Popular baby names in Texas, 2005

The most popular baby names in Texas in 2005 were Emily for girls (2,481 babies) and Jose for boys (2,808). Jose ranked #30 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 341,718 babies born in Texas in 2005 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 2005

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: 113 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Aracely: 113 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ximena: 240 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Clarissa: 189 babies, 3× the national rate
Aylin: 101 babies, 3× the national rate
America: 180 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Fernanda: 194 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Danna: 135 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Iliana: 96 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Valeria: 567 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Joe: 309 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rolando: 152 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Gael: 347 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ramiro: 131 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rene: 155 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rodolfo: 149 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rogelio: 161 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gilberto: 130 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Emiliano: 237 babies, 3× the national rate
Raul: 345 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 2005

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Emily	2,481	–	1
2	Mia	1,654	↑18	17
3	Madison	1,623	–	3
4	Ashley	1,589	↓2	10
5	Emma	1,483	↓1	2
6	Abigail	1,424	–	4
7	Samantha	1,224	–	8
8	Natalie	1,215	↑3	18
9	Alyssa	1,211	↓4	16
10	Hannah	1,204	↓2	7
11	Isabella	1,136	↓1	6
12	Brianna	1,068	↑1	20
13	Elizabeth	1,068	↓1	11
14	Alexis	1,059	↓5	13
15	Victoria	1,053	–	28
16	Sarah	875	↓2	15
17	Jennifer	866	–	42
18	Lauren	857	↑3	21
19	Sophia	835	↑12	12
20	Ava	832	new	9
21	Andrea	817	↑1	65
22	Jasmine	773	↓6	29
23	Olivia	773	↑1	5
24	Kayla	769	↓6	25
25	Jessica	762	↓6	27
26	Chloe	751	↑1	19
27	Destiny	713	↑2	32
28	Maria	698	↓5	46
29	Evelyn	677	↑14	71
30	Hailey	676	–	26
31	Grace	674	↓3	14
32	Kimberly	670	↓6	63
33	Stephanie	651	↓8	64
34	Alexa	614	↑14	66
35	Leslie	605	↓2	>100
36	Alexandra	601	↓4	37
37	Taylor	590	↓3	24
38	Angelina	585	↑3	43
39	Melanie	576	–	92
40	Avery	569	↑2	67
41	Valeria	567	↑8	>100
42	Sofia	559	new	52
43	Alondra	533	new	>100
44	Anna	530	↑2	22
45	Savannah	528	new	35
46	Michelle	527	↓11	74
47	Kaitlyn	525	↓11	34
48	Daniela	518	↓11	>100
49	Katherine	509	↓5	36
50	Trinity	503	↓10	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Jose	2,808	–	30
2	Jacob	2,318	–	1
3	Joshua	2,230	–	3
4	Daniel	2,106	–	7
5	Christopher	2,036	↑2	10
6	David	2,033	↓1	12
7	Angel	2,001	↑4	32
8	Juan	1,959	↓2	55
9	Michael	1,928	↓1	2
10	Anthony	1,712	↑4	8
11	Matthew	1,702	↓2	4
12	Ethan	1,687	↓2	5
13	Jonathan	1,676	↓1	19
14	Andrew	1,621	↓1	6
15	Christian	1,617	–	22
16	John	1,473	↑1	18
17	Diego	1,447	↑10	62
18	Luis	1,422	–	59
19	Jesus	1,378	↓3	73
20	William	1,374	↓1	11
21	Joseph	1,355	↓1	9
22	Alexander	1,287	↑2	13
23	Nathan	1,282	↓1	20
24	Ryan	1,248	↓1	14
25	Brandon	1,245	↓4	27
26	Gabriel	1,245	↑4	28
27	James	1,211	↑2	17
28	Kevin	1,195	↓3	33
29	Adrian	1,192	↑2	65
30	Carlos	1,169	↓2	70
31	Samuel	1,169	↑4	21
32	Nicholas	1,162	↓6	15
33	Bryan	1,091	–	72
34	Noah	1,088	↑7	23
35	Dylan	1,059	↓3	24
36	Isaiah	1,042	↑1	45
37	Isaac	1,031	↓1	49
38	Caleb	986	↓4	35
39	Robert	932	–	37
40	Julian	915	new	74
41	Aaron	904	↓3	57
42	Tyler	898	↑1	16
43	Benjamin	891	↓3	25
44	Miguel	883	↑4	93
45	Alejandro	873	↓3	97
46	Elijah	848	↓2	31
47	Luke	828	new	41
48	Logan	827	↑2	26
49	Zachary	816	↓4	29
50	Sebastian	787	new	86

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