State roster

Top names in Texas

The names most likely to appear on 2018 Texas birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 333,670 Texas births in 2018 across 5,975 distinct names.

Distinctively Texas

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

#81Matiasoutside the national top 200
#84Catalinaoutside the national top 200
#84Alejandrooutside the national top 200
#86Daniela#195 nationally
#87Emiliano#191 nationally
#97Anaoutside the national top 200
#22Ximena#118 nationally
#45Juan#139 nationally
#86Miguel#179 nationally
#57Jesus#148 nationally
#95Victor#177 nationally
#93Kimberly#173 nationally

Girls

#1Emma2,165US #1
#2Isabella1,846US #4
#3Olivia1,801US #2
#4Mia1,665US #7
#5Sophia1,628US #5
#6Camila1,543US #18
#7Ava1,379US #3
#8Sofia1,243US #17
#9Victoria1,137US #21
#10Evelyn1,039US #10
#11Amelia1,033US #8
#12Abigail1,024US #11
#13Charlotte984US #6
#14Emily972US #12
#15Elizabeth920US #13
#16Avery916US #16
#17Mila815US #14
#18Scarlett773US #20
#19Harper772US #9
#20Genesis762US #57
#21Luna752US #23
#22Ximena711US #118
#23Aria698US #19
#24Layla695US #27
#25Penelope674US #26
#26Leah670US #41
#27Madison656US #22
#28Zoe633US #40
#29Ella619US #15
#30Grace587US #24
#31Elena556US #67
#32Allison552US #70
#33Chloe541US #25
#34Alexa537US #90
#35Ariana527US #68
#36Zoey523US #29
#37Hannah516US #33
#38Aubrey508US #37
#39Natalie500US #39
#40Natalia499US #114
#41Riley497US #28
#42Lily485US #31
#43Melanie477US #105
#44Ellie476US #36
#45Addison473US #35
#46Audrey467US #46
#47Valentina467US #81
#48Aurora464US #44
#49Bella462US #48
#50Aaliyah454US #65
#51Eleanor448US #32
#52Emilia446US #58
#53Eliana441US #84
#54Everly437US #53
#55Violet435US #43
#56Arianna433US #95
#57Samantha432US #61
#58Hazel430US #42
#59Brooklyn425US #47
#60Andrea420US #134
#61Caroline418US #56
#62Savannah410US #45
#63Sarah400US #66
#64Valeria399US #141
#65Delilah389US #92
#66Maria384US #115
#67Emery383US #94
#68Stella380US #38
#69Madelyn379US #72
#70Skylar377US #49
#71Lillian371US #34
#72Ashley369US #130
#73Naomi368US #64
#74Gianna366US #80
#75Kennedy362US #59
#76Serenity360US #75
#77Paisley358US #52
#78Adalynn353US #108
#79Eva351US #76
#80Kaylee350US #97
#81Katherine349US #112
#82Leilani346US #120
#83Nova340US #55
#84Catalina334
#85Anna321US #54
#86Daniela317US #195
#87Maya317US #62
#88Nevaeh315US #83
#89Gabriella314US #69
#90Liliana312US #109
#91Sadie309US #87
#92Claire307US #50
#93Kimberly305US #173
#94Lucy305US #51
#95Nora305US #30
#96Ruby295US #74
#97Ana294
#98Hailey294US #79
#99Alice291US #71
#100Athena289US #117

Boys

#1Liam2,156US #1
#2Noah1,916US #2
#3Sebastian1,570US #18
#4Mateo1,559US #37
#5Elijah1,470US #7
#6Daniel1,383US #15
#7Jacob1,309US #13
#8Ethan1,267US #12
#9Matthew1,251US #20
#10Alexander1,242US #11
#11David1,218US #22
#12Benjamin1,205US #6
#13James1,205US #4
#14Jose1,202US #89
#15Santiago1,174US #82
#16William1,161US #3
#17Michael1,121US #14
#18Aiden1,118US #19
#19Dylan1,109US #31
#20Julian1,101US #36
#21Oliver1,090US #5
#22Luke1,083US #30
#23Jayden1,080US #29
#24Logan1,059US #10
#25Angel1,005US #72
#26Mason1,001US #9
#27Samuel993US #21
#28Lucas986US #8
#29Isaac945US #34
#30Levi929US #33
#31Josiah925US #52
#32Anthony921US #38
#33Christopher917US #42
#34Christian876US #54
#35John875US #26
#36Aaron872US #60
#37Nathan865US #48
#38Adrian864US #62
#39Joshua861US #40
#40Gabriel843US #35
#41Joseph834US #23
#42Jackson806US #17
#43Wyatt793US #27
#44Jaxon781US #39
#45Juan781US #139
#46Leonardo770US #93
#47Andrew766US #43
#48Jonathan758US #63
#49Caleb753US #45
#50Jeremiah742US #64
#51Grayson736US #32
#52Isaiah734US #51
#53Ian723US #79
#54Carter719US #24
#55Henry719US #16
#56Luis703US #126
#57Jesus693US #148
#58Elias675US #67
#59Damian671US #109
#60Ezra665US #59
#61Gael663US #132
#62Diego658US #135
#63Ryan653US #46
#64Carlos652US #138
#65Eli628US #57
#66Asher613US #47
#67Ezekiel594US #87
#68Jack590US #28
#69Axel581US #94
#70Hudson553US #55
#71Lincoln547US #41
#72Owen521US #25
#73Jordan508US #80
#74Easton502US #66
#75Thomas493US #49
#76Leo489US #50
#77Charles468US #53
#78Robert467US #71
#79Adam457US #78
#80Ivan453US #133
#81Matias452
#82Landon448US #61
#83Jace447US #90
#84Alejandro438
#85Jason437US #99
#86Miguel435US #179
#87Emiliano426US #191
#88Connor421US #58
#89Dominic421US #75
#90Evan421US #85
#91Nicholas419US #74
#92Austin417US #81
#93Ayden415US #104
#94Xavier410US #88
#95Victor408US #177
#96Hunter404US #56
#97Roman403US #86
#98Nolan402US #65
#99Cooper398US #83
#100Kevin398US #125

On the move since 2017

Rising

↑30Emilia#52
↑29Everly#54
↑24Gianna#74
↑20Emery#67
↑17Naomi#73
↑16Natalia#40
↑16Skylar#70
↑15Eva#79

Falling

↓29Hailey#98
↓21Gabriella#89
↓19Brooklyn#59
↓18Lillian#71
↓16Nevaeh#88
↓15Samantha#57
↓15Kaylee#80
↓15Ezekiel#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2017 rankings.