Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,867
2	Robert	1,985
3	John	1,865
4	Charles	1,790
5	William	1,348
6	Jerry	1,195
7	Joe	1,138
8	Billy	1,033
9	David	988
10	Donald	945
11	Richard	853
12	Bobby	826
13	Kenneth	703
14	Thomas	695
15	Jose	694
16	George	684
17	Jimmy	666
18	Larry	516
19	Frank	511
20	Johnny	471
21	Juan	446
22	Edward	444
23	Willie	433
24	Roy	431
25	Henry	402

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Don	398
27	Raymond	396
28	Manuel	389
29	Tommy	378
30	Paul	376
31	Jack	347
32	Ronald	344
33	Harold	337
34	Gerald	326
35	Walter	317
36	Michael	309
37	Jesse	289
38	Arthur	287
39	Jimmie	280
40	Daniel	278
41	Jesus	277
42	Albert	275
42	Joseph	275
44	Fred	274
45	Carl	240
45	Marvin	240
47	Eddie	233
47	Louis	233
49	Pedro	230
50	Antonio	229
51	Gary	226
52	Ernest	223
53	Bill	222
54	Melvin	221
55	Clarence	212
56	Roberto	209
57	Wayne	207
58	Gene	204
59	Curtis	198
60	Eugene	197
61	Raul	195
62	Ralph	193
63	Jackie	187
64	Alfred	183
64	Howard	183
66	Ruben	180
66	Samuel	180
68	Oscar	172
69	Ramon	170
70	Ray	169
71	Norman	168
72	Carlos	165
73	Jim	164
74	Cecil	159
75	Charlie	158
75	Douglas	158
75	Lawrence	158
78	Earl	156
79	Francisco	154
80	Mike	153
81	Guadalupe	151
81	Victor	151
83	Floyd	150
83	Lee	150
85	Gilbert	142
86	Johnnie	140
86	Luis	140
88	Herman	139
89	Roger	138
90	Glenn	135
91	Tony	133
92	Harry	131
93	Leonard	130
94	Alvin	129
95	Leon	127
96	Edwin	126
97	Freddie	125
97	Jessie	125
99	Clyde	123
99	Harvey	123
99	Herbert	123