Masculine dossier · first seen 1890

Tex

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Tex
Creator: Social Security Administration

Resurgent Gaining cultural share

Peak era

1940

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1890Peak 19402024

Peak year

1940

Decline from peak

70.1%

2024

All-time

2,087

Tex is accumulating new signal in the present tense. Whether it is a revival or a fresh adoption curve, the name is moving from background noise toward cultural visibility again.

Your name peaked in 1940, when 67 boys were named Tex.

In 2024, only 20 boys were given the name.

All told, about 2,087 Americans have been named Tex and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1890.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGaining cultural share

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