State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 261,490 Texas births in 1981 across 3,254 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#54Claudia#181 nationally
#74Raul#190 nationally
#66Priscilla#180 nationally
#82Javier#192 nationally
#92Rosaoutside the national top 200
#95Leticiaoutside the national top 200
#84Ana#189 nationally
#66Ruben#169 nationally
#99Armandooutside the national top 200
#48Joe#149 nationally
#82Angelica#183 nationally
#56Roberto#147 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer4,245US #1
#2Jessica2,911US #2
#3Amanda2,736US #3
#4Melissa1,952US #5
#5Stephanie1,812US #8
#6Crystal1,691US #16
#7Elizabeth1,557US #9
#8Sarah1,522US #4
#9Amy1,443US #6
#10Maria1,373US #40
#11Tiffany1,301US #14
#12Amber1,258US #20
#13Kimberly1,241US #13
#14Laura1,223US #21
#15Michelle1,206US #11
#16Angela1,141US #15
#17Christina1,127US #17
#18Rebecca1,095US #12
#19April1,019US #25
#20Monica985US #49
#21Heather957US #10
#22Lisa934US #18
#23Erica926US #36
#24Veronica926US #68
#25Rachel919US #22
#26Ashley860US #34
#27Mary821US #27
#28Cynthia817US #59
#29Andrea762US #24
#30Vanessa714US #62
#31Nicole702US #7
#32Brandy674US #41
#33Erin658US #19
#34Sara617US #26
#35Brandi612US #50
#36Misty611US #61
#37Lauren610US #35
#38Jamie604US #28
#39Emily583US #29
#40Patricia572US #53
#41Courtney567US #43
#42Kristin567US #31
#43Julie540US #37
#44Sandra531US #74
#45Kelly530US #23
#46Leslie521US #56
#47Shannon502US #32
#48Katherine497US #39
#49Diana494US #75
#50Kristen492US #38
#51Brenda469US #112
#52Erika458US #93
#53Valerie457US #89
#54Claudia450US #181
#55Alicia430US #46
#56Samantha420US #51
#57Anna411US #54
#58Lindsey411US #58
#59Natalie390US #60
#60Nancy387US #101
#61Lindsay381US #47
#62Candice369US #86
#63Megan351US #33
#64Melanie345US #66
#65Victoria341US #87
#66Priscilla336US #180
#67Linda334US #111
#68Danielle330US #30
#69Lori330US #91
#70Wendy329US #90
#71Christine328US #42
#72Stacy326US #65
#73Allison323US #57
#74Brooke319US #52
#75Pamela317US #76
#76Kathryn314US #48
#77Holly311US #63
#78Jacqueline305US #67
#79Teresa304US #97
#80Denise301US #96
#81Tara301US #45
#82Angelica299US #183
#83Latoya298US #69
#84Ana292US #189
#85Natasha284US #85
#86Krystal274US #131
#87Tanya274US #92
#88Catherine268US #73
#89Karen264US #64
#90Susan261US #71
#91Melinda259US #108
#92Rosa258
#93Christy257US #99
#94Julia255US #88
#95Leticia255
#96Kristi251US #129
#97Leah250US #81
#98Candace245US #118
#99Carrie242US #55
#100Kristina242US #72

Boys

#1Michael4,287US #1
#2Christopher3,895US #2
#3David3,035US #5
#4James2,978US #7
#5John2,838US #8
#6Jason2,836US #4
#7Robert2,633US #9
#8Joshua2,562US #6
#9Jose2,359US #45
#10Daniel2,207US #10
#11Matthew2,141US #3
#12Justin2,110US #12
#13Brandon1,914US #19
#14Joseph1,661US #11
#15Juan1,615US #60
#16Jonathan1,589US #16
#17William1,561US #15
#18Eric1,432US #17
#19Jeremy1,432US #22
#20Brian1,321US #14
#21Richard1,211US #27
#22Ryan1,201US #13
#23Steven1,084US #28
#24Aaron1,079US #30
#25Charles1,070US #31
#26Mark1,019US #33
#27Anthony1,015US #23
#28Kevin960US #25
#29Adam956US #20
#30Andrew923US #18
#31Thomas913US #26
#32Timothy889US #24
#33Jesus864US #108
#34Nicholas827US #21
#35Dustin805US #42
#36Stephen798US #39
#37Jeffrey797US #29
#38Jacob777US #43
#39Paul769US #35
#40Benjamin745US #32
#41Carlos684US #71
#42Kenneth679US #41
#43Luis666US #92
#44Jesse649US #37
#45Nathan637US #36
#46Travis620US #40
#47Patrick591US #38
#48Joe586US #149
#49Bryan571US #48
#50Samuel536US #54
#51Jorge534US #128
#52Chad520US #47
#53Gabriel519US #87
#54Scott513US #34
#55Ricardo490US #117
#56Roberto484US #147
#57Cody474US #119
#58Edward464US #51
#59Marcus461US #67
#60Billy460US #103
#61Adrian449US #115
#62Miguel446US #116
#63Victor444US #104
#64Bradley440US #50
#65Mario440US #109
#66Ruben434US #169
#67George433US #61
#68Gregory423US #46
#69Joel418US #65
#70Manuel414US #142
#71Kyle402US #52
#72Jared401US #57
#73Francisco400US #144
#74Raul398US #190
#75Sean397US #44
#76Bobby396US #110
#77Johnny394US #113
#78Larry390US #73
#79Gary387US #62
#80Donald381US #56
#81Antonio379US #75
#82Javier366US #192
#83Oscar363US #171
#84Phillip361US #66
#85Shawn361US #49
#86Raymond360US #68
#87Jaime351US #178
#88Zachary335US #63
#89Jerry333US #97
#90Randy331US #91
#91Alejandro319US #168
#92Frank319US #82
#93Derek317US #53
#94Jimmy316US #129
#95Ronald313US #59
#96Keith312US #58
#97Hector307US #177
#98Casey305US #85
#99Armando291
#100Derrick287US #78

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑38Lindsay#61
↑30Candice#62
↑26Jared#72
↑20Jacqueline#78
↑17Samantha#56
↑17Sean#75
↑15Pamela#75
↑15Teresa#79

Falling

↓36Carrie#99
↓24Christy#93
↓24Kristina#100
↓22Kristi#96
↓19Derek#93
↓16Holly#77
↓16Jimmy#94
↓14Shawn#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.