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Baby names in Texas

What parents in Texas actually named their children in 2025, and which names the state uses far more than the country does.

Top 20 girls' names in Texas, 2025

#NameBirths
1 Emma 1,707
2 Olivia 1,580
3 Isabella 1,559
4 Mia 1,483
5 Sophia 1,359
6 Camila 1,349
7 Amelia 1,329
8 Sofia 1,307
9 Eliana 1,275
10 Ailany 1,213
11 Charlotte 1,140
12 Valentina 985
13 Evelyn 925
14 Aurora 798
15 Elena 786
16 Elizabeth 771
17 Violet 767
18 Gianna 756
19 Luna 727
20 Aria 705

Top 20 boys' names in Texas, 2025

#NameBirths
1 Liam 2,688
2 Noah 2,450
3 Mateo 2,081
4 Santiago 1,829
5 Sebastian 1,498
6 Elijah 1,455
7 Oliver 1,361
8 Elias 1,321
9 Levi 1,163
10 Julian 1,115
11 Ezra 1,067
12 James 1,057
13 Lucas 1,010
14 Ethan 1,005
15 Jose 991
16 Samuel 987
17 Daniel 976
18 Angel 937
19 Benjamin 929
20 Luca 909

The most distinctive names in Texas

These are the names Texas uses most out of proportion to the rest of the country. The location quotient is the state's share of births going to a name divided by the national share, over 2016–2025. A quotient of 3.0 means the name is three times as common here as it is nationally.

NameBirths in TexasLocation quotient
Infant 169 6.6×
Roel 287 6.0×
Homero 132 5.9×
Karyme 114 4.8×
Eliud 129 4.7×
Devany 118 4.5×
Eugenio 178 4.4×
Rolando 737 4.4×
Arnoldo 103 4.4×
Constanza 147 4.4×
Patricio 287 4.4×
Erasmo 83 4.3×
Oziel 485 4.2×
Karime 198 4.2×
Alizae 180 4.2×
Kutter 95 4.1×
Eugenia 197 4.1×
Cutter 148 4.0×
Aleyza 153 4.0×
Reymundo 105 4.0×

The number one name in Texas, year by year

Twenty years of first-place names.
YearGirlsBirthsBoysBirths
2025 Emma 1,707 Liam 2,688
2024 Olivia 1,765 Liam 3,090
2023 Emma 1,805 Liam 2,774
2022 Olivia 1,907 Liam 2,548
2021 Olivia 1,957 Liam 2,425
2020 Olivia 1,930 Liam 2,219
2019 Emma 2,047 Liam 2,231
2018 Emma 2,166 Liam 2,156
2017 Emma 2,316 Noah 1,953
2016 Emma 2,150 Noah 2,036
2015 Emma 2,206 Noah 2,166
2014 Emma 2,190 Noah 2,093
2013 Sophia 2,393 Jacob 1,982
2012 Sophia 2,338 Jacob 1,956
2011 Sophia 2,195 Jacob 2,051
2010 Isabella 2,297 Jacob 2,275
2009 Isabella 2,094 Jose 2,266
2008 Emily 1,849 Jose 2,358
2007 Emily 1,988 Jose 2,583
2006 Emily 2,118 Jose 2,659

State files start in 1910 and use the same five-birth reporting floor as the national data, applied per state, year and sex — so small states show fewer distinct names, not fewer names in use.