Popular baby names in Texas, 2009

The most popular baby names in Texas in 2009 were Isabella for girls (2,094 babies) and Jose for boys (2,266). Jose ranked #43 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 353,127 babies born in Texas in 2009 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 2009

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: 89 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Aracely: 105 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Regina: 127 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ximena: 309 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Danna: 235 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Anahi: 195 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Arely: 134 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Frida: 84 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Clarissa: 141 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Fernanda: 336 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Rolando: 143 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Joe: 239 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Gael: 339 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ramiro: 112 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rogelio: 114 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gilberto: 105 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rene: 127 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Arturo: 222 babies, 3× the national rate
Juan: 1,625 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Roberto: 376 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 2009

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Isabella	2,094	↑1	1
2	Emily	1,724	↓1	6
3	Mia	1,620	↑4	10
4	Emma	1,469	–	2
5	Sophia	1,452	↑1	4
6	Abigail	1,383	↓3	8
7	Madison	1,319	↓2	7
8	Ava	1,130	↑2	5
9	Natalie	1,123	↓1	16
10	Olivia	1,123	↑5	3
11	Ashley	1,067	↓2	20
12	Elizabeth	1,005	↑1	11
13	Samantha	989	↓2	14
14	Chloe	963	↑2	9
15	Addison	912	↑2	12
16	Victoria	905	↑2	31
17	Valeria	871	↑2	72
18	Alyssa	869	↓6	19
19	Brianna	860	↓5	24
20	Allison	843	↑11	30
21	Alexis	816	↓1	13
22	Alexa	808	↑1	43
23	Camila	788	↑4	80
24	Sofia	779	↓2	36
25	Kimberly	726	↑1	66
26	Andrea	715	↓2	73
27	Evelyn	714	↑3	40
28	Sarah	707	↓7	21
29	Kaylee	696	↑11	26
30	Hailey	692	↓2	25
31	Genesis	689	↑1	83
32	Avery	687	↑1	32
33	Maria	655	↑4	70
34	Melanie	591	↓5	94
35	Jocelyn	590	↑1	71
36	Hannah	587	↓11	23
37	Zoe	584	↑12	47
38	Kayla	572	↓3	35
39	Layla	567	new	45
40	Ella	561	↑5	15
41	Leah	559	new	29
42	Nevaeh	557	↑5	34
43	Gabriella	555	new	33
44	Destiny	554	↓10	56
45	Makayla	551	↓4	44
46	Arianna	534	new	52
47	Taylor	525	↓8	22
48	Brooklyn	517	new	37
49	Audrey	516	↓1	49
50	Grace	515	↓7	17

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Jose	2,266	–	43
2	Jacob	2,004	–	1
3	Daniel	2,000	–	7
4	Angel	1,872	↑3	37
5	Christopher	1,866	–	10
6	David	1,866	–	14
7	Ethan	1,835	↑1	2
8	Joshua	1,812	↓4	6
9	Jayden	1,734	↑3	8
10	Alexander	1,704	↑3	4
11	Michael	1,693	↓1	3
12	Juan	1,625	↓3	67
13	Anthony	1,623	↓2	11
14	Aiden	1,550	↑3	12
15	Christian	1,538	↓1	23
16	Noah	1,531	↑4	9
17	Matthew	1,478	↓2	13
18	Jonathan	1,457	–	29
19	William	1,392	↑2	5
20	Andrew	1,359	↓4	16
21	Gabriel	1,300	↑3	22
22	Joseph	1,266	↑1	15
23	Jesus	1,258	↑2	78
24	Adrian	1,210	↑2	59
25	Nathan	1,197	↓3	25
26	Luis	1,178	↓7	69
27	Kevin	1,172	↑7	44
28	John	1,128	↑1	26
29	Diego	1,123	↓2	76
30	Isaac	1,101	↑2	40
31	Elijah	1,089	↑2	21
32	Carlos	1,088	↓1	79
33	Caleb	1,085	↑7	31
34	Samuel	1,084	↑1	24
35	James	1,081	↓5	18
36	Isaiah	1,074	↑3	41
37	Julian	1,065	↓1	62
38	Brandon	1,055	↓10	38
39	Aaron	1,053	↓2	54
40	Sebastian	1,048	↑1	70
41	Dylan	1,002	↑4	30
42	Logan	1,001	↑6	17
43	Benjamin	933	↓1	19
44	Jackson	920	–	27
45	Ryan	916	↓7	20
46	Luke	858	↑3	47
47	Jeremiah	857	new	65
48	Jordan	852	↓1	45
49	Nicholas	825	↓6	32
50	Miguel	816	new	100

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