State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1989 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 281,488 Texas births in 1989 across 3,662 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#65Joe#195 nationally
#89Infantoutside the national top 200
#83Mayra#191 nationally
#79Ruben#186 nationally
#95Rauloutside the national top 200
#88Claudia#192 nationally
#98Jaimeoutside the national top 200
#71Priscilla#164 nationally
#78Javier#166 nationally
#70Eduardo#156 nationally
#72Roberto#149 nationally
#97Sergio#174 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley3,535US #2
#2Jessica3,474US #1
#3Amanda2,636US #4
#4Brittany2,525US #3
#5Sarah2,050US #5
#6Jennifer1,787US #7
#7Lauren1,721US #9
#8Stephanie1,712US #8
#9Samantha1,611US #6
#10Elizabeth1,555US #10
#11Amber1,311US #14
#12Megan1,217US #11
#13Crystal1,191US #32
#14Tiffany1,106US #16
#15Melissa1,084US #19
#16Courtney1,062US #21
#17Laura1,056US #25
#18Christina1,034US #23
#19Heather1,031US #15
#20Emily986US #13
#21Rachel977US #18
#22Kimberly900US #28
#23Maria900US #56
#24Vanessa893US #50
#25Michelle871US #22
#26Chelsea851US #27
#27Rebecca828US #24
#28Kayla827US #20
#29Victoria804US #44
#30Katherine795US #26
#31Jasmine787US #30
#32Erica774US #34
#33Amy695US #35
#34Danielle682US #17
#35Nicole677US #12
#36Mary665US #38
#37Andrea652US #39
#38Alyssa644US #33
#39Sara627US #29
#40Brittney604US #41
#41Monica602US #68
#42Cassandra578US #54
#43Kristen576US #36
#44Kelsey566US #31
#45Veronica558US #85
#46Lindsey553US #48
#47Angela552US #47
#48April530US #66
#49Bianca527US #91
#50Anna503US #51
#51Whitney502US #57
#52Cynthia489US #84
#53Lisa483US #55
#54Natalie481US #62
#55Hannah474US #42
#56Jordan471US #72
#57Alexandra470US #43
#58Diana468US #86
#59Erika466US #73
#60Krystal453US #82
#61Erin452US #40
#62Kristin451US #60
#63Taylor450US #75
#64Jacqueline448US #64
#65Allison446US #46
#66Ana442US #131
#67Valerie439US #117
#68Brenda429US #132
#69Angelica427US #107
#70Kathryn425US #58
#71Priscilla423US #164
#72Kelly411US #37
#73Alicia408US #53
#74Katie386US #45
#75Christine377US #59
#76Leslie372US #108
#77Adriana369US #135
#78Jamie356US #52
#79Morgan350US #69
#80Caitlin348US #49
#81Marissa347US #81
#82Kristina346US #65
#83Mayra343US #191
#84Patricia339US #89
#85Meagan317US #120
#86Abigail316US #94
#87Brandi316US #98
#88Claudia316US #192
#89Infant313
#90Nancy308US #128
#91Sandra308US #129
#92Catherine300US #67
#93Julie292US #78
#94Cristina279US #166
#95Melanie279US #88
#96Shannon277US #61
#97Holly274US #79
#98Lindsay268US #63
#99Karen261US #110
#100Alexandria255US #104

Boys

#1Christopher4,060US #2
#2Michael3,953US #1
#3Joshua3,321US #4
#4Matthew2,714US #3
#5David2,590US #5
#6Justin2,586US #8
#7John2,416US #12
#8James2,310US #9
#9Jose2,293US #46
#10Daniel2,225US #6
#11Robert2,041US #10
#12Andrew1,995US #7
#13Jonathan1,881US #17
#14Ryan1,707US #13
#15William1,667US #15
#16Joseph1,621US #11
#17Juan1,517US #63
#18Brandon1,509US #18
#19Eric1,431US #21
#20Jacob1,329US #26
#21Aaron1,289US #31
#22Nicholas1,282US #14
#23Anthony1,233US #16
#24Steven1,193US #22
#25Kevin1,170US #19
#26Jeremy1,102US #34
#27Zachary1,100US #25
#28Richard1,094US #33
#29Cody1,026US #45
#30Thomas985US #23
#31Stephen918US #40
#32Kyle912US #20
#33Adam909US #27
#34Benjamin897US #29
#35Jesus897US #103
#36Travis893US #41
#37Brian871US #24
#38Charles869US #36
#39Mark868US #42
#40Timothy855US #28
#41Luis849US #73
#42Tyler787US #30
#43Samuel763US #47
#44Carlos754US #77
#45Jason704US #35
#46Patrick703US #38
#47Dustin699US #48
#48Nathan690US #43
#49Alexander684US #32
#50Austin682US #59
#51Paul664US #49
#52Adrian660US #100
#53Jordan643US #44
#54Jeffrey600US #37
#55Jesse596US #50
#56Jorge580US #122
#57Bryan576US #56
#58Kenneth553US #53
#59Taylor552US #72
#60Victor552US #89
#61Jared550US #57
#62Sean546US #39
#63Miguel542US #108
#64Ricardo533US #119
#65Joe505US #195
#66Cameron497US #64
#67Francisco493US #125
#68Derek479US #54
#69Mario452US #116
#70Eduardo450US #156
#71Edward448US #62
#72Roberto445US #149
#73Marcus429US #67
#74Manuel423US #139
#75Corey420US #55
#76Scott419US #51
#77Gregory418US #52
#78Javier410US #166
#79Ruben410US #186
#80Oscar407US #152
#81Christian394US #78
#82Martin392US #117
#83Phillip391US #75
#84Alejandro386US #148
#85Joel385US #88
#86Bradley384US #58
#87George382US #79
#88Antonio379US #76
#89Gabriel375US #110
#90Blake372US #97
#91Cory372US #61
#92Hector365US #167
#93Alex361US #60
#94Chase354US #113
#95Raul354
#96Edgar350US #147
#97Sergio345US #174
#98Jaime321
#99Johnny311US #133
#100Clayton309US #154

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑42Kelsey#44
↑38Jordan#56
↑24Jasmine#31
↑18Cassandra#42
↑18Christian#81
↑17Bianca#49
↑17Taylor#63
↑17Marissa#81

Falling

↓25Jamie#78
↓18Cory#91
↓17Shannon#96
↓15Kelly#72
↓15Nancy#90
↓15Jason#45
↓14Whitney#51
↓14Krystal#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.