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Most Popular Names in Texas

The most common baby names registered in Texas across all years of SSA records, ranked by total birth count. The sparkline for each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to present, giving context for when that name was at its peak.

The top 100 names in Texas account for 7,694,383 total birth registrations. Click any name for a full national profile with gender data, decade breakdowns, and distribution across all 50 states.

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# Name Births Trend
1 James 285,341
2 John 244,999
3 Michael 237,313
4 David 231,969
5 Robert 225,621
6 Mary 212,033
7 William 185,449
8 Jose 170,931
9 Christopher 154,223
10 Maria 135,760
11 Daniel 132,278
12 Charles 131,681
13 Juan 118,735
14 Richard 112,193
15 Matthew 101,627
16 Joshua 100,289
17 Elizabeth 100,086
18 Jennifer 100,081
19 Joseph 98,501
20 Thomas 92,500
21 Joe 89,218
22 Linda 84,209
23 Jacob 82,193
24 Anthony 80,861
25 Jessica 79,793
26 Ashley 79,695
27 Andrew 77,322
28 Patricia 75,153
29 Jonathan 74,534
30 Jesus 74,187
31 Mark 72,473
32 Jason 71,881
33 Kenneth 69,056
34 Kevin 67,870
35 Sarah 67,168
36 George 67,052
37 Emily 66,758
38 Brandon 65,488
39 Steven 62,337
40 Billy 62,029
41 Amanda 62,023
42 Luis 61,714
43 Stephanie 61,545
44 Justin 61,424
45 Paul 61,280
46 Kimberly 61,109
47 Cynthia 60,873
48 Samuel 60,306
49 Carlos 60,279
50 Ryan 59,086
51 Sandra 58,662
52 Barbara 58,527
53 Melissa 58,041
54 Emma 57,913
55 Laura 56,564
56 Eric 56,531
57 Jerry 55,514
58 Aaron 54,997
59 Larry 54,820
60 Betty 54,728
61 Rebecca 54,194
62 Angel 53,881
63 Dorothy 53,069
64 Victoria 52,785
65 Donald 52,617
66 Edward 52,554
67 Benjamin 50,732
68 Christian 49,969
69 Lisa 49,646
70 Alexander 49,567
71 Brian 49,413
72 Michelle 49,245
73 Stephen 47,467
74 Jesse 47,450
75 Samantha 46,906
76 Brenda 46,841
77 Gary 46,746
78 Karen 46,515
79 Nathan 46,174
80 Olivia 46,149
81 Noah 46,005
82 Adrian 46,002
83 Angela 45,928
84 Nicholas 45,838
85 Manuel 45,713
86 Jack 45,096
87 Amy 45,071
88 Johnny 45,042
89 Henry 44,974
90 Timothy 44,636
91 Gabriel 44,398
92 Willie 43,856
93 Margaret 43,843
94 Nancy 43,635
95 Jordan 43,599
96 Ethan 42,949
97 Bobby 42,692
98 Victor 42,462
99 Frank 42,202
100 Jimmy 41,699