Popular baby names in Texas, 2004

The most popular baby names in Texas in 2004 were Emily for girls (2,436 babies) and Jose for boys (2,898). Jose ranked #28 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 338,414 babies born in Texas in 2004 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 2004

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

Girls

Frida: 123 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Aracely: 112 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Keyla: 80 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ximena: 229 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Danna: 124 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Iliana: 90 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Clarissa: 235 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Fernanda: 164 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Galilea: 82 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Valeria: 522 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Infant: 126 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Rolando: 175 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Joe: 305 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rene: 201 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Reynaldo: 97 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Gael: 252 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rogelio: 176 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ramiro: 138 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rodolfo: 142 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gerardo: 380 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 2004

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2003	US rank
1	Emily	2,436	–	1
2	Ashley	1,743	–	8
3	Madison	1,653	–	3
4	Emma	1,395	–	2
5	Alyssa	1,355	–	14
6	Abigail	1,346	–	6
7	Samantha	1,312	↑2	9
8	Hannah	1,214	–	5
9	Alexis	1,169	↓2	11
10	Isabella	1,148	↑8	7
11	Natalie	1,110	↑6	19
12	Elizabeth	1,091	–	10
13	Brianna	1,056	↓3	17
14	Sarah	1,037	–	12
15	Victoria	1,009	↓4	28
16	Jasmine	896	↑8	26
17	Jennifer	892	↓4	39
18	Kayla	883	↓2	18
19	Jessica	881	–	21
20	Mia	879	–	30
21	Lauren	851	↓6	16
22	Andrea	798	–	57
23	Maria	789	↓2	42
24	Olivia	774	↑1	4
25	Stephanie	733	↓2	55
26	Kimberly	718	↑3	61
27	Chloe	710	–	23
28	Grace	702	↑2	13
29	Destiny	695	↓3	38
30	Hailey	692	↑4	24
31	Sophia	691	↑10	15
32	Alexandra	651	↑3	37
33	Leslie	644	↓2	93
34	Taylor	643	↓6	22
35	Michelle	614	↑2	66
36	Kaitlyn	583	–	33
37	Daniela	578	↓4	>100
38	Sydney	576	↓6	27
39	Melanie	572	↑11	89
40	Trinity	571	new	48
41	Angelina	563	new	60
42	Avery	563	↑5	77
43	Evelyn	563	↓3	84
44	Katherine	561	↓2	35
45	Vanessa	554	↓7	75
46	Anna	544	↓1	20
47	Faith	536	↓4	52
48	Alexa	530	new	72
49	Valeria	522	new	>100
50	Jacqueline	516	↓6	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2003	US rank
1	Jose	2,898	–	28
2	Jacob	2,509	–	1
3	Joshua	2,313	–	3
4	Daniel	2,088	↑1	7
5	David	2,072	↑2	14
6	Juan	2,057	↑2	54
7	Christopher	2,035	↓1	10
8	Michael	1,999	↓4	2
9	Matthew	1,816	–	4
10	Ethan	1,748	↑1	5
11	Angel	1,734	↑1	44
12	Jonathan	1,723	↓2	21
13	Andrew	1,672	↑1	6
14	Anthony	1,660	↓1	11
15	Christian	1,585	–	24
16	Jesus	1,490	↑4	70
17	John	1,483	↑2	17
18	Luis	1,462	–	57
19	William	1,425	↑2	8
20	Joseph	1,402	↓4	9
21	Brandon	1,327	↓4	22
22	Nathan	1,292	↑4	20
23	Ryan	1,269	–	12
24	Alexander	1,264	↑1	15
25	Kevin	1,204	↓3	34
26	Nicholas	1,187	↑2	13
27	Diego	1,186	↑7	73
28	Carlos	1,178	↑1	71
29	James	1,151	↓2	18
30	Gabriel	1,131	↓6	32
31	Adrian	1,113	–	72
32	Dylan	1,056	↓2	19
33	Bryan	1,054	↑2	65
34	Caleb	1,048	↓1	33
35	Samuel	1,023	↓3	23
36	Isaac	1,012	↑4	46
37	Isaiah	1,007	↑5	45
38	Aaron	960	↑3	53
39	Robert	946	–	36
40	Benjamin	915	↑3	25
41	Noah	904	new	29
42	Alejandro	902	↑2	99
43	Tyler	899	↓7	16
44	Elijah	897	new	31
45	Zachary	887	↓8	26
46	Justin	858	↓8	30
47	Jorge	850	–	>100
48	Miguel	847	↓3	96
49	Jason	828	–	47
50	Logan	819	new	27

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