State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 2008 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 356,879 Texas births in 2008 across 5,983 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#76Santiago#171 nationally
#88Hector#182 nationally
#82Leonardo#168 nationally
#82Miranda#163 nationally
#62Eduardo#142 nationally
#87Javier#165 nationally
#61Jorge#138 nationally
#70Leslie#147 nationally
#72Ricardo#149 nationally
#93Francisco#170 nationally
#92Fernando#164 nationally
#98Ana#170 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,849US #3
#2Isabella1,707US #2
#3Abigail1,495US #8
#4Emma1,451US #1
#5Madison1,391US #6
#6Sophia1,384US #7
#7Mia1,369US #14
#8Natalie1,275US #13
#9Ashley1,211US #18
#10Ava1,177US #5
#11Samantha1,055US #11
#12Alyssa1,043US #16
#13Elizabeth1,039US #9
#14Brianna1,008US #23
#15Olivia1,003US #4
#16Chloe989US #10
#17Addison988US #12
#18Victoria967US #27
#19Valeria915US #73
#20Alexis843US #15
#21Sarah816US #20
#22Sofia804US #36
#23Alexa785US #50
#24Andrea777US #72
#25Hannah767US #17
#26Kimberly766US #57
#27Camila747US #83
#28Hailey731US #25
#29Melanie681US #85
#30Evelyn670US #54
#31Allison657US #32
#32Genesis657US #95
#33Avery639US #38
#34Destiny635US #47
#35Kayla622US #28
#36Jocelyn620US #67
#37Maria602US #63
#38Lauren595US #30
#39Taylor575US #22
#40Kaylee568US #31
#41Makayla559US #37
#42Jasmine549US #43
#43Grace540US #21
#44Aubrey535US #42
#45Ella533US #19
#46Jennifer526US #84
#47Nevaeh524US #34
#48Audrey519US #44
#49Zoe519US #58
#50Daniela518US #121
#51Vanessa515US #78
#52Gabriella512US #35
#53Savannah502US #33
#54Arianna495US #66
#55Brooklyn495US #48
#56Layla491US #55
#57Alexandra486US #61
#58Katherine481US #45
#59Lily478US #24
#60Stephanie473US #105
#61Mariah468US #77
#62Angelina464US #69
#63Kaitlyn463US #53
#64Ariana458US #81
#65Michelle454US #101
#66Natalia446US #107
#67Jessica444US #59
#68Leah430US #40
#69Kylie423US #51
#70Leslie422US #147
#71Valerie422US #135
#72Lillian420US #29
#73Aaliyah417US #76
#74Brooke415US #52
#75Giselle414US #136
#76Sydney414US #49
#77Anna412US #26
#78Peyton407US #60
#79Angela399US #132
#80Trinity396US #70
#81Gabriela395US #131
#82Miranda395US #163
#83Riley385US #39
#84Bailey377US #82
#85Faith376US #90
#86Amy368US #133
#87Serenity363US #111
#88Jacqueline358US #153
#89Katelyn358US #80
#90Isabel356US #97
#91Morgan356US #46
#92Julia348US #41
#93Briana343US #146
#94Sara339US #92
#95Melissa337US #134
#96Madeline335US #56
#97Nicole327US #106
#98Ana325US #170
#99Madelyn324US #64
#100Maya324US #71

Boys

#1Jose2,358US #40
#2Jacob2,139US #1
#3Daniel2,071US #5
#4Joshua1,981US #4
#5Christopher1,980US #9
#6David1,948US #14
#7Angel1,896US #36
#8Ethan1,843US #3
#9Juan1,839US #66
#10Michael1,806US #2
#11Anthony1,719US #7
#12Jayden1,660US #11
#13Alexander1,585US #6
#14Christian1,578US #23
#15Matthew1,521US #10
#16Andrew1,510US #12
#17Aiden1,487US #16
#18Jonathan1,478US #26
#19Luis1,371US #64
#20Noah1,346US #15
#21William1,328US #8
#22Nathan1,320US #21
#23Joseph1,308US #13
#24Gabriel1,300US #24
#25Jesus1,290US #79
#26Adrian1,280US #56
#27Diego1,270US #69
#28Brandon1,200US #33
#29John1,195US #20
#30James1,194US #17
#31Carlos1,177US #73
#32Isaac1,143US #37
#33Elijah1,125US #22
#34Kevin1,120US #41
#35Samuel1,114US #27
#36Julian1,101US #61
#37Aaron1,090US #50
#38Ryan1,056US #18
#39Isaiah1,028US #42
#40Caleb1,023US #34
#41Sebastian999US #74
#42Benjamin924US #25
#43Nicholas913US #29
#44Jackson894US #32
#45Dylan889US #31
#46Bryan875US #82
#47Jordan866US #48
#48Logan855US #19
#49Luke846US #43
#50Gavin829US #30
#51Alejandro817US #105
#52Miguel817US #101
#53Robert811US #49
#54Justin771US #44
#55Jeremiah770US #68
#56Evan728US #38
#57Jason727US #60
#58Landon727US #45
#59Mason723US #35
#60Tyler715US #28
#61Jorge687US #138
#62Eduardo676US #142
#63Brayden663US #51
#64Zachary663US #47
#65Xavier653US #71
#66Austin627US #55
#67Victor626US #112
#68Eric623US #86
#69Oscar617US #120
#70Aidan611US #59
#71Joel589US #113
#72Ricardo587US #149
#73Hunter567US #54
#74Tristan566US #81
#75Ian560US #80
#76Santiago559US #171
#77Hayden551US #76
#78Thomas539US #52
#79Jack538US #39
#80Cameron534US #53
#81Nathaniel532US #77
#82Leonardo526US #168
#83Ayden523US #91
#84Lucas521US #46
#85Damian517US #133
#86Adam511US #72
#87Javier508US #165
#88Hector501US #182
#89Josiah498US #95
#90Alan497US #135
#91Connor497US #57
#92Fernando495US #164
#93Francisco495US #170
#94Jaden494US #88
#95Alex483US #84
#96Ivan483US #132
#97Charles482US #63
#98Cesar478US #166
#99Cristian477US #150
#100Antonio476US #102

On the move since 2007

Rising

↑38Genesis#32
↑35Aubrey#44
↑35Layla#56
↑29Allison#31
↑28Leah#68
↑18Camila#27
↑18Brooklyn#55
↑17Brayden#63

Falling

↓22Briana#93
↓20Jessica#67
↓19Jaden#94
↓18Stephanie#60
↓17Alex#95
↓16Anna#77
↓16Faith#85
↓15Savannah#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2007 rankings.