Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,773
2	Robert	2,013
3	John	1,868
4	Charles	1,698
5	William	1,365
6	Joe	1,204
7	Billy	1,125
8	Jerry	1,109
9	Donald	982
10	Bobby	964
11	David	907
12	Richard	786
13	Jose	740
14	George	734
15	Jimmy	693
15	Thomas	693
17	Kenneth	654
18	Frank	482
19	Juan	460
20	Paul	451
21	Edward	447
22	Willie	437
23	Henry	435
24	Raymond	426
25	Larry	424

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roy	421
27	Tommy	415
28	Don	414
29	Johnny	402
30	Manuel	381
31	Jack	380
32	Harold	367
33	Jesus	331
34	Gerald	327
35	Ronald	320
36	Jimmie	300
37	Carl	299
38	Jesse	293
39	Walter	291
40	Albert	272
41	Joseph	269
42	Daniel	265
43	Antonio	261
44	Fred	253
45	Louis	246
46	Arthur	238
47	Bill	237
47	Clarence	237
49	Melvin	234
50	Gene	224
51	Eddie	221
52	Gary	219
53	Ernest	217
54	Howard	215
55	Francisco	205
56	Pedro	200
57	Eugene	198
58	Marvin	192
59	Luis	191
60	Wayne	190
61	Ray	189
61	Roberto	189
63	Lee	184
64	Guadalupe	177
65	Norman	174
65	Oscar	174
65	Raul	174
68	Alvin	172
68	Ramon	172
70	Alfred	171
71	Ralph	170
72	Jackie	169
73	Floyd	164
74	Earl	162
74	Michael	162
74	Samuel	162
77	Carlos	161
77	Ruben	161
79	Douglas	160
80	Curtis	154
81	Cecil	152
82	Johnnie	149
83	Harry	148
84	Lawrence	147
84	Leon	147
86	Charlie	143
86	Leroy	143
88	Glenn	142
89	Freddie	138
89	Herman	138
91	Gilbert	136
92	Leonard	135
93	Roger	134
94	Tony	133
95	Clyde	131
96	Jim	129
96	Leo	129
98	Milton	128
99	Bennie	122
99	Stanley	122
99	Victor	122