State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 2016 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 352,423 Texas births in 2016 across 6,154 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#63Gael#178 nationally
#94Jorgeoutside the national top 200
#96Daleyzaoutside the national top 200
#92Daniela#196 nationally
#23Ximena#120 nationally
#87Alejandro#181 nationally
#63Valeria#153 nationally
#37Juan#122 nationally
#79Miguel#163 nationally
#45Andrea#128 nationally
#53Jesus#134 nationally
#57Diego#130 nationally

Girls

#1Emma2,150US #1
#2Mia2,019US #6
#3Sophia1,968US #4
#4Olivia1,950US #2
#5Isabella1,804US #5
#6Sofia1,563US #14
#7Ava1,533US #3
#8Camila1,261US #32
#9Abigail1,247US #8
#10Emily1,234US #9
#11Victoria1,140US #21
#12Avery1,028US #16
#13Elizabeth1,024US #13
#14Evelyn1,024US #12
#15Charlotte910US #7
#16Harper870US #11
#17Genesis826US #58
#18Zoe824US #35
#19Madison809US #15
#20Scarlett802US #18
#21Amelia797US #10
#22Alexa769US #51
#23Ximena768US #120
#24Allison747US #50
#25Penelope732US #27
#26Natalie685US #31
#27Aria679US #23
#28Aubrey633US #25
#29Leah632US #37
#30Chloe620US #20
#31Ariana619US #54
#32Aaliyah599US #53
#33Layla596US #30
#34Riley594US #22
#35Melanie589US #82
#36Addison572US #29
#37Ella570US #17
#38Grace568US #19
#39Hannah561US #33
#40Samantha556US #44
#41Arianna543US #69
#42Brooklyn534US #34
#43Zoey521US #26
#44Lily518US #24
#45Andrea515US #128
#46Audrey508US #39
#47Lillian500US #28
#48Savannah496US #38
#49Caroline489US #56
#50Mila482US #48
#51Natalia478US #111
#52Ashley474US #101
#53Valentina466US #106
#54Kaylee458US #72
#55Ellie453US #43
#56Skylar447US #42
#57Elena433US #94
#58Adeline427US #63
#59Madelyn427US #62
#60Claire418US #40
#61Hailey417US #68
#62Hazel416US #52
#63Valeria411US #153
#64Brianna410US #97
#65Maria407US #113
#66Kennedy402US #59
#67Sarah401US #57
#68Serenity399US #70
#69Violet396US #47
#70Kimberly395US #133
#71Nevaeh395US #73
#72Bella392US #78
#73Sadie391US #60
#74Katherine389US #91
#75Paisley388US #46
#76Eleanor383US #41
#77Faith383US #99
#78Kylie383US #83
#79Eliana362US #93
#80Aurora360US #66
#81Gabriella360US #61
#82Anna359US #49
#83Delilah358US #115
#84Stella358US #45
#85Aubree346US #84
#86Naomi344US #75
#87Luna339US #77
#88Maya336US #64
#89Alexandra335US #110
#90Eva328US #74
#91Autumn326US #65
#92Daniela325US #196
#93Kinsley324US #86
#94Adalynn315US #124
#95Alice314US #76
#96Daleyza314
#97Madeline308US #90
#98Ruby306US #71
#99Jade304US #117
#100Alyssa301US #119

Boys

#1Noah2,036US #1
#2Liam1,798US #2
#3Sebastian1,675US #23
#4Matthew1,617US #15
#5Daniel1,616US #13
#6Jacob1,580US #7
#7Elijah1,516US #9
#8Ethan1,496US #10
#9Jose1,427US #77
#10David1,411US #19
#11Michael1,377US #8
#12Alexander1,325US #11
#13William1,325US #3
#14Benjamin1,311US #6
#15Aiden1,305US #16
#16Mateo1,278US #59
#17James1,273US #5
#18Jayden1,255US #27
#19Luke1,247US #29
#20Mason1,246US #4
#21Dylan1,201US #32
#22Joshua1,148US #35
#23Christopher1,140US #36
#24Angel1,129US #70
#25Anthony1,128US #30
#26Julian1,106US #39
#27Isaac1,072US #31
#28Samuel1,056US #21
#29Aaron1,039US #49
#30Oliver1,038US #12
#31John1,025US #28
#32Gabriel1,005US #25
#33Christian1,004US #46
#34Nathan1,000US #43
#35Joseph996US #20
#36Adrian987US #60
#37Juan973US #122
#38Josiah972US #55
#39Santiago971US #106
#40Lucas943US #14
#41Andrew941US #34
#42Isaiah900US #47
#43Luis882US #113
#44Jeremiah880US #58
#45Logan879US #18
#46Jonathan878US #56
#47Caleb876US #44
#48Jackson848US #17
#49Ian847US #78
#50Leonardo827US #96
#51Levi821US #42
#52Jaxon818US #41
#53Jesus773US #134
#54Wyatt771US #33
#55Ryan768US #40
#56Eli758US #50
#57Diego746US #130
#58Carter740US #26
#59Grayson735US #37
#60Henry714US #22
#61Carlos698US #129
#62Robert621US #62
#63Gael617US #178
#64Kevin614US #90
#65Jordan610US #65
#66Owen609US #24
#67Damian605US #123
#68Ezra579US #85
#69Adam573US #75
#70Axel573US #116
#71Jason568US #84
#72Hudson564US #61
#73Jack554US #38
#74Lincoln544US #51
#75Ayden543US #92
#76Dominic543US #72
#77Landon540US #53
#78Elias530US #93
#79Miguel528US #163
#80Evan522US #69
#81Charles520US #52
#82Jace520US #76
#83Thomas514US #48
#84Austin506US #73
#85Hunter505US #45
#86Easton501US #66
#87Alejandro499US #181
#88Brayden489US #64
#89Connor475US #54
#90Nicholas471US #63
#91Nathaniel469US #103
#92Asher467US #71
#93Brandon466US #99
#94Jorge465
#95Xavier463US #88
#96Ivan462US #131
#97Cameron460US #57
#98Ezekiel444US #120
#99Alan439US #155
#100Cooper436US #79

On the move since 2015

Rising

↑28Gael#63
↑27Owen#66
↑23Valentina#53
↑21Elena#57
↑21Ezra#68
↑20Natalia#51
↑18Aria#27
↑16Riley#34

Falling

↓29Kimberly#70
↓29Brandon#93
↓24Kylie#78
↓23Paisley#75
↓23Alyssa#100
↓18Zoey#43
↓18Hunter#85
↓15Gabriella#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2015 rankings.