State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1998 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 304,045 Texas births in 1998 across 4,449 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#84Daniela#195 nationally
#95Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#96Karlaoutside the national top 200
#100Joeoutside the national top 200
#75Roberto#172 nationally
#88Marco#181 nationally
#43Esmeralda#133 nationally
#69Alejandra#156 nationally
#68Javier#149 nationally
#61Ana#140 nationally
#63Francisco#139 nationally
#74Alexis#148 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,814US #1
#2Ashley1,796US #5
#3Alexis1,762US #6
#4Samantha1,680US #3
#5Sarah1,571US #4
#6Victoria1,510US #16
#7Hannah1,502US #2
#8Jessica1,473US #8
#9Jennifer1,446US #20
#10Madison1,365US #9
#11Alyssa1,328US #11
#12Elizabeth1,291US #10
#13Taylor1,288US #7
#14Lauren1,154US #14
#15Brianna1,116US #17
#16Stephanie1,018US #29
#17Abigail989US #18
#18Jasmine974US #26
#19Maria918US #43
#20Kayla880US #12
#21Amanda850US #19
#22Destiny843US #34
#23Brittany828US #25
#24Megan795US #13
#25Vanessa773US #52
#26Rachel715US #15
#27Amber714US #37
#28Alexandra713US #27
#29Morgan675US #23
#30Natalie667US #40
#31Katherine656US #33
#32Sydney656US #28
#33Kimberly642US #54
#34Rebecca642US #30
#35Andrea635US #61
#36Jordan626US #42
#37Haley623US #36
#38Leslie608US #111
#39Shelby600US #49
#40Michelle592US #55
#41Savannah557US #45
#42Kaitlyn555US #35
#43Esmeralda533US #133
#44Melissa525US #59
#45Briana520US #79
#46Emma520US #22
#47Bailey517US #60
#48Danielle504US #41
#49Nicole503US #24
#50Allison497US #38
#51Olivia497US #21
#52Diana488US #83
#53Courtney483US #39
#54Angelica477US #109
#55Laura474US #74
#56Julia468US #32
#57Jacqueline463US #95
#58Marissa458US #66
#59Miranda458US #80
#60Anna455US #31
#61Ana452US #140
#62Mariah451US #62
#63Brooke445US #46
#64Sara445US #48
#65Madeline444US #50
#66Gabrielle433US #47
#67Gabriela432US #129
#68Crystal428US #110
#69Alejandra426US #156
#70Mary425US #44
#71Daisy423US #136
#72Sabrina422US #68
#73Monica415US #105
#74Alexandria401US #81
#75Cassandra388US #85
#76Valerie388US #148
#77Karina386US #144
#78Sierra384US #51
#79Amy379US #96
#80Brenda379US #149
#81Kelsey378US #56
#82Cheyenne373US #72
#83Adriana371US #134
#84Daniela361US #195
#85Tiffany360US #67
#86Cynthia359US #127
#87Chelsea355US #94
#88Katelyn354US #58
#89Breanna350US #76
#90Christina349US #69
#91Erin349US #57
#92Makayla348US #71
#93Hailey341US #70
#94Bianca339US #157
#95Priscilla334
#96Karla331
#97Gabriella320US #116
#98Isabel319US #118
#99Karen316US #152
#100Alicia308US #98

Boys

#1Jose2,932US #33
#2Jacob2,717US #2
#3Michael2,645US #1
#4Christopher2,510US #5
#5Joshua2,380US #4
#6Matthew2,226US #3
#7David2,058US #13
#8Brandon2,015US #7
#9Jonathan2,001US #21
#10Daniel1,986US #12
#11Juan1,937US #52
#12John1,709US #15
#13Christian1,605US #26
#14Andrew1,602US #9
#15Nicholas1,522US #6
#16Joseph1,500US #11
#17William1,492US #14
#18James1,450US #18
#19Luis1,417US #53
#20Anthony1,412US #19
#21Zachary1,342US #16
#22Austin1,292US #10
#23Jesus1,274US #76
#24Tyler1,256US #8
#25Ryan1,249US #17
#26Justin1,236US #20
#27Robert1,175US #23
#28Aaron1,069US #37
#29Jordan1,046US #27
#30Carlos1,033US #69
#31Samuel1,022US #28
#32Alexander1,021US #22
#33Kevin1,013US #32
#34Adrian1,002US #71
#35Dylan989US #25
#36Cameron948US #35
#37Eric910US #39
#38Noah852US #29
#39Miguel851US #90
#40Alejandro831US #95
#41Nathan826US #34
#42Ethan806US #38
#43Jorge798US #107
#44Gabriel797US #54
#45Jason796US #40
#46Mark775US #64
#47Benjamin763US #30
#48Angel759US #81
#49Caleb757US #42
#50Hunter757US #36
#51Thomas712US #31
#52Kyle706US #24
#53Cody683US #43
#54Victor673US #97
#55Ricardo662US #126
#56Isaac657US #65
#57Bryan634US #74
#58Isaiah619US #59
#59Oscar613US #129
#60Steven613US #46
#61Richard596US #56
#62Jesse571US #70
#63Francisco548US #139
#64Charles537US #48
#65Adam536US #45
#66Antonio531US #79
#67Brian519US #41
#68Javier510US #149
#69Garrett499US #80
#70Logan495US #44
#71Nathaniel493US #60
#72Eduardo492US #145
#73Sean479US #50
#74Alexis469US #148
#75Roberto466US #172
#76Jared462US #51
#77Jeremy462US #68
#78Colton459US #106
#79Chase458US #67
#80Timothy457US #49
#81Alex454US #55
#82Julian454US #124
#83Mason450US #83
#84Mario448US #151
#85Cristian445US #144
#86Blake442US #85
#87Patrick439US #57
#88Marco429US #181
#89Connor425US #47
#90Joel424US #117
#91Manuel421US #147
#92Andres415US #157
#93Edgar412US #167
#94Tristan412US #92
#95Ivan410US #152
#96Xavier410US #131
#97Devin408US #62
#98Stephen407US #78
#99Cesar405US #168
#100Joe403

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑33Noah#38
↑29Emma#46
↑23Madeline#65
↑21Nathaniel#71
↑20Ethan#42
↑17Olivia#51
↑17Julia#56
↑17Julian#82

Falling

↓30Sabrina#72
↓23Monica#73
↓20Tiffany#85
↓19Alexis#74
↓17Courtney#53
↓17Bianca#94
↓15Cody#53
↓15Manuel#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.