State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 2004 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 338,410 Texas births in 2004 across 5,378 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#49Valeria#174 nationally
#89Alejandraoutside the national top 200
#88Karla#196 nationally
#96Celesteoutside the national top 200
#97Robertooutside the national top 200
#92Hector#192 nationally
#93Valerie#180 nationally
#87Edgar#171 nationally
#62Ricardo#144 nationally
#37Daniela#118 nationally
#98Mario#178 nationally
#81Cesar#158 nationally

Girls

#1Emily2,436US #1
#2Ashley1,743US #8
#3Madison1,653US #3
#4Emma1,395US #2
#5Alyssa1,355US #14
#6Abigail1,346US #6
#7Samantha1,312US #9
#8Hannah1,214US #5
#9Alexis1,169US #11
#10Isabella1,148US #7
#11Natalie1,110US #19
#12Elizabeth1,091US #10
#13Brianna1,056US #17
#14Sarah1,037US #12
#15Victoria1,009US #28
#16Jasmine896US #26
#17Jennifer892US #39
#18Kayla883US #18
#19Jessica881US #21
#20Mia879US #30
#21Lauren851US #16
#22Andrea798US #57
#23Maria789US #42
#24Olivia774US #4
#25Stephanie733US #55
#26Kimberly718US #61
#27Chloe710US #23
#28Grace702US #13
#29Destiny695US #38
#30Hailey692US #24
#31Sophia691US #15
#32Alexandra651US #37
#33Leslie644US #93
#34Taylor643US #22
#35Michelle614US #66
#36Kaitlyn583US #33
#37Daniela578US #118
#38Sydney576US #27
#39Melanie572US #89
#40Trinity571US #48
#41Angelina563US #60
#42Avery563US #77
#43Evelyn563US #84
#44Katherine561US #35
#45Vanessa554US #75
#46Anna544US #20
#47Faith536US #52
#48Alexa530US #72
#49Valeria522US #174
#50Jacqueline516US #108
#51Savannah514US #41
#52Ava504US #25
#53Sofia503US #69
#54Zoe498US #54
#55Morgan496US #31
#56Makayla491US #47
#57Gabriela489US #110
#58Angela487US #105
#59Miranda477US #128
#60Kaylee473US #50
#61Jocelyn466US #85
#62Allison465US #40
#63Kylie458US #49
#64Haley455US #44
#65Marissa454US #78
#66Ariana453US #79
#67Diana446US #90
#68Nicole438US #43
#69Ana435US #139
#70Megan435US #36
#71Briana427US #120
#72Brooke423US #46
#73Ella423US #29
#74Amy419US #106
#75Rachel419US #34
#76Melissa418US #98
#77Alondra413US #153
#78Katelyn405US #59
#79Julia401US #32
#80Madeline399US #63
#81Jordan392US #71
#82Isabel386US #88
#83Sara383US #68
#84Daisy376US #144
#85Gabriella376US #76
#86Audrey372US #80
#87Amanda365US #67
#88Karla364US #196
#89Alejandra363
#90Karen362US #155
#91Caroline351US #74
#92Amber349US #87
#93Valerie347US #180
#94Rebecca346US #70
#95Mariana343US #171
#96Celeste341
#97Leah341US #64
#98Mackenzie338US #45
#99Adriana335US #119
#100Bailey333US #100

Boys

#1Jose2,898US #28
#2Jacob2,509US #1
#3Joshua2,313US #3
#4Daniel2,088US #7
#5David2,072US #14
#6Juan2,057US #54
#7Christopher2,035US #10
#8Michael1,999US #2
#9Matthew1,816US #4
#10Ethan1,748US #5
#11Angel1,734US #44
#12Jonathan1,723US #21
#13Andrew1,672US #6
#14Anthony1,660US #11
#15Christian1,585US #24
#16Jesus1,490US #70
#17John1,483US #17
#18Luis1,462US #57
#19William1,425US #8
#20Joseph1,402US #9
#21Brandon1,327US #22
#22Nathan1,292US #20
#23Ryan1,269US #12
#24Alexander1,264US #15
#25Kevin1,204US #34
#26Nicholas1,187US #13
#27Diego1,186US #73
#28Carlos1,178US #71
#29James1,151US #18
#30Gabriel1,131US #32
#31Adrian1,113US #72
#32Dylan1,056US #19
#33Bryan1,054US #65
#34Caleb1,048US #33
#35Samuel1,023US #23
#36Isaac1,012US #46
#37Isaiah1,007US #45
#38Aaron960US #53
#39Robert946US #36
#40Benjamin915US #25
#41Noah904US #29
#42Alejandro902US #99
#43Tyler899US #16
#44Elijah897US #31
#45Zachary887US #26
#46Justin858US #30
#47Jorge850US #118
#48Miguel847US #96
#49Jason828US #47
#50Logan819US #27
#51Julian805US #74
#52Jordan796US #43
#53Luke786US #41
#54Eric779US #61
#55Alexis765US #103
#56Austin763US #35
#57Victor737US #102
#58Eduardo713US #126
#59Jackson708US #48
#60Sebastian684US #97
#61Cameron669US #50
#62Ricardo657US #144
#63Thomas653US #37
#64Aidan652US #40
#65Mason640US #51
#66Evan629US #39
#67Hunter617US #49
#68Ivan606US #117
#69Oscar605US #123
#70Xavier597US #88
#71Nathaniel595US #68
#72Gavin594US #52
#73Jeremiah590US #77
#74Alex583US #63
#75Francisco582US #147
#76Connor560US #38
#77Jayden556US #62
#78Adam551US #58
#79Aiden549US #60
#80Antonio547US #93
#81Cesar524US #158
#82Javier524US #159
#83Alan517US #132
#84Cristian513US #139
#85Brian510US #59
#86Jesse504US #94
#87Edgar502US #171
#88Seth501US #80
#89Ian500US #69
#90Fernando497US #155
#91Ashton490US #76
#92Hector481US #192
#93Steven475US #78
#94Hayden472US #87
#95Joel471US #124
#96Devin461US #81
#97Roberto459
#98Mario454US #178
#99Sean454US #64
#100Jaden453US #83

On the move since 2003

Rising

↑41Ava#52
↑29Sofia#53
↑23Ariana#66
↑23Nicole#68
↑22Angelina#41
↑18Amy#74
↑17Alexis#55
↑16Marissa#65

Falling

↓26Rachel#75
↓23Karen#90
↓21Hayden#94
↓20Amber#92
↓17Amanda#87
↓16Haley#64
↓16Adriana#99
↓15Ana#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2003 rankings.