State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 212,640 Texas births in 1977 across 2,879 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#58Claudiaoutside the national top 200
#73Angelicaoutside the national top 200
#80Leticiaoutside the national top 200
#83Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#85Javieroutside the national top 200
#86Anaoutside the national top 200
#86Rauloutside the national top 200
#59Ruben#173 nationally
#85Sonia#197 nationally
#89Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#74Cody#183 nationally
#94Normaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer3,546US #1
#2Melissa1,812US #2
#3Jessica1,735US #4
#4Amanda1,578US #9
#5Amy1,555US #3
#6Angela1,251US #6
#7Maria1,249US #36
#8Elizabeth1,190US #13
#9Stephanie1,186US #14
#10Heather1,148US #5
#11Kimberly1,140US #8
#12Michelle1,102US #7
#13Christina1,075US #16
#14Monica1,037US #39
#15Lisa1,023US #12
#16Laura944US #20
#17Veronica870US #73
#18Misty853US #40
#19Rebecca831US #17
#20Kelly806US #10
#21Mary794US #21
#22Crystal779US #25
#23Sarah729US #11
#24Cynthia718US #48
#25Jamie661US #18
#26Rachel639US #26
#27Julie623US #22
#28Erica606US #38
#29Patricia601US #47
#30April600US #29
#31Amber596US #33
#32Shannon586US #19
#33Sandra558US #61
#34Andrea547US #24
#35Tiffany534US #34
#36Brandy514US #51
#37Nicole463US #15
#38Erin433US #23
#39Brandi421US #71
#40Christy405US #59
#41Carrie403US #28
#42Courtney399US #76
#43Leslie398US #65
#44Sara396US #27
#45Diana391US #100
#46Wendy387US #49
#47Emily386US #37
#48Stacy367US #42
#49Karen365US #32
#50Lori363US #57
#51Vanessa350US #90
#52Brenda344US #91
#53Nancy341US #89
#54Melanie334US #53
#55Anna332US #74
#56Kristi332US #104
#57Tammy315US #55
#58Claudia314
#59Alicia313US #60
#60Katherine310US #44
#61Susan310US #45
#62Natalie308US #69
#63Sabrina308US #63
#64Christine306US #30
#65Holly304US #52
#66Valerie303US #86
#67Teresa296US #79
#68Linda295US #99
#69Ashley294US #106
#70Tracy289US #50
#71Kristy263US #68
#72Allison261US #66
#73Angelica261
#74Tara259US #35
#75Robin255US #84
#76Stacey253US #56
#77Melinda249US #96
#78Tina248US #58
#79Catherine244US #75
#80Leticia243
#81Tonya238US #64
#82Mandy236US #94
#83Yvonne231
#84Tanya228US #67
#85Sonia227US #197
#86Ana226
#87Dana226US #62
#88Denise225US #78
#89Priscilla225
#90Erika221US #103
#91Jaime221US #46
#92Kathryn216US #70
#93Jill214US #41
#94Norma213
#95Yolanda211US #134
#96Dawn205US #43
#97Belinda202
#98Kristina201US #83
#99Samantha198US #85
#100Deborah195US #109

Boys

#1Michael3,937US #1
#2Christopher3,282US #3
#3Jason3,246US #2
#4David2,727US #4
#5James2,640US #5
#6John2,486US #7
#7Robert2,238US #6
#8Jose1,694US #45
#9Daniel1,513US #11
#10William1,421US #12
#11Brian1,410US #8
#12Juan1,364US #63
#13Matthew1,364US #9
#14Kevin1,301US #13
#15Jeremy1,298US #15
#16Joseph1,171US #10
#17Eric1,144US #17
#18Joshua1,144US #14
#19Richard1,124US #20
#20Charles1,022US #26
#21Steven963US #23
#22Mark955US #25
#23Jeffrey845US #19
#24Ryan844US #16
#25Thomas812US #22
#26Timothy787US #18
#27Anthony765US #21
#28Brandon759US #41
#29Justin728US #30
#30Paul664US #31
#31Andrew662US #24
#32Joe662US #128
#33Jonathan645US #28
#34Aaron641US #32
#35Chad625US #34
#36Stephen623US #38
#37Carlos608US #74
#38Jesus595US #132
#39Kenneth593US #39
#40Bryan555US #42
#41Adam527US #33
#42Benjamin515US #29
#43Gabriel504US #87
#44Nathan503US #36
#45Scott487US #27
#46Patrick482US #40
#47Shawn479US #37
#48Samuel459US #60
#49Luis456US #108
#50Gregory452US #35
#51Jesse450US #54
#52Jacob437US #56
#53Larry428US #62
#54Edward427US #47
#55Roberto420US #151
#56George418US #57
#57Billy414US #91
#58Bradley409US #49
#59Ruben401US #173
#60Gary396US #58
#61Adrian391US #121
#62Johnny391US #93
#63Wesley387US #66
#64Ricardo385US #147
#65Marcus383US #72
#66Travis381US #44
#67Jimmy380US #98
#68Mario375US #129
#69Jerry374US #75
#70Victor367US #104
#71Jorge354US #154
#72Donald350US #46
#73Corey349US #52
#74Cody328US #183
#75Manuel326US #146
#76Joel317US #73
#77Phillip316US #70
#78Miguel310US #145
#79Antonio304US #77
#80Francisco304US #159
#81Keith304US #48
#82Jaime303US #174
#83Sean302US #43
#84Bobby301US #105
#85Javier301
#86Raul298
#87Raymond298US #65
#88Jeffery287US #78
#89Ronald286US #53
#90Oscar280US #181
#91Derrick276US #80
#92Cory273US #67
#93Shane272US #61
#94Dustin269US #81
#95Frank267US #71
#96Russell267US #89
#97Danny265US #111
#98Randy261US #86
#99Rene256
#100Jeremiah248US #69

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑32Jacob#52
↑30Erin#38
↑22Allison#72
↑21Vanessa#51
↑20Ashley#69
↑19Travis#66
↑18Natalie#62
↑14Stacey#76

Falling

↓22Jaime#91
↓19Claudia#58
↓19Tanya#84
↓18Raul#86
↓15Tracy#70
↓15Denise#88
↓14Linda#68
↓13Norma#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.