State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1990 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 290,830 Texas births in 1990 across 3,783 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#51Infantoutside the national top 200
#63Infantoutside the national top 200
#67Joeoutside the national top 200
#89Claudia#197 nationally
#97Rauloutside the national top 200
#64Priscilla#167 nationally
#98Mayra#195 nationally
#82Ruben#178 nationally
#74Javier#157 nationally
#69Roberto#150 nationally
#93Sergio#161 nationally
#57Brenda#123 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley3,422US #2
#2Jessica3,192US #1
#3Amanda2,509US #4
#4Brittany2,359US #3
#5Stephanie1,941US #7
#6Sarah1,895US #6
#7Samantha1,693US #5
#8Lauren1,685US #10
#9Jennifer1,678US #8
#10Elizabeth1,596US #9
#11Megan1,272US #11
#12Amber1,213US #15
#13Courtney1,194US #17
#14Emily1,145US #12
#15Laura1,058US #29
#16Crystal1,046US #39
#17Rachel1,028US #16
#18Maria1,015US #47
#19Melissa1,002US #20
#20Kayla982US #14
#21Victoria968US #33
#22Heather930US #19
#23Michelle914US #22
#24Chelsea911US #24
#25Tiffany909US #23
#26Rebecca906US #21
#27Christina902US #25
#28Alyssa847US #27
#29Kimberly821US #31
#30Jasmine805US #28
#31Vanessa786US #56
#32Katherine773US #26
#33Erica725US #36
#34Taylor664US #46
#35Amy663US #38
#36Mary663US #35
#37Nicole661US #13
#38Danielle659US #18
#39Andrea651US #40
#40Hannah651US #30
#41Kelsey624US #32
#42Monica621US #76
#43Cassandra590US #49
#44Bianca579US #84
#45April578US #73
#46Jordan576US #59
#47Alexandra566US #37
#48Sara551US #34
#49Cynthia548US #88
#50Veronica547US #96
#51Infant546
#52Kristen535US #42
#53Brittney526US #44
#54Lindsey526US #51
#55Anna522US #45
#56Angela506US #52
#57Brenda505US #123
#58Natalie500US #63
#59Ana492US #124
#60Morgan492US #58
#61Allison474US #48
#62Whitney470US #60
#63Erika450US #74
#64Priscilla441US #167
#65Diana428US #98
#66Erin427US #43
#67Kathryn427US #57
#68Jacqueline423US #67
#69Krystal421US #104
#70Leslie418US #115
#71Alicia410US #54
#72Valerie403US #129
#73Jamie385US #55
#74Shelby385US #100
#75Angelica375US #119
#76Meagan370US #126
#77Kelly368US #41
#78Kristin368US #65
#79Lisa357US #64
#80Marissa352US #87
#81Caitlin350US #50
#82Adriana349US #144
#83Abigail347US #90
#84Catherine343US #71
#85Patricia337US #97
#86Katie333US #53
#87Brooke329US #70
#88Alexis318US #66
#89Claudia315US #197
#90Ariel314US #94
#91Christine313US #62
#92Brianna312US #61
#93Olivia309US #72
#94Nancy306US #131
#95Brandi301US #103
#96Alexandria300US #95
#97Haley300US #108
#98Mayra300US #195
#99Kristina297US #77
#100Sandra292US #134

Boys

#1Michael4,058US #1
#2Christopher3,909US #2
#3Joshua3,247US #4
#4Matthew2,667US #3
#5David2,625US #6
#6Jose2,451US #41
#7Justin2,393US #9
#8Daniel2,333US #5
#9John2,290US #12
#10James2,205US #8
#11Robert2,022US #13
#12Jonathan1,898US #17
#13Andrew1,863US #7
#14Jacob1,673US #20
#15Ryan1,671US #11
#16Juan1,647US #61
#17Joseph1,623US #10
#18William1,604US #16
#19Eric1,429US #24
#20Brandon1,369US #19
#21Anthony1,286US #15
#22Aaron1,247US #34
#23Cody1,233US #31
#24Zachary1,216US #22
#25Nicholas1,206US #14
#26Steven1,146US #25
#27Kevin1,136US #23
#28Jesus1,062US #90
#29Tyler1,016US #21
#30Luis979US #66
#31Jordan976US #29
#32Richard975US #35
#33Kyle947US #18
#34Thomas940US #26
#35Jeremy920US #40
#36Travis914US #42
#37Stephen905US #39
#38Mark841US #47
#39Samuel824US #45
#40Benjamin821US #33
#41Timothy801US #30
#42Alexander798US #28
#43Brian798US #27
#44Charles798US #38
#45Carlos774US #75
#46Austin771US #55
#47Adam743US #32
#48Nathan743US #44
#49Patrick722US #36
#50Adrian703US #94
#51Dustin694US #50
#52Taylor673US #64
#53Victor655US #82
#54Jason651US #46
#55Miguel621US #101
#56Paul616US #49
#57Jorge603US #116
#58Jesse599US #48
#59Cameron577US #62
#60Sean571US #37
#61Jeffrey569US #43
#62Christian561US #60
#63Infant560
#64Bryan542US #57
#65Ricardo541US #120
#66Francisco519US #115
#67Joe515
#68Kenneth500US #52
#69Roberto499US #150
#70Jared482US #63
#71Alejandro470US #125
#72Mario462US #119
#73Blake456US #91
#74Javier456US #157
#75Gabriel455US #100
#76Ethan454US #58
#77Oscar450US #135
#78Derek449US #54
#79Edward440US #68
#80Alex439US #59
#81Antonio438US #77
#82Ruben435US #178
#83Gregory425US #51
#84Manuel425US #134
#85Eduardo422US #149
#86Marcus421US #72
#87Corey408US #56
#88Scott402US #53
#89Martin397US #113
#90Hector394US #156
#91Chase390US #110
#92Bradley389US #65
#93Sergio389US #161
#94Joel387US #95
#95Edgar386US #143
#96George379US #79
#97Raul365
#98Cory361US #67
#99Garrett353US #99
#100Angel352US #133

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑38Infant#51
↑29Taylor#34
↑22Jordan#31
↑19Morgan#60
↑19Christian#62
↑17Blake#73
↑15Hannah#40
↑14Gabriel#75

Falling

↓26Lisa#79
↓17Kristina#99
↓16Kristin#78
↓16Christine#91
↓15Mayra#98
↓15Eduardo#85
↓14Adam#47
↓13Brittney#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.