State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 2002 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 330,496 Texas births in 2002 across 5,143 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#71Valeria#197 nationally
#64Karla#175 nationally
#80Roberto#188 nationally
#90Hector#195 nationally
#91Alejandra#191 nationally
#96Sergio#187 nationally
#51Ana#134 nationally
#81Alondra#162 nationally
#63Ricardo#143 nationally
#83Alexis#161 nationally
#97Edgar#175 nationally
#37Daniela#113 nationally

Girls

#1Emily2,081US #1
#2Madison1,727US #2
#3Ashley1,685US #6
#4Alyssa1,446US #12
#5Alexis1,442US #5
#6Hannah1,354US #3
#7Samantha1,310US #9
#8Abigail1,269US #7
#9Brianna1,267US #17
#10Victoria1,261US #21
#11Jennifer1,237US #28
#12Elizabeth1,194US #11
#13Lauren1,113US #13
#14Sarah1,104US #8
#15Jessica1,042US #16
#16Kayla977US #19
#17Emma961US #4
#18Jasmine938US #26
#19Natalie899US #30
#20Maria879US #40
#21Stephanie870US #41
#22Isabella858US #14
#23Mia836US #43
#24Destiny828US #34
#25Taylor825US #18
#26Andrea798US #55
#27Chloe780US #25
#28Kimberly733US #63
#29Leslie688US #91
#30Alexandra666US #38
#31Grace659US #15
#32Kaitlyn650US #32
#33Olivia643US #10
#34Megan622US #22
#35Anna618US #20
#36Katherine618US #36
#37Daniela608US #113
#38Sydney606US #23
#39Haley604US #35
#40Vanessa600US #68
#41Michelle593US #58
#42Hailey589US #31
#43Savannah588US #39
#44Angela572US #83
#45Rachel555US #24
#46Faith549US #48
#47Evelyn544US #98
#48Jacqueline543US #81
#49Sophia537US #27
#50Morgan529US #29
#51Ana521US #134
#52Melanie515US #94
#53Alexa482US #69
#54Amanda482US #46
#55Jordan480US #45
#56Makayla470US #50
#57Aaliyah462US #64
#58Gabriela462US #116
#59Julia453US #33
#60Allison440US #44
#61Angelina439US #74
#62Melissa438US #80
#63Amber435US #65
#64Karla433US #175
#65Lizbeth432US #133
#66Zoe431US #60
#67Diana428US #117
#68Briana425US #102
#69Mackenzie424US #42
#70Jocelyn422US #92
#71Valeria420US #197
#72Trinity415US #70
#73Nicole412US #37
#74Amy409US #110
#75Bailey408US #84
#76Rebecca408US #54
#77Sara407US #59
#78Brooke405US #52
#79Kaylee399US #57
#80Katelyn398US #53
#81Alondra392US #162
#82Daisy392US #138
#83Madeline388US #56
#84Avery386US #132
#85Valerie384US #155
#86Mary381US #49
#87Gabriella380US #76
#88Shelby380US #75
#89Marissa379US #99
#90Kylie374US #61
#91Alejandra373US #191
#92Isabel372US #85
#93Karen369US #150
#94Caroline361US #67
#95Ariana353US #93
#96Angelica352US #146
#97Jade350US #86
#98Alexia345US #128
#99Sofia341US #112
#100Adriana337US #142

Boys

#1Jose3,150US #30
#2Jacob2,622US #1
#3Joshua2,342US #3
#4Michael2,185US #2
#5Christopher2,143US #8
#6Daniel2,117US #10
#7Juan2,001US #54
#8David1,982US #13
#9Matthew1,932US #4
#10Jonathan1,864US #21
#11Ethan1,723US #5
#12Christian1,717US #24
#13Andrew1,624US #6
#14Anthony1,617US #12
#15Joseph1,537US #7
#16Brandon1,532US #20
#17Angel1,524US #49
#18John1,509US #17
#19Luis1,509US #57
#20Jesus1,506US #66
#21William1,382US #11
#22Nicholas1,310US #9
#23Carlos1,282US #65
#24James1,279US #18
#25Alexander1,263US #15
#26Kevin1,230US #33
#27Gabriel1,211US #32
#28Nathan1,151US #28
#29Ryan1,147US #16
#30Zachary1,117US #19
#31Caleb1,073US #35
#32Dylan1,062US #23
#33Samuel1,031US #25
#34Bryan1,028US #64
#35Austin1,007US #26
#36Robert995US #34
#37Justin983US #22
#38Adrian978US #73
#39Aaron968US #43
#40Tyler939US #14
#41Alejandro927US #92
#42Miguel902US #89
#43Isaiah898US #45
#44Isaac878US #48
#45Jason871US #42
#46Jordan870US #37
#47Benjamin868US #27
#48Noah840US #31
#49Jorge834US #109
#50Sebastian826US #80
#51Eric821US #52
#52Cameron796US #39
#53Logan778US #29
#54Julian763US #78
#55Hunter761US #38
#56Diego755US #98
#57Elijah741US #41
#58Victor668US #100
#59Eduardo664US #133
#60Mason645US #53
#61Jackson635US #50
#62Thomas633US #36
#63Ricardo631US #143
#64Luke616US #46
#65Oscar601US #120
#66Xavier583US #88
#67Nathaniel578US #62
#68Antonio575US #85
#69Brian560US #51
#70Seth546US #72
#71Alex542US #63
#72Francisco541US #141
#73Mark541US #93
#74Adam536US #55
#75Kyle528US #40
#76Steven511US #68
#77Cody510US #71
#78Cristian510US #146
#79Charles509US #58
#80Roberto508US #188
#81Jeremiah492US #86
#82Richard488US #77
#83Alexis487US #161
#84Javier486US #158
#85Jesse485US #90
#86Connor480US #47
#87Ivan480US #136
#88Joel470US #122
#89Fernando467US #159
#90Hector464US #195
#91Blake457US #76
#92Manuel456US #165
#93Gavin455US #61
#94Cesar452US #162
#95Mario451US #170
#96Sergio449US #187
#97Edgar448US #175
#98Andres445US #157
#99Sean440US #59
#100Timothy432US #70

On the move since 2001

Rising

↑42Mia#23
↑42Daniela#37
↑40Alexa#53
↑29Angelina#61
↑25Jocelyn#70
↑25Amy#74
↑21Melanie#52
↑20Diego#56

Falling

↓34Adriana#100
↓29Shelby#88
↓26Rebecca#76
↓25Angelica#96
↓22Nicole#73
↓22Sara#77
↓18Katelyn#80
↓17Marissa#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2001 rankings.