State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 2003 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 334,761 Texas births in 2003 across 5,271 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#64Valeria#185 nationally
#86Alejandra#197 nationally
#94Roberto#200 nationally
#93Hector#189 nationally
#85Karla#179 nationally
#78Alondra#168 nationally
#83Edgar#172 nationally
#64Ricardo#148 nationally
#81Javier#161 nationally
#33Daniela#112 nationally
#90Cesar#169 nationally
#69Francisco#147 nationally

Girls

#1Emily2,323US #1
#2Ashley1,711US #8
#3Madison1,624US #3
#4Emma1,434US #2
#5Alyssa1,374US #14
#6Abigail1,346US #6
#7Alexis1,345US #7
#8Hannah1,294US #4
#9Samantha1,278US #10
#10Brianna1,186US #17
#11Victoria1,177US #22
#12Elizabeth1,140US #9
#13Jennifer1,102US #31
#14Sarah1,070US #11
#15Lauren1,016US #15
#16Kayla1,004US #16
#17Natalie1,001US #23
#18Isabella984US #12
#19Jessica957US #18
#20Mia904US #36
#21Maria863US #42
#22Andrea837US #60
#23Stephanie792US #49
#24Jasmine791US #27
#25Olivia775US #5
#26Destiny755US #37
#27Chloe726US #24
#28Taylor724US #19
#29Kimberly704US #64
#30Grace702US #13
#31Leslie697US #91
#32Sydney668US #25
#33Daniela667US #112
#34Hailey648US #26
#35Alexandra633US #38
#36Kaitlyn631US #32
#37Michelle616US #62
#38Vanessa604US #70
#39Savannah582US #41
#40Evelyn575US #88
#41Sophia575US #20
#42Katherine565US #35
#43Faith553US #50
#44Jacqueline548US #100
#45Anna545US #21
#46Gabriela544US #102
#47Avery540US #89
#48Haley540US #34
#49Rachel536US #28
#50Melanie535US #93
#51Trinity533US #56
#52Alexa528US #67
#53Angela519US #104
#54Ana516US #129
#55Megan496US #30
#56Makayla490US #51
#57Diana489US #108
#58Zoe486US #57
#59Morgan467US #29
#60Jocelyn466US #87
#61Kaylee465US #53
#62Brooke461US #43
#63Angelina454US #71
#64Valeria440US #185
#65Melissa431US #96
#66Jordan427US #48
#67Karen424US #141
#68Sara414US #65
#69Lizbeth413US #146
#70Amanda410US #54
#71Kylie409US #52
#72Amber408US #74
#73Katelyn408US #58
#74Arianna403US #86
#75Allison402US #46
#76Madeline399US #61
#77Audrey397US #78
#78Alondra395US #168
#79Daisy393US #136
#80Isabel392US #83
#81Marissa391US #95
#82Sofia390US #97
#83Adriana384US #121
#84Briana384US #114
#85Karla384US #179
#86Alejandra382US #197
#87Caroline382US #68
#88Gabriella375US #77
#89Ariana374US #85
#90Julia372US #33
#91Nicole366US #40
#92Amy357US #120
#93Ava357US #39
#94Bailey354US #98
#95Mackenzie354US #45
#96Angelica350US #152
#97Rebecca347US #63
#98Mary346US #59
#99Valerie339US #171
#100Karina329US #169

Boys

#1Jose2,915US #30
#2Jacob2,532US #1
#3Joshua2,241US #3
#4Michael2,117US #2
#5Daniel2,113US #8
#6Christopher2,084US #9
#7David1,993US #14
#8Juan1,981US #55
#9Matthew1,857US #4
#10Jonathan1,768US #22
#11Ethan1,708US #7
#12Angel1,661US #47
#13Anthony1,616US #10
#14Andrew1,599US #5
#15Christian1,591US #25
#16Joseph1,528US #6
#17Brandon1,502US #21
#18Luis1,475US #60
#19John1,450US #17
#20Jesus1,449US #67
#21William1,429US #11
#22Kevin1,252US #32
#23Ryan1,239US #13
#24Gabriel1,237US #29
#25Alexander1,214US #16
#26Nathan1,209US #26
#27James1,196US #18
#28Nicholas1,188US #12
#29Carlos1,178US #66
#30Dylan1,168US #19
#31Adrian1,146US #68
#32Samuel1,104US #23
#33Caleb1,065US #34
#34Diego1,062US #83
#35Bryan1,026US #64
#36Tyler1,015US #15
#37Zachary998US #20
#38Justin988US #27
#39Robert958US #35
#40Isaac929US #48
#41Aaron919US #50
#42Isaiah915US #49
#43Benjamin905US #24
#44Alejandro900US #100
#45Miguel886US #95
#46Eric879US #56
#47Jorge861US #116
#48Austin845US #33
#49Jason842US #42
#50Victor840US #96
#51Elijah802US #37
#52Noah794US #31
#53Julian788US #77
#54Jordan784US #38
#55Logan779US #28
#56Cameron742US #40
#57Thomas682US #36
#58Luke681US #46
#59Sebastian681US #93
#60Eduardo674US #129
#61Jackson674US #52
#62Oscar670US #122
#63Mason667US #54
#64Ricardo644US #148
#65Xavier641US #85
#66Aidan638US #39
#67Hunter630US #41
#68Nathaniel582US #63
#69Francisco580US #147
#70Adam576US #58
#71Gavin567US #51
#72Alexis566US #150
#73Hayden564US #84
#74Charles557US #57
#75Alex552US #62
#76Ivan548US #127
#77Connor547US #43
#78Cristian540US #145
#79Evan539US #44
#80Brian538US #59
#81Javier526US #161
#82Jeremiah520US #90
#83Edgar516US #172
#84Jesse515US #94
#85Alan514US #131
#86Antonio498US #92
#87Seth497US #80
#88Fernando493US #157
#89Mark493US #105
#90Cesar491US #169
#91Joel487US #124
#92Jayden479US #75
#93Hector474US #189
#94Roberto471US #200
#95Steven471US #70
#96Blake468US #79
#97Richard468US #86
#98Devin460US #74
#99Andres457US #171
#100Sean454US #61

On the move since 2002

Rising

↑37Avery#47
↑26Karen#67
↑22Diego#34
↑22Gavin#71
↑21Trinity#51
↑19Kylie#71
↑18Kaylee#61
↑17Sofia#82

Falling

↓31Julia#90
↓26Mackenzie#95
↓21Megan#55
↓21Karla#85
↓21Rebecca#97
↓19Bailey#94
↓19Steven#95
↓18Nicole#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2002 rankings.