State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 2009 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 353,072 Texas births in 2009 across 6,114 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#96Fernandaoutside the national top 200
#80Miranda#182 nationally
#99Edgaroutside the national top 200
#75Ricardo#170 nationally
#87Fernando#179 nationally
#97Javier#187 nationally
#66Jorge#155 nationally
#94Francisco#183 nationally
#85Leonardo#164 nationally
#58Daniela#136 nationally
#54Santiago#130 nationally
#85Leslie#160 nationally

Girls

#1Isabella2,093US #1
#2Emily1,724US #6
#3Mia1,620US #10
#4Emma1,469US #2
#5Sophia1,452US #4
#6Abigail1,383US #8
#7Madison1,319US #7
#8Ava1,130US #5
#9Natalie1,123US #16
#10Olivia1,123US #3
#11Ashley1,067US #20
#12Elizabeth1,004US #11
#13Samantha989US #14
#14Chloe963US #9
#15Addison912US #12
#16Victoria905US #31
#17Valeria871US #72
#18Alyssa869US #19
#19Brianna860US #24
#20Allison843US #30
#21Alexis816US #13
#22Alexa807US #43
#23Camila788US #80
#24Sofia779US #36
#25Kimberly726US #66
#26Andrea715US #73
#27Evelyn714US #40
#28Sarah707US #21
#29Kaylee696US #26
#30Hailey692US #25
#31Genesis689US #83
#32Avery687US #32
#33Maria655US #70
#34Melanie591US #94
#35Jocelyn590US #71
#36Hannah587US #23
#37Zoe584US #47
#38Kayla572US #35
#39Layla567US #45
#40Ella561US #15
#41Leah559US #29
#42Nevaeh557US #34
#43Gabriella555US #33
#44Destiny554US #56
#45Makayla550US #44
#46Arianna534US #52
#47Taylor525US #22
#48Brooklyn517US #37
#49Audrey516US #49
#50Grace515US #17
#51Lauren512US #46
#52Lily511US #18
#53Aubrey504US #41
#54Aaliyah500US #63
#55Jasmine496US #51
#56Bella495US #58
#57Vanessa466US #91
#58Daniela459US #136
#59Katherine454US #60
#60Natalia453US #103
#61Jennifer451US #110
#62Ariana443US #82
#63Savannah442US #39
#64Peyton438US #42
#65Khloe429US #95
#66Lillian427US #27
#67Serenity427US #93
#68Stephanie424US #112
#69Alexandra422US #69
#70Giselle413US #134
#71Valerie413US #138
#72Anna411US #28
#73Faith402US #79
#74Trinity402US #74
#75Mariah397US #88
#76Kylie395US #62
#77Michelle395US #104
#78Sydney392US #48
#79Jessica390US #78
#80Miranda383US #182
#81Riley383US #38
#82Brooke381US #54
#83Kaitlyn381US #67
#84Angelina377US #86
#85Leslie374US #160
#86Bailey366US #85
#87Liliana364US #120
#88Zoey361US #75
#89Amy352US #130
#90Ruby351US #108
#91Madeline348US #64
#92Madelyn347US #59
#93Angela344US #142
#94Gabriela344US #139
#95Sophie339US #65
#96Fernanda336
#97Katelyn332US #90
#98Jacqueline331US #163
#99Caroline325US #87
#100Claire322US #53

Boys

#1Jose2,266US #43
#2Jacob2,003US #1
#3Daniel2,000US #7
#4Angel1,871US #37
#5Christopher1,866US #10
#6David1,865US #14
#7Ethan1,834US #2
#8Joshua1,812US #6
#9Jayden1,734US #8
#10Alexander1,704US #4
#11Michael1,693US #3
#12Juan1,625US #67
#13Anthony1,623US #11
#14Aiden1,550US #12
#15Christian1,537US #23
#16Noah1,531US #9
#17Matthew1,477US #13
#18Jonathan1,457US #29
#19William1,392US #5
#20Andrew1,359US #16
#21Gabriel1,300US #22
#22Joseph1,266US #15
#23Jesus1,257US #78
#24Adrian1,210US #59
#25Nathan1,197US #25
#26Luis1,178US #69
#27Kevin1,172US #44
#28John1,128US #26
#29Diego1,123US #76
#30Isaac1,101US #40
#31Elijah1,089US #21
#32Carlos1,088US #79
#33Caleb1,085US #31
#34Samuel1,084US #24
#35James1,081US #18
#36Isaiah1,074US #41
#37Julian1,065US #62
#38Brandon1,055US #38
#39Aaron1,053US #54
#40Sebastian1,048US #70
#41Dylan1,001US #30
#42Logan1,000US #17
#43Benjamin933US #19
#44Jackson920US #27
#45Ryan916US #20
#46Jeremiah857US #65
#47Luke857US #47
#48Jordan852US #45
#49Nicholas825US #32
#50Miguel816US #100
#51Evan810US #35
#52Bryan784US #92
#53Alejandro767US #121
#54Santiago757US #130
#55Landon756US #36
#56Justin750US #46
#57Gavin742US #33
#58Mason737US #34
#59Robert737US #55
#60Eduardo718US #128
#61Jason705US #66
#62Brayden703US #48
#63Tyler648US #28
#64Victor632US #117
#65Xavier628US #68
#66Jorge619US #155
#67Zachary602US #53
#68Ian599US #73
#69Ayden590US #87
#70Austin581US #63
#71Joel575US #116
#72Damian572US #127
#73Hunter554US #56
#74Eric545US #95
#75Ricardo542US #170
#76Jack538US #42
#77Oscar536US #131
#78Tristan532US #80
#79Josiah531US #86
#80Adam525US #74
#81Lucas523US #39
#82Wyatt516US #60
#83Cameron512US #58
#84Nathaniel509US #75
#85Leonardo501US #164
#86Charles495US #64
#87Fernando493US #179
#88Ivan493US #136
#89Hayden484US #91
#90Carter473US #50
#91Aidan471US #72
#92Thomas471US #57
#93Connor467US #52
#94Francisco462US #183
#95Alex457US #83
#96Levi457US #85
#97Javier452US #187
#98Jesse451US #112
#99Edgar449
#100Alan448US #142

On the move since 2008

Rising

↑27Leah#41
↑22Santiago#54
↑20Serenity#67
↑19Aaliyah#54
↑17Layla#39
↑14Peyton#64
↑14Ayden#69
↑13Damian#72

Falling

↓22Angelina#84
↓21Aidan#91
↓20Kaitlyn#83
↓15Jennifer#61
↓15Leslie#85
↓14Mariah#75
↓14Angela#93
↓14Thomas#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2008 rankings.