Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Tex

#3,022 most common boys' name of all time · #7,320 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1890–2025

Rank among boys
#3,022
Rank overall
#7,320 of 105,966
First appeared
1890
Years on the list
112 of 146
All-time
2,131
Since 2016
209
Peak year
1940 #754
Best rank
#754 1940
Girls Boys peak 67/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Tex first appears in 1890. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 33 33 #3,459
2024 — 20 20 #4,898
2023 — 38 38 #3,188
2022 — 23 23 #4,450
2021 — 20 20 #4,789
2020 — 22 22 #4,432
2019 — 8 8 #8,932
2018 — 21 21 #4,617
2017 — 15 15 #5,805
2016 — 9 9 #8,171
2015 — 13 13 #6,342
2014 — 8 8 #8,814
2013 — 11 11 #7,050
2012 — 8 8 #8,903
2011 — 8 8 #8,804
2010 — 9 9 #8,178
2009 — 10 10 #7,727
2008 — 6 6 #11,085
2007 — 6 6 #10,969
2006 — 7 7 #9,630
2005 — 10 10 #7,131
2004 — 9 9 #7,575
2003 — 6 6 #9,636
2002 — 6 6 #9,441
2001 — 8 8 #7,582
1997 — 5 5 #9,318
1996 — 5 5 #9,075
1995 — 6 6 #7,850
1994 — 7 7 #7,009
1992 — 7 7 #6,717
1990 — 6 6 #7,245
1989 — 5 5 #7,989
1988 — 10 10 #4,483
1987 — 5 5 #7,026
1986 — 6 6 #5,991
1985 — 5 5 #6,611
1984 — 7 7 #5,037
1983 — 14 14 #3,097
1982 — 5 5 #6,471
1981 — 6 6 #5,536
1980 — 9 9 #4,182
1979 — 7 7 #4,896
1978 — 5 5 #5,846
1977 — 10 10 #3,642
1976 — 13 13 #2,970
1975 — 12 12 #3,103
1974 — 7 7 #4,240
1973 — 6 6 #4,582
1972 — 8 8 #3,681
1971 — 12 12 #2,846
1970 — 10 10 #3,113
1969 — 15 15 #2,243
1968 — 19 19 #1,861
1967 — 6 6 #3,631
1966 — 8 8 #3,047
1965 — 18 18 #1,879
1964 — 9 9 #2,903
1963 — 12 12 #2,453
1962 — 21 21 #1,777
1961 — 15 15 #2,180
1960 — 18 18 #1,935
1959 — 21 21 #1,774
1958 — 14 14 #2,200
1957 — 31 31 #1,425
1956 — 25 25 #1,586
1955 — 32 32 #1,355
1954 — 30 30 #1,396
1953 — 28 28 #1,439
1952 — 33 33 #1,309
1951 — 32 32 #1,316
1950 — 50 50 #981
1949 — 42 42 #1,089
1948 — 41 41 #1,122
1947 — 52 52 #993
1946 — 66 66 #811
1945 — 49 49 #922
1944 — 56 56 #849
1943 — 48 48 #975
1942 — 49 49 #955
1941 — 49 49 #914
1940 — 67 67 #754
1939 — 43 43 #969
1938 — 64 64 #767
1937 — 30 30 #1,225
1936 — 20 20 #1,526
1935 — 30 30 #1,241
1934 — 26 26 #1,339
1933 6 24 30 #1,384
1932 — 17 17 #1,809
1931 — 29 29 #1,291
1930 — 24 24 #1,513
1929 — 29 29 #1,330
1928 — 24 24 #1,545
1927 — 27 27 #1,454
1926 — 17 17 #1,941
1925 — 22 22 #1,655
1924 — 26 26 #1,515
1923 — 24 24 #1,571
1922 — 21 21 #1,721
1921 — 19 19 #1,861
1920 — 13 13 #2,373
1919 — 15 15 #2,095
1918 5 15 20 #2,106
1917 — 10 10 #2,615
1916 — 14 14 #2,084
1915 — 13 13 #2,113
1914 — 8 8 #2,516
1913 — 5 5 #2,911
1911 — 5 5 #1,854
1904 — 7 7 #1,046
1895 — 6 6 #1,067
1890 — 5 5 #1,158