Popular baby names in Texas, 2001

The most popular baby names in Texas in 2001 were Emily for girls (2,050 babies) and Jose for boys (2,919). Jose ranked #34 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 325,146 babies born in Texas in 2001 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 2001

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: 90 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Frida: 93 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Aracely: 111 babies, 3.4× the national rate
America: 143 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Nallely: 83 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Valeria: 413 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Clarissa: 252 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Julissa: 237 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Blanca: 97 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Karla: 395 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Rolando: 182 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Joe: 350 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Reynaldo: 95 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ramiro: 173 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gilberto: 151 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rogelio: 142 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rene: 169 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Rodolfo: 140 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Raul: 390 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Noe: 154 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 2001

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Emily	2,050	–	1
2	Madison	1,818	↑3	2
3	Ashley	1,719	↓1	4
4	Alexis	1,460	–	5
5	Alyssa	1,427	↑2	14
6	Hannah	1,408	↓3	3
7	Samantha	1,303	↓1	7
8	Victoria	1,282	↑3	21
9	Abigail	1,262	↑5	8
10	Jessica	1,250	↓1	11
11	Brianna	1,247	↓3	18
12	Jennifer	1,216	↑3	26
13	Lauren	1,214	↓1	15
14	Sarah	1,203	↓4	6
15	Elizabeth	1,182	↓2	9
16	Maria	1,051	↑1	41
17	Destiny	994	↑1	22
18	Taylor	955	↓2	12
19	Jasmine	944	–	25
20	Kayla	923	–	17
21	Stephanie	913	↑1	43
22	Andrea	879	↑1	49
23	Natalie	827	↑1	32
24	Leslie	780	↑1	84
25	Emma	718	↑4	13
26	Chloe	703	↑17	30
27	Katherine	683	↑13	35
28	Megan	678	↓1	20
29	Kimberly	672	↑3	61
30	Sydney	652	↓4	23
31	Kaitlyn	650	↑3	31
32	Jacqueline	640	↓11	70
33	Haley	636	↓5	34
34	Olivia	631	↑10	10
35	Grace	611	↑4	16
36	Alexandra	608	↑1	38
37	Anna	604	↓2	19
38	Rachel	596	↓5	24
39	Angela	594	new	77
40	Isabella	594	new	28
41	Savannah	587	↓3	42
42	Amanda	579	↓11	39
43	Vanessa	579	↓13	64
44	Hailey	569	↑2	33
45	Michelle	560	↓4	59
46	Morgan	521	↓10	29
47	Jordan	513	↑3	47
48	Amber	511	↓6	51
49	Ana	503	new	>100
50	Rebecca	488	↓5	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Jose	2,919	–	34
2	Jacob	2,579	–	1
3	Michael	2,291	↑1	2
4	Joshua	2,250	↓1	4
5	Christopher	2,203	–	5
6	David	2,054	↑2	12
7	Matthew	2,043	–	3
8	Daniel	2,009	↓2	9
9	Christian	1,917	↑2	24
10	Juan	1,896	↓1	53
11	Jonathan	1,851	↓1	23
12	Brandon	1,687	–	18
13	John	1,619	↑1	14
14	Andrew	1,613	↓1	7
15	Joseph	1,542	–	8
16	Anthony	1,527	↑3	11
17	Jesus	1,510	↑6	66
18	Ethan	1,478	↑7	17
19	William	1,474	↓2	10
20	Luis	1,381	↓4	52
21	Nicholas	1,374	↓3	6
22	Carlos	1,324	↑5	59
23	Kevin	1,265	↑3	32
24	Angel	1,252	↑6	58
25	Zachary	1,249	↓5	16
26	James	1,241	↓4	19
27	Ryan	1,180	↓6	15
28	Dylan	1,175	↑3	21
29	Justin	1,109	↓5	22
30	Samuel	1,077	↑3	26
31	Nathan	1,060	↑4	31
32	Gabriel	1,048	↑18	38
33	Alexander	1,036	↑1	20
34	Robert	1,035	↓5	30
35	Tyler	1,026	↓7	13
36	Caleb	1,013	↑4	37
37	Adrian	1,012	↑4	75
38	Aaron	988	↓1	42
39	Austin	952	↓7	25
40	Miguel	932	↑5	87
41	Isaac	931	↑8	47
42	Alejandro	922	↓4	88
43	Noah	915	↓4	28
44	Bryan	900	↓2	69
45	Jason	887	↑3	41
46	Eric	882	↓2	44
47	Benjamin	876	–	27
48	Cameron	863	↓12	35
49	Isaiah	856	↓3	43
50	Logan	824	new	29

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