State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 204,292 Texas births in 1976 across 2,784 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#39Claudia#182 nationally
#63Angelica#200 nationally
#64Rosaoutside the national top 200
#68Raul#199 nationally
#71Leticiaoutside the national top 200
#78Anaoutside the national top 200
#81Normaoutside the national top 200
#83Cody#200 nationally
#55Ruben#171 nationally
#87Javieroutside the national top 200
#91Gloriaoutside the national top 200
#91Armandooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer3,463US #1
#2Amy1,831US #2
#3Melissa1,734US #3
#4Maria1,410US #34
#5Angela1,317US #5
#6Amanda1,298US #10
#7Jessica1,166US #8
#8Michelle1,153US #6
#9Kimberly1,147US #7
#10Heather1,104US #4
#11Stephanie1,101US #11
#12Christina1,078US #14
#13Elizabeth994US #16
#14Monica987US #45
#15Laura949US #20
#16Lisa906US #9
#17Veronica888US #68
#18Rebecca838US #12
#19Cynthia811US #44
#20Misty780US #46
#21Mary770US #22
#22Jamie680US #18
#23Patricia675US #43
#24Sandra661US #59
#25Julie600US #21
#26Sarah594US #15
#27Shannon593US #17
#28Rachel591US #23
#29Tiffany573US #32
#30April569US #30
#31Crystal515US #36
#32Brandy511US #55
#33Kelly504US #19
#34Andrea497US #25
#35Erica464US #54
#36Amber432US #49
#37Nicole418US #13
#38Leslie402US #65
#39Claudia401US #182
#40Stacy401US #38
#41Diana397US #101
#42Brandi392US #79
#43Lori383US #47
#44Christy380US #60
#45Tammy380US #41
#46Sara379US #27
#47Wendy366US #39
#48Nancy363US #87
#49Carrie360US #28
#50Brenda356US #77
#51Karen355US #31
#52Susan354US #40
#53Courtney351US #76
#54Linda342US #90
#55Tracy339US #37
#56Melanie334US #53
#57Teresa334US #66
#58Emily328US #50
#59Anna322US #78
#60Valerie306US #83
#61Alicia305US #71
#62Holly302US #56
#63Angelica294US #200
#64Rosa287
#65Tanya286US #61
#66Kristi284US #104
#67Christine281US #26
#68Erin281US #24
#69Jaime281US #29
#70Katherine281US #57
#71Leticia279
#72Vanessa276US #106
#73Denise274US #69
#74Tina272US #48
#75Tonya271US #58
#76Sonia267US #165
#77Melinda264US #95
#78Ana263
#79Robin263US #75
#80Natalie258US #80
#81Norma255
#82Mandy254US #100
#83Dana252US #64
#84Erika252US #112
#85Yolanda248US #117
#86Samantha243US #85
#87Yvonne239US #193
#88Catherine236US #72
#89Ashley231US #115
#90Stacey229US #51
#91Gloria225
#92Dawn220US #35
#93Victoria220US #92
#94Allison212US #67
#95Tamara212US #91
#96Martha206US #161
#97Priscilla206
#98Sylvia205
#99Belinda204
#100Esmeralda204

Boys

#1Michael3,943US #1
#2Christopher3,106US #3
#3Jason3,024US #2
#4David2,648US #4
#5James2,507US #5
#6John2,349US #6
#7Robert2,134US #7
#8Jose1,743US #44
#9Juan1,544US #58
#10Daniel1,412US #10
#11William1,317US #11
#12Brian1,281US #8
#13Matthew1,172US #9
#14Jeremy1,166US #14
#15Eric1,098US #13
#16Joseph1,098US #12
#17Richard1,062US #19
#18Mark1,045US #25
#19Kevin995US #15
#20Steven979US #20
#21Charles951US #26
#22Jeffrey856US #17
#23Joshua827US #18
#24Timothy781US #21
#25Anthony752US #22
#26Paul715US #28
#27Brandon711US #40
#28Thomas710US #23
#29Ryan676US #16
#30Chad670US #29
#31Jesus668US #129
#32Stephen658US #37
#33Justin634US #33
#34Joe623US #117
#35Jonathan572US #31
#36Scott569US #24
#37Aaron564US #30
#38Kenneth550US #38
#39Carlos547US #70
#40Andrew535US #27
#41Benjamin503US #32
#42Gregory501US #35
#43Bryan491US #43
#44Shawn469US #34
#45Adam465US #36
#46Gabriel451US #81
#47Edward436US #45
#48Nathan434US #39
#49Billy429US #85
#50Samuel426US #59
#51Jesse419US #55
#52Larry418US #60
#53Roberto416US #156
#54Patrick415US #41
#55Ruben413US #171
#56Luis410US #110
#57Johnny408US #92
#58George403US #53
#59Jerry403US #67
#60Adrian384US #124
#61Bradley381US #51
#62Ricardo378US #141
#63Victor375US #100
#64Manuel373US #140
#65Mario370US #130
#66Marcus368US #74
#67Antonio364US #71
#68Raul363US #199
#69Joel356US #72
#70Jorge355US #152
#71Gary349US #52
#72Francisco347US #157
#73Donald340US #47
#74Keith336US #48
#75Jimmy329US #101
#76Corey321US #64
#77Miguel317US #143
#78Oscar316US #183
#79Jaime314US #168
#80Sean312US #42
#81Ronald311US #49
#82Bobby306US #96
#83Cody306US #200
#84Jacob304US #63
#85Travis303US #46
#86Randy298US #79
#87Javier296
#88Raymond295US #65
#89Phillip282US #69
#90Hector278US #180
#91Armando277
#92Eduardo276
#93Derrick273US #91
#94Shane270US #57
#95Russell257US #87
#96Frank256US #68
#97Alejandro255
#98Terry251US #75
#99Danny249US #102
#100Rene235

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑70Jamie#22
↑43Sara#46
↑27Courtney#53
↑25Adam#45
↑21Nathan#48
↑19Vanessa#72
↑17Ana#78
↑15Amber#36

Falling

↓28Stacey#90
↓28Dawn#92
↓22Tina#74
↓22Tonya#75
↓17Tracy#55
↓17Martha#96
↓17Alejandro#97
↓16Yolanda#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.