State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1984 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 273,236 Texas births in 1984 across 3,288 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#72Claudia#198 nationally
#87Mayraoutside the national top 200
#54Joe#167 nationally
#71Ruben#183 nationally
#89Rauloutside the national top 200
#82Ana#193 nationally
#64Priscilla#172 nationally
#89Angelica#194 nationally
#97Jaime#200 nationally
#80Oscar#178 nationally
#65Roberto#162 nationally
#88Hector#185 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer4,027US #1
#2Jessica3,635US #2
#3Ashley3,445US #3
#4Amanda2,808US #4
#5Stephanie2,017US #6
#6Crystal1,984US #12
#7Sarah1,724US #5
#8Melissa1,662US #8
#9Elizabeth1,502US #10
#10Heather1,404US #9
#11Amber1,392US #18
#12Laura1,310US #19
#13Christina1,304US #20
#14Tiffany1,253US #14
#15Lauren1,178US #21
#16Kimberly1,158US #22
#17Vanessa1,131US #45
#18Amy1,126US #13
#19Rachel1,106US #15
#20Michelle1,101US #17
#21Maria1,009US #50
#22Megan1,003US #11
#23Nicole967US #7
#24Rebecca937US #23
#25Erica921US #34
#26Angela898US #26
#27Monica866US #58
#28Veronica823US #70
#29Andrea773US #28
#30Lindsey766US #35
#31April749US #42
#32Mary748US #33
#33Emily738US #24
#34Brittany736US #41
#35Lisa722US #29
#36Cynthia692US #62
#37Courtney689US #46
#38Danielle680US #16
#39Erin668US #25
#40Katherine637US #30
#41Alicia608US #40
#42Samantha601US #39
#43Jamie592US #31
#44Sara588US #32
#45Natalie584US #55
#46Kelly572US #27
#47Brenda567US #112
#48Brandi562US #61
#49Kristen555US #38
#50Valerie552US #76
#51Victoria529US #59
#52Krystal507US #74
#53Patricia491US #66
#54Diana478US #72
#55Leslie476US #75
#56Lindsay468US #36
#57Erika454US #81
#58Shannon446US #37
#59Jacqueline442US #56
#60Holly430US #53
#61Anna429US #57
#62Kristin426US #47
#63Brandy425US #64
#64Priscilla411US #172
#65Julie409US #52
#66Christine408US #43
#67Chelsea404US #84
#68Kathryn386US #48
#69Sandra377US #94
#70Allison369US #51
#71Latoya365US #60
#72Claudia364US #198
#73Joanna363US #88
#74Nancy347US #113
#75Tara338US #49
#76Kristina336US #68
#77Misty332US #98
#78Candice330US #86
#79Catherine323US #69
#80Linda312US #119
#81Stacy300US #67
#82Ana296US #193
#83Cassandra295US #63
#84Melanie295US #85
#85Jenna293US #54
#86Denise290US #115
#87Mayra287
#88Katie284US #44
#89Angelica274US #194
#90Teresa258US #117
#91Natasha255US #77
#92Julia254US #87
#93Whitney253US #125
#94Candace245US #102
#95Karen243US #82
#96Casey232US #107
#97Leah231US #83
#98Cristina230US #190
#99Lori223US #143
#100Susan222US #90

Boys

#1Christopher4,971US #2
#2Michael4,475US #1
#3David3,133US #5
#4Matthew2,985US #3
#5Joshua2,920US #4
#6James2,869US #7
#7John2,868US #8
#8Daniel2,538US #6
#9Robert2,526US #9
#10Brandon2,173US #15
#11Jose2,114US #49
#12Justin2,106US #13
#13Jason2,060US #11
#14William1,888US #16
#15Jonathan1,775US #19
#16Joseph1,740US #10
#17Eric1,620US #22
#18Ryan1,492US #12
#19Andrew1,391US #14
#20Juan1,367US #64
#21Brian1,304US #17
#22Adam1,268US #18
#23Richard1,258US #27
#24Steven1,239US #23
#25Anthony1,212US #21
#26Kevin1,079US #24
#27Jeremy1,057US #31
#28Charles1,037US #33
#29Aaron1,016US #29
#30Thomas1,004US #25
#31Stephen1,000US #35
#32Jacob983US #37
#33Mark972US #32
#34Nicholas951US #20
#35Timothy891US #26
#36Dustin865US #41
#37Cody818US #62
#38Jeffrey793US #28
#39Benjamin791US #30
#40Jesus734US #109
#41Kyle722US #34
#42Paul710US #40
#43Travis696US #42
#44Patrick692US #36
#45Bryan684US #48
#46Luis649US #88
#47Carlos642US #74
#48Zachary622US #45
#49Jesse619US #50
#50Kenneth600US #46
#51Nathan596US #38
#52Samuel570US #55
#53Marcus568US #57
#54Joe565US #167
#55Victor557US #90
#56Gregory551US #44
#57Adrian519US #107
#58Sean503US #43
#59Ricardo489US #122
#60Gabriel485US #87
#61Bradley475US #53
#62Scott464US #39
#63Edward448US #58
#64Chad445US #51
#65Roberto444US #162
#66Derek442US #52
#67Jared439US #59
#68Miguel424US #113
#69Jorge421US #144
#70Francisco417US #151
#71Ruben410US #183
#72Manuel405US #146
#73Joel400US #66
#74Mario392US #116
#75George375US #68
#76Antonio365US #77
#77Johnny363US #120
#78Tyler357US #47
#79Shawn344US #56
#80Oscar341US #178
#81Phillip336US #70
#82Bobby335US #129
#83Alexander334US #54
#84Billy334US #140
#85Jordan328US #65
#86Javier327US #181
#87Blake323US #103
#88Hector322US #185
#89Raul322
#90Martin317US #126
#91Larry315US #91
#92Raymond312US #73
#93Donald311US #63
#94Wesley311US #101
#95Casey307US #82
#96Jimmy304US #134
#97Jaime303US #200
#98Chase295US #133
#99Keith290US #61
#100Clayton283US #150

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑31Brittany#34
↑26Danielle#38
↑16Brenda#47
↑16Chelsea#67
↑14Victor#55
↑12Megan#22
↑10Zachary#48
↑10Gregory#56

Falling

↓19Misty#77
↓16Brandy#63
↓15Julie#65
↓13Donald#93
↓11Erin#39
↓11Natasha#91
↓9Kristin#62
↓9Sandra#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.