Tex

Where Tex comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Tex.

Tex through the years
  1. 1890
    First appearance
    #994 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1905
    Tex Ritter born
    American country musician
  3. 1907
    Tex Gibbons born
    basketball player
  4. 1940
    Peak, #751
    67 babies named Tex, the most in any year.
  5. 1951
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,295.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Tex Ritter · American country musician, 1905–1974
  • Tex Gibbons · basketball player, 1907–1984
  • Tex Winter · American basketball coach, 1922–2018
  • Tex Williams · American musician, 1917–1985
  • Tex Rickard · American sports promoter, 1870–1929

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.