Tex
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Tex is a boys' name of Native American origin, meaning “friends, allies”. In 2025 it ranked 3,449th for boys in the US (33 babies).
What does Tex mean?
Native American: nickname from Texas, a state name from Caddo via Spanish
“friends, allies”
Began as a nickname for a Texan; the state name comes via Spanish from a Caddo word for friends or allies.
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Is Tex a girl's or a boy's name?
Tex is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tex in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,449among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 52,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 78% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 33 boys in the US were named Tex, making it the 3,449th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 1940, with 67 boys. It first appears in the records in 1890.
Half of all the boys named Tex in the US since 1880 were born between 1938 and 1970, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tex in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #3,449 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,175 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,438 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 15 | #2,216 |
| 1968 | 19 | #1,835 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 18 | #1,855 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1962 | 21 | #1,756 |
| 1961 | 15 | #2,147 |
| 1960 | 18 | #1,909 |
| 1959 | 21 | #1,758 |
| 1958 | 14 | #2,176 |
| 1957 | 31 | #1,410 |
| 1956 | 25 | #1,567 |
| 1955 | 32 | #1,338 |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,381 |
| 1953 | 28 | #1,426 |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,296 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,294 |
| 1950 | 50 | #976 |
| 1949 | 42 | #1,084 |
| 1948 | 41 | #1,106 |
| 1947 | 52 | #983 |
| 1946 | 66 | #810 |
| 1945 | 49 | #916 |
| 1944 | 56 | #841 |
| 1943 | 48 | #969 |
| 1942 | 49 | #947 |
| 1941 | 49 | #905 |
| 1940 | 67 | #751 |
| 1939 | 43 | #954 |
| 1938 | 64 | #764 |
| 1937 | 30 | #1,212 |
| 1936 | 20 | #1,505 |
| 1935 | 30 | #1,226 |
| 1934 | 26 | #1,323 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,361 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,777 |
| 1931 | 29 | #1,282 |
| 1930 | 24 | #1,496 |
| 1929 | 29 | #1,312 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,522 |
| 1927 | 27 | #1,436 |
| 1926 | 17 | #1,911 |
| 1925 | 22 | #1,628 |
| 1924 | 26 | #1,492 |
| 1923 | 24 | #1,551 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,695 |
| 1921 | 19 | #1,828 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,335 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,062 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,072 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,561 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,042 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,069 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 7 | #966 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 6 | #977 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
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