State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 1999 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 311,867 Texas births in 1999 across 4,650 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#81Karla#194 nationally
#98Gerardooutside the national top 200
#99Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#77Roberto#177 nationally
#78Esmeralda#177 nationally
#84Hector#183 nationally
#49Daniela#146 nationally
#85Alejandra#179 nationally
#100Marco#191 nationally
#94Alondra#181 nationally
#71Ana#154 nationally
#93Sergio#176 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,937US #1
#2Alexis1,795US #3
#3Ashley1,773US #6
#4Samantha1,762US #5
#5Hannah1,586US #2
#6Victoria1,514US #16
#7Alyssa1,499US #11
#8Madison1,458US #7
#9Sarah1,443US #4
#10Jennifer1,396US #21
#11Jessica1,330US #9
#12Lauren1,237US #12
#13Brianna1,225US #14
#14Elizabeth1,206US #10
#15Taylor1,155US #8
#16Jasmine1,013US #26
#17Maria1,013US #39
#18Kayla1,007US #13
#19Abigail983US #18
#20Stephanie957US #37
#21Destiny937US #28
#22Megan799US #15
#23Amanda786US #22
#24Andrea740US #59
#25Natalie738US #34
#26Rachel720US #19
#27Alexandra715US #32
#28Kimberly714US #51
#29Vanessa699US #57
#30Brittany698US #35
#31Leslie652US #100
#32Jacqueline644US #79
#33Kaitlyn635US #33
#34Sydney620US #23
#35Katherine613US #36
#36Haley611US #31
#37Amber602US #41
#38Morgan598US #24
#39Savannah580US #42
#40Rebecca574US #38
#41Emma555US #17
#42Nicole553US #25
#43Michelle551US #56
#44Anna537US #29
#45Briana504US #82
#46Jordan493US #48
#47Grace492US #27
#48Marissa488US #73
#49Daniela486US #146
#50Allison484US #40
#51Julia482US #30
#52Shelby482US #62
#53Olivia479US #20
#54Mary477US #45
#55Melissa474US #64
#56Brooke473US #47
#57Gabriela469US #123
#58Mariah460US #68
#59Sara456US #50
#60Danielle453US #43
#61Miranda448US #94
#62Bailey447US #65
#63Karina440US #135
#64Angelica437US #116
#65Diana437US #101
#66Angela432US #90
#67Chloe430US #63
#68Courtney429US #44
#69Hailey422US #54
#70Laura419US #81
#71Ana409US #154
#72Crystal407US #119
#73Daisy407US #133
#74Isabel393US #97
#75Alexandria391US #83
#76Sierra391US #49
#77Kaylee386US #69
#78Esmeralda381US #177
#79Faith374US #76
#80Adriana371US #139
#81Karla367US #194
#82Sabrina365US #88
#83Valerie363US #159
#84Breanna361US #74
#85Alejandra360US #179
#86Gabrielle360US #46
#87Veronica360US #115
#88Katelyn359US #55
#89Caroline354US #71
#90Gabriella354US #107
#91Madeline354US #70
#92Cassandra353US #87
#93Makayla353US #66
#94Alondra347US #181
#95Monica345US #151
#96Amy341US #105
#97Karen339US #149
#98Mackenzie339US #52
#99Priscilla339
#100Tiffany331US #80

Boys

#1Jose2,940US #35
#2Jacob2,733US #1
#3Michael2,662US #2
#4Christopher2,385US #6
#5Joshua2,306US #4
#6Matthew2,262US #3
#7Daniel2,082US #9
#8Juan2,002US #46
#9David1,973US #16
#10Brandon1,868US #11
#11Jonathan1,861US #22
#12John1,693US #15
#13Christian1,682US #25
#14Andrew1,577US #7
#15Joseph1,517US #8
#16Nicholas1,478US #5
#17Anthony1,431US #18
#18James1,382US #19
#19Luis1,374US #55
#20William1,374US #14
#21Zachary1,358US #17
#22Ryan1,352US #12
#23Jesus1,289US #70
#24Justin1,289US #20
#25Tyler1,170US #10
#26Robert1,144US #26
#27Austin1,143US #13
#28Carlos1,134US #59
#29Dylan1,126US #23
#30Noah1,077US #24
#31Alexander1,069US #21
#32Kevin1,049US #34
#33Samuel1,040US #27
#34Cameron1,009US #33
#35Aaron1,007US #38
#36Nathan964US #32
#37Jordan958US #30
#38Adrian954US #79
#39Eric922US #39
#40Ethan892US #37
#41Angel884US #73
#42Alejandro848US #88
#43Miguel841US #91
#44Caleb832US #41
#45Hunter797US #36
#46Jason786US #40
#47Isaac765US #64
#48Gabriel760US #53
#49Thomas745US #31
#50Isaiah738US #51
#51Jorge726US #107
#52Mark720US #69
#53Victor717US #95
#54Benjamin716US #29
#55Bryan690US #74
#56Kyle644US #28
#57Richard621US #61
#58Ricardo617US #126
#59Oscar614US #116
#60Steven591US #47
#61Seth586US #65
#62Logan582US #42
#63Eduardo575US #145
#64Francisco569US #134
#65Brian567US #43
#66Mason567US #71
#67Adam566US #44
#68Cody564US #45
#69Nathaniel530US #62
#70Alexis525US #147
#71Antonio522US #80
#72Charles518US #50
#73Alex513US #58
#74Garrett501US #78
#75Jesse498US #82
#76Julian484US #111
#77Roberto479US #177
#78Javier473US #160
#79Blake466US #84
#80Joel465US #115
#81Jared464US #54
#82Timothy464US #49
#83Mario457US #163
#84Hector454US #183
#85Elijah449US #60
#86Sean446US #56
#87Andres445US #154
#88Fernando445US #169
#89Cristian440US #158
#90Diego440US #149
#91Xavier437US #114
#92Connor436US #48
#93Sergio435US #176
#94Patrick432US #63
#95Edgar431US #173
#96Luke423US #67
#97Ivan421US #148
#98Gerardo418
#99Jeremy418US #81
#100Marco417US #191

On the move since 1998

Rising

↑35Daniela#49
↑25Jacqueline#32
↑24Hailey#69
↑24Isabel#74
↑17Mason#66
↑16Anna#44
↑16Mary#54
↑15Karla#81

Falling

↓35Esmeralda#78
↓26Madeline#91
↓22Monica#95
↓22Jeremy#99
↓20Gabrielle#86
↓17Cassandra#92
↓17Amy#96
↓16Alejandra#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1998 rankings.