Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,971
2	Robert	2,152
3	John	2,109
4	Charles	1,844
5	William	1,549
6	Jerry	1,401
7	Joe	1,260
8	David	1,084
9	Billy	1,079
10	Richard	967
11	Donald	907
12	Bobby	801
13	George	800
14	Thomas	777
15	Jose	755
16	Kenneth	734
17	Jimmy	709
18	Larry	596
19	Johnny	537
20	Frank	493
21	Juan	486
22	Edward	477
23	Roy	442
24	Raymond	426
25	Manuel	420

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Henry	411
27	Ronald	408
28	Willie	400
29	Tommy	387
30	Don	386
31	Gary	380
32	Paul	378
33	Jack	374
34	Michael	354
35	Walter	353
36	Harold	350
37	Joseph	319
38	Jesus	316
39	Daniel	310
40	Jesse	297
41	Gerald	289
42	Albert	280
43	Carl	278
44	Jimmie	275
45	Antonio	255
45	Arthur	255
47	Fred	252
48	Bill	235
49	Louis	231
50	Eddie	224
51	Eugene	222
52	Melvin	220
53	Pedro	217
54	Ray	215
55	Ernest	212
56	Wayne	207
57	Roberto	202
58	Marvin	201
59	Clarence	197
59	Gene	197
61	Ramon	193
62	Ruben	192
63	Ralph	191
64	Carlos	186
65	Francisco	181
66	Raul	180
66	Ronnie	180
68	Lawrence	178
69	Samuel	177
70	Alfred	176
71	Lee	174
72	Howard	169
72	Leon	169
72	Mike	169
75	Earl	165
75	Jackie	165
77	Curtis	164
78	Guadalupe	159
79	Gilbert	158
80	Oscar	156
80	Roger	156
82	Douglas	155
83	Alvin	151
83	Cecil	151
83	Freddie	151
86	Leonard	142
87	Jim	139
88	Jessie	136
89	Norman	135
90	Bob	134
90	Herman	134
92	Harry	133
92	Herbert	133
92	Martin	133
95	Victor	132
96	Luis	130
96	Milton	130
98	Clyde	129
99	Tony	127
100	Edwin	126
100	Johnnie	126