State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1991 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 289,662 Texas births in 1991 across 3,847 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#63Joeoutside the national top 200
#92Rauloutside the national top 200
#64Priscilla#168 nationally
#82Ruben#185 nationally
#80Alejandra#182 nationally
#94Claudia#191 nationally
#74Roberto#153 nationally
#76Javier#150 nationally
#86Hector#158 nationally
#97Fernando#169 nationally
#49Ana#119 nationally
#76Gabriela#146 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley3,326US #1
#2Jessica3,217US #2
#3Amanda2,093US #4
#4Brittany1,961US #3
#5Stephanie1,808US #7
#6Sarah1,803US #6
#7Elizabeth1,671US #9
#8Samantha1,627US #5
#9Jennifer1,575US #8
#10Lauren1,570US #13
#11Megan1,239US #11
#12Amber1,179US #16
#13Victoria1,155US #28
#14Shelby1,150US #33
#15Emily1,094US #10
#16Crystal1,089US #41
#17Rachel1,038US #14
#18Courtney1,002US #19
#19Kayla996US #12
#20Laura972US #35
#21Melissa953US #20
#22Maria945US #45
#23Michelle923US #22
#24Chelsea894US #18
#25Rebecca887US #21
#26Christina849US #31
#27Taylor836US #32
#28Jasmine823US #24
#29Kimberly803US #34
#30Alyssa774US #30
#31Vanessa768US #56
#32Heather766US #23
#33Katherine764US #25
#34Tiffany745US #27
#35Andrea721US #39
#36Hannah702US #29
#37Kelsey657US #26
#38Erica639US #40
#39Alexandra638US #36
#40Bianca628US #89
#41Danielle627US #17
#42Nicole627US #15
#43Sara598US #37
#44Mary595US #38
#45Monica588US #85
#46Amy587US #43
#47Morgan552US #49
#48Anna527US #46
#49Ana520US #119
#50Cynthia500US #93
#51Veronica494US #100
#52Lindsey493US #52
#53Kristen486US #48
#54Cassandra479US #54
#55Jordan477US #62
#56April476US #88
#57Angela473US #59
#58Ariel473US #66
#59Alexis459US #47
#60Natalie457US #64
#61Brenda443US #120
#62Allison439US #50
#63Erika436US #84
#64Priscilla429US #168
#65Kathryn426US #57
#66Brittney415US #58
#67Jacqueline412US #70
#68Alexandria409US #78
#69Haley400US #79
#70Marissa400US #81
#71Krystal398US #112
#72Valerie395US #135
#73Leslie394US #124
#74Diana392US #103
#75Erin387US #44
#76Gabriela385US #146
#77Adriana383US #139
#78Whitney377US #68
#79Kelly367US #42
#80Alejandra365US #182
#81Jamie361US #60
#82Meagan359US #130
#83Brianna356US #51
#84Alicia355US #63
#85Brooke351US #65
#86Julia351US #67
#87Catherine346US #72
#88Miranda342US #90
#89Caitlin340US #55
#90Angelica336US #117
#91Olivia335US #61
#92Katie333US #53
#93Mariah333US #69
#94Claudia332US #191
#95Abigail330US #92
#96Patricia319US #101
#97Paige314US #76
#98Nancy310US #125
#99Lisa297US #83
#100Briana293US #95

Boys

#1Michael3,800US #1
#2Christopher3,547US #2
#3Joshua3,230US #4
#4Matthew2,576US #3
#5Jose2,567US #37
#6David2,443US #8
#7John2,321US #10
#8Justin2,235US #14
#9Daniel2,230US #6
#10James2,050US #7
#11Jonathan1,939US #20
#12Robert1,873US #13
#13Jacob1,824US #17
#14Andrew1,742US #5
#15Ryan1,738US #11
#16Juan1,673US #60
#17Joseph1,603US #9
#18William1,528US #19
#19Brandon1,522US #15
#20Cody1,457US #24
#21Eric1,336US #25
#22Anthony1,327US #18
#23Zachary1,271US #22
#24Nicholas1,227US #12
#25Aaron1,207US #31
#26Kevin1,173US #23
#27Tyler1,122US #16
#28Steven1,110US #27
#29Jesus1,078US #80
#30Luis1,002US #66
#31Jordan979US #29
#32Thomas904US #28
#33Richard881US #34
#34Kyle879US #21
#35Carlos862US #72
#36Alexander850US #26
#37Jeremy821US #43
#38Charles815US #38
#39Stephen813US #41
#40Mark802US #47
#41Samuel801US #39
#42Benjamin789US #33
#43Austin776US #50
#44Travis776US #44
#45Christian752US #48
#46Patrick745US #35
#47Adrian738US #93
#48Timothy731US #32
#49Miguel719US #92
#50Taylor710US #52
#51Brian693US #30
#52Victor668US #85
#53Adam660US #36
#54Jorge651US #112
#55Jesse641US #51
#56Nathan627US #42
#57Cameron585US #62
#58Jason580US #49
#59Ricardo566US #117
#60Dylan558US #46
#61Francisco541US #114
#62Sean532US #40
#63Joe522
#64Dustin520US #56
#65Bryan516US #61
#66Gabriel507US #82
#67Paul506US #53
#68Alejandro505US #118
#69Edward497US #68
#70Blake491US #86
#71Oscar485US #134
#72Kenneth480US #54
#73Jeffrey474US #45
#74Roberto474US #153
#75Eduardo462US #129
#76Javier453US #150
#77Jared442US #64
#78Antonio440US #79
#79Manuel440US #131
#80Mario438US #127
#81Marcus433US #76
#82Ruben428US #185
#83Corey418US #58
#84Martin416US #115
#85Angel415US #123
#86Hector413US #158
#87Garrett398US #91
#88Ethan389US #65
#89Alex388US #63
#90Trevor379US #69
#91Edgar375US #142
#92Raul370
#93Gregory369US #55
#94Caleb368US #78
#95Joel366US #100
#96Derek355US #59
#97Fernando350US #169
#98Colton347US #145
#99Scott347US #57
#100Sergio347US #165

On the move since 1990

Rising

↑60Shelby#14
↑32Ariel#58
↑29Alexis#59
↑28Alexandria#68
↑28Haley#69
↑17Christian#45
↑15Angel#85
↑13Morgan#47

Falling

↓20Lisa#99
↓18Derek#96
↓16Whitney#78
↓15Angelica#90
↓13Brittney#66
↓13Alicia#84
↓13Dustin#64
↓12Abigail#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1990 rankings.