State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 253,325 Texas births in 1980 across 3,201 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#53Claudia#191 nationally
#62Priscilla#187 nationally
#70Raul#190 nationally
#82Rosaoutside the national top 200
#83Yvonneoutside the national top 200
#81Ana#198 nationally
#86Adrianaoutside the national top 200
#87Leticiaoutside the national top 200
#79Angelica#184 nationally
#82Javier#186 nationally
#63Ruben#165 nationally
#44Joe#140 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer4,003US #1
#2Amanda2,919US #2
#3Jessica2,447US #3
#4Melissa2,143US #4
#5Maria1,482US #36
#6Elizabeth1,454US #9
#7Crystal1,388US #18
#8Stephanie1,369US #13
#9Amy1,361US #8
#10Kimberly1,346US #11
#11Christina1,310US #15
#12Sarah1,301US #5
#13Angela1,248US #12
#14Tiffany1,240US #14
#15Michelle1,188US #10
#16Laura1,156US #21
#17Lisa1,051US #16
#18Heather1,040US #6
#19Amber1,039US #22
#20Monica1,029US #45
#21Veronica1,026US #70
#22April968US #26
#23Rebecca943US #17
#24Mary905US #25
#25Erica874US #34
#26Rachel837US #23
#27Misty776US #49
#28Ashley751US #40
#29Nicole685US #7
#30Cynthia670US #64
#31Jamie657US #24
#32Kelly634US #19
#33Erin622US #20
#34Andrea617US #28
#35Julie605US #32
#36Vanessa601US #69
#37Brandy593US #42
#38Patricia578US #51
#39Sara570US #27
#40Sandra560US #80
#41Courtney547US #48
#42Brandi531US #63
#43Shannon515US #29
#44Leslie509US #61
#45Lauren503US #38
#46Kristin493US #37
#47Erika482US #87
#48Kristen481US #39
#49Emily456US #31
#50Brenda431US #115
#51Valerie428US #85
#52Katherine420US #35
#53Claudia410US #191
#54Alicia389US #47
#55Natalie389US #65
#56Anna385US #55
#57Melanie376US #60
#58Diana374US #118
#59Lori364US #76
#60Nancy357US #111
#61Holly350US #52
#62Priscilla346US #187
#63Carrie339US #46
#64Wendy338US #75
#65Stacy332US #53
#66Lindsey320US #91
#67Christine315US #41
#68Megan313US #30
#69Christy311US #83
#70Kathryn311US #50
#71Denise310US #95
#72Linda310US #110
#73Samantha304US #58
#74Kristi301US #122
#75Allison291US #59
#76Kristina289US #73
#77Danielle282US #33
#78Tracy282US #56
#79Angelica279US #184
#80Brooke278US #57
#81Ana277US #198
#82Rosa272
#83Yvonne272
#84Karen268US #54
#85Kristy266US #78
#86Adriana264
#87Leticia262
#88Tara259US #43
#89Susan257US #62
#90Pamela256US #86
#91Natasha252US #89
#92Candice251US #99
#93Tina250US #72
#94Teresa245US #94
#95Tamara242US #108
#96Julia239US #98
#97Catherine237US #77
#98Jacqueline234US #81
#99Lindsay234US #71
#100Stacey233US #74

Boys

#1Michael4,249US #1
#2Christopher3,844US #2
#3Jason3,179US #3
#4David3,015US #4
#5James2,842US #5
#6John2,714US #8
#7Robert2,475US #9
#8Joshua2,297US #7
#9Jose2,208US #46
#10Justin1,988US #13
#11Daniel1,911US #11
#12Matthew1,816US #6
#13William1,691US #14
#14Juan1,667US #59
#15Joseph1,581US #10
#16Eric1,567US #16
#17Brian1,415US #12
#18Jeremy1,394US #18
#19Brandon1,329US #31
#20Jonathan1,244US #21
#21Richard1,216US #26
#22Charles1,091US #29
#23Ryan1,076US #15
#24Kevin1,065US #23
#25Mark1,019US #30
#26Aaron994US #34
#27Thomas963US #25
#28Steven960US #28
#29Anthony915US #24
#30Andrew899US #19
#31Timothy899US #20
#32Jeffrey887US #27
#33Jesus857US #110
#34Nicholas843US #17
#35Adam839US #22
#36Paul764US #35
#37Stephen732US #40
#38Benjamin695US #32
#39Dustin693US #44
#40Jacob685US #43
#41Luis667US #88
#42Kenneth664US #41
#43Carlos650US #78
#44Joe635US #140
#45Jesse632US #45
#46Nathan602US #36
#47Chad599US #39
#48Patrick594US #38
#49Samuel578US #54
#50Bryan554US #49
#51Scott544US #33
#52Ricardo537US #117
#53Travis518US #37
#54Adrian496US #115
#55Edward494US #52
#56Roberto478US #145
#57Bradley476US #51
#58Jorge475US #139
#59Gabriel470US #85
#60Gregory463US #42
#61Cody456US #143
#62Billy442US #100
#63Ruben436US #165
#64Mario432US #102
#65George429US #60
#66Marcus416US #71
#67Larry409US #70
#68Victor406US #107
#69Antonio403US #77
#70Raul399US #190
#71Shawn398US #47
#72Joel390US #67
#73Francisco385US #154
#74Derek382US #50
#75Miguel377US #128
#76Johnny376US #113
#77Phillip374US #65
#78Jimmy370US #126
#79Bobby367US #109
#80Kyle362US #57
#81Donald361US #53
#82Javier353US #186
#83Oscar351US #176
#84Gary349US #63
#85Manuel349US #144
#86Erik348US #64
#87Jaime339US #167
#88Derrick336US #74
#89Wesley332US #95
#90Jerry331US #94
#91Hector325US #169
#92Sean317US #48
#93Raymond312US #66
#94Alejandro311US #187
#95Keith311US #56
#96Zachary311US #72
#97Ronald310US #58
#98Jared307US #61
#99Casey299US #93
#100Randy295US #87

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑48Kristin#46
↑48Kristen#48
↑29Dustin#39
↑18Lindsey#66
↑17Rosa#82
↑16Raul#70
↑15Kristina#76
↑14Ashley#28

Falling

↓24Kristy#85
↓22Christy#69
↓21Teresa#94
↓20Karen#84
↓19Tara#88
↓14Manuel#85
↓13Susan#89
↓12Diana#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.