State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 270,428 Texas births in 1983 across 3,212 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#69Claudia#195 nationally
#81Anaoutside the national top 200
#86Rauloutside the national top 200
#66Priscilla#180 nationally
#53Joe#163 nationally
#67Ruben#174 nationally
#98Rosaoutside the national top 200
#82Oscar#183 nationally
#100Adrianaoutside the national top 200
#81Javier#181 nationally
#90Angelica#186 nationally
#100Jaime#196 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer4,348US #1
#2Jessica3,405US #2
#3Ashley2,893US #4
#4Amanda2,882US #3
#5Crystal2,129US #11
#6Stephanie1,978US #8
#7Melissa1,825US #6
#8Sarah1,712US #5
#9Elizabeth1,450US #10
#10Christina1,313US #16
#11Amber1,306US #17
#12Tiffany1,302US #14
#13Heather1,218US #9
#14Michelle1,214US #13
#15Amy1,200US #12
#16Laura1,160US #23
#17Maria1,153US #43
#18Vanessa1,134US #49
#19Kimberly1,131US #15
#20Rachel1,076US #20
#21Lauren1,037US #24
#22Erica1,028US #33
#23Rebecca994US #19
#24Nicole986US #7
#25Angela981US #22
#26Monica912US #54
#27Veronica862US #68
#28Erin794US #18
#29Lisa792US #27
#30Mary784US #32
#31April782US #39
#32Andrea764US #30
#33Lindsey746US #35
#34Megan720US #21
#35Emily709US #25
#36Alicia708US #41
#37Cynthia686US #62
#38Jamie645US #28
#39Courtney638US #44
#40Sara627US #31
#41Kelly609US #26
#42Katherine595US #34
#43Samantha593US #40
#44Brandi590US #56
#45Kristen549US #37
#46Valerie546US #74
#47Brandy541US #57
#48Natalie535US #52
#49Victoria516US #58
#50Julie511US #46
#51Patricia506US #60
#52Krystal505US #78
#53Kristin502US #42
#54Shannon480US #38
#55Lindsay468US #36
#56Diana461US #69
#57Leslie458US #67
#58Misty444US #87
#59Holly441US #48
#60Sandra438US #88
#61Erika428US #80
#62Anna423US #55
#63Brenda422US #120
#64Danielle421US #29
#65Brittany415US #64
#66Priscilla412US #180
#67Jacqueline396US #53
#68Kathryn370US #50
#69Claudia359US #195
#70Christine357US #47
#71Nancy341US #114
#72Stacy328US #61
#73Allison314US #59
#74Candice314US #84
#75Tara309US #51
#76Kristina304US #63
#77Melanie301US #79
#78Catherine290US #66
#79Linda290US #119
#80Natasha281US #71
#81Ana276
#82Carrie275US #65
#83Chelsea272US #102
#84Desiree267US #94
#85Cassandra265US #70
#86Candace264US #104
#87Denise264US #109
#88Kayla262US #81
#89Katie260US #45
#90Angelica252US #186
#91Teresa252US #103
#92Lori244US #113
#93Leah238US #82
#94Pamela236US #91
#95Casey231US #110
#96Julia231US #85
#97Miranda231US #118
#98Rosa228
#99Sabrina226US #111
#100Adriana225

Boys

#1Christopher4,962US #2
#2Michael4,458US #1
#3David3,108US #4
#4James2,940US #6
#5Matthew2,903US #3
#6John2,835US #9
#7Joshua2,557US #5
#8Jason2,522US #7
#9Robert2,453US #10
#10Daniel2,399US #8
#11Justin2,257US #12
#12Jose2,179US #48
#13Brandon2,085US #17
#14William1,752US #16
#15Jonathan1,684US #19
#16Joseph1,611US #11
#17Juan1,563US #62
#18Eric1,514US #20
#19Ryan1,432US #13
#20Brian1,310US #14
#21Andrew1,293US #15
#22Steven1,280US #23
#23Richard1,271US #27
#24Adam1,254US #18
#25Anthony1,184US #22
#26Aaron1,153US #29
#27Jeremy1,130US #30
#28Charles1,086US #33
#29Thomas1,084US #24
#30Mark1,058US #31
#31Kevin1,038US #25
#32Stephen961US #35
#33Jacob922US #36
#34Nicholas893US #21
#35Timothy886US #26
#36Jeffrey868US #28
#37Dustin851US #43
#38Jesus773US #108
#39Benjamin767US #32
#40Paul761US #39
#41Kyle722US #34
#42Bryan691US #47
#43Cody676US #81
#44Travis673US #41
#45Carlos667US #75
#46Jesse660US #46
#47Nathan656US #40
#48Luis642US #88
#49Kenneth638US #45
#50Patrick609US #37
#51Samuel607US #54
#52Adrian560US #107
#53Joe551US #163
#54Marcus540US #58
#55Chad524US #49
#56Sean515US #44
#57Gabriel512US #89
#58Zachary497US #50
#59Scott491US #38
#60Edward486US #55
#61Ricardo475US #121
#62Miguel467US #114
#63Roberto466US #152
#64Bradley462US #52
#65Derek462US #51
#66Gregory462US #42
#67Ruben457US #174
#68Jorge447US #139
#69Victor436US #95
#70Jared429US #56
#71Joel418US #67
#72Francisco392US #147
#73Manuel392US #145
#74Mario392US #115
#75Johnny391US #116
#76Phillip375US #66
#77Shawn371US #53
#78George363US #65
#79Billy360US #124
#80Donald349US #60
#81Javier348US #181
#82Oscar348US #183
#83Antonio336US #76
#84Bobby335US #118
#85Jerry334US #103
#86Raul334
#87Gary331US #68
#88Martin330US #122
#89Raymond329US #71
#90Jimmy324US #127
#91Larry318US #85
#92Casey312US #90
#93Jordan312US #72
#94Randy312US #96
#95Hector309US #184
#96Keith309US #61
#97Blake305US #109
#98Wesley302US #101
#99Ronald297US #64
#100Jaime290US #196

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑27Alicia#36
↑26Megan#34
↑25Holly#59
↑19Kyle#41
↑16Zachary#58
↑15Brittany#65
↑13Derek#65
↑12Victoria#49

Falling

↓16Angelica#90
↓14Cassandra#85
↓13Gregory#66
↓13Jaime#100
↓12Kristin#53
↓11Pamela#94
↓11Adriana#100
↓11Oscar#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.