Tex
Last seen for girls in 1933 at #3,753 · #3,450 for boys in 2025, 33 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1940 · 67 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,120since 1890
Tex over time
Rank among boys' names. Tex has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #3,450 | 33 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,890 | 20 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,177 | 38 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,442 | 23 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,780 | 20 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,426 | 22 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,889 | 8 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,610 | 21 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,788 | 15 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,146 | 9 | |
| 2015 | — | #6,324 | 13 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,781 | 8 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,026 | 11 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,864 | 8 | |
| 2011 | — | #8,767 | 8 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,139 | 9 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | #10,921 | 6 | |
| 2006 | — | #9,585 | 7 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,096 | 10 | |
| 2004 | — | #7,536 | 9 | |
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | #7,536 | 8 | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,968 | 7 | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | #6,670 | 7 | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,450 | 10 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,926 | 6 | |
| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,071 | 14 | |
| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,606 | 10 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,946 | 13 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,078 | 12 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,813 | 12 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,071 | 10 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,217 | 15 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,836 | 19 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,986 | 8 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,856 | 18 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,854 | 9 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,757 | 21 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,148 | 15 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,910 | 18 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,759 | 21 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,177 | 14 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,411 | 31 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,568 | 25 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,339 | 32 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,382 | 30 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,427 | 28 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,297 | 33 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,295 | 32 | |
| 1950 | — | #977 | 50 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,085 | 42 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,107 | 41 | |
| 1947 | — | #984 | 52 | |
| 1946 | — | #810 | 66 | |
| 1945 | — | #916 | 49 | |
| 1944 | — | #841 | 56 | |
| 1943 | — | #969 | 48 | |
| 1942 | — | #947 | 49 | |
| 1941 | — | #905 | 49 | |
| 1940 | — | #751 | 67 | |
| 1939 | — | #954 | 43 | |
| 1938 | — | #764 | 64 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,212 | 30 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,505 | 20 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,226 | 30 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,323 | 26 | |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | #1,361 | 24 |
| 1932 | — | #1,777 | 17 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,282 | 29 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,496 | 24 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,312 | 29 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,522 | 24 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,436 | 27 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,911 | 17 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,628 | 22 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,492 | 26 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,551 | 24 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,695 | 21 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,829 | 19 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,336 | 13 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,063 | 15 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #2,073 | 15 |
| 1917 | — | #2,562 | 10 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,043 | 14 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,070 | 13 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,457 | 8 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Tex! It came in at #994, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1894, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Tex is popular in 1936
No state had 5 or more boys named Tex in 1936, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Tex
- 1,440 spots since 2024 (#4,890 → #3,450)
- 976 spots since 2020 (#4,426 → #3,450)
- 2,874 spots since 2015 (#6,324 → #3,450)
- Biggest jump: 448 spots in 1938 (#1,212 → #764)
- Biggest drop: 318 spots in 1951 (#977 → #1,295)
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 1940 at #751 (67 births)
- Births halved by 1951, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1938–1947
- Highest: 1 in 17,301 boys born in 1940 were named Tex (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 51,760 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 24.5% of all boys named Tex (519) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 11 | #978 (1895) | #986 |
| 1900s | 7 | #966 (1904) | #966 |
| 1910s | 85 | #1,740 (1911) | #2,229 |
| 1920s | 222 | #1,312 (1929) | #1,671 |
| 1930s | 307 | #764 (1938) | #1,290 |
| 1940s | 519 | #751 (1940) | #932 |
| 1950s | 296 | #977 (1950) | #1,463 |
| 1960s | 141 | #1,757 (1962) | #2,354 |
| 1970s | 90 | #2,813 (1971) | #3,845 |
| 1980s | 72 | #3,071 (1983) | #5,579 |
| 1990s | 36 | #6,670 (1992) | #7,815 |
| 2000s | 68 | #7,096 (2005) | #8,931 |
| 2010s | 110 | #4,610 (2018) | #7,533 |
| 2020s | 156 | #3,177 (2023) | #4,194 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Tex in 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
boys
1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 51,860 of them was named Tex, which outranked 62.7% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,463Winton21
- #1,463Xavier21
- #1,463Young21
- #1,505Tex20
- #1,505Adolf20
- #1,505Albino20
- #1,505Arnett20
- #1,540Acie19
- #1,540Agapito19
- #1,540Alvaro19
Tied with 34 names at #1,505; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.