State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1973 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 199,089 Texas births in 1973 across 2,667 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Texas more than they say America.

#49Normaoutside the national top 200
#30Claudia#176 nationally
#66Rosaoutside the national top 200
#45Ruben#179 nationally
#68Leticiaoutside the national top 200
#69Javieroutside the national top 200
#72Rauloutside the national top 200
#59Jorge#178 nationally
#82Esmeraldaoutside the national top 200
#82Jaimeoutside the national top 200
#75Sylvia#193 nationally
#89Anaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer3,142US #1
#2Maria1,597US #31
#3Melissa1,511US #6
#4Amy1,476US #2
#5Michelle1,445US #3
#6Kimberly1,361US #4
#7Lisa1,273US #5
#8Stephanie1,235US #9
#9Angela1,232US #7
#10Veronica1,076US #71
#11Elizabeth1,050US #13
#12Laura1,027US #19
#13Cynthia994US #26
#14Mary968US #14
#15Monica964US #40
#16Rebecca926US #10
#17Patricia820US #27
#18Sandra794US #39
#19Heather787US #8
#20Christina752US #16
#21Julie690US #12
#22Tammy639US #15
#23Shannon530US #22
#24Amanda509US #51
#25Rachel487US #42
#26Misty486US #90
#27Diana481US #85
#28Tonya473US #36
#29Jessica469US #34
#30Claudia461US #176
#31Teresa458US #45
#32Wendy450US #29
#33Stacy449US #32
#34Tracy441US #20
#35Susan435US #25
#36Tina435US #24
#37April428US #33
#38Nicole422US #11
#39Lori421US #28
#40Christine413US #17
#41Karen405US #23
#42Andrea404US #30
#43Linda403US #61
#44Kelly393US #18
#45Melanie392US #43
#46Tiffany392US #52
#47Brenda378US #53
#48Nancy373US #77
#49Norma365
#50Brandy359US #82
#51Tanya337US #50
#52Denise334US #38
#53Melinda332US #72
#54Kristi327US #108
#55Leslie323US #75
#56Christy320US #73
#57Crystal319US #48
#58Stacey319US #41
#59Alicia315US #91
#60Rhonda313US #70
#61Yvonne312US #159
#62Carrie309US #46
#63Dawn309US #21
#64Anna308US #86
#65Donna307US #55
#66Rosa306
#67Yolanda305US #113
#68Leticia302
#69Sarah298US #35
#70Brandi293US #109
#71Sharon293US #57
#72Debra291US #84
#73Erica289US #81
#74Dana288US #59
#75Sylvia288US #193
#76Robin283US #60
#77Sonia280US #174
#78Pamela276US #47
#79Deborah275US #56
#80Holly268US #54
#81Tamara260US #66
#82Esmeralda257
#83Belinda254US #181
#84Katherine252US #64
#85Martha252US #158
#86Cindy251US #92
#87Shelly249US #104
#88Gloria247US #177
#89Ana246
#90Cheryl242US #74
#91Barbara236US #63
#92Tara236US #37
#93Sherry227US #76
#94Catherine226US #67
#95Paula222US #87
#96Theresa212US #69
#97Irma205
#98Shelley205US #128
#99Victoria205US #95
#100Gina204US #83

Boys

#1Michael3,828US #1
#2Christopher3,007US #2
#3Jason2,848US #3
#4James2,611US #4
#5David2,537US #5
#6John2,495US #6
#7Robert2,311US #7
#8Jose1,639US #49
#9Brian1,509US #8
#10Juan1,413US #67
#11William1,389US #9
#12Richard1,221US #16
#13Mark1,218US #15
#14Daniel1,204US #11
#15Kevin1,079US #14
#16Eric1,006US #13
#17Charles994US #23
#18Steven946US #20
#19Matthew895US #10
#20Joseph829US #12
#21Jeffrey824US #17
#22Anthony747US #21
#23Thomas739US #19
#24Paul735US #24
#25Joe712US #105
#26Chad687US #25
#27Kenneth653US #28
#28Scott640US #18
#29Stephen637US #32
#30Timothy628US #22
#31Jesus611US #142
#32Carlos581US #74
#33Gregory561US #26
#34Bryan526US #43
#35Jeremy522US #33
#36Billy501US #76
#37Shawn501US #27
#38Brandon495US #58
#39Patrick495US #37
#40Jonathan494US #31
#41Jerry484US #57
#42Johnny481US #82
#43Edward478US #39
#44Larry470US #50
#45Ruben443US #179
#46Luis433US #114
#47George432US #46
#48Aaron431US #34
#49Donald431US #38
#50Marcus429US #72
#51Gary421US #44
#52Ricardo420US #151
#53Ronald413US #40
#54Andrew412US #29
#55Mario408US #129
#56Rodney403US #68
#57Roberto398US #166
#58Victor396US #103
#59Jorge382US #178
#60Ryan381US #30
#61Samuel376US #66
#62Jesse375US #75
#63Jimmy375US #95
#64Manuel369US #145
#65Sean356US #36
#66Justin352US #51
#67Gabriel351US #130
#68Joshua351US #42
#69Javier346
#70Francisco344US #171
#71Keith340US #41
#72Raul339
#73Adam322US #45
#74Joel321US #73
#75Raymond319US #60
#76Danny318US #83
#77Adrian315US #154
#78Bobby314US #93
#79Miguel311US #163
#80Antonio308US #92
#81Shane304US #54
#82Jaime296
#83Jeffery296US #64
#84Terry289US #65
#85Benjamin286US #55
#86Phillip286US #71
#87Frank283US #61
#88Hector282US #190
#89Oscar279
#90Chris276US #96
#91Craig276US #48
#92Bradley274US #62
#93Troy273US #59
#94Rene269
#95Russell265US #77
#96Todd263US #35
#97Douglas260US #47
#98Martin259US #108
#99Nathan255US #63
#100Travis254US #53

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑44Amanda#24
↑43Brandy#50
↑32Misty#26
↑28Justin#66
↑26Crystal#57
↑24Erica#73
↑23April#37
↑23Jorge#59

Falling

↓37Pamela#78
↓26Donna#65
↓24Keith#71
↓23Douglas#97
↓22Deborah#79
↓22Frank#87
↓21Sylvia#75
↓21Barbara#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.