State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1979 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 234,436 Texas births in 1979 across 3,089 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#53Claudiaoutside the national top 200
#71Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#80Angelicaoutside the national top 200
#86Rauloutside the national top 200
#87Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#88Leticiaoutside the national top 200
#89Anaoutside the national top 200
#90Javieroutside the national top 200
#65Ruben#172 nationally
#95Normaoutside the national top 200
#99Rosaoutside the national top 200
#39Joe#136 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,717US #1
#2Amanda2,612US #3
#3Melissa2,257US #2
#4Jessica1,978US #4
#5Elizabeth1,354US #11
#6Stephanie1,332US #15
#7Maria1,328US #37
#8Amy1,326US #5
#9Angela1,299US #8
#10Christina1,280US #14
#11Michelle1,279US #10
#12Kimberly1,231US #12
#13Crystal1,226US #18
#14Monica1,127US #40
#15Heather1,091US #7
#16Lisa1,050US #13
#17Sarah1,007US #6
#18Laura991US #20
#19Veronica922US #76
#20Amber877US #22
#21Mary868US #24
#22April856US #23
#23Rebecca852US #17
#24Erica808US #32
#25Misty754US #42
#26Tiffany736US #28
#27Rachel696US #27
#28Cynthia666US #55
#29Brandy652US #39
#30Andrea636US #26
#31Nicole630US #9
#32Kelly620US #16
#33Jamie618US #19
#34Patricia604US #44
#35Julie573US #29
#36Sandra528US #77
#37Brandi520US #61
#38Shannon510US #25
#39Erin505US #21
#40Vanessa489US #75
#41Leslie476US #65
#42Ashley471US #67
#43Courtney422US #71
#44Sara421US #30
#45Emily407US #34
#46Diana404US #111
#47Christy403US #72
#48Erika400US #91
#49Alicia398US #47
#50Katherine396US #36
#51Brenda387US #112
#52Natalie379US #68
#53Claudia377
#54Anna367US #59
#55Nancy360US #107
#56Lori358US #69
#57Stacy354US #43
#58Lauren351US #45
#59Melanie347US #53
#60Valerie341US #89
#61Kristy326US #56
#62Kristi323US #109
#63Holly321US #48
#64Karen315US #46
#65Wendy315US #64
#66Linda313US #114
#67Melinda311US #82
#68Carrie307US #41
#69Tara307US #38
#70Christine299US #35
#71Priscilla294
#72Samantha293US #66
#73Teresa291US #87
#74Megan287US #31
#75Tracy283US #49
#76Susan279US #51
#77Kathryn275US #50
#78Dana272US #54
#79Denise272US #92
#80Angelica267
#81Tina265US #58
#82Mindy261US #81
#83Robin258US #95
#84Lindsey252US #113
#85Allison250US #70
#86Catherine247US #78
#87Yvonne245
#88Leticia244
#89Ana241
#90Jacqueline235US #80
#91Kristina228US #74
#92Tammy227US #79
#93Victoria226US #119
#94Kristin221US #73
#95Norma221
#96Kristen220US #62
#97Mandy220US #116
#98Pamela214US #90
#99Rosa213
#100Stacey213US #60

Boys

#1Michael3,975US #1
#2Christopher3,658US #2
#3Jason3,278US #3
#4David3,033US #4
#5James2,791US #5
#6John2,762US #7
#7Robert2,328US #8
#8Jose2,047US #44
#9Joshua1,877US #9
#10Daniel1,864US #12
#11Matthew1,645US #6
#12William1,502US #13
#13Juan1,497US #61
#14Jeremy1,450US #16
#15Eric1,421US #17
#16Joseph1,391US #11
#17Brian1,293US #10
#18Justin1,245US #22
#19Richard1,153US #25
#20Brandon1,043US #35
#21Charles1,036US #28
#22Kevin1,034US #19
#23Mark1,013US #30
#24Ryan943US #14
#25Steven924US #27
#26Timothy896US #18
#27Jeffrey894US #24
#28Nicholas883US #15
#29Aaron859US #32
#30Anthony854US #21
#31Jonathan819US #31
#32Adam815US #23
#33Andrew809US #20
#34Thomas802US #26
#35Jesus734US #112
#36Paul719US #34
#37Carlos707US #73
#38Stephen668US #40
#39Joe637US #136
#40Chad602US #38
#41Kenneth598US #41
#42Patrick569US #39
#43Scott567US #29
#44Benjamin565US #33
#45Jacob562US #45
#46Nathan557US #37
#47Bryan533US #46
#48Luis533US #102
#49Travis522US #36
#50Samuel521US #55
#51Jesse492US #50
#52Gabriel466US #90
#53Jorge460US #134
#54Bradley458US #47
#55Ricardo458US #130
#56Edward434US #48
#57Billy433US #97
#58Roberto431US #155
#59Adrian418US #113
#60Mario414US #103
#61Gregory412US #42
#62Marcus410US #76
#63Cody408US #147
#64George391US #57
#65Ruben389US #172
#66Victor389US #105
#67Shawn382US #43
#68Dustin380US #62
#69Larry377US #69
#70Johnny373US #111
#71Manuel372US #140
#72Miguel367US #137
#73Francisco360US #154
#74Antonio358US #79
#75Kyle356US #56
#76Phillip350US #68
#77Donald341US #51
#78Derrick340US #80
#79Bobby338US #106
#80Gary337US #59
#81Erik336US #66
#82Joel334US #71
#83Jimmy329US #123
#84Jerry325US #85
#85Jaime323US #178
#86Raul323
#87Raymond313US #70
#88Hector307US #167
#89Keith307US #52
#90Javier305
#91Wesley304US #89
#92Ronald299US #54
#93Frank298US #78
#94Russell296US #92
#95Randy295US #86
#96Oscar291US #184
#97Sean289US #49
#98Corey283US #63
#99Jared283US #65
#100Casey281US #93

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑32Lauren#58
↑22Erika#48
↑19Bradley#54
↑16Tara#69
↑15Travis#49
↑15Kyle#75
↑14Jorge#53
↑10Luis#48

Falling

↓19Tina#81
↓17Carrie#68
↓17Mandy#97
↓16Shawn#67
↓15Tammy#92
↓14Leticia#88
↓11Stacey#100
↓10Kelly#32

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.