How Many People Are Named Texas?
An estimated 412 people in the United States have the first name Texas. It is used for both genders, with 67.0% male. The average bearer is 27 years old, and Texas peaked in popularity in 2024 with 25 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Texas as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Texas paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Texas has shifted from predominantly female to increasingly male in recent decades.
Estimated Living Americans
412
About 1 in 831,928 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
67.0% confidence
Average Age
27
years old
Peak Year
2024
25 births
Total Registered
712
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Texas
Texas is a genuinely unisex name, used for both males (67.0%) and females (33.0%). Out of 712 total births registered, 477 were male and 235 were female.
Texas as a male name
Ranked #5,020 in 2024
20 male births in 2024
Peak: 2008 (22 births)
Texas as a female name
Ranked #17,399 in 2024
5 female births in 2024
Peak: 1918 (11 births)
Texas: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Texas span from the 1880s to the 2020s, covering 15 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 132 babies were registered. While Texas is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Texas by Decade
How has Texas tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Texas by State
Texas + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Texas as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Texas
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
Texas: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Texas?
We estimate approximately 412 people named Texas are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 831,928 Americans share this first name.
Is Texas a common name?
Texas is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 82.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 712 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Texas most popular?
Texas reached peak popularity in 2024, when 25 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Texas is approximately 27 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Texas a male name?
Texas is predominantly male. 67.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Texas Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Texas Smith, Texas Johnson, Texas Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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