How Many People Are Named Tex?

1,109

people named Tex are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 308,191 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,131 babies named Tex in Social Security records from 1890 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#9,908

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#3,637

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Peak Year

1940

67 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: TEKS
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

From a nickname which denoted a person who came from the state of Texas. A famous bearer was the American animator Tex Avery (1908-1980), real name Frederick, who was born in Texas.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.1%
Male
99.9%

Almost all of the babies given the name Tex (99.9%) were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Tex alive today is about 49 years old, and 50% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 17 and 76 in 2025.

Under 30 341
30.7%
30 to 59 215
19.4%
60 and over 553
49.9%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Tex first appears in the records in 1890 and was given most often in 1940, to 67 babies. In 2025, 33 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1890 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Tex has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #757, in 1940. In 2025 it ranked #3,501.

Boys
Rank in 2025#3,501
Best rank#757 (1940)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#923 in the 1940s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Tex alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Tex were born in Texas than in any other state: about 147 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tex was given about 10.8 times as often in Texas.

Texas 147
North Carolina 18
West Virginia 14
Kentucky 10
Virginia 6
Georgia 3
Oklahoma 3
Alabama 2
Tennessee 1

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