State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1975 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 202,803 Texas births in 1975 across 2,766 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#34Claudia#180 nationally
#57Angelicaoutside the national top 200
#61Rosaoutside the national top 200
#71Normaoutside the national top 200
#71Rauloutside the national top 200
#75Leticiaoutside the national top 200
#47Ruben#172 nationally
#77Javier#200 nationally
#80Alejandrooutside the national top 200
#83Sylviaoutside the national top 200
#46Roberto#155 nationally
#93Reneoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer3,323US #1
#2Amy1,860US #2
#3Melissa1,634US #4
#4Maria1,460US #30
#5Michelle1,332US #6
#6Angela1,316US #5
#7Kimberly1,128US #7
#8Stephanie1,091US #9
#9Elizabeth1,085US #15
#10Heather1,058US #3
#11Christina1,022US #12
#12Veronica992US #72
#13Lisa990US #8
#14Amanda980US #14
#15Laura945US #20
#16Monica894US #49
#17Cynthia879US #40
#18Jessica876US #13
#19Mary876US #19
#20Rebecca863US #11
#21Misty783US #47
#22Patricia698US #36
#23Julie678US #18
#24Sandra675US #51
#25April561US #25
#26Rachel557US #26
#27Brandy498US #57
#28Tiffany481US #37
#29Andrea477US #28
#30Shannon467US #21
#31Tammy461US #31
#32Sarah443US #17
#33Wendy443US #33
#34Claudia442US #180
#35Erica434US #63
#36Stacy434US #34
#37Kelly431US #16
#38Tracy422US #24
#39Lori412US #39
#40Brenda411US #67
#41Nicole399US #10
#42Diana387US #100
#43Christy383US #53
#44Crystal383US #43
#45Susan375US #32
#46Carrie373US #29
#47Karen371US #27
#48Nancy368US #82
#49Teresa368US #61
#50Leslie355US #71
#51Amber354US #59
#52Tina348US #35
#53Tonya348US #45
#54Linda343US #81
#55Brandi337US #88
#56Melanie334US #52
#57Angelica322
#58Christine320US #22
#59Anna319US #79
#60Emily319US #48
#61Rosa305
#62Stacey305US #44
#63Alicia297US #76
#64Dawn291US #23
#65Christie288US #96
#66Valerie285US #92
#67Denise282US #64
#68Tanya280US #50
#69Yolanda278US #107
#70Sonia277US #177
#71Norma276
#72Holly271US #55
#73Katherine268US #58
#74Erin266US #38
#75Leticia264
#76Robin264US #65
#77Melinda263US #91
#78Kristi260US #109
#79Martha260US #149
#80Courtney253US #102
#81Shelly247US #113
#82Rhonda242US #93
#83Sylvia239
#84Mandy237US #106
#85Dana235US #62
#86Catherine234US #73
#87Erika230US #128
#88Gloria230US #195
#89Sara228US #54
#90Tara226US #41
#91Vanessa226US #115
#92Jamie225US #68
#93Tamara225US #77
#94Yvonne223US #189
#95Ana222
#96Donna217US #85
#97Pamela217US #70
#98Barbara214US #83
#99Cindy211US #112
#100Sharon209US #75

Boys

#1Michael4,095US #1
#2Christopher3,129US #3
#3Jason2,961US #2
#4David2,546US #5
#5James2,515US #4
#6John2,324US #7
#7Robert2,256US #6
#8Jose1,826US #48
#9Juan1,559US #60
#10William1,416US #10
#11Daniel1,354US #11
#12Brian1,288US #8
#13Richard1,155US #16
#14Matthew1,094US #9
#15Eric1,017US #13
#16Mark996US #19
#17Charles989US #25
#18Steven978US #18
#19Kevin930US #15
#20Joseph913US #12
#21Jeremy874US #24
#22Jeffrey870US #14
#23Thomas751US #20
#24Anthony737US #21
#25Paul692US #29
#26Chad691US #27
#27Joshua676US #26
#28Brandon669US #44
#29Joe667US #116
#30Timothy660US #22
#31Stephen654US #34
#32Jesus647US #134
#33Carlos619US #73
#34Scott565US #17
#35Jonathan553US #30
#36Kenneth548US #35
#37Gregory520US #33
#38Ryan517US #23
#39Aaron516US #32
#40Justin514US #37
#41Andrew496US #28
#42Bryan479US #47
#43Shawn472US #31
#44Patrick454US #39
#45Benjamin452US #36
#46Roberto447US #155
#47Ruben444US #172
#48Luis443US #107
#49Edward440US #41
#50Ricardo437US #143
#51Billy436US #84
#52Larry427US #56
#53Marcus424US #68
#54Jerry421US #65
#55Samuel410US #61
#56Victor407US #95
#57Gary395US #50
#58Jesse392US #64
#59Mario392US #125
#60Gabriel391US #106
#61George389US #53
#62Johnny388US #86
#63Manuel384US #139
#64Jorge381US #157
#65Donald372US #42
#66Bobby361US #93
#67Bradley357US #52
#68Francisco352US #152
#69Nathan352US #45
#70Adam347US #38
#71Raul344
#72Adrian342US #133
#73Ronald339US #46
#74Antonio338US #77
#75Joel337US #74
#76Phillip331US #72
#77Javier323US #200
#78Keith322US #49
#79Jimmy310US #111
#80Alejandro308
#81Miguel306US #148
#82Oscar302US #184
#83Sean295US #40
#84Hector294US #182
#85Jacob292US #75
#86Raymond287US #63
#87Randy286US #78
#88Shane279US #57
#89Travis279US #51
#90Jeffery278US #70
#91Jaime275US #179
#92Derrick272US #90
#93Rene267
#94Danny266US #94
#95Russell266US #82
#96Frank262US #66
#97Douglas258US #55
#98Roy258US #122
#99Rodney256US #76
#100Martin255US #119

On the move since 1974

Rising

↑37Emily#60
↑28Amber#51
↑24Nathan#69
↑23Stacey#62
↑23Benjamin#45
↑21Valerie#66
↑19Christie#65
↑17Brandy#27

Falling

↓33Donna#96
↓28Rodney#99
↓27Yvonne#94
↓22Kristi#78
↓21Jimmy#79
↓20Tamara#93
↓20Ana#95
↓19Pamela#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1974 rankings.