State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 280,513 Texas births in 1985 across 3,426 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#193 nationally
#55Joe#170 nationally
#87Mayraoutside the national top 200
#54Priscilla#167 nationally
#91Rauloutside the national top 200
#93Adrianaoutside the national top 200
#93Jaimeoutside the national top 200
#76Javier#182 nationally
#77Ana#183 nationally
#75Ruben#180 nationally
#96Pedro#196 nationally
#80Oscar#169 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley4,034US #2
#2Jessica3,774US #1
#3Jennifer3,389US #3
#4Amanda3,113US #4
#5Stephanie1,980US #6
#6Sarah1,720US #5
#7Crystal1,684US #21
#8Elizabeth1,674US #9
#9Melissa1,473US #11
#10Christina1,408US #12
#11Heather1,401US #8
#12Amber1,385US #16
#13Laura1,369US #14
#14Lauren1,367US #15
#15Brittany1,255US #17
#16Megan1,252US #10
#17Rachel1,215US #13
#18Kimberly1,147US #19
#19Vanessa1,129US #42
#20Amy1,100US #20
#21Tiffany1,097US #23
#22Maria1,038US #52
#23Erica981US #34
#24Michelle975US #22
#25Nicole938US #7
#26Rebecca925US #25
#27Samantha875US #29
#28Mary804US #35
#29Monica796US #61
#30Emily769US #24
#31Angela764US #31
#32Krystal762US #53
#33Veronica762US #72
#34Andrea745US #33
#35Courtney703US #43
#36Jamie702US #27
#37Lindsey693US #37
#38Danielle688US #18
#39Sara671US #30
#40April654US #47
#41Erin631US #26
#42Katherine629US #32
#43Valerie616US #71
#44Lisa613US #36
#45Cynthia609US #66
#46Kristen575US #38
#47Natalie570US #58
#48Victoria569US #59
#49Kelly558US #28
#50Brenda546US #122
#51Anna461US #54
#52Patricia457US #64
#53Leslie451US #76
#54Priscilla449US #167
#55Alicia445US #45
#56Allison443US #46
#57Diana439US #74
#58Brandi436US #69
#59Julie432US #55
#60Lindsay429US #40
#61Jacqueline428US #60
#62Kristin421US #49
#63Erika412US #80
#64Kathryn411US #48
#65Shannon409US #41
#66Kristina403US #57
#67Christine402US #44
#68Whitney397US #73
#69Nancy396US #108
#70Holly385US #56
#71Katie383US #39
#72Claudia372US #193
#73Tara369US #51
#74Sandra364US #105
#75Chelsea351US #75
#76Cassandra336US #62
#77Ana330US #183
#78Brandy330US #70
#79Misty322US #121
#80Catherine318US #65
#81Brittney317US #84
#82Denise303US #120
#83Candice295US #86
#84Jenna292US #50
#85Stacy292US #67
#86Joanna289US #99
#87Mayra279
#88Meagan276US #133
#89Melanie270US #88
#90Angelica268US #176
#91Cristina261US #171
#92Krystle261US #111
#93Adriana251
#94Candace246US #104
#95Felicia245US #101
#96Desiree241US #126
#97Lacey239US #124
#98Linda230US #137
#99Leah229US #78
#100Morgan226US #127

Boys

#1Christopher4,984US #2
#2Michael4,167US #1
#3Joshua3,293US #4
#4David3,061US #6
#5James2,899US #7
#6John2,790US #9
#7Daniel2,747US #5
#8Matthew2,718US #3
#9Robert2,524US #8
#10Brandon2,357US #13
#11Jose2,263US #49
#12Justin2,154US #15
#13William1,858US #16
#14Jason1,816US #14
#15Jonathan1,799US #17
#16Joseph1,753US #10
#17Andrew1,693US #11
#18Ryan1,604US #12
#19Eric1,603US #21
#20Juan1,436US #65
#21Anthony1,294US #20
#22Brian1,279US #18
#23Kevin1,204US #23
#24Richard1,201US #28
#25Steven1,200US #24
#26Jeremy1,085US #30
#27Adam1,076US #22
#28Aaron1,064US #33
#29Jacob1,027US #35
#30Thomas1,010US #25
#31Stephen1,008US #36
#32Nicholas1,006US #19
#33Mark997US #32
#34Charles993US #34
#35Cody950US #52
#36Timothy885US #26
#37Dustin876US #41
#38Kyle847US #27
#39Jesus789US #108
#40Jeffrey769US #29
#41Benjamin764US #31
#42Paul756US #42
#43Zachary747US #39
#44Luis719US #85
#45Carlos715US #74
#46Patrick689US #37
#47Sean685US #38
#48Travis684US #46
#49Bryan672US #48
#50Nathan660US #40
#51Kenneth640US #47
#52Jesse627US #51
#53Adrian624US #93
#54Samuel591US #54
#55Joe588US #170
#56Marcus550US #61
#57Jorge546US #125
#58Victor537US #88
#59Gregory502US #45
#60Ricardo495US #131
#61Scott493US #44
#62Bradley484US #53
#63Miguel470US #113
#64Joel468US #67
#65Tyler464US #43
#66Edward461US #59
#67Gabriel460US #92
#68Chad448US #57
#69Jared445US #58
#70Alexander438US #50
#71Roberto436US #159
#72Francisco432US #140
#73Mario414US #117
#74Jordan410US #62
#75Ruben403US #180
#76Javier388US #182
#77Manuel388US #143
#78Derek378US #56
#79George372US #72
#80Oscar368US #169
#81Shawn359US #55
#82Blake354US #100
#83Antonio353US #73
#84Casey346US #86
#85Phillip343US #69
#86Raymond339US #75
#87Martin338US #132
#88Johnny332US #127
#89Bobby330US #135
#90Corey327US #63
#91Raul326
#92Wesley320US #94
#93Jaime316
#94Alejandro314US #179
#95Hector314US #178
#96Pedro312US #196
#97Billy309US #150
#98Chase308US #133
#99Austin305US #107
#100Randy305US #102

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑25Whitney#68
↑20Krystal#32
↑19Brittany#15
↑17Katie#71
↑15Samantha#27
↑14Allison#56
↑13Tyler#65
↑13Alexander#70

Falling

↓18Linda#98
↓15Brandy#78
↓14Alicia#55
↓13Joanna#86
↓13Billy#97
↓12Derek#78
↓11Johnny#88
↓10Brandi#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.