State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 218,520 Texas births in 1978 across 2,928 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#59Claudiaoutside the national top 200
#71Angelicaoutside the national top 200
#74Leticiaoutside the national top 200
#75Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#81Anaoutside the national top 200
#82Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#83Rauloutside the national top 200
#56Ruben#172 nationally
#85Javier#198 nationally
#91Soniaoutside the national top 200
#97Normaoutside the national top 200
#98Rosaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer3,664US #1
#2Melissa1,839US #2
#3Jessica1,784US #3
#4Amanda1,710US #6
#5Angela1,346US #7
#6Amy1,344US #4
#7Stephanie1,269US #16
#8Christina1,239US #15
#9Elizabeth1,218US #14
#10Maria1,177US #36
#11Kimberly1,126US #13
#12Michelle1,123US #9
#13Heather1,100US #5
#14Monica1,056US #42
#15Crystal1,038US #18
#16Lisa1,015US #11
#17Laura976US #19
#18Sarah900US #8
#19Veronica875US #73
#20Rebecca834US #17
#21Mary756US #24
#22Kelly745US #12
#23Misty713US #43
#24Amber706US #30
#25Cynthia702US #50
#26April694US #27
#27Erica651US #34
#28Brandy644US #37
#29Andrea641US #23
#30Rachel641US #25
#31Tiffany630US #32
#32Julie580US #26
#33Patricia575US #48
#34Jamie573US #20
#35Sandra528US #69
#36Shannon510US #22
#37Nicole503US #10
#38Brandi486US #61
#39Vanessa468US #76
#40Erin439US #21
#41Leslie434US #63
#42Sara418US #28
#43Ashley401US #87
#44Emily391US #33
#45Christy390US #59
#46Diana388US #102
#47Courtney380US #68
#48Natalie372US #66
#49Lori365US #60
#50Katherine364US #38
#51Carrie356US #35
#52Brenda354US #103
#53Alicia351US #58
#54Nancy342US #97
#55Stacy341US #44
#56Valerie340US #92
#57Kristi336US #98
#58Karen334US #39
#59Claudia331
#60Wendy329US #56
#61Anna327US #65
#62Tina325US #45
#63Christine311US #29
#64Kristy310US #51
#65Teresa310US #88
#66Holly309US #55
#67Melanie304US #54
#68Susan298US #49
#69Tracy298US #47
#70Erika289US #104
#71Angelica282
#72Linda273US #100
#73Melinda269US #84
#74Leticia263
#75Priscilla263
#76Sabrina263US #91
#77Tammy262US #67
#78Denise260US #85
#79Samantha251US #74
#80Mandy247US #96
#81Ana238
#82Yvonne237
#83Kathryn236US #57
#84Catherine235US #72
#85Tara235US #40
#86Kristina233US #64
#87Dana226US #71
#88Robin226US #89
#89Stacey224US #53
#90Lauren223US #80
#91Sonia223
#92Allison221US #75
#93Tonya218US #77
#94Tanya217US #82
#95Yolanda217US #138
#96Jacqueline216US #81
#97Norma216
#98Rosa207
#99Danielle205US #31
#100Martha202US #176

Boys

#1Michael3,858US #1
#2Christopher3,406US #3
#3Jason3,232US #2
#4David2,861US #4
#5James2,725US #5
#6John2,532US #7
#7Robert2,233US #8
#8Jose1,686US #44
#9Daniel1,604US #11
#10Juan1,511US #62
#11Joshua1,496US #12
#12William1,466US #13
#13Matthew1,420US #6
#14Brian1,322US #9
#15Joseph1,284US #10
#16Jeremy1,199US #18
#17Eric1,167US #16
#18Richard1,144US #21
#19Kevin1,113US #15
#20Charles1,103US #27
#21Mark1,014US #26
#22Justin1,007US #28
#23Steven929US #24
#24Timothy864US #17
#25Brandon840US #40
#26Anthony833US #20
#27Ryan832US #14
#28Thomas824US #23
#29Jeffrey817US #19
#30Aaron749US #32
#31Jonathan706US #31
#32Paul706US #33
#33Andrew705US #22
#34Nicholas705US #25
#35Stephen696US #37
#36Joe641US #128
#37Chad634US #35
#38Jesus629US #124
#39Kenneth598US #41
#40Adam596US #29
#41Carlos578US #78
#42Bryan538US #43
#43Scott537US #30
#44Nathan530US #36
#45Patrick517US #42
#46Benjamin512US #34
#47Jacob500US #50
#48Jesse500US #51
#49Samuel463US #57
#50Gabriel461US #90
#51Shawn444US #39
#52Adrian434US #111
#53Ricardo425US #140
#54Edward422US #47
#55Roberto416US #154
#56Ruben415US #172
#57Gregory405US #38
#58Luis401US #110
#59George397US #58
#60Larry392US #64
#61Mario385US #114
#62Billy383US #99
#63Cody381US #152
#64Travis381US #46
#65Johnny374US #101
#66Manuel374US #142
#67Jorge370US #153
#68Marcus365US #70
#69Victor362US #103
#70Francisco358US #155
#71Miguel355US #144
#72Gary352US #60
#73Bradley351US #53
#74Jerry349US #82
#75Joel341US #74
#76Donald340US #48
#77Phillip328US #67
#78Dustin324US #68
#79Bobby323US #109
#80Derrick322US #76
#81Jimmy320US #118
#82Wesley317US #83
#83Raul314
#84Antonio310US #79
#85Javier308US #198
#86Keith308US #49
#87Frank305US #77
#88Oscar304US #179
#89Ronald303US #55
#90Kyle301US #63
#91Corey296US #61
#92Sean296US #45
#93Jaime294US #184
#94Jeffery289US #80
#95Raymond286US #69
#96Randy277US #86
#97Casey270US #92
#98Hector264US #191
#99Shaun264US #52
#100Douglas255US #59

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑26Ashley#43
↑20Erika#70
↑20Samantha#79
↑16Tina#62
↑16Dustin#78
↑14Natalie#48
↑14Priscilla#75
↑12Vanessa#39

Falling

↓20Tammy#77
↓20Allison#92
↓19Wesley#82
↓18Corey#91
↓15Bradley#73
↓14Wendy#60
↓14Jimmy#81
↓13Melanie#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.