State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 2012 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 335,913 Texas births in 2012 across 6,004 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#49Ximenaoutside the national top 200
#81Jorge#195 nationally
#84Daniela#194 nationally
#95Eduardooutside the national top 200
#52Valeria#149 nationally
#51Gael#146 nationally
#90Giselle#185 nationally
#71Leonardo#152 nationally
#70Alejandro#148 nationally
#49Santiago#122 nationally
#89Axel#162 nationally
#21Juan#92 nationally

Girls

#1Sophia2,338US #1
#2Isabella2,101US #3
#3Emma1,968US #2
#4Mia1,606US #8
#5Emily1,494US #6
#6Olivia1,322US #4
#7Ava1,252US #5
#8Abigail1,236US #7
#9Sofia1,138US #18
#10Camila984US #48
#11Victoria952US #28
#12Elizabeth920US #10
#13Madison910US #9
#14Natalie882US #17
#15Avery840US #13
#16Zoe831US #30
#17Genesis825US #56
#18Aubrey754US #15
#19Evelyn744US #27
#20Chloe738US #11
#21Allison724US #38
#22Addison722US #14
#23Samantha711US #26
#24Zoey685US #20
#25Aaliyah683US #36
#26Hannah674US #22
#27Harper631US #24
#28Brooklyn628US #29
#29Kaylee623US #35
#30Alexa618US #57
#31Brianna613US #51
#32Kimberly613US #88
#33Layla608US #31
#34Alyssa580US #44
#35Ashley578US #50
#36Andrea572US #100
#37Melanie570US #77
#38Ella556US #12
#39Hailey552US #32
#40Lily551US #16
#41Arianna537US #49
#42Nevaeh536US #39
#43Audrey521US #41
#44Leah521US #33
#45Grace492US #21
#46Sarah490US #42
#47Lillian470US #25
#48Serenity469US #58
#49Ximena467
#50Bella465US #54
#51Katherine465US #64
#52Valeria463US #149
#53Alexis460US #40
#54Khloe459US #55
#55Gabriella458US #37
#56Ariana449US #74
#57Savannah449US #43
#58Maria439US #101
#59Jocelyn434US #93
#60Charlotte432US #19
#61Kylie425US #59
#62Makayla411US #70
#63Amelia408US #23
#64Faith403US #75
#65Sophie400US #52
#66Kayla398US #69
#67Scarlett397US #61
#68Aubree396US #60
#69Claire391US #45
#70Anna387US #34
#71Nicole383US #114
#72Destiny370US #113
#73Natalia359US #119
#74Amy357US #145
#75Riley357US #47
#76Madelyn353US #67
#77Alexandra350US #76
#78Peyton348US #53
#79Caroline347US #80
#80Taylor343US #46
#81Maya341US #63
#82Naomi332US #79
#83Bailey331US #81
#84Daniela327US #194
#85Paisley319US #104
#86Jade317US #112
#87Jasmine314US #83
#88Trinity310US #91
#89Kennedy308US #84
#90Giselle300US #185
#91Lauren298US #72
#92Ruby287US #105
#93Eva285US #86
#94Vanessa285US #123
#95Mariah283US #107
#96Autumn282US #68
#97Jennifer281US #164
#98Skylar281US #87
#99Valerie280US #169
#100London278US #94

Boys

#1Jacob1,955US #1
#2Jayden1,882US #8
#3Ethan1,752US #3
#4Noah1,690US #4
#5Daniel1,640US #11
#6Jose1,620US #72
#7David1,535US #20
#8Aiden1,528US #10
#9Matthew1,471US #12
#10Alexander1,469US #9
#11Michael1,436US #7
#12Mason1,413US #2
#13Anthony1,405US #15
#14Christopher1,399US #23
#15Angel1,381US #57
#16William1,381US #5
#17Joshua1,364US #17
#18Elijah1,302US #13
#19Liam1,241US #6
#20Jonathan1,206US #34
#21Juan1,191US #92
#22Andrew1,180US #18
#23Nathan1,179US #29
#24Christian1,130US #33
#25Sebastian1,113US #64
#26Gabriel1,105US #24
#27Isaac1,061US #30
#28Joseph1,057US #19
#29James1,045US #14
#30Benjamin1,039US #16
#31Julian1,035US #53
#32Caleb1,031US #32
#33Samuel1,029US #25
#34John1,016US #28
#35Adrian1,014US #61
#36Aaron1,006US #51
#37Luke971US #37
#38Isaiah937US #42
#39Dylan932US #31
#40Ryan926US #26
#41Jesus918US #101
#42Luis882US #90
#43Jordan881US #48
#44Carlos856US #95
#45Jeremiah843US #52
#46Jackson840US #21
#47Brandon837US #56
#48Logan825US #22
#49Santiago787US #122
#50Ian785US #78
#51Gael783US #146
#52Eli773US #43
#53Ayden758US #68
#54Kevin755US #69
#55Diego731US #110
#56Landon729US #35
#57Damian699US #99
#58Jaxon673US #66
#59Levi659US #55
#60Austin655US #58
#61Wyatt652US #41
#62Josiah637US #79
#63Robert635US #60
#64Lucas616US #27
#65Jason613US #76
#66Brayden608US #39
#67Evan602US #47
#68Miguel587US #131
#69Nicholas575US #49
#70Alejandro566US #148
#71Leonardo562US #152
#72Mateo552US #137
#73Gavin551US #40
#74Carter540US #36
#75Justin538US #74
#76Xavier532US #80
#77Nathaniel530US #84
#78Dominic521US #70
#79Hunter509US #45
#80Cameron508US #54
#81Jorge501US #195
#82Adam493US #82
#83Bryan492US #121
#84Charles491US #62
#85Tyler487US #50
#86Victor485US #135
#87Henry483US #44
#88Zachary483US #67
#89Axel479US #162
#90Thomas473US #63
#91Jack472US #46
#92Ivan471US #113
#93Colton467US #65
#94Grayson458US #86
#95Eduardo456
#96Jace454US #85
#97Hudson453US #93
#98Joel447US #144
#99Connor438US #59
#100Cooper436US #83

On the move since 2011

Rising

↑36Harper#27
↑26Liam#19
↑23Jaxon#58
↑22Damian#57
↑18Madelyn#76
↑18Maya#81
↑17Amelia#63
↑17Dominic#78

Falling

↓24Axel#89
↓22Ivan#92
↓20Jasmine#87
↓18Giselle#90
↓18Lauren#91
↓18Justin#75
↓17Ashley#35
↓15Jennifer#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2011 rankings.