Tex
Recorded 1890–2025 · United States
Tex was most popular in 1940, when 67 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,565 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,425, with 33 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,131 people named Tex.
Tex over time
How old is the name Tex?
Tex first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1890, which makes it about 135 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 112 of the 136 years since.
How many people are named Tex?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,131 American births named Tex between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,125 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Tex in 2025?
33 American babies were named Tex in 2025, ranking #7,425 that year.
Is Tex getting more or less popular?
Tex is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 27 births a year, against 10 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +179% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Tex a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Tex is a boy’s name — 0.5% of the 2,131 Americans given it were girls and 99.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Tex?
Roughly 1,125 Americans named Tex are alive today — 53% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 61 years old, and half are between 19 and 77. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org