Popular baby names in Texas, 2000

The most popular baby names in Texas in 2000 were Emily for girls (2,038 babies) and Jose for boys (3,097). Jose ranked #34 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 324,606 babies born in Texas in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 2000

Names given at least 15 times in Texas that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Infant: 195 babies, 11× the national rate
Valeria: 414 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Clarissa: 282 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Perla: 143 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Anahi: 211 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Julissa: 201 babies, 3× the national rate
Priscilla: 288 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lorena: 125 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Nayeli: 102 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Aylin: 78 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Infant: 193 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Joe: 368 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Rolando: 171 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Rodolfo: 200 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ramiro: 156 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rogelio: 159 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gilberto: 158 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Vicente: 113 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Noe: 141 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Raul: 413 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Emily	2,038	–	1
2	Ashley	1,839	↑1	4
3	Hannah	1,673	↑2	2
4	Alexis	1,544	↓2	6
5	Madison	1,543	↑3	3
6	Samantha	1,469	↓2	7
7	Alyssa	1,457	–	12
8	Brianna	1,362	↑5	15
9	Jessica	1,355	↑2	8
10	Sarah	1,348	↓1	5
11	Victoria	1,318	↓5	20
12	Lauren	1,227	–	11
13	Elizabeth	1,211	↑1	9
14	Abigail	1,172	↑5	14
15	Jennifer	1,165	↓5	26
16	Taylor	1,054	↓1	10
17	Maria	1,007	–	41
18	Destiny	997	↑3	24
19	Jasmine	982	↓3	27
20	Kayla	962	↓2	13
21	Jacqueline	857	↑11	64
22	Stephanie	855	↓2	40
23	Andrea	848	↑1	55
24	Natalie	824	↑1	34
25	Leslie	766	↑6	90
26	Sydney	751	↑8	23
27	Megan	740	↓5	18
28	Haley	702	↑8	28
29	Emma	692	↑12	17
30	Vanessa	690	↓1	62
31	Amanda	686	↓8	32
32	Kimberly	680	↓4	58
33	Rachel	667	↓7	21
34	Kaitlyn	641	↓1	30
35	Anna	629	↑9	22
36	Morgan	628	↑2	25
37	Alexandra	626	↓10	36
38	Savannah	618	↑1	37
39	Grace	606	↑8	19
40	Katherine	599	↓5	33
41	Michelle	595	↑2	52
42	Amber	578	↓5	47
43	Chloe	575	new	38
44	Olivia	565	new	16
45	Rebecca	554	↓5	39
46	Hailey	544	new	35
47	Faith	506	new	66
48	Nicole	506	↓6	31
49	Briana	496	↓4	83
50	Jordan	490	↓4	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Jose	3,097	–	34
2	Jacob	2,826	–	1
3	Joshua	2,454	↑2	4
4	Michael	2,437	↓1	2
5	Christopher	2,268	↓1	5
6	Daniel	2,121	↑1	9
7	Matthew	2,093	↓1	3
8	David	2,007	↑1	16
9	Juan	2,005	↓1	48
10	Jonathan	1,865	↑1	21
11	Christian	1,823	↑2	22
12	Brandon	1,803	↓2	12
13	Andrew	1,678	↑1	7
14	John	1,636	↓2	14
15	Joseph	1,530	–	8
16	Luis	1,497	↑3	49
17	William	1,489	↑3	11
18	Nicholas	1,484	↓2	6
19	Anthony	1,464	↓2	17
20	Zachary	1,402	↑1	15
21	Ryan	1,360	↑1	13
22	James	1,295	↓4	18
23	Jesus	1,287	–	76
24	Justin	1,253	–	19
25	Ethan	1,212	↑15	25
26	Kevin	1,175	↑6	32
27	Carlos	1,158	↑1	66
28	Tyler	1,154	↓3	10
29	Robert	1,109	↓3	29
30	Angel	1,105	↑11	67
31	Dylan	1,101	↓2	24
32	Austin	1,043	↓5	23
33	Samuel	1,026	–	28
34	Alexander	1,024	↓3	20
35	Nathan	1,017	↑1	30
36	Cameron	977	↓2	31
37	Aaron	968	↓2	41
38	Alejandro	954	↑4	89
39	Noah	933	↓9	27
40	Caleb	926	↑4	38
41	Adrian	913	↓3	78
42	Bryan	911	new	70
43	Hunter	895	↑2	35
44	Eric	885	↓5	42
45	Miguel	882	↓2	86
46	Isaiah	876	↑4	47
47	Benjamin	869	new	26
48	Jason	852	↓2	39
49	Isaac	845	↓2	53
50	Gabriel	837	↓2	44

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