State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 2005 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 341,706 Texas births in 2005 across 5,517 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#96Karlaoutside the national top 200
#99Robertooutside the national top 200
#41Valeria#137 nationally
#76Hector#167 nationally
#77Mariana#165 nationally
#71Ricardo#157 nationally
#65Ana#147 nationally
#97Mario#179 nationally
#76Genesis#155 nationally
#92Fernando#170 nationally
#43Alondra#120 nationally
#48Daniela#122 nationally

Girls

#1Emily2,481US #1
#2Mia1,654US #17
#3Madison1,623US #3
#4Ashley1,588US #10
#5Emma1,483US #2
#6Abigail1,424US #4
#7Samantha1,224US #8
#8Natalie1,215US #18
#9Alyssa1,211US #16
#10Hannah1,204US #7
#11Isabella1,136US #6
#12Brianna1,068US #20
#13Elizabeth1,068US #11
#14Alexis1,059US #13
#15Victoria1,053US #28
#16Sarah875US #15
#17Jennifer866US #42
#18Lauren857US #21
#19Sophia835US #12
#20Ava832US #9
#21Andrea817US #65
#22Jasmine773US #29
#23Olivia773US #5
#24Kayla769US #25
#25Jessica762US #27
#26Chloe751US #19
#27Destiny713US #32
#28Maria698US #46
#29Evelyn677US #71
#30Hailey676US #26
#31Grace674US #14
#32Kimberly670US #63
#33Stephanie651US #64
#34Alexa614US #66
#35Leslie604US #103
#36Alexandra601US #37
#37Taylor590US #24
#38Angelina585US #43
#39Melanie576US #92
#40Avery569US #67
#41Valeria567US #137
#42Sofia559US #52
#43Alondra533US #120
#44Anna530US #22
#45Savannah528US #35
#46Michelle527US #74
#47Kaitlyn525US #34
#48Daniela518US #122
#49Katherine509US #36
#50Trinity503US #48
#51Kaylee501US #40
#52Faith493US #49
#53Sydney493US #30
#54Ella482US #23
#55Zoe481US #58
#56Jocelyn471US #87
#57Angela459US #113
#58Vanessa458US #80
#59Haley452US #53
#60Jacqueline451US #116
#61Ariana446US #82
#62Makayla444US #44
#63Amy434US #111
#64Gabriela432US #115
#65Ana431US #147
#66Morgan425US #33
#67Mariah423US #85
#68Gabriella419US #61
#69Diana416US #100
#70Brooke414US #47
#71Allison407US #45
#72Julia407US #31
#73Katelyn407US #59
#74Kylie401US #57
#75Isabel396US #89
#76Genesis393US #155
#77Mariana392US #165
#78Nicole392US #56
#79Nevaeh391US #69
#80Rachel391US #38
#81Audrey387US #77
#82Marissa387US #91
#83Megan385US #41
#84Melissa385US #104
#85Miranda372US #145
#86Briana367US #126
#87Natalia366US #123
#88Amanda364US #79
#89Riley358US #54
#90Leah357US #68
#91Arianna356US #88
#92Karen351US #164
#93Sara350US #75
#94Valerie348US #167
#95Daisy341US #150
#96Karla341
#97Brooklyn338US #78
#98Lillian338US #50
#99Giselle336US #166
#100Rebecca335US #81

Boys

#1Jose2,808US #30
#2Jacob2,318US #1
#3Joshua2,230US #3
#4Daniel2,106US #7
#5Christopher2,036US #10
#6David2,033US #12
#7Angel2,001US #32
#8Juan1,959US #55
#9Michael1,928US #2
#10Anthony1,712US #8
#11Matthew1,701US #4
#12Ethan1,687US #5
#13Jonathan1,676US #19
#14Andrew1,621US #6
#15Christian1,617US #22
#16John1,473US #18
#17Diego1,447US #62
#18Luis1,422US #59
#19Jesus1,377US #73
#20William1,374US #11
#21Joseph1,355US #9
#22Alexander1,286US #13
#23Nathan1,282US #20
#24Ryan1,248US #14
#25Brandon1,245US #27
#26Gabriel1,245US #28
#27James1,211US #17
#28Kevin1,195US #33
#29Adrian1,192US #65
#30Carlos1,169US #70
#31Samuel1,169US #21
#32Nicholas1,162US #15
#33Bryan1,091US #72
#34Noah1,088US #23
#35Dylan1,059US #24
#36Isaiah1,042US #45
#37Isaac1,031US #49
#38Caleb986US #35
#39Robert932US #37
#40Julian915US #74
#41Aaron904US #57
#42Tyler898US #16
#43Benjamin891US #25
#44Miguel882US #93
#45Alejandro873US #97
#46Elijah848US #31
#47Luke828US #41
#48Logan827US #26
#49Zachary816US #29
#50Sebastian787US #86
#51Justin781US #36
#52Jayden780US #54
#53Jordan760US #46
#54Jackson752US #44
#55Jorge745US #118
#56Mason743US #42
#57Jason737US #51
#58Austin719US #38
#59Victor714US #105
#60Aiden712US #50
#61Eduardo704US #129
#62Eric701US #66
#63Aidan676US #43
#64Jeremiah644US #78
#65Nathaniel620US #67
#66Evan617US #39
#67Oscar617US #117
#68Cameron612US #52
#69Gavin600US #47
#70Thomas599US #40
#71Ricardo593US #157
#72Landon584US #61
#73Xavier579US #87
#74Francisco557US #144
#75Hunter555US #53
#76Hector553US #167
#77Hayden550US #76
#78Ian548US #68
#79Alexis539US #132
#80Adam531US #64
#81Jack529US #34
#82Alan528US #128
#83Joel522US #123
#84Alex520US #71
#85Antonio510US #92
#86Ivan503US #126
#87Charles501US #56
#88Connor501US #48
#89Jesse500US #89
#90Javier497US #164
#91Andres492US #160
#92Fernando492US #170
#93Brian484US #63
#94Manuel483US #153
#95Edgar482US #168
#96Cristian477US #142
#97Mario477US #179
#98Cesar470US #163
#99Roberto464
#100Jaden458US #88

On the move since 2004

Rising

↑34Alondra#43
↑32Ava#20
↑25Jayden#52
↑19Ella#54
↑19Aiden#60
↑18Mia#2
↑18Mariana#77
↑17Gabriella#68

Falling

↓26Miranda#85
↓24Alexis#79
↓18Ivan#86
↓17Marissa#82
↓17Cesar#98
↓15Sydney#53
↓15Briana#86
↓13Vanessa#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2004 rankings.