Popular baby names in Texas, 2002

The most popular baby names in Texas in 2002 were Emily for girls (2,081 babies) and Jose for boys (3,150). Jose ranked #30 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 330,498 babies born in Texas in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 2002

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: 84 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Frida: 123 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Clarissa: 247 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ximena: 117 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Valeria: 420 babies, 3× the national rate
America: 181 babies, 3× the national rate
Aracely: 100 babies, 3× the national rate
Paulina: 207 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Anahi: 204 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lesly: 176 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Infant: 107 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Joe: 364 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Rolando: 161 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Reynaldo: 91 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rene: 191 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ramiro: 145 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rodolfo: 143 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Raul: 400 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Rogelio: 141 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gilberto: 121 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Emily	2,081	–	1
2	Madison	1,727	–	2
3	Ashley	1,685	–	6
4	Alyssa	1,446	↑1	12
5	Alexis	1,442	↓1	5
6	Hannah	1,354	–	3
7	Samantha	1,310	–	9
8	Abigail	1,269	↑1	7
9	Brianna	1,267	↑2	17
10	Victoria	1,261	↓2	21
11	Jennifer	1,237	↑1	28
12	Elizabeth	1,194	↑3	11
13	Lauren	1,113	–	13
14	Sarah	1,104	–	8
15	Jessica	1,042	↓5	16
16	Kayla	977	↑4	19
17	Emma	961	↑8	4
18	Jasmine	938	↑1	26
19	Natalie	899	↑4	30
20	Maria	880	↓4	40
21	Stephanie	870	–	41
22	Isabella	858	↑18	14
23	Mia	836	new	43
24	Destiny	827	↓7	34
25	Taylor	825	↓7	18
26	Andrea	798	↓4	55
27	Chloe	780	↓1	25
28	Kimberly	733	↑1	63
29	Leslie	688	↓5	91
30	Alexandra	666	↑6	38
31	Grace	659	↑4	15
32	Kaitlyn	650	↓1	32
33	Olivia	643	↑1	10
34	Megan	622	↓6	22
35	Anna	618	↑2	20
36	Katherine	618	↓9	36
37	Daniela	608	new	>100
38	Sydney	606	↓8	23
39	Haley	604	↓6	35
40	Vanessa	600	↑3	68
41	Michelle	593	↑4	58
42	Hailey	589	↑2	31
43	Savannah	588	↓2	39
44	Angela	572	↓5	83
45	Rachel	555	↓7	24
46	Faith	549	new	48
47	Evelyn	544	new	98
48	Jacqueline	543	↓16	81
49	Sophia	537	new	27
50	Morgan	529	↓4	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Jose	3,150	–	30
2	Jacob	2,622	–	1
3	Joshua	2,342	↑1	3
4	Michael	2,185	↓1	2
5	Christopher	2,143	–	8
6	Daniel	2,117	↑2	10
7	Juan	2,001	↑3	54
8	David	1,982	↓2	13
9	Matthew	1,932	↓2	4
10	Jonathan	1,864	↑1	21
11	Ethan	1,723	↑7	5
12	Christian	1,717	↓3	24
13	Andrew	1,624	↑1	6
14	Anthony	1,617	↑2	12
15	Joseph	1,537	–	7
16	Brandon	1,533	↓4	20
17	Angel	1,524	↑7	49
18	John	1,509	↓5	17
19	Luis	1,509	↑1	57
20	Jesus	1,506	↓3	66
21	William	1,382	↓2	11
22	Nicholas	1,310	↓1	9
23	Carlos	1,282	↓1	65
24	James	1,279	↑2	18
25	Alexander	1,263	↑8	15
26	Kevin	1,230	↓3	33
27	Gabriel	1,211	↑5	32
28	Nathan	1,151	↑3	28
29	Ryan	1,147	↓2	16
30	Zachary	1,117	↓5	19
31	Caleb	1,073	↑5	35
32	Dylan	1,062	↓4	23
33	Samuel	1,031	↓3	25
34	Bryan	1,028	↑10	64
35	Austin	1,007	↑4	26
36	Robert	995	↓2	34
37	Justin	983	↓8	22
38	Adrian	978	↓1	73
39	Aaron	968	↓1	43
40	Tyler	939	↓5	14
41	Alejandro	927	↑1	92
42	Miguel	902	↓2	89
43	Isaiah	898	↑6	45
44	Isaac	878	↓3	48
45	Jason	871	–	42
46	Jordan	870	new	37
47	Benjamin	868	–	27
48	Noah	840	↓5	31
49	Jorge	834	new	>100
50	Sebastian	826	new	80

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