State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1995 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 289,552 Texas births in 1995 across 4,079 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#91Rauloutside the national top 200
#92Joeoutside the national top 200
#94Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#95Ruben#184 nationally
#77Roberto#165 nationally
#87Alexis#174 nationally
#73Alejandra#159 nationally
#89Hector#175 nationally
#66Mario#149 nationally
#73Javier#156 nationally
#75Sergio#158 nationally
#94Cesar#173 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley2,379US #2
#2Jessica2,149US #1
#3Sarah1,565US #5
#4Emily1,485US #3
#5Samantha1,460US #4
#6Taylor1,457US #6
#7Victoria1,381US #20
#8Stephanie1,344US #16
#9Elizabeth1,295US #10
#10Brittany1,293US #8
#11Alexis1,221US #14
#12Jennifer1,209US #18
#13Amanda1,175US #9
#14Lauren1,130US #15
#15Hannah1,095US #7
#16Maria1,003US #44
#17Brianna977US #21
#18Selena975US #91
#19Megan962US #13
#20Kayla959US #11
#21Amber939US #22
#22Jasmine932US #25
#23Kimberly911US #37
#24Rachel899US #12
#25Madison871US #29
#26Courtney846US #17
#27Alyssa838US #27
#28Shelby804US #38
#29Rebecca728US #28
#30Morgan727US #23
#31Vanessa726US #63
#32Alexandra720US #26
#33Haley706US #32
#34Abigail679US #36
#35Melissa664US #35
#36Danielle642US #24
#37Laura630US #56
#38Crystal627US #80
#39Andrea626US #55
#40Michelle617US #41
#41Katherine611US #30
#42Destiny572US #66
#43Mary558US #40
#44Miranda556US #57
#45Marissa550US #53
#46Allison543US #34
#47Jacqueline543US #70
#48Chelsea542US #47
#49Kelsey538US #33
#50Anna534US #31
#51Natalie532US #51
#52Jordan529US #50
#53Karina517US #109
#54Monica517US #87
#55Tiffany506US #46
#56Nicole503US #19
#57Kaitlyn500US #42
#58Sydney500US #43
#59Christina493US #45
#60Alexandria477US #72
#61Brenda476US #119
#62Angelica472US #101
#63Sara471US #48
#64Heather454US #54
#65Brooke453US #52
#66Briana448US #74
#67Olivia445US #39
#68Ana441US #134
#69Savannah441US #68
#70Diana436US #105
#71Cynthia432US #113
#72Kristen418US #65
#73Alejandra414US #159
#74Gabriela412US #123
#75Leslie411US #137
#76Erin401US #49
#77Cassandra400US #78
#78Erica394US #69
#79Gabrielle392US #61
#80Sabrina386US #95
#81Amy380US #75
#82Valerie380US #149
#83Adriana365US #157
#84Bianca364US #128
#85Daisy361US #145
#86Katelyn361US #59
#87Sierra356US #60
#88Breanna355US #76
#89Kathryn343US #83
#90Angela342US #85
#91Desiree340US #132
#92Veronica339US #121
#93Julia338US #62
#94Priscilla338
#95Bailey334US #96
#96Karen331US #142
#97Cheyenne327US #86
#98Mariah318US #71
#99Claudia314US #172
#100Paige313US #58

Boys

#1Michael2,756US #1
#2Christopher2,685US #3
#3Jose2,661US #35
#4Joshua2,430US #5
#5Jacob2,269US #4
#6Matthew2,190US #2
#7Daniel2,100US #9
#8David2,001US #16
#9Brandon1,966US #8
#10John1,918US #13
#11Jonathan1,780US #23
#12Juan1,766US #50
#13Justin1,654US #18
#14Andrew1,596US #11
#15Tyler1,573US #6
#16James1,556US #17
#17Christian1,529US #28
#18Zachary1,508US #14
#19Joseph1,482US #12
#20Austin1,471US #10
#21Nicholas1,452US #7
#22William1,452US #20
#23Ryan1,353US #15
#24Robert1,339US #22
#25Anthony1,250US #19
#26Aaron1,222US #30
#27Jesus1,152US #76
#28Luis1,123US #59
#29Eric1,114US #32
#30Cody1,065US #26
#31Alexander1,039US #21
#32Kevin1,024US #25
#33Carlos983US #68
#34Samuel934US #33
#35Jordan897US #29
#36Dylan809US #34
#37Kyle758US #24
#38Miguel750US #94
#39Jason744US #41
#40Benjamin729US #31
#41Jorge729US #114
#42Thomas722US #27
#43Alejandro715US #107
#44Steven712US #37
#45Richard706US #42
#46Adrian705US #96
#47Nathan703US #39
#48Mark695US #52
#49Gabriel693US #65
#50Eduardo666US #117
#51Victor618US #90
#52Jeremy610US #48
#53Jesse608US #46
#54Adam605US #38
#55Hunter603US #53
#56Charles594US #44
#57Brian590US #36
#58Ricardo590US #126
#59Angel574US #101
#60Cameron574US #49
#61Caleb546US #54
#62Francisco539US #125
#63Timothy539US #40
#64Oscar536US #130
#65Patrick523US #43
#66Mario518US #149
#67Garrett513US #80
#68Blake509US #77
#69Colton508US #105
#70Stephen493US #57
#71Travis493US #66
#72Cristian489US #127
#73Javier480US #156
#74Taylor470US #69
#75Sergio467US #158
#76Dustin463US #62
#77Roberto463US #165
#78Alex454US #47
#79Edgar453US #152
#80Isaac452US #98
#81Jared443US #63
#82Antonio442US #85
#83Bryan442US #70
#84Mason424US #102
#85Dakota422US #56
#86Manuel415US #150
#87Alexis410US #174
#88Logan409US #51
#89Hector407US #175
#90Sean405US #45
#91Raul399
#92Joe398
#93Paul392US #71
#94Cesar389US #173
#95Ruben380US #184
#96Devin376US #58
#97Marcus375US #81
#98Trevor374US #61
#99Andres370US #171
#100Joel370US #120

On the move since 1994

Rising

↑29Olivia#67
↑28Sydney#58
↑25Karina#53
↑20Destiny#42
↑19Madison#25
↑19Jason#39
↑19Jared#81
↑18Colton#69

Falling

↓26Marcus#97
↓24Bianca#84
↓22Gabriela#74
↓21Veronica#92
↓20Nicole#56
↓18Christina#59
↓16Joel#100
↓15Erica#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1994 rankings.