State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 2001 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 325,140 Texas births in 2001 across 5,028 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#70Valeriaoutside the national top 200
#76Karla#193 nationally
#80Sergio#185 nationally
#88Alejandra#192 nationally
#89Roberto#190 nationally
#100Rubenoutside the national top 200
#98Hector#193 nationally
#83Nayeli#175 nationally
#49Ana#134 nationally
#79Daniela#160 nationally
#96Alondra#177 nationally
#69Javier#149 nationally

Girls

#1Emily2,050US #1
#2Madison1,818US #2
#3Ashley1,719US #4
#4Alexis1,460US #5
#5Alyssa1,427US #14
#6Hannah1,408US #3
#7Samantha1,303US #7
#8Victoria1,282US #21
#9Abigail1,262US #8
#10Jessica1,250US #11
#11Brianna1,247US #18
#12Jennifer1,216US #26
#13Lauren1,214US #15
#14Sarah1,203US #6
#15Elizabeth1,182US #9
#16Maria1,051US #41
#17Destiny994US #22
#18Taylor955US #12
#19Jasmine944US #25
#20Kayla923US #17
#21Stephanie913US #43
#22Andrea879US #49
#23Natalie827US #32
#24Leslie780US #84
#25Emma718US #13
#26Chloe703US #30
#27Katherine683US #35
#28Megan678US #20
#29Kimberly672US #61
#30Sydney652US #23
#31Kaitlyn650US #31
#32Jacqueline640US #70
#33Haley636US #34
#34Olivia631US #10
#35Grace611US #16
#36Alexandra608US #38
#37Anna604US #19
#38Rachel596US #24
#39Isabella594US #28
#40Angela593US #77
#41Savannah587US #42
#42Amanda579US #39
#43Vanessa579US #64
#44Hailey569US #33
#45Michelle560US #59
#46Morgan521US #29
#47Jordan513US #47
#48Amber511US #51
#49Ana503US #134
#50Rebecca488US #46
#51Nicole480US #36
#52Briana464US #101
#53Gabriela461US #125
#54Allison457US #44
#55Sara449US #58
#56Melissa448US #74
#57Evelyn444US #126
#58Julia444US #27
#59Shelby439US #68
#60Faith438US #53
#61Bailey433US #69
#62Katelyn432US #52
#63Sophia432US #37
#64Laura427US #86
#65Mia423US #76
#66Adriana419US #131
#67Mackenzie419US #40
#68Makayla419US #54
#69Kaylee413US #66
#70Valeria413
#71Angelica410US #136
#72Marissa410US #79
#73Melanie404US #117
#74Daisy401US #139
#75Zoe398US #65
#76Karla395US #193
#77Gabriella394US #83
#78Trinity391US #67
#79Daniela390US #160
#80Diana388US #102
#81Karen384US #148
#82Madeline380US #56
#83Nayeli379US #175
#84Miranda375US #128
#85Brooke371US #57
#86Mary370US #48
#87Sierra370US #55
#88Alejandra369US #192
#89Mariah368US #85
#90Angelina367US #93
#91Isabel366US #88
#92Caroline365US #62
#93Alexa363US #78
#94Alexandria356US #91
#95Jocelyn353US #123
#96Alondra351US #177
#97Danielle351US #63
#98Gabrielle344US #50
#99Amy343US #114
#100Valerie342US #165

Boys

#1Jose2,919US #34
#2Jacob2,579US #1
#3Michael2,291US #2
#4Joshua2,250US #4
#5Christopher2,203US #5
#6David2,054US #12
#7Matthew2,043US #3
#8Daniel2,009US #9
#9Christian1,917US #24
#10Juan1,896US #53
#11Jonathan1,851US #23
#12Brandon1,687US #18
#13John1,619US #14
#14Andrew1,613US #7
#15Joseph1,542US #8
#16Anthony1,527US #11
#17Jesus1,510US #66
#18Ethan1,478US #17
#19William1,474US #10
#20Luis1,381US #52
#21Nicholas1,374US #6
#22Carlos1,324US #59
#23Kevin1,265US #32
#24Angel1,252US #58
#25Zachary1,249US #16
#26James1,241US #19
#27Ryan1,180US #15
#28Dylan1,175US #21
#29Justin1,109US #22
#30Samuel1,077US #26
#31Nathan1,060US #31
#32Gabriel1,048US #38
#33Alexander1,035US #20
#34Robert1,035US #30
#35Tyler1,026US #13
#36Caleb1,013US #37
#37Adrian1,012US #75
#38Aaron988US #42
#39Austin951US #25
#40Miguel932US #87
#41Isaac931US #47
#42Alejandro922US #88
#43Noah915US #28
#44Bryan900US #69
#45Jason887US #41
#46Eric882US #44
#47Benjamin876US #27
#48Cameron863US #35
#49Isaiah856US #43
#50Logan824US #29
#51Jordan820US #39
#52Sebastian794US #81
#53Jorge788US #110
#54Hunter757US #36
#55Julian729US #82
#56Victor728US #96
#57Thomas703US #33
#58Eduardo681US #112
#59Mason656US #54
#60Ricardo611US #138
#61Oscar610US #122
#62Elijah594US #45
#63Francisco593US #137
#64Luke582US #50
#65Mark576US #84
#66Seth574US #68
#67Nathaniel572US #61
#68Brian569US #46
#69Javier564US #149
#70Alexis553US #143
#71Jackson541US #60
#72Xavier536US #94
#73Antonio527US #85
#74Kyle526US #40
#75Cody511US #64
#76Diego508US #139
#77Jared507US #65
#78Richard507US #73
#79Charles501US #55
#80Sergio500US #185
#81Steven500US #63
#82Adam494US #51
#83Alex494US #62
#84Edgar493US #161
#85Jesse485US #91
#86Ivan482US #141
#87Connor477US #49
#88Andres476US #153
#89Roberto474US #190
#90Garrett473US #80
#91Alan469US #148
#92Blake467US #77
#93Cristian466US #150
#94Fernando466US #154
#95Joel452US #126
#96Cesar447US #160
#97Manuel443US #164
#98Hector436US #193
#99Ian433US #70
#100Ruben428

On the move since 2000

Rising

↑36Isabella#39
↑33Katelyn#62
↑25Mia#65
↑23Luke#64
↑22Mackenzie#67
↑21Sara#55
↑21Sophia#63
↑19Kaylee#69

Falling

↓41Danielle#97
↓38Mariah#89
↓24Caroline#92
↓23Brooke#85
↓22Garrett#90
↓21Mary#86
↓19Diana#80
↓19Alejandra#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2000 rankings.