State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1997 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 296,945 Texas births in 1997 across 4,297 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#90Julissaoutside the national top 200
#98Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#78Roberto#175 nationally
#67Alejandra#162 nationally
#90Marco#176 nationally
#87Sergio#172 nationally
#95Hector#179 nationally
#70Javier#153 nationally
#57Ana#139 nationally
#40Jorge#117 nationally
#63Eduardo#140 nationally
#57Francisco#133 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,966US #3
#2Emily1,741US #1
#3Jessica1,697US #2
#4Sarah1,557US #4
#5Alexis1,506US #8
#6Jennifer1,485US #18
#7Hannah1,470US #5
#8Samantha1,469US #6
#9Victoria1,432US #19
#10Taylor1,324US #7
#11Madison1,315US #10
#12Alyssa1,304US #15
#13Elizabeth1,270US #9
#14Lauren1,156US #14
#15Stephanie1,129US #23
#16Brianna1,069US #17
#17Maria1,069US #38
#18Brittany966US #20
#19Jasmine965US #24
#20Amanda927US #16
#21Megan901US #11
#22Kayla887US #12
#23Abigail816US #26
#24Vanessa791US #54
#25Amber747US #29
#26Alexandra727US #30
#27Haley724US #31
#28Kimberly721US #49
#29Rachel708US #13
#30Destiny695US #42
#31Rebecca685US #25
#32Shelby678US #43
#33Morgan669US #22
#34Andrea658US #58
#35Melissa642US #44
#36Courtney625US #28
#37Katherine591US #32
#38Jordan584US #40
#39Natalie584US #48
#40Sydney584US #35
#41Nicole555US #21
#42Sabrina554US #53
#43Savannah554US #47
#44Jacqueline547US #77
#45Marissa532US #60
#46Leslie513US #115
#47Angelica512US #101
#48Danielle504US #34
#49Briana501US #72
#50Monica497US #79
#51Miranda496US #70
#52Michelle492US #55
#53Kaitlyn490US #41
#54Anna485US #33
#55Allison482US #39
#56Bailey481US #65
#57Ana480US #139
#58Crystal473US #99
#59Sara471US #50
#60Laura469US #66
#61Diana468US #97
#62Gabriela452US #120
#63Mary446US #46
#64Brooke431US #45
#65Tiffany426US #61
#66Cassandra424US #81
#67Alejandra422US #162
#68Olivia422US #27
#69Gabrielle415US #51
#70Alexandria412US #78
#71Sierra412US #56
#72Mariah404US #67
#73Julia401US #37
#74Chelsea400US #73
#75Emma393US #36
#76Karina391US #132
#77Bianca390US #134
#78Christina388US #62
#79Daisy388US #140
#80Valerie384US #143
#81Cynthia383US #117
#82Amy381US #92
#83Kelsey374US #57
#84Cheyenne372US #68
#85Adriana368US #125
#86Breanna368US #74
#87Alicia364US #89
#88Madeline363US #59
#89Erin350US #52
#90Julissa345
#91Katelyn342US #63
#92Brenda341US #148
#93Karen338US #142
#94Alondra336US #167
#95Caroline336US #75
#96Kristen334US #82
#97Erica332US #84
#98Priscilla331
#99Jocelyn327US #122
#100Angela321US #93

Boys

#1Jose2,935US #32
#2Michael2,713US #1
#3Christopher2,549US #4
#4Jacob2,543US #2
#5Joshua2,479US #5
#6Matthew2,141US #3
#7David2,089US #14
#8Daniel2,078US #11
#9Jonathan2,002US #21
#10Brandon1,982US #8
#11Juan1,865US #54
#12Andrew1,721US #7
#13John1,689US #15
#14Christian1,609US #25
#15Zachary1,572US #13
#16Nicholas1,474US #6
#17James1,469US #17
#18Joseph1,448US #12
#19Luis1,381US #53
#20William1,370US #19
#21Austin1,367US #9
#22Justin1,355US #20
#23Tyler1,353US #10
#24Anthony1,293US #18
#25Jesus1,235US #71
#26Ryan1,232US #16
#27Robert1,208US #23
#28Aaron1,101US #33
#29Jordan1,094US #26
#30Samuel1,047US #27
#31Kevin1,013US #28
#32Alexander989US #22
#33Eric942US #35
#34Carlos939US #67
#35Dylan849US #30
#36Miguel824US #91
#37Nathan817US #34
#38Cody805US #36
#39Alejandro799US #99
#40Jorge788US #117
#41Adrian784US #95
#42Benjamin762US #29
#43Kyle728US #24
#44Thomas728US #31
#45Angel725US #86
#46Mark722US #58
#47Gabriel700US #57
#48Cameron692US #45
#49Hunter690US #44
#50Jason690US #41
#51Caleb673US #47
#52Oscar627US #127
#53Steven625US #40
#54Isaac620US #73
#55Alexis619US #120
#56Richard617US #51
#57Francisco588US #133
#58Victor580US #105
#59Ricardo579US #130
#60Brian556US #37
#61Bryan552US #69
#62Ethan552US #46
#63Eduardo545US #140
#64Adam541US #39
#65Charles540US #49
#66Jesse534US #63
#67Antonio523US #75
#68Logan522US #42
#69Isaiah520US #60
#70Javier511US #153
#71Noah498US #38
#72Jeremy496US #64
#73Blake489US #80
#74Timothy489US #43
#75Colton485US #108
#76Manuel485US #146
#77Mario476US #152
#78Roberto469US #175
#79Patrick468US #50
#80Garrett467US #85
#81Mason465US #89
#82Alex461US #55
#83Jared457US #56
#84Stephen456US #68
#85Fernando444US #149
#86Tristan441US #92
#87Sergio440US #172
#88Chase435US #77
#89Sean434US #48
#90Marco429US #176
#91Marcus423US #93
#92Nathaniel422US #65
#93Cristian418US #145
#94Travis418US #81
#95Hector414US #179
#96Xavier411US #141
#97Edward410US #100
#98Edgar404US #161
#99Julian403US #131
#100Joel401US #126

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑26Ethan#62
↑23Bailey#56
↑18Sierra#71
↑16Nicole#41
↑16Cassandra#66
↑15Sydney#40
↑15Olivia#68
↑15Angel#45

Falling

↓36Kelsey#83
↓31Cristian#93
↓28Karina#76
↓21Edgar#98
↓20Erica#97
↓19Tristan#86
↓18Chelsea#74
↓17Cynthia#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.