Meaning and history
From a nickname for someone from Texas. A notable bearer was the American animator Tex Avery (1908–1980), born Frederick, who was born in Texas.
20062006: 7 births, rank #9,585
2007: 6 births, rank #10,921
2008: 6 births, rank #11,037
2009: 10 births, rank #7,692
2010: 9 births, rank #8,139
20112011: 8 births, rank #8,767
2012: 8 births, rank #8,864
2013: 11 births, rank #7,026
2014: 8 births, rank #8,781
2015: 13 births, rank #6,324
20162016: 9 births, rank #8,146
2017: 15 births, rank #5,788
2018: 21 births, rank #4,610
2019: 8 births, rank #8,889
2020: 22 births, rank #4,426
20212021: 20 births, rank #4,780
2022: 23 births, rank #4,442
2023: 38 births, rank #3,177
2024: 20 births, rank #4,890
20252025: 33 births, rank #3,450
Tex rose from #996 to #986 for boys between 1947 and 1950. Its highest annual birth count came in 1940, with 67 births.