Popular baby names in Texas, 2013
The most popular baby names in Texas in 2013 were Sophia for girls (2,393 babies) and Jacob for boys (1,982). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 341,226 babies born in Texas in 2013 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Texas in 2013
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: 170 babies, 5.3× the national rate
- Regina: 165 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Ximena: 627 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Fernanda: 180 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Arely: 121 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Ivanna: 100 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Anahi: 148 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Galilea: 92 babies, 3× the national rate
- Jimena: 174 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Alejandra: 182 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Boys
- Rolando: 109 babies, 4.6× the national rate
- Arian: 182 babies, 3.9× the national rate
- Joe: 176 babies, 3.9× the national rate
- Rogelio: 106 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Rene: 94 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Iker: 507 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Roberto: 288 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Gerardo: 232 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Raul: 214 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Arturo: 150 babies, 3× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 2013
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2012 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sophia | 2,393 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Emma | 2,055 | ↑1 | 2 |
| 3 | Isabella | 1,956 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 4 | Mia | 1,837 | – | 6 |
| 5 | Olivia | 1,618 | ↑1 | 3 |
| 6 | Emily | 1,464 | ↓1 | 7 |
| 7 | Sofia | 1,386 | ↑2 | 13 |
| 8 | Abigail | 1,263 | – | 8 |
| 9 | Ava | 1,238 | ↓2 | 5 |
| 10 | Victoria | 1,074 | ↑1 | 25 |
| 11 | Camila | 1,063 | ↓1 | 39 |
| 12 | Elizabeth | 975 | – | 10 |
| 13 | Avery | 941 | ↑2 | 12 |
| 14 | Madison | 910 | ↓1 | 9 |
| 15 | Allison | 819 | ↑6 | 34 |
| 16 | Zoe | 818 | – | 31 |
| 17 | Natalie | 801 | ↓3 | 21 |
| 18 | Genesis | 799 | ↓1 | 55 |
| 19 | Evelyn | 781 | – | 20 |
| 20 | Aubrey | 763 | ↓2 | 18 |
| 21 | Chloe | 712 | ↓1 | 14 |
| 22 | Samantha | 698 | ↑1 | 29 |
| 23 | Addison | 686 | ↓1 | 19 |
| 24 | Zoey | 685 | – | 24 |
| 25 | Layla | 672 | ↑8 | 30 |
| 26 | Harper | 665 | ↑1 | 16 |
| 27 | Hannah | 661 | ↓1 | 23 |
| 28 | Brooklyn | 628 | – | 28 |
| 29 | Ximena | 627 | ↑20 | >100 |
| 30 | Kaylee | 612 | ↓1 | 40 |
| 31 | Aaliyah | 608 | ↓6 | 37 |
| 32 | Kimberly | 608 | – | >100 |
| 33 | Melanie | 582 | ↑4 | 84 |
| 34 | Alexa | 580 | ↓4 | 60 |
| 35 | Andrea | 572 | ↑1 | >100 |
| 36 | Charlotte | 570 | new | 11 |
| 37 | Ariana | 567 | new | 54 |
| 38 | Audrey | 565 | ↑6 | 33 |
| 39 | Arianna | 561 | ↑2 | 44 |
| 40 | Ella | 554 | ↓2 | 15 |
| 41 | Lillian | 554 | ↑6 | 26 |
| 42 | Ashley | 547 | ↓7 | 67 |
| 43 | Nicole | 544 | new | 91 |
| 44 | Scarlett | 535 | new | 42 |
| 45 | Leah | 532 | ↓2 | 32 |
| 46 | Grace | 521 | ↓1 | 22 |
| 47 | Nevaeh | 519 | ↓5 | 46 |
| 48 | Lily | 504 | ↓8 | 27 |
| 49 | Hailey | 503 | ↓10 | 43 |
| 50 | Amelia | 480 | new | 17 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2012 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob | 1,982 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Jayden | 1,905 | – | 9 |
| 3 | Noah | 1,873 | ↑1 | 1 |
| 4 | Ethan | 1,719 | ↓1 | 6 |
| 5 | Daniel | 1,714 | – | 10 |
| 6 | Jose | 1,559 | – | 76 |
| 7 | Alexander | 1,522 | ↑3 | 8 |
| 8 | David | 1,514 | ↓1 | 17 |
| 9 | Liam | 1,482 | ↑10 | 3 |
| 10 | Matthew | 1,446 | ↓1 | 15 |
| 11 | Michael | 1,436 | – | 7 |
| 12 | Aiden | 1,365 | ↓4 | 12 |
| 13 | Mason | 1,364 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 14 | William | 1,354 | ↑2 | 5 |
| 15 | Elijah | 1,317 | ↑3 | 11 |
| 16 | Anthony | 1,309 | ↓3 | 19 |
| 17 | Joshua | 1,299 | – | 21 |
| 18 | Christopher | 1,288 | ↓4 | 26 |
| 19 | Angel | 1,263 | ↓4 | 67 |
| 20 | Sebastian | 1,232 | ↑5 | 46 |
| 21 | Nathan | 1,217 | ↑2 | 31 |
| 22 | Christian | 1,163 | ↑2 | 35 |
| 23 | Andrew | 1,152 | ↓1 | 22 |
| 24 | Isaac | 1,148 | ↑3 | 28 |
| 25 | Luke | 1,129 | ↑12 | 34 |
| 26 | Dylan | 1,099 | ↑13 | 29 |
| 27 | Jonathan | 1,097 | ↓7 | 41 |
| 28 | Adrian | 1,092 | ↑7 | 60 |
| 29 | Juan | 1,088 | ↓8 | 100 |
| 30 | Gabriel | 1,084 | ↓4 | 24 |
| 31 | Benjamin | 1,081 | ↓1 | 14 |
| 32 | James | 1,068 | ↓3 | 13 |
| 33 | Julian | 1,064 | ↓2 | 47 |
| 34 | Aaron | 1,052 | ↑2 | 51 |
| 35 | Joseph | 1,028 | ↓7 | 20 |
| 36 | John | 1,020 | ↓2 | 27 |
| 37 | Samuel | 1,010 | ↓4 | 25 |
| 38 | Caleb | 974 | ↓6 | 32 |
| 39 | Jesus | 957 | ↑2 | >100 |
| 40 | Jackson | 931 | ↑6 | 16 |
| 41 | Luis | 925 | ↑1 | 97 |
| 42 | Logan | 854 | ↑6 | 18 |
| 43 | Isaiah | 852 | ↓5 | 44 |
| 44 | Ryan | 847 | ↓4 | 30 |
| 45 | Jordan | 846 | ↓2 | 53 |
| 46 | Jeremiah | 838 | ↓1 | 58 |
| 47 | Eli | 826 | new | 43 |
| 48 | Kevin | 811 | new | 72 |
| 49 | Jaxon | 804 | new | 45 |
| 50 | Santiago | 783 | ↓1 | >100 |