State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1994 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 289,124 Texas births in 1994 across 4,058 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#78Joeoutside the national top 200
#87Priscilla#197 nationally
#91Clarissaoutside the national top 200
#95Raul#199 nationally
#89Ruben#181 nationally
#84Kassandra#172 nationally
#75Roberto#162 nationally
#73Javier#153 nationally
#80Valerie#159 nationally
#82Sergio#160 nationally
#98Fernando#174 nationally
#68Ana#143 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley2,623US #2
#2Jessica2,406US #1
#3Sarah1,635US #5
#4Samantha1,575US #4
#5Taylor1,479US #6
#6Stephanie1,466US #15
#7Emily1,460US #3
#8Amanda1,366US #8
#9Brittany1,359US #7
#10Jennifer1,351US #17
#11Elizabeth1,345US #9
#12Victoria1,343US #19
#13Lauren1,300US #14
#14Alexis1,104US #18
#15Jasmine1,039US #23
#16Megan1,031US #10
#17Rachel979US #13
#18Maria976US #47
#19Amber960US #21
#20Hannah906US #16
#21Kayla890US #12
#22Kimberly869US #32
#23Alyssa829US #26
#24Courtney813US #22
#25Shelby792US #40
#26Rebecca781US #24
#27Alexandra776US #28
#28Laura745US #46
#29Morgan740US #25
#30Brianna736US #27
#31Vanessa729US #59
#32Crystal715US #64
#33Michelle695US #33
#34Danielle681US #20
#35Melissa681US #31
#36Nicole680US #11
#37Katherine675US #30
#38Andrea661US #49
#39Chelsea647US #38
#40Haley639US #36
#41Christina622US #39
#42Abigail609US #42
#43Kelsey586US #29
#44Madison584US #51
#45Tiffany567US #35
#46Monica558US #88
#47Marissa553US #53
#48Jacqueline549US #65
#49Jordan547US #52
#50Mary526US #37
#51Allison519US #34
#52Gabriela513US #115
#53Anna495US #41
#54Miranda495US #61
#55Sara485US #43
#56Natalie481US #56
#57Diana469US #98
#58Heather468US #44
#59Briana463US #68
#60Bianca458US #111
#61Brenda456US #121
#62Destiny448US #86
#63Erica446US #57
#64Brooke445US #54
#65Cynthia441US #105
#66Alexandria435US #73
#67Cassandra421US #66
#68Ana419US #143
#69Kaitlyn416US #48
#70Alejandra415US #145
#71Veronica414US #110
#72Leslie412US #131
#73Erin409US #45
#74Amy407US #77
#75Angelica407US #108
#76Kristen404US #55
#77Savannah387US #82
#78Karina381US #140
#79Lindsey373US #69
#80Valerie368US #159
#81Erika364US #90
#82Angela360US #81
#83Adriana354US #151
#84Kassandra350US #172
#85Gabrielle349US #67
#86Sydney347US #76
#87Priscilla345US #197
#88Katie343US #70
#89Kathryn335US #79
#90Sabrina332US #97
#91Clarissa328
#92Karen322US #128
#93Brittney320US #89
#94Mariah318US #75
#95Katelyn316US #58
#96Olivia315US #50
#97Desiree311US #125
#98Caitlin301US #78
#99Nancy300US #144
#100April295US #127

Boys

#1Christopher2,869US #2
#2Michael2,869US #1
#3Jose2,759US #36
#4Joshua2,486US #4
#5Daniel2,227US #8
#6Matthew2,208US #3
#7Jacob2,155US #7
#8David2,093US #13
#9Brandon2,049US #6
#10John1,971US #15
#11Juan1,852US #51
#12Jonathan1,807US #23
#13James1,732US #14
#14Justin1,675US #20
#15Zachary1,568US #12
#16Andrew1,546US #10
#17Tyler1,515US #5
#18Ryan1,512US #16
#19Robert1,490US #21
#20William1,487US #19
#21Joseph1,455US #11
#22Austin1,355US #17
#23Aaron1,320US #28
#24Nicholas1,309US #9
#25Cody1,269US #25
#26Christian1,235US #35
#27Anthony1,230US #18
#28Luis1,219US #57
#29Jesus1,182US #79
#30Eric1,160US #30
#31Alexander1,095US #22
#32Kevin1,075US #26
#33Jordan932US #29
#34Carlos867US #72
#35Samuel866US #33
#36Steven824US #34
#37Kyle813US #24
#38Thomas807US #27
#39Dylan794US #32
#40Adrian751US #97
#41Richard745US #41
#42Miguel736US #94
#43Nathan711US #40
#44Benjamin692US #31
#45Jeremy689US #47
#46Alejandro686US #105
#47Jorge678US #112
#48Victor677US #93
#49Mark673US #48
#50Eduardo669US #113
#51Jesse663US #45
#52Charles643US #43
#53Hunter626US #67
#54Adam621US #38
#55Gabriel596US #68
#56Stephen593US #49
#57Ricardo591US #119
#58Jason584US #46
#59Brian579US #37
#60Oscar578US #122
#61Cameron577US #52
#62Taylor555US #54
#63Garrett553US #82
#64Dustin550US #56
#65Francisco550US #120
#66Patrick549US #42
#67Timothy543US #39
#68Caleb536US #60
#69Angel521US #104
#70Travis521US #53
#71Marcus481US #75
#72Edgar473US #147
#73Javier472US #153
#74Blake471US #81
#75Roberto463US #162
#76Bryan461US #66
#77Cristian461US #138
#78Joe455
#79Mario455US #142
#80Antonio450US #88
#81Manuel449US #143
#82Sergio444US #160
#83Sean440US #44
#84Joel435US #108
#85Alex432US #50
#86Paul431US #64
#87Colton429US #121
#88Hector427US #161
#89Ruben422US #181
#90Isaac415US #103
#91Trevor407US #58
#92Erik405US #99
#93Martin399US #135
#94Kenneth390US #65
#95Raul383US #199
#96Omar380US #146
#97Edward379US #84
#98Fernando378US #174
#99Dakota375US #69
#100Jared372US #63

On the move since 1993

Rising

↑35Miranda#54
↑30Destiny#62
↑28Hunter#53
↑23Madison#44
↑21Edgar#72
↑18Jacqueline#48
↑16Brianna#30
↑15Leslie#72

Falling

↓40Kassandra#84
↓21Sean#83
↓20Jared#100
↓19Chelsea#39
↓18Amy#74
↓18Erika#81
↓16Caitlin#98
↓16Alex#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1993 rankings.