richard	727
12	George	690
13	Jose	681
14	David	641
15	Kenneth	625
16	Thomas	623
17	Jimmy	599
18	Frank	475
19	Jack	451
20	Willie	440
21	Edward	435
22	Manuel	408
23	Henry	407
24	Raymond	398
25	Don	396

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roy	394
27	Juan	388
28	Harold	368
29	Johnny	355
30	Paul	329
31	Jimmie	318
32	Walter	314
33	Tommy	309
34	Jesus	304
35	Albert	281
36	Carl	278
37	Daniel	277
38	Antonio	269
39	Ronald	267
40	Arthur	259
41	Joseph	256
41	Larry	256
43	Jesse	251
44	Louis	244
45	Fred	242
46	Clarence	231
47	Pedro	228
48	Melvin	226
49	Gerald	223
50	Ramon	217
51	Wayne	215
52	Eugene	209
53	Howard	207
54	Ray	205
55	Ralph	198
56	Gene	197
57	Jackie	196
58	Bill	194
58	Francisco	194
60	Roberto	192
61	Marvin	187
62	Eddie	184
63	Alfred	179
64	Ruben	178
65	Ernest	177
66	Samuel	175
67	Curtis	174
68	Charlie	170
68	Raul	170
70	Leroy	167
71	Norman	165
72	Carlos	164
72	Oscar	164
74	Lee	163
75	Floyd	161
76	Earl	157
77	Clyde	154
78	Jim	153
79	Gilbert	152
80	Gary	151
80	Johnnie	151
82	Guadalupe	147
83	Cecil	146
84	Leon	145
85	Victor	140
86	Leonard	139
87	Lawrence	138
88	Bob	132
89	Harry	131
90	Milton	130
90	Vernon	130
92	Glenn	126
92	Herman	126
94	Alfredo	124
95	Herbert	120
96	Franklin	119
96	Freddie	119
96	Luis	119
99	Billie	118
99	Jessie	118