Meaning not yet researched.
Tex: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 33 in 2025. Its best rank was #757 in 1940.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #757 in 1940; #3,502 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Tex in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,502 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1940, at #757.
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Tex: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 33 boys in 2025. Peak: #757 in 1940 · most boys in one year: 67 (1940).
In 2025, 33 US boys were named Tex, making it the 3,502nd most common boys’ name of the year, up 1,537 places from #5,039 in 2024. That is 13 more than the 20 boys named Tex in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #757, reached in 1940. That year also had the most boys given the name: 67. For comparison, it was #6,637 in 2015 and #986 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Tex in 112 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1890 with 5 babies. In all, 2,131 US babies have been given the name, 0.5% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 519 babies named Tex.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 209 US boys were named Tex; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 38. In 2025 that was about 1 in 51,760 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 33 | #3,502 |
| 2024 | — | — | 20 | #5,039 |
| 2023 | — | — | 38 | #3,219 |
| 2022 | — | — | 23 | #4,553 |
| 2021 | — | — | 20 | #4,917 |
| 2020 | — | — | 22 | #4,526 |
| 2019 | — | — | 8 | #9,647 |
| 2018 | — | — | 21 | #4,721 |
| 2017 | — | — | 15 | #6,038 |
| 2016 | — | — | 9 | #8,735 |
| 2015 | — | — | 13 | #6,637 |
| 2014 | — | — | 8 | #9,536 |
| 2013 | — | — | 11 | #7,494 |
| 2012 | — | — | 8 | #9,611 |
| 2011 | — | — | 8 | #9,509 |
| 2010 | — | — | 9 | #8,719 |
| 2009 | — | — | 10 | #8,246 |
| 2008 | — | — | 6 | #12,391 |
| 2007 | — | — | 6 | #12,200 |
| 2006 | — | — | 7 | #10,543 |
| 2005 | — | — | 10 | #7,588 |
| 2004 | — | — | 9 | #8,084 |
| 2003 | — | — | 6 | #10,744 |
| 2002 | — | — | 6 | #10,528 |
| 2001 | — | — | 8 | #8,243 |
| 1997 | — | — | 5 | #10,663 |
| 1996 | — | — | 5 | #10,391 |
| 1995 | — | — | 6 | #8,781 |
| 1994 | — | — | 7 | #7,686 |
| 1992 | — | — | 7 | #7,327 |
| 1990 | — | — | 6 | #8,032 |
| 1989 | — | — | 5 | #9,103 |
| 1988 | — | — | 10 | #4,745 |
| 1987 | — | — | 5 | #8,030 |
| 1986 | — | — | 6 | #6,646 |
| 1985 | — | — | 5 | #7,487 |
| 1984 | — | — | 7 | #5,514 |
| 1983 | — | — | 14 | #3,214 |
| 1982 | — | — | 5 | #7,274 |
| 1981 | — | — | 6 | #6,176 |
| 1980 | — | — | 9 | #4,467 |
| 1979 | — | — | 7 | #5,311 |
| 1978 | — | — | 5 | #6,670 |
| 1977 | — | — | 10 | #3,815 |
| 1976 | — | — | 13 | #3,076 |
| 1975 | — | — | 12 | #3,224 |
| 1974 | — | — | 7 | #4,585 |
| 1973 | — | — | 6 | #5,029 |
| 1972 | — | — | 8 | #3,929 |
| 1971 | — | — | 12 | #2,956 |
| 1970 | — | — | 10 | #3,263 |
| 1969 | — | — | 15 | #2,297 |
| 1968 | — | — | 19 | #1,891 |
| 1967 | — | — | 6 | #3,926 |
| 1966 | — | — | 8 | #3,222 |
| 1965 | — | — | 18 | #1,911 |
| 1964 | — | — | 9 | #3,033 |
| 1963 | — | — | 12 | #2,524 |
| 1962 | — | — | 21 | #1,800 |
| 1961 | — | — | 15 | #2,230 |
| 1960 | — | — | 18 | #1,967 |
| 1959 | — | — | 21 | #1,800 |
| 1958 | — | — | 14 | #2,252 |
| 1957 | — | — | 31 | #1,432 |
| 1956 | — | — | 25 | #1,603 |
| 1955 | — | — | 32 | #1,366 |
| 1954 | — | — | 30 | #1,404 |
| 1953 | — | — | 28 | #1,453 |
| 1952 | — | — | 33 | #1,319 |
| 1951 | — | — | 32 | #1,327 |
| 1950 | — | — | 50 | #986 |
| 1949 | — | — | 42 | #1,094 |
| 1948 | — | — | 41 | #1,124 |
| 1947 | — | — | 52 | #996 |
| 1946 | — | — | 66 | #811 |
| 1945 | — | — | 49 | #926 |
| 1944 | — | — | 56 | #852 |
| 1943 | — | — | 48 | #979 |
| 1942 | — | — | 49 | #957 |
| 1941 | — | — | 49 | #915 |
| 1940 | — | — | 67 | #757 |
| 1939 | — | — | 43 | #973 |
| 1938 | — | — | 64 | #768 |
| 1937 | — | — | 30 | #1,230 |
| 1936 | — | — | 20 | #1,538 |
| 1935 | — | — | 30 | #1,245 |
| 1934 | — | — | 26 | #1,354 |
| 1933 | 6 | #4,174 | 24 | #1,401 |
| 1932 | — | — | 17 | #1,841 |
| 1931 | — | — | 29 | #1,301 |
| 1930 | — | — | 24 | #1,529 |
| 1929 | — | — | 29 | #1,335 |
| 1928 | — | — | 24 | #1,563 |
| 1927 | — | — | 27 | #1,462 |
| 1926 | — | — | 17 | #1,972 |
| 1925 | — | — | 22 | #1,672 |
| 1924 | — | — | 26 | #1,527 |
| 1923 | — | — | 24 | #1,584 |
| 1922 | — | — | 21 | #1,757 |
| 1921 | — | — | 19 | #1,893 |
| 1920 | — | — | 13 | #2,442 |
| 1919 | — | — | 15 | #2,138 |
| 1918 | 5 | #5,506 | 15 | #2,153 |
| 1917 | — | — | 10 | #2,711 |
| 1916 | — | — | 14 | #2,142 |
| 1915 | — | — | 13 | #2,167 |
| 1914 | — | — | 8 | #2,625 |
| 1913 | — | — | 5 | #3,215 |
| 1911 | — | — | 5 | #1,971 |
| 1904 | — | — | 7 | #1,054 |
| 1895 | — | — | 6 | #1,071 |
| 1890 | — | — | 5 | #1,147 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).