State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1974 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 201,142 Texas births in 1974 across 2,701 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#58Normaoutside the national top 200
#64Rosaoutside the national top 200
#66Leticiaoutside the national top 200
#33Claudia#167 nationally
#69Angelicaoutside the national top 200
#72Rauloutside the national top 200
#75Anaoutside the national top 200
#47Ruben#172 nationally
#79Javieroutside the national top 200
#83Reneoutside the national top 200
#84Jaimeoutside the national top 200
#46Roberto#161 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,342US #1
#2Amy1,645US #2
#3Maria1,645US #31
#4Melissa1,513US #7
#5Michelle1,479US #3
#6Kimberly1,346US #6
#7Angela1,298US #5
#8Stephanie1,205US #9
#9Lisa1,157US #8
#10Elizabeth1,042US #12
#11Monica1,016US #43
#12Veronica1,016US #71
#13Rebecca978US #10
#14Heather945US #4
#15Laura935US #21
#16Mary915US #13
#17Cynthia897US #33
#18Patricia769US #29
#19Sandra765US #44
#20Christina728US #16
#21Misty695US #66
#22Jessica677US #17
#23Julie659US #14
#24Amanda609US #34
#25Shannon551US #18
#26Tammy540US #24
#27Rachel530US #36
#28April503US #28
#29Tiffany485US #41
#30Wendy456US #32
#31Diana443US #87
#32Lori441US #30
#33Claudia437US #167
#34Tina431US #25
#35Erica427US #74
#36Kelly425US #15
#37Brenda422US #59
#38Tracy421US #23
#39Tonya418US #37
#40Sarah415US #20
#41Andrea413US #35
#42Karen413US #26
#43Christy406US #57
#44Brandy394US #80
#45Christine391US #19
#46Stacy390US #38
#47Susan390US #27
#48Teresa387US #52
#49Nicole377US #11
#50Linda370US #75
#51Leslie362US #65
#52Nancy358US #78
#53Anna351US #82
#54Tanya342US #46
#55Crystal335US #49
#56Kristi332US #102
#57Melanie332US #51
#58Norma326
#59Alicia316US #90
#60Carrie308US #42
#61Yolanda307US #112
#62Denise306US #53
#63Donna301US #67
#64Rosa299
#65Melinda298US #81
#66Leticia294
#67Yvonne290US #173
#68Dawn289US #22
#69Angelica288
#70Brandi288US #106
#71Rhonda287US #86
#72Dana283US #55
#73Tamara283US #64
#74Sonia278US #172
#75Ana275
#76Robin273US #63
#77Martha272US #150
#78Pamela271US #54
#79Amber268US #92
#80Gloria268US #185
#81Holly267US #56
#82Sylvia267US #189
#83Katherine264US #62
#84Christie263US #110
#85Stacey253US #48
#86Catherine251US #73
#87Valerie249US #93
#88Deborah248US #68
#89Courtney247US #124
#90Debra244US #94
#91Erika242US #127
#92Sharon242US #70
#93Theresa237US #79
#94Shelly232US #107
#95Belinda230
#96Tara229US #39
#97Emily223US #69
#98Cindy215US #103
#99Vanessa211US #122
#100Michele210US #50

Boys

#1Michael3,904US #1
#2Christopher3,160US #3
#3Jason3,127US #2
#4David2,540US #4
#5John2,530US #6
#6James2,508US #5
#7Robert2,205US #7
#8Jose1,883US #47
#9Juan1,595US #64
#10Brian1,418US #8
#11Daniel1,399US #11
#12William1,359US #10
#13Richard1,160US #17
#14Mark1,087US #16
#15Charles1,030US #23
#16Kevin994US #14
#17Eric948US #13
#18Steven932US #19
#19Matthew923US #9
#20Jeffrey910US #15
#21Joseph890US #12
#22Thomas774US #20
#23Jeremy727US #24
#24Anthony721US #21
#25Paul704US #27
#26Joe692US #113
#27Chad687US #26
#28Jesus681US #133
#29Timothy647US #22
#30Stephen646US #35
#31Kenneth618US #34
#32Carlos591US #71
#33Scott575US #18
#34Brandon543US #51
#35Gregory531US #31
#36Luis508US #106
#37Shawn508US #30
#38Edward492US #40
#39Bryan489US #45
#40Joshua488US #29
#41Aaron478US #32
#42Patrick475US #38
#43Jonathan472US #33
#44Ricardo465US #140
#45Andrew461US #28
#46Roberto458US #161
#47Ruben451US #172
#48Billy447US #78
#49Jerry443US #61
#50Larry441US #55
#51George435US #49
#52Jesse424US #67
#53Ryan424US #25
#54Justin416US #43
#55Victor416US #96
#56Johnny415US #83
#57Donald414US #41
#58Jimmy396US #99
#59Gabriel389US #117
#60Ronald389US #42
#61Mario384US #128
#62Manuel382US #142
#63Samuel379US #60
#64Francisco372US #160
#65Marcus372US #73
#66Gary364US #48
#67Jorge358US #168
#68Benjamin357US #46
#69Adam355US #36
#70Keith352US #44
#71Rodney342US #72
#72Raul337
#73Antonio336US #82
#74Adrian332US #138
#75Joel323US #75
#76Sean319US #37
#77Bobby317US #92
#78Miguel311US #147
#79Javier309
#80Oscar307US #189
#81Bradley303US #58
#82Danny295US #91
#83Rene294
#84Jaime289
#85Hector288US #185
#86Frank287US #65
#87Raymond285US #62
#88Martin273US #109
#89Shane270US #56
#90Derrick268US #87
#91Jeffery265US #66
#92Phillip264US #70
#93Nathan263US #52
#94Randy262US #79
#95Douglas257US #53
#96Terry255US #69
#97Pedro253
#98Craig252US #57
#99Travis250US #54
#100Armando249

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑38Erica#35
↑29Sarah#40
↑28Joshua#40
↑17Tiffany#29
↑17Benjamin#68
↑14Ana#75
↑13Christy#43
↑12Jeremy#23

Falling

↓27Stacey#85
↓21Sharon#92
↓18Debra#90
↓17Teresa#48
↓15Marcus#65
↓15Gary#66
↓15Rodney#71
↓14Johnny#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.