Popular baby names in Texas, 2011

The most popular baby names in Texas in 2011 were Sophia for girls (2,195 babies) and Jacob for boys (2,051). Social Security records list 330,925 babies born in Texas in 2011 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 2011

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: 181 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Regina: 199 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ximena: 467 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Fernanda: 271 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Arely: 146 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Anahi: 139 babies, 3× the national rate
Jimena: 182 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ivanna: 96 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Paulina: 93 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Araceli: 85 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Rolando: 109 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rogelio: 113 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ramiro: 98 babies, 4× the national rate
Iker: 270 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Gael: 239 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Joe: 178 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rene: 117 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Alberto: 193 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Juan: 1,302 babies, 3× the national rate
Roberto: 317 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 2011

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	Sophia	2,195	↑1	1
2	Isabella	2,071	↓1	2
3	Emma	1,727	–	3
4	Mia	1,491	↑1	9
5	Emily	1,449	↓1	6
6	Abigail	1,317	–	7
7	Olivia	1,221	↑1	4
8	Ava	1,159	↓1	5
9	Camila	1,038	↑4	48
10	Sofia	1,034	↑6	19
11	Madison	1,017	↓2	8
12	Victoria	970	↑3	23
13	Natalie	962	↓3	14
14	Elizabeth	906	↓2	11
15	Chloe	886	↓4	10
16	Evelyn	829	↑12	24
17	Addison	775	↓3	13
18	Ashley	736	↓1	42
19	Zoe	717	↑6	31
20	Avery	708	↑7	18
21	Kimberly	708	↑5	67
22	Aubrey	699	new	20
23	Samantha	697	↓3	17
24	Genesis	670	↑8	81
25	Allison	658	↓2	40
26	Alyssa	657	↓7	37
27	Kaylee	646	↑6	36
28	Andrea	629	↑2	82
29	Brianna	626	↓11	45
30	Alexa	613	↓9	55
31	Zoey	608	new	28
32	Brooklyn	600	↑13	21
33	Layla	595	↑1	35
34	Hailey	594	↓5	32
35	Nevaeh	584	–	33
36	Leah	579	↑2	29
37	Hannah	559	↑5	25
38	Lily	555	↑3	15
39	Valeria	555	↓15	>100
40	Aaliyah	551	↓1	46
41	Ella	549	↓5	12
42	Sarah	542	↑7	39
43	Melanie	541	↓6	89
44	Khloe	534	↓13	49
45	Audrey	533	new	43
46	Gabriella	525	new	34
47	Grace	520	new	16
48	Arianna	510	↓4	52
49	Alexis	504	↓27	26
50	Maria	483	–	92

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	Jacob	2,051	–	1
2	Jayden	1,886	↑1	4
3	Daniel	1,737	↑2	10
4	Jose	1,709	↓2	65
5	David	1,612	↑1	18
6	Ethan	1,587	↑2	7
7	Noah	1,526	↑6	5
8	Aiden	1,488	↑4	9
9	Christopher	1,487	↓2	20
10	Angel	1,477	↓6	52
11	Matthew	1,477	↑9	12
12	Joshua	1,465	↓2	14
13	Michael	1,459	↓2	6
14	Mason	1,457	↑22	2
15	Anthony	1,451	↓6	11
16	Alexander	1,345	↓2	8
17	William	1,341	–	3
18	Juan	1,302	↓2	89
19	Elijah	1,248	↑3	13
20	Jonathan	1,241	↓5	31
21	Christian	1,237	↓3	30
22	Gabriel	1,210	↓1	24
23	Adrian	1,199	↑1	56
24	Andrew	1,144	↓5	16
25	Sebastian	1,141	↑5	68
26	Nathan	1,109	↓1	28
27	Isaac	1,101	↑6	35
28	Joseph	1,070	↓5	22
29	Julian	1,061	↓1	50
30	Jesus	1,023	↓1	93
31	Aaron	1,013	↑13	51
32	Samuel	1,007	↑3	26
33	Benjamin	993	↑8	19
34	John	985	↓8	27
35	Luis	959	↓8	88
36	Caleb	953	↓2	32
37	James	950	↓5	17
38	Isaiah	942	–	43
39	Brandon	926	–	47
40	Ryan	926	↑5	25
41	Dylan	916	↓1	33
42	Diego	914	↓11	99
43	Luke	912	↑4	39
44	Jordan	899	↑2	46
45	Liam	897	new	15
46	Jackson	859	↑3	23
47	Carlos	857	↓5	91
48	Jeremiah	840	–	49
49	Logan	822	↓12	21
50	Kevin	792	↓7	67

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