State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 2000 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 324,594 Texas births in 2000 across 4,838 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#73Valeriaoutside the national top 200
#93Karlaoutside the national top 200
#69Alejandra#174 nationally
#90Marco#181 nationally
#98Roberto#187 nationally
#83Cesar#170 nationally
#81Mario#167 nationally
#99Hector#185 nationally
#71Daniela#156 nationally
#93Sergio#178 nationally
#94Edgar#177 nationally
#77Javier#155 nationally

Girls

#1Emily2,038US #1
#2Ashley1,839US #4
#3Hannah1,673US #2
#4Alexis1,544US #6
#5Madison1,543US #3
#6Samantha1,469US #7
#7Alyssa1,457US #12
#8Brianna1,362US #15
#9Jessica1,355US #8
#10Sarah1,348US #5
#11Victoria1,318US #20
#12Lauren1,227US #11
#13Elizabeth1,211US #9
#14Abigail1,172US #14
#15Jennifer1,165US #26
#16Taylor1,054US #10
#17Maria1,007US #41
#18Destiny997US #24
#19Jasmine982US #27
#20Kayla962US #13
#21Jacqueline857US #64
#22Stephanie855US #40
#23Andrea848US #55
#24Natalie824US #34
#25Leslie766US #90
#26Sydney751US #23
#27Megan740US #18
#28Haley702US #28
#29Emma692US #17
#30Vanessa690US #62
#31Amanda686US #32
#32Kimberly680US #58
#33Rachel667US #21
#34Kaitlyn641US #30
#35Anna629US #22
#36Morgan628US #25
#37Alexandra626US #36
#38Savannah618US #37
#39Grace606US #19
#40Katherine599US #33
#41Michelle595US #52
#42Amber578US #47
#43Chloe575US #38
#44Olivia565US #16
#45Rebecca554US #39
#46Hailey544US #35
#47Faith506US #66
#48Nicole506US #31
#49Briana496US #83
#50Jordan490US #50
#51Mariah478US #75
#52Gabriela477US #117
#53Melissa475US #71
#54Julia457US #29
#55Angela454US #79
#56Danielle453US #48
#57Marissa452US #78
#58Allison447US #44
#59Shelby442US #70
#60Bailey440US #68
#61Diana438US #106
#62Brooke433US #51
#63Brittany432US #60
#64Madeline430US #56
#65Mary428US #46
#66Miranda425US #112
#67Ana424US #136
#68Caroline423US #65
#69Alejandra419US #174
#70Adriana417US #127
#71Daniela416US #156
#72Melanie415US #114
#73Valeria414
#74Daisy413US #141
#75Isabella411US #45
#76Sara410US #57
#77Sierra408US #53
#78Makayla403US #67
#79Angelica402US #138
#80Laura395US #85
#81Isabel392US #94
#82Jocelyn390US #122
#83Karina389US #159
#84Sophia389US #42
#85Trinity387US #74
#86Alexandria383US #91
#87Karen380US #153
#88Kaylee378US #72
#89Mackenzie375US #43
#90Mia374US #93
#91Amy372US #105
#92Gabrielle364US #49
#93Karla364
#94Gabriella362US #98
#95Katelyn357US #54
#96Erika354US #123
#97Valerie349US #166
#98Crystal348US #132
#99Sabrina344US #92
#100Ariana339US #109

Boys

#1Jose3,097US #34
#2Jacob2,826US #1
#3Joshua2,454US #4
#4Michael2,437US #2
#5Christopher2,268US #5
#6Daniel2,121US #9
#7Matthew2,093US #3
#8David2,007US #16
#9Juan2,005US #48
#10Jonathan1,865US #21
#11Christian1,823US #22
#12Brandon1,803US #12
#13Andrew1,678US #7
#14John1,636US #14
#15Joseph1,530US #8
#16Luis1,497US #49
#17William1,489US #11
#18Nicholas1,484US #6
#19Anthony1,464US #17
#20Zachary1,402US #15
#21Ryan1,360US #13
#22James1,295US #18
#23Jesus1,287US #76
#24Justin1,252US #19
#25Ethan1,212US #25
#26Kevin1,175US #32
#27Carlos1,158US #66
#28Tyler1,154US #10
#29Robert1,109US #29
#30Angel1,105US #67
#31Dylan1,101US #24
#32Austin1,043US #23
#33Samuel1,026US #28
#34Alexander1,024US #20
#35Nathan1,017US #30
#36Cameron977US #31
#37Aaron968US #41
#38Alejandro954US #89
#39Noah933US #27
#40Caleb926US #38
#41Adrian913US #78
#42Bryan911US #70
#43Hunter895US #35
#44Eric885US #42
#45Miguel882US #86
#46Isaiah876US #47
#47Benjamin869US #26
#48Jason852US #39
#49Isaac845US #53
#50Gabriel837US #44
#51Jordan826US #36
#52Jorge819US #107
#53Sebastian779US #81
#54Thomas736US #33
#55Eduardo725US #124
#56Julian660US #87
#57Mark657US #79
#58Victor651US #97
#59Logan632US #40
#60Mason626US #64
#61Ricardo621US #134
#62Seth611US #63
#63Cody596US #60
#64Oscar593US #122
#65Francisco579US #139
#66Brian569US #43
#67Kyle568US #37
#68Garrett560US #74
#69Steven555US #54
#70Richard553US #65
#71Adam550US #45
#72Antonio535US #82
#73Nathaniel532US #61
#74Charles528US #51
#75Xavier519US #103
#76Alexis515US #144
#77Javier515US #155
#78Elijah498US #52
#79Jared495US #56
#80Diego492US #147
#81Mario492US #167
#82Fernando484US #150
#83Cesar479US #170
#84Alex476US #62
#85Blake474US #80
#86Ivan472US #153
#87Luke472US #59
#88Jackson469US #72
#89Joel469US #112
#90Marco469US #181
#91Jesse468US #90
#92Sean464US #57
#93Sergio458US #178
#94Edgar452US #177
#95Andres447US #164
#96Manuel447US #159
#97Colton446US #111
#98Roberto444US #187
#99Hector436US #185
#100Jeremy434US #84

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑32Faith#47
↑27Madeline#64
↑24Chloe#43
↑23Hailey#46
↑21Caroline#68
↑20Julian#56
↑16Alejandra#69
↑16Xavier#75

Falling

↓33Brittany#63
↓26Crystal#98
↓22Daniela#71
↓21Roberto#98
↓20Karina#83
↓17Sara#76
↓17Sabrina#99
↓16Jesse#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.