State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1996 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 295,387 Texas births in 1996 across 4,182 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#90Karlaoutside the national top 200
#91Ruben#190 nationally
#65Alejandra#160 nationally
#83Roberto#175 nationally
#65Javier#153 nationally
#85Hector#172 nationally
#60Ana#141 nationally
#93Marco#174 nationally
#87Sergio#167 nationally
#81Alondra#157 nationally
#38Jorge#113 nationally
#54Ricardo#128 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley2,133US #3
#2Jessica1,917US #2
#3Emily1,772US #1
#4Samantha1,535US #5
#5Sarah1,533US #4
#6Alexis1,516US #8
#7Victoria1,419US #18
#8Taylor1,336US #6
#9Stephanie1,335US #20
#10Hannah1,266US #7
#11Jennifer1,258US #19
#12Elizabeth1,253US #10
#13Madison1,180US #15
#14Brittany1,148US #14
#15Lauren1,102US #16
#16Maria1,094US #37
#17Amanda1,063US #13
#18Alyssa998US #23
#19Brianna969US #17
#20Kayla950US #11
#21Rachel949US #9
#22Jasmine946US #28
#23Megan940US #12
#24Vanessa839US #60
#25Amber826US #27
#26Kimberly821US #41
#27Shelby803US #35
#28Alexandra771US #26
#29Haley768US #30
#30Courtney758US #21
#31Rebecca742US #24
#32Abigail734US #32
#33Morgan706US #25
#34Andrea658US #61
#35Katherine652US #31
#36Destiny639US #56
#37Melissa632US #42
#38Michelle624US #47
#39Jacqueline594US #69
#40Savannah593US #43
#41Natalie585US #46
#42Marissa562US #59
#43Danielle561US #29
#44Laura561US #66
#45Sabrina557US #58
#46Jordan528US #49
#47Kelsey514US #36
#48Karina511US #108
#49Crystal508US #92
#50Leslie508US #118
#51Briana505US #72
#52Anna503US #33
#53Monica500US #82
#54Allison495US #38
#55Sydney491US #39
#56Chelsea479US #55
#57Nicole479US #22
#58Angelica476US #97
#59Sara473US #50
#60Ana467US #141
#61Mariah465US #63
#62Mary463US #44
#63Miranda463US #76
#64Cynthia461US #101
#65Alejandra446US #160
#66Kaitlyn444US #40
#67Tiffany444US #52
#68Brooke442US #45
#69Alexandria433US #77
#70Christina429US #57
#71Diana427US #107
#72Daisy414US #124
#73Amy411US #88
#74Gabrielle410US #54
#75Brenda409US #131
#76Gabriela409US #132
#77Erica399US #79
#78Erin396US #51
#79Bailey395US #85
#80Bianca395US #123
#81Alondra387US #157
#82Cassandra387US #89
#83Olivia385US #34
#84Cheyenne384US #68
#85Valerie383US #154
#86Kristen378US #70
#87Julia369US #48
#88Selena369US #142
#89Sierra362US #62
#90Karla360
#91Veronica355US #114
#92Breanna353US #74
#93Erika344US #106
#94Heather342US #71
#95Desiree339US #144
#96Caroline337US #78
#97Karen336US #133
#98Adriana334US #153
#99Angela333US #90
#100Madeline324US #67

Boys

#1Jose2,825US #32
#2Christopher2,802US #4
#3Michael2,602US #1
#4Joshua2,434US #5
#5Jacob2,362US #3
#6David2,184US #13
#7Matthew2,163US #2
#8Daniel2,034US #11
#9Jonathan1,943US #21
#10Brandon1,932US #8
#11John1,813US #15
#12Juan1,768US #52
#13Christian1,751US #24
#14Andrew1,629US #10
#15Justin1,619US #20
#16James1,493US #17
#17Joseph1,482US #12
#18Zachary1,466US #14
#19Austin1,454US #9
#20William1,451US #18
#21Tyler1,444US #7
#22Robert1,393US #23
#23Ryan1,355US #16
#24Nicholas1,343US #6
#25Anthony1,309US #19
#26Jesus1,263US #74
#27Luis1,244US #57
#28Aaron1,154US #34
#29Kevin1,064US #26
#30Eric1,050US #35
#31Samuel1,027US #30
#32Alexander986US #22
#33Carlos951US #67
#34Jordan927US #27
#35Cody920US #31
#36Dylan828US #33
#37Miguel804US #91
#38Jorge776US #113
#39Thomas756US #28
#40Benjamin743US #29
#41Adrian736US #92
#42Kyle728US #25
#43Alejandro719US #107
#44Jason710US #41
#45Caleb695US #48
#46Cameron689US #49
#47Nathan682US #37
#48Hunter681US #47
#49Mark675US #55
#50Steven667US #38
#51Gabriel664US #61
#52Richard649US #45
#53Victor635US #100
#54Ricardo611US #128
#55Eduardo606US #123
#56Oscar605US #125
#57Jesse602US #51
#58Brian576US #36
#59Charles572US #43
#60Angel569US #102
#61Bryan560US #66
#62Cristian552US #130
#63Adam550US #39
#64Francisco549US #133
#65Javier527US #153
#66Garrett518US #85
#67Tristan516US #68
#68Isaac514US #86
#69Jeremy510US #56
#70Colton502US #105
#71Timothy499US #40
#72Antonio497US #80
#73Mario491US #147
#74Patrick486US #44
#75Mason480US #104
#76Logan478US #42
#77Edgar468US #148
#78Stephen466US #59
#79Isaiah458US #71
#80Manuel450US #145
#81Chase442US #76
#82Alex441US #53
#83Roberto439US #175
#84Blake438US #84
#85Hector436US #172
#86Travis432US #73
#87Sergio430US #167
#88Ethan426US #62
#89Jared420US #64
#90Taylor420US #82
#91Ruben418US #190
#92Sean414US #46
#93Marco410US #174
#94Dakota407US #58
#95Marcus407US #87
#96Joel404US #124
#97Paul404US #78
#98Andres403US #160
#99Dustin403US #79
#100Omar399US #140

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑37Mariah#61
↑35Sabrina#45
↑29Savannah#40
↑25Leslie#50
↑22Bryan#61
↑16Bailey#79
↑16Caleb#45
↑15Briana#51

Falling

↓70Selena#88
↓30Heather#94
↓23Dustin#99
↓19Mary#62
↓19Miranda#63
↓17Jeremy#69
↓16Olivia#83
↓16Blake#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.