Is Tex a boy or girl name?

Tex is a boy’s name. Of the 2,131 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.5% were girls and 99.5% were boys.

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

Births per year. The dot marks Tex’s peak in 1940. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

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.

Names that peaked alongside Tex

Where Tex is most concentrated

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