State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 274,112 Texas births in 1982 across 3,318 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#62Claudia#190 nationally
#64Priscilla#184 nationally
#81Ana#200 nationally
#85Rauloutside the national top 200
#89Adrianaoutside the national top 200
#68Ruben#177 nationally
#74Angelica#183 nationally
#95Leticiaoutside the national top 200
#45Joe#149 nationally
#71Oscar#175 nationally
#91Javier#193 nationally
#87Jaime#187 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer4,547US #1
#2Jessica3,379US #2
#3Amanda2,891US #3
#4Crystal2,251US #9
#5Melissa1,925US #5
#6Stephanie1,819US #7
#7Sarah1,699US #4
#8Elizabeth1,583US #8
#9Ashley1,454US #17
#10Tiffany1,454US #13
#11Amy1,335US #10
#12Amber1,307US #18
#13Maria1,289US #42
#14Kimberly1,273US #14
#15Christina1,259US #19
#16Michelle1,259US #11
#17Laura1,220US #22
#18Angela1,135US #16
#19Heather1,051US #12
#20Rebecca1,038US #15
#21Rachel1,020US #21
#22Monica1,006US #52
#23Vanessa992US #49
#24April975US #32
#25Erica963US #35
#26Veronica906US #69
#27Mary901US #30
#28Nicole867US #6
#29Lisa853US #23
#30Lauren825US #26
#31Andrea754US #27
#32Erin716US #20
#33Cynthia715US #64
#34Emily690US #24
#35Courtney672US #43
#36Jamie671US #29
#37Lindsey648US #40
#38Sara616US #28
#39Kristen609US #33
#40Brandy561US #50
#41Kristin557US #37
#42Kelly556US #25
#43Patricia555US #59
#44Brandi551US #55
#45Katherine551US #36
#46Natalie542US #51
#47Julie534US #41
#48Leslie533US #60
#49Misty527US #74
#50Sandra520US #80
#51Valerie507US #75
#52Krystal488US #83
#53Erika483US #81
#54Samantha466US #44
#55Diana465US #63
#56Brenda462US #118
#57Lindsay453US #39
#58Shannon449US #38
#59Anna430US #56
#60Megan417US #34
#61Victoria389US #66
#62Claudia385US #190
#63Alicia383US #53
#64Priscilla375US #184
#65Candice362US #78
#66Danielle359US #31
#67Kathryn346US #48
#68Jacqueline339US #54
#69Nancy336US #106
#70Christine328US #46
#71Cassandra326US #62
#72Allison325US #58
#73Carrie320US #57
#74Angelica314US #183
#75Linda313US #107
#76Melanie313US #65
#77Tara307US #47
#78Natasha306US #71
#79Stacy304US #72
#80Brittany301US #94
#81Ana292US #200
#82Denise290US #100
#83Pamela290US #82
#84Holly288US #61
#85Kristina287US #70
#86Catherine286US #73
#87Candace284US #103
#88Lori281US #98
#89Adriana268
#90Julia263US #84
#91Karen262US #68
#92Katie261US #45
#93Teresa261US #102
#94Leah258US #79
#95Leticia253
#96Christy251US #115
#97Cristina247US #196
#98Susan245US #76
#99Dana241US #67
#100Kristi241US #140

Boys

#1Christopher4,911US #2
#2Michael4,425US #1
#3David3,161US #5
#4James3,055US #6
#5John2,945US #8
#6Jason2,918US #4
#7Joshua2,672US #7
#8Robert2,637US #9
#9Matthew2,488US #3
#10Justin2,325US #12
#11Daniel2,320US #10
#12Jose2,186US #46
#13Brandon1,841US #18
#14William1,785US #15
#15Joseph1,681US #11
#16Jonathan1,669US #16
#17Juan1,560US #61
#18Eric1,522US #20
#19Brian1,384US #14
#20Richard1,295US #27
#21Ryan1,293US #13
#22Jeremy1,249US #28
#23Steven1,163US #26
#24Charles1,160US #31
#25Andrew1,098US #17
#26Anthony1,091US #21
#27Aaron1,053US #30
#28Mark1,030US #32
#29Kevin1,021US #25
#30Thomas1,017US #23
#31Adam986US #19
#32Timothy944US #24
#33Dustin899US #42
#34Nicholas885US #22
#35Jeffrey863US #29
#36Stephen859US #38
#37Jacob857US #41
#38Benjamin803US #33
#39Jesus802US #111
#40Paul760US #35
#41Carlos730US #71
#42Jesse693US #43
#43Kenneth669US #45
#44Cody663US #95
#45Joe656US #149
#46Travis652US #39
#47Patrick647US #37
#48Luis638US #90
#49Chad606US #48
#50Nathan603US #36
#51Bryan599US #49
#52Samuel582US #56
#53Gregory561US #40
#54Scott523US #34
#55Adrian517US #117
#56Bradley507US #51
#57Ricardo505US #121
#58Sean504US #44
#59Miguel501US #110
#60Kyle498US #47
#61Marcus496US #63
#62Roberto469US #150
#63Gabriel464US #88
#64Victor463US #99
#65Jared462US #54
#66Jorge456US #139
#67Manuel451US #136
#68Ruben445US #177
#69Edward442US #53
#70Francisco438US #155
#71Oscar427US #175
#72Billy415US #116
#73George415US #62
#74Zachary414US #55
#75Mario409US #109
#76Bobby404US #113
#77Phillip404US #67
#78Derek390US #50
#79Antonio378US #76
#80Johnny372US #118
#81Shawn372US #52
#82Jerry366US #100
#83Joel363US #69
#84Hector361US #172
#85Raul359
#86Donald357US #58
#87Jaime356US #187
#88Gary354US #64
#89Larry351US #77
#90Wesley351US #98
#91Javier344US #193
#92Casey335US #86
#93Alejandro332US #173
#94Keith332US #59
#95Randy330US #94
#96Raymond327US #70
#97Fernando326US #185
#98Martin313US #126
#99Derrick304US #78
#100Jimmy303US #132

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑34Krystal#52
↑26Carrie#73
↑21Lindsey#37
↑17Ashley#9
↑17Sean#58
↑15Kristina#85
↑15Gregory#53
↑15Derek#78

Falling

↓19Lori#88
↓15Jorge#66
↓14Teresa#93
↓14Joel#83
↓13Misty#49
↓12Melanie#76
↓12Billy#72
↓11Shannon#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.