Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,648
2	Robert	1,995
3	John	1,672
4	Charles	1,649
5	William	1,336
6	Joe	1,221
7	Billy	1,161
8	Bobby	1,069
9	Donald	985
10	Jerry	912
11	David	763
12	George	725
13	Richard	722
14	Jose	700
15	Jimmy	675
16	Kenneth	642
17	Thomas	608
18	Frank	493
19	Edward	441
19	Willie	441
21	Don	432
22	Henry	415
23	Raymond	410
24	Johnny	402
25	Juan	400

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roy	392
27	Jack	386
28	Paul	381
29	Larry	372
30	Manuel	358
31	Tommy	346
32	Harold	342
33	Jesus	311
34	Albert	305
35	Carl	302
36	Walter	301
37	Jimmie	295
38	Gerald	287
39	Ronald	269
40	Arthur	264
41	Daniel	256
42	Antonio	251
43	Jesse	250
44	Joseph	248
45	Fred	244
46	Melvin	241
47	Gene	229
48	Pedro	222
49	Ernest	221
50	Clarence	219
51	Louis	214
52	Marvin	205
53	Howard	198
53	Roberto	198
55	Eddie	192
56	Francisco	191
57	Ramon	190
58	Bill	189
59	Ray	184
60	Ruben	181
61	Alfred	179
62	Wayne	175
63	Jackie	174
64	Ralph	169
65	Lawrence	166
65	Lee	166
67	Samuel	165
68	Raul	163
69	Carlos	160
70	Douglas	159
70	Eugene	159
70	Floyd	159
70	Gary	159
70	Guadalupe	159
75	Oscar	158
76	Alvin	157
77	Curtis	152
77	Gilbert	152
79	Cecil	150
79	Norman	150
81	Earl	149
81	Luis	149
83	Johnnie	147
84	Clyde	146
85	Glenn	145
86	Leonard	143
87	Leon	142
88	Jim	141
88	Victor	141
90	Leroy	138
91	Charlie	136
92	Herbert	135
93	Freddie	134
94	Alton	127
95	Bob	124
96	Harry	123
96	Milton	123
98	Benny	122
98	Michael	122
100	Vernon	121