Popular baby names in Texas, 2012

The most popular baby names in Texas in 2012 were Sophia for girls (2,338 babies) and Jacob for boys (1,956). Social Security records list 335,957 babies born in Texas in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 2012

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: 166 babies, 5× the national rate
Landry: 109 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Regina: 168 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ximena: 467 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Galilea: 115 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Fernanda: 247 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ivanna: 118 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kenia: 120 babies, 3× the national rate
Jimena: 162 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Arely: 117 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Rolando: 100 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Arian: 146 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Joe: 188 babies, 4× the national rate
Rogelio: 109 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rene: 99 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Roberto: 330 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Arturo: 180 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Aldo: 152 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Raul: 213 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jaime: 212 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Sophia	2,338	–	1
2	Isabella	2,101	–	3
3	Emma	1,968	–	2
4	Mia	1,606	–	8
5	Emily	1,494	–	6
6	Olivia	1,322	↑1	4
7	Ava	1,252	↑1	5
8	Abigail	1,237	↓2	7
9	Sofia	1,138	↑1	18
10	Camila	984	↓1	48
11	Victoria	952	↑1	28
12	Elizabeth	921	↑2	10
13	Madison	910	↓2	9
14	Natalie	882	↓1	17
15	Avery	840	↑5	13
16	Zoe	831	↑3	30
17	Genesis	825	↑7	56
18	Aubrey	754	↑4	15
19	Evelyn	744	↓3	27
20	Chloe	739	↓5	11
21	Allison	724	↑4	38
22	Addison	722	↓5	14
23	Samantha	711	–	26
24	Zoey	685	↑7	20
25	Aaliyah	683	↑15	36
26	Hannah	674	↑11	22
27	Harper	631	new	24
28	Brooklyn	628	↑4	29
29	Kaylee	623	↓2	35
30	Alexa	618	–	57
31	Brianna	613	↓2	51
32	Kimberly	613	↓11	88
33	Layla	608	–	31
34	Alyssa	580	↓8	44
35	Ashley	578	↓17	50
36	Andrea	572	↓8	100
37	Melanie	570	↑6	77
38	Ella	556	↑3	12
39	Hailey	552	↓5	32
40	Lily	551	↓2	16
41	Arianna	538	↑7	49
42	Nevaeh	536	↓7	39
43	Leah	522	↓7	33
44	Audrey	521	↑1	41
45	Grace	492	↑2	21
46	Sarah	490	↓4	42
47	Lillian	470	new	25
48	Serenity	469	new	58
49	Ximena	467	new	>100
50	Bella	465	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Jacob	1,956	–	1
2	Jayden	1,882	–	8
3	Ethan	1,752	↑3	3
4	Noah	1,690	↑3	4
5	Daniel	1,640	↓2	11
6	Jose	1,620	↓2	72
7	David	1,536	↓2	20
8	Aiden	1,528	–	10
9	Matthew	1,471	↑2	12
10	Alexander	1,470	↑6	9
11	Michael	1,436	↑2	7
12	Mason	1,413	↑2	2
13	Anthony	1,405	↑2	15
14	Christopher	1,399	↓5	23
15	Angel	1,381	↓5	57
16	William	1,381	↑1	5
17	Joshua	1,366	↓5	17
18	Elijah	1,303	↑1	13
19	Liam	1,241	↑26	6
20	Jonathan	1,206	–	34
21	Juan	1,191	↓3	92
22	Andrew	1,180	↑2	18
23	Nathan	1,179	↑3	29
24	Christian	1,131	↓3	33
25	Sebastian	1,113	–	64
26	Gabriel	1,105	↓4	24
27	Isaac	1,061	–	30
28	Joseph	1,057	–	19
29	James	1,045	↑8	14
30	Benjamin	1,039	↑3	16
31	Julian	1,035	↓2	53
32	Caleb	1,032	↑4	32
33	Samuel	1,029	↓1	25
34	John	1,016	–	28
35	Adrian	1,014	↓12	61
36	Aaron	1,006	↓5	51
37	Luke	971	↑6	37
38	Isaiah	938	–	42
39	Dylan	932	↑2	31
40	Ryan	926	–	26
41	Jesus	918	↓11	>100
42	Luis	882	↓7	90
43	Jordan	881	↑1	48
44	Carlos	856	↑3	95
45	Jeremiah	843	↑3	52
46	Jackson	841	–	21
47	Brandon	837	↓8	56
48	Logan	825	↑1	22
49	Santiago	787	new	>100
50	Ian	786	new	78

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