State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 272,391 Texas births in 1988 across 3,463 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#62Joe#187 nationally
#78Mayra#192 nationally
#90Claudiaoutside the national top 200
#96Rauloutside the national top 200
#97Jaimeoutside the national top 200
#78Ruben#178 nationally
#58Priscilla#156 nationally
#70Roberto#168 nationally
#91Adriana#189 nationally
#86Javier#181 nationally
#90Sergio#184 nationally
#82Ana#170 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica3,679US #1
#2Ashley3,573US #2
#3Amanda2,900US #3
#4Jennifer2,158US #5
#5Sarah2,064US #4
#6Brittany1,841US #6
#7Stephanie1,758US #7
#8Lauren1,708US #11
#9Elizabeth1,488US #10
#10Tiffany1,388US #13
#11Amber1,380US #15
#12Samantha1,326US #8
#13Crystal1,300US #28
#14Megan1,207US #12
#15Heather1,201US #14
#16Melissa1,158US #16
#17Rachel1,088US #19
#18Courtney1,033US #24
#19Vanessa1,022US #41
#20Christina1,001US #22
#21Laura995US #23
#22Erica891US #31
#23Kimberly888US #25
#24Michelle872US #21
#25Victoria826US #42
#26Emily824US #18
#27Rebecca820US #26
#28Amy814US #29
#29Maria789US #60
#30Kayla780US #20
#31Nicole748US #9
#32Katherine747US #27
#33Chelsea701US #33
#34Danielle685US #17
#35Mary659US #34
#36Monica652US #70
#37Whitney652US #39
#38Kristen649US #36
#39Angela633US #38
#40Andrea627US #35
#41Sara614US #30
#42Veronica606US #83
#43Brittney565US #52
#44April548US #65
#45Lindsey548US #48
#46Krystal531US #74
#47Alyssa522US #47
#48Cynthia511US #79
#49Anna485US #54
#50Lisa483US #43
#51Natalie482US #63
#52Erin465US #37
#53Jamie464US #45
#54Brenda462US #123
#55Jasmine451US #53
#56Valerie442US #103
#57Kelly440US #32
#58Priscilla437US #156
#59Alexandra435US #49
#60Cassandra435US #59
#61Jacqueline428US #62
#62Diana425US #85
#63Allison424US #46
#64Kathryn412US #55
#65Alicia398US #50
#66Bianca392US #108
#67Kristin388US #58
#68Christine387US #51
#69Katie384US #40
#70Hannah367US #61
#71Leslie364US #94
#72Angelica363US #109
#73Erika363US #76
#74Caitlin349US #44
#75Nancy347US #121
#76Patricia347US #77
#77Kristina344US #68
#78Mayra342US #192
#79Shannon340US #56
#80Taylor338US #102
#81Meagan334US #141
#82Ana330US #170
#83Catherine330US #69
#84Morgan325US #78
#85Julie322US #71
#86Kelsey320US #64
#87Sandra312US #128
#88Brandi300US #91
#89Lindsay285US #57
#90Claudia282
#91Adriana278US #189
#92Holly277US #72
#93Kendra268US #80
#94Jordan259US #136
#95Tara250US #67
#96Denise244US #139
#97Joanna242US #131
#98Marissa240US #101
#99Cindy233US #179
#100Desiree228US #127

Boys

#1Christopher4,020US #2
#2Michael4,011US #1
#3Joshua3,261US #4
#4Justin2,787US #7
#5David2,785US #6
#6Matthew2,747US #3
#7John2,416US #11
#8James2,289US #9
#9Daniel2,241US #8
#10Robert2,152US #10
#11Jose2,106US #49
#12Jonathan1,939US #15
#13Andrew1,916US #5
#14William1,637US #16
#15Brandon1,622US #17
#16Eric1,542US #19
#17Ryan1,540US #13
#18Joseph1,521US #12
#19Juan1,343US #68
#20Aaron1,262US #31
#21Anthony1,259US #18
#22Jacob1,256US #28
#23Jeremy1,156US #35
#24Kevin1,130US #20
#25Steven1,103US #24
#26Cody1,102US #43
#27Nicholas1,095US #14
#28Richard1,018US #32
#29Thomas1,008US #23
#30Jason993US #27
#31Brian986US #22
#32Zachary977US #29
#33Mark920US #39
#34Adam914US #26
#35Travis903US #41
#36Kyle888US #21
#37Charles887US #37
#38Stephen878US #40
#39Timothy846US #25
#40Benjamin833US #30
#41Luis796US #75
#42Samuel757US #45
#43Jesus739US #104
#44Carlos709US #80
#45Patrick698US #42
#46Paul697US #46
#47Nathan691US #44
#48Dustin677US #48
#49Adrian637US #101
#50Alexander635US #34
#51Jeffrey625US #36
#52Sean622US #38
#53Tyler600US #33
#54Austin591US #63
#55Jesse583US #55
#56Jordan579US #52
#57Bryan573US #54
#58Kenneth571US #51
#59Jorge548US #122
#60Ricardo535US #121
#61Victor526US #89
#62Joe503US #187
#63Marcus494US #66
#64Corey472US #56
#65Francisco466US #132
#66Cameron462US #69
#67Miguel461US #111
#68Derek459US #53
#69Scott453US #47
#70Roberto445US #168
#71Jared439US #60
#72Mario431US #106
#73Cory419US #59
#74Edward416US #62
#75Taylor415US #91
#76Joel410US #85
#77Gabriel409US #102
#78Ruben407US #178
#79Bradley404US #57
#80Gregory397US #50
#81Martin395US #117
#82Oscar394US #160
#83Manuel370US #139
#84Alex369US #58
#85Phillip367US #71
#86Javier362US #181
#87Hector357US #170
#88Antonio345US #72
#89Chad345US #65
#90Sergio341US #184
#91Blake336US #103
#92Casey336US #83
#93George335US #78
#94Edgar330US #173
#95Chase323US #127
#96Raul321
#97Jaime315
#98Shawn312US #61
#99Christian307US #86
#100Wesley304US #93

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑43Jasmine#55
↑26Alyssa#47
↑25Taylor#75
↑17Alexandra#59
↑17Cassandra#60
↑14Austin#54
↑13Brittney#43
↑13Hannah#70

Falling

↓17Gregory#80
↓15Patricia#76
↓15Julie#85
↓13Angelica#72
↓13Erika#73
↓12Sandra#87
↓12Holly#92
↓11Kendra#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.