State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 2017 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 335,934 Texas births in 2017 across 5,962 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#82Alejandro#195 nationally
#72Gael#178 nationally
#100Emilianooutside the national top 200
#97Daniela#197 nationally
#22Ximena#121 nationally
#77Miguel#176 nationally
#44Juan#137 nationally
#53Jesus#144 nationally
#71Valeria#157 nationally
#46Andrea#128 nationally
#62Carlos#134 nationally
#92Kimberly#164 nationally

Girls

#1Emma2,316US #1
#2Mia1,887US #6
#3Isabella1,849US #4
#4Sophia1,825US #5
#5Olivia1,782US #2
#6Ava1,429US #3
#7Camila1,363US #23
#8Sofia1,323US #15
#9Abigail1,128US #10
#10Victoria1,116US #19
#11Emily1,092US #12
#12Evelyn1,082US #9
#13Charlotte991US #7
#14Amelia949US #8
#15Elizabeth945US #13
#16Avery923US #14
#17Scarlett810US #18
#18Harper803US #11
#19Genesis787US #56
#20Madison732US #17
#21Penelope707US #24
#22Ximena704US #121
#23Alexa670US #66
#24Allison653US #61
#25Zoe647US #41
#26Leah645US #40
#27Layla644US #26
#28Mila635US #30
#29Aria623US #20
#30Aubrey606US #31
#31Chloe586US #22
#32Ella564US #16
#33Luna545US #37
#34Melanie544US #90
#35Grace538US #21
#36Hannah537US #32
#37Ariana536US #67
#38Zoey535US #28
#39Natalie527US #35
#40Brooklyn524US #39
#41Elena519US #68
#42Samantha516US #54
#43Aaliyah497US #57
#44Riley491US #25
#45Bella482US #50
#46Andrea476US #128
#47Caroline467US #55
#48Audrey465US #46
#49Ellie465US #44
#50Hazel461US #43
#51Lily452US #33
#52Addison446US #34
#53Lillian444US #27
#54Savannah438US #38
#55Arianna435US #87
#56Natalia433US #119
#57Eleanor426US #36
#58Valentina424US #96
#59Sarah420US #62
#60Madelyn400US #63
#61Maria396US #111
#62Aurora394US #51
#63Eliana386US #88
#64Violet385US #47
#65Kaylee383US #84
#66Paisley381US #45
#67Delilah376US #102
#68Gabriella375US #65
#69Hailey370US #72
#70Katherine370US #105
#71Valeria369US #157
#72Nevaeh367US #74
#73Kennedy365US #58
#74Brianna363US #123
#75Stella363US #42
#76Adeline356US #64
#77Adalynn354US #116
#78Anna353US #53
#79Claire353US #49
#80Ashley348US #122
#81Sadie348US #71
#82Emilia341US #77
#83Everly340US #82
#84Maya337US #60
#85Alice335US #70
#86Skylar334US #48
#87Emery333US #115
#88Liliana332US #109
#89Serenity331US #78
#90Naomi317US #69
#91Jade316US #110
#92Kimberly315US #164
#93Kinsley315US #59
#94Eva314US #73
#95Aubree312US #86
#96Autumn304US #75
#97Daniela304US #197
#98Gianna304US #91
#99Lucy304US #52
#100Ariel300US #142

Boys

#1Noah1,952US #2
#2Liam1,842US #1
#3Sebastian1,595US #23
#4Mateo1,523US #42
#5Elijah1,482US #8
#6Matthew1,428US #16
#7Jacob1,412US #9
#8Daniel1,374US #15
#9Ethan1,353US #14
#10David1,344US #22
#11Jose1,344US #81
#12Alexander1,264US #13
#13James1,251US #4
#14Jayden1,238US #26
#15Michael1,212US #12
#16Benjamin1,199US #6
#17Aiden1,196US #17
#18Julian1,172US #37
#19William1,159US #3
#20Dylan1,130US #29
#21Luke1,124US #30
#22Oliver1,103US #10
#23Logan1,098US #5
#24Santiago1,093US #93
#25Samuel1,066US #21
#26Aaron1,031US #47
#27Angel1,025US #71
#28Mason1,015US #7
#29Christopher1,012US #39
#30Isaac1,011US #32
#31Joshua997US #38
#32Lucas978US #11
#33Joseph961US #18
#34Anthony958US #33
#35Adrian949US #58
#36Josiah929US #51
#37Christian920US #52
#38Gabriel901US #31
#39Nathan893US #45
#40Levi887US #35
#41John867US #27
#42Andrew856US #40
#43Jaxon826US #43
#44Juan814US #137
#45Isaiah799US #46
#46Wyatt798US #25
#47Ian783US #76
#48Jonathan782US #55
#49Leonardo778US #97
#50Caleb761US #50
#51Luis761US #117
#52Ezekiel755US #82
#53Jesus747US #144
#54Jackson744US #20
#55Eli731US #54
#56Grayson729US #34
#57Jeremiah725US #63
#58Diego723US #129
#59Ryan719US #44
#60Carter679US #24
#61Henry678US #19
#62Carlos669US #134
#63Axel624US #104
#64Damian616US #119
#65Ezra598US #69
#66Thomas591US #49
#67Elias587US #78
#68Lincoln583US #41
#69Jack578US #36
#70Asher554US #59
#71Owen552US #28
#72Gael539US #178
#73Hudson532US #64
#74Jordan522US #73
#75Landon504US #57
#76Robert502US #65
#77Miguel501US #176
#78Easton496US #66
#79Jason491US #92
#80Charles485US #48
#81Nicholas471US #68
#82Alejandro469US #195
#83Hunter466US #53
#84Ivan465US #135
#85Adam463US #77
#86Jace458US #87
#87Xavier456US #89
#88Austin446US #75
#89Ayden444US #99
#90Brandon439US #114
#91Evan432US #85
#92Emmanuel427US #155
#93Alan426US #159
#94Dominic426US #74
#95Nolan424US #67
#96Victor422US #165
#97Connor420US #56
#98Kevin419US #102
#99Cooper417US #88
#100Emiliano407

On the move since 2016

Rising

↑54Luna#33
↑46Ezekiel#52
↑27Bella#45
↑22Mila#28
↑22Logan#23
↑22Asher#70
↑19Eleanor#57
↑18Aurora#62

Falling

↓34Kevin#98
↓30Skylar#86
↓28Ashley#80
↓22Kimberly#92
↓21Serenity#89
↓19Claire#79
↓18Adeline#76
↓18Dominic#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2016 rankings.