Popular baby names in Texas, 2008

The most popular baby names in Texas in 2008 were Emily for girls (1,849 babies) and Jose for boys (2,358). Emily ranked #3 nationally for girls. Jose ranked #40 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 356,913 babies born in Texas in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 2008

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

Girls

Renata: 98 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Frida: 105 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Azul: 149 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ximena: 286 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Aylin: 149 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Keyla: 105 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Fernanda: 201 babies, 3× the national rate
Regina: 118 babies, 3× the national rate
Aracely: 85 babies, 3× the national rate
Clarissa: 140 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Joe: 278 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rolando: 149 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rodolfo: 130 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Gael: 378 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ramiro: 114 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rene: 138 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gilberto: 106 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Rogelio: 127 babies, 3× the national rate
Gerardo: 320 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Juan: 1,840 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Emily	1,849	–	3
2	Isabella	1,707	↑1	2
3	Abigail	1,495	↑2	8
4	Emma	1,451	↑4	1
5	Madison	1,391	↓1	6
6	Sophia	1,384	↑1	7
7	Mia	1,369	↓5	14
8	Natalie	1,275	↑4	13
9	Ashley	1,211	↓3	18
10	Ava	1,177	↑1	5
11	Samantha	1,055	↑3	11
12	Alyssa	1,043	↓3	16
13	Elizabeth	1,039	↓3	9
14	Brianna	1,008	↑2	23
15	Olivia	1,004	↑3	4
16	Chloe	989	↑3	10
17	Addison	988	↓2	12
18	Victoria	967	↓1	27
19	Valeria	915	↑7	73
20	Alexis	843	–	15
21	Sarah	816	↑2	20
22	Sofia	804	↑2	36
23	Alexa	785	↓2	50
24	Andrea	777	↑1	72
25	Hannah	767	↓12	17
26	Kimberly	766	↑1	57
27	Camila	747	↑18	83
28	Hailey	731	–	25
29	Melanie	681	–	85
30	Evelyn	670	–	54
31	Allison	657	new	32
32	Genesis	657	new	95
33	Avery	639	↑3	38
34	Destiny	635	↓3	47
35	Kayla	622	–	28
36	Jocelyn	620	↓14	67
37	Maria	602	↓4	63
38	Lauren	595	↓4	30
39	Taylor	575	↑2	22
40	Kaylee	568	↑8	31
41	Makayla	559	new	37
42	Jasmine	549	↓10	43
43	Grace	540	↓4	21
44	Aubrey	535	new	42
45	Ella	533	new	19
46	Jennifer	526	↓9	84
47	Nevaeh	524	↓7	34
48	Audrey	519	↑2	44
49	Zoe	519	new	58
50	Daniela	518	↓7	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Jose	2,358	–	40
2	Jacob	2,139	–	1
3	Daniel	2,071	–	5
4	Joshua	1,981	↑2	4
5	Christopher	1,980	↓1	9
6	David	1,948	↑1	14
7	Angel	1,896	↓2	36
8	Ethan	1,843	–	3
9	Juan	1,840	–	66
10	Michael	1,806	↑1	2
11	Anthony	1,720	↓1	7
12	Jayden	1,660	↑6	11
13	Alexander	1,585	↑11	6
14	Christian	1,578	↓1	23
15	Matthew	1,521	–	10
16	Andrew	1,510	↑1	12
17	Aiden	1,487	↑13	16
18	Jonathan	1,478	↓4	26
19	Luis	1,371	↓3	64
20	Noah	1,348	↓1	15
21	William	1,328	↓1	8
22	Nathan	1,320	↑3	21
23	Joseph	1,308	–	13
24	Gabriel	1,300	↑3	24
25	Jesus	1,290	↓4	79
26	Adrian	1,280	–	56
27	Diego	1,270	↓15	69
28	Brandon	1,200	↑1	33
29	John	1,195	↓7	20
30	James	1,194	↑3	17
31	Carlos	1,177	↓3	73
32	Isaac	1,143	–	37
33	Elijah	1,125	↑8	22
34	Kevin	1,120	↓3	41
35	Samuel	1,114	↑1	27
36	Julian	1,101	↑8	61
37	Aaron	1,090	↓3	50
38	Ryan	1,056	↓3	18
39	Isaiah	1,028	↑1	42
40	Caleb	1,023	↓3	34
41	Sebastian	999	↓3	74
42	Benjamin	924	new	25
43	Nicholas	913	↓4	29
44	Jackson	894	↑2	32
45	Dylan	889	↓2	31
46	Bryan	875	↓4	82
47	Jordan	866	↑1	48
48	Logan	855	↓1	19
49	Luke	846	–	43
50	Gavin	829	new	30

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