Popular baby names in Texas, 2003

The most popular baby names in Texas in 2003 were Emily for girls (2,323 babies) and Jose for boys (2,915). Jose ranked #30 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 334,769 babies born in Texas in 2003 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 2003

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

Girls

Karyme: 90 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Clarissa: 228 babies, 3.3× the national rate
America: 160 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ximena: 154 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Frida: 114 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Aracely: 129 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lizeth: 97 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Anahi: 189 babies, 3× the national rate
Danna: 80 babies, 3× the national rate
Valeria: 440 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Joe: 353 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Rolando: 152 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Gael: 156 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rene: 187 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rogelio: 158 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ramiro: 133 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rodolfo: 148 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Raul: 398 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Emiliano: 167 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gilberto: 141 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 2003

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Emily	2,323	–	1
2	Ashley	1,711	↑1	8
3	Madison	1,624	↓1	3
4	Emma	1,434	↑13	2
5	Alyssa	1,374	↓1	14
6	Abigail	1,346	↑2	6
7	Alexis	1,345	↓2	7
8	Hannah	1,294	↓2	4
9	Samantha	1,278	↓2	10
10	Brianna	1,186	↓1	17
11	Victoria	1,177	↓1	22
12	Elizabeth	1,140	–	9
13	Jennifer	1,102	↓2	31
14	Sarah	1,070	–	11
15	Lauren	1,016	↓2	15
16	Kayla	1,004	–	16
17	Natalie	1,001	↑2	23
18	Isabella	984	↑4	12
19	Jessica	957	↓4	18
20	Mia	904	↑3	36
21	Maria	863	↓1	42
22	Andrea	837	↑4	60
23	Stephanie	792	↓2	49
24	Jasmine	791	↓6	27
25	Olivia	775	↑8	5
26	Destiny	755	↓2	37
27	Chloe	726	–	24
28	Taylor	724	↓3	19
29	Kimberly	704	↓1	64
30	Grace	702	↑1	13
31	Leslie	697	↓2	91
32	Sydney	668	↑6	25
33	Daniela	667	↑4	>100
34	Hailey	648	↑8	26
35	Alexandra	633	↓5	38
36	Kaitlyn	631	↓4	32
37	Michelle	616	↑4	62
38	Vanessa	604	↑2	70
39	Savannah	582	↑4	41
40	Evelyn	575	↑7	88
41	Sophia	575	↑8	20
42	Katherine	565	↓6	35
43	Faith	553	↑3	50
44	Jacqueline	548	↑4	100
45	Anna	545	↓10	21
46	Gabriela	544	new	>100
47	Avery	540	new	89
48	Haley	540	↓9	34
49	Rachel	536	↓4	28
50	Melanie	535	new	93

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Jose	2,915	–	30
2	Jacob	2,532	–	1
3	Joshua	2,241	–	3
4	Michael	2,117	–	2
5	Daniel	2,113	↑1	8
6	Christopher	2,084	↓1	9
7	David	1,993	↑1	14
8	Juan	1,981	↓1	55
9	Matthew	1,857	–	4
10	Jonathan	1,768	–	22
11	Ethan	1,708	–	7
12	Angel	1,661	↑5	47
13	Anthony	1,616	↑1	10
14	Andrew	1,599	↓1	5
15	Christian	1,591	↓3	25
16	Joseph	1,528	↓1	6
17	Brandon	1,502	↓1	21
18	Luis	1,475	↑1	60
19	John	1,450	↓1	17
20	Jesus	1,449	–	67
21	William	1,429	–	11
22	Kevin	1,252	↑4	32
23	Ryan	1,239	↑6	13
24	Gabriel	1,237	↑3	29
25	Alexander	1,214	–	16
26	Nathan	1,209	↑2	26
27	James	1,196	↓3	18
28	Nicholas	1,188	↓6	12
29	Carlos	1,178	↓6	66
30	Dylan	1,168	↑2	19
31	Adrian	1,146	↑7	68
32	Samuel	1,104	↑1	23
33	Caleb	1,065	↓2	34
34	Diego	1,063	new	83
35	Bryan	1,026	↓1	64
36	Tyler	1,015	↑4	15
37	Zachary	998	↓7	20
38	Justin	988	↓1	27
39	Robert	958	↓3	35
40	Isaac	929	↑4	48
41	Aaron	919	↓2	50
42	Isaiah	915	↑1	49
43	Benjamin	905	↑4	24
44	Alejandro	900	↓3	100
45	Miguel	886	↓3	95
46	Eric	879	new	56
47	Jorge	861	↑2	>100
48	Austin	845	↓13	33
49	Jason	842	↓4	42
50	Victor	840	new	96

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