State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 277,990 Texas births in 1986 across 3,413 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#54Joe#173 nationally
#78Claudia#195 nationally
#84Rauloutside the national top 200
#60Priscilla#175 nationally
#65Mayra#179 nationally
#91Adrianaoutside the national top 200
#96Pedrooutside the national top 200
#83Javier#184 nationally
#86Ruben#186 nationally
#71Ana#166 nationally
#100Sergio#195 nationally
#91Hector#181 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica4,112US #1
#2Ashley4,111US #2
#3Amanda3,251US #3
#4Jennifer2,919US #4
#5Sarah1,937US #5
#6Stephanie1,830US #6
#7Crystal1,765US #25
#8Brittany1,571US #8
#9Elizabeth1,460US #10
#10Amber1,443US #13
#11Heather1,404US #9
#12Lauren1,404US #14
#13Melissa1,366US #12
#14Laura1,295US #20
#15Christina1,189US #19
#16Megan1,137US #11
#17Rachel1,125US #15
#18Kimberly1,123US #18
#19Tiffany1,067US #17
#20Amy1,049US #22
#21Erica1,041US #31
#22Maria1,025US #49
#23Samantha1,019US #21
#24Vanessa1,007US #43
#25Michelle947US #23
#26Nicole867US #7
#27Rebecca831US #26
#28Whitney804US #32
#29Emily779US #24
#30Courtney765US #35
#31Monica756US #59
#32Sara730US #27
#33Mary728US #37
#34Katherine717US #28
#35Angela712US #33
#36Lindsey706US #39
#37Danielle703US #16
#38Veronica649US #77
#39Victoria645US #54
#40Andrea633US #36
#41Valerie631US #76
#42Krystal620US #61
#43April574US #53
#44Jamie566US #34
#45Natalie563US #52
#46Erin562US #30
#47Cynthia528US #81
#48Lisa528US #40
#49Kristen511US #41
#50Brenda492US #124
#51Kelly480US #29
#52Erika479US #74
#53Alicia467US #45
#54Anna454US #51
#55Patricia453US #66
#56Allison445US #42
#57Diana440US #75
#58Leslie403US #86
#59Kathryn401US #48
#60Priscilla401US #175
#61Brittney396US #65
#62Lindsay395US #46
#63Katie385US #38
#64Sandra381US #106
#65Mayra378US #179
#66Kristin375US #50
#67Christine369US #47
#68Shannon369US #44
#69Julie362US #58
#70Brandi361US #79
#71Ana359US #166
#72Chelsea357US #73
#73Jacqueline357US #57
#74Angelica353US #130
#75Nancy345US #116
#76Meagan339US #123
#77Kristina334US #62
#78Claudia330US #195
#79Holly323US #63
#80Kayla319US #64
#81Cassandra310US #60
#82Catherine305US #67
#83Casey292US #80
#84Tara290US #56
#85Brandy279US #84
#86Jordan272US #135
#87Felicia270US #89
#88Mallory261US #83
#89Misty259US #145
#90Cristina257US #163
#91Adriana256
#92Stacy254US #87
#93Denise252US #128
#94Alexandra246US #72
#95Jenna245US #55
#96Joanna244US #126
#97Linda241US #148
#98Candice239US #108
#99Leah238US #78
#100Candace232US #114

Boys

#1Christopher4,643US #2
#2Michael3,995US #1
#3David3,009US #5
#4Matthew2,982US #3
#5Joshua2,873US #4
#6James2,664US #7
#7John2,651US #10
#8Daniel2,538US #6
#9Justin2,366US #14
#10Robert2,319US #9
#11Jose2,177US #51
#12Brandon2,067US #13
#13Andrew1,938US #8
#14Jonathan1,850US #16
#15William1,740US #15
#16Joseph1,681US #12
#17Ryan1,623US #11
#18Eric1,502US #22
#19Jason1,478US #18
#20Jeremy1,432US #28
#21Juan1,422US #65
#22Anthony1,225US #19
#23Steven1,220US #25
#24Kevin1,205US #21
#25Jacob1,184US #31
#26Richard1,179US #29
#27Brian1,135US #20
#28Aaron1,129US #33
#29Thomas1,058US #26
#30Nicholas1,022US #17
#31Adam1,013US #24
#32Kyle990US #23
#33Stephen979US #36
#34Charles961US #34
#35Mark947US #35
#36Cody944US #56
#37Timothy905US #27
#38Dustin816US #42
#39Luis793US #79
#40Benjamin778US #30
#41Zachary772US #38
#42Jesus749US #109
#43Jeffrey739US #32
#44Paul715US #45
#45Travis695US #49
#46Carlos693US #76
#47Patrick688US #39
#48Samuel678US #52
#49Bryan669US #47
#50Jesse652US #48
#51Nathan632US #43
#52Sean604US #37
#53Adrian589US #99
#54Joe569US #173
#55Kenneth565US #50
#56Alexander554US #41
#57Jordan543US #53
#58Marcus530US #63
#59Scott525US #44
#60Tyler515US #40
#61Gregory492US #46
#62Victor487US #88
#63Ricardo486US #124
#64Miguel481US #111
#65Bradley480US #54
#66Jorge466US #127
#67Edward454US #61
#68Gabriel452US #95
#69Jared450US #58
#70Roberto430US #157
#71Francisco426US #146
#72Joel425US #72
#73Chad423US #59
#74Antonio406US #73
#75Mario406US #112
#76Derek402US #57
#77Manuel397US #143
#78Phillip389US #70
#79Austin388US #90
#80Corey381US #62
#81Shawn378US #55
#82Casey377US #83
#83Javier376US #184
#84Raul375
#85Cory367US #68
#86Ruben366US #186
#87Oscar365US #169
#88Martin345US #119
#89Blake342US #101
#90Raymond341US #77
#91Hector338US #181
#92Alex334US #64
#93George334US #74
#94Johnny326US #125
#95Alejandro322US #165
#96Pedro311
#97Bobby307US #130
#98Wesley306US #96
#99Randy298US #103
#100Sergio297US #195

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑40Whitney#28
↑22Mayra#65
↑20Brittney#61
↑20Austin#79
↑17Jordan#57
↑16Angelica#74
↑14Alexander#56
↑12Meagan#76

Falling

↓15Candice#98
↓14George#93
↓12Brandi#70
↓12Jacqueline#73
↓11Kristina#77
↓11Tara#84
↓11Denise#93
↓11Jenna#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.