Popular baby names in Texas, 2016

The most popular baby names in Texas in 2016 were Emma for girls (2,150 babies) and Noah for boys (2,036). Social Security records list 352,509 babies born in Texas in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 2016

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: 211 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Arleth: 93 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Regina: 255 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Romina: 111 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Montserrat: 114 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Arely: 111 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Fernanda: 200 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ariadne: 114 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Landry: 97 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ximena: 768 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Rolando: 109 babies, 5× the national rate
Rogelio: 100 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Joe: 147 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rodrigo: 196 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Alberto: 165 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mauricio: 158 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Juan: 973 babies, 3× the national rate
Roberto: 261 babies, 3× the national rate
Gerardo: 201 babies, 3× the national rate
Noe: 117 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Emma	2,150	–	1
2	Mia	2,019	↑1	6
3	Sophia	1,968	↓1	4
4	Olivia	1,951	↑1	2
5	Isabella	1,804	↓1	5
6	Sofia	1,563	–	14
7	Ava	1,534	–	3
8	Camila	1,261	↑4	32
9	Abigail	1,247	↓1	8
10	Emily	1,234	↓1	9
11	Victoria	1,140	↓1	21
12	Avery	1,028	↑2	16
13	Elizabeth	1,025	–	13
14	Evelyn	1,024	↑1	12
15	Charlotte	911	↑7	7
16	Harper	871	↑3	11
17	Genesis	826	↑3	58
18	Zoe	824	–	35
19	Madison	809	↓3	15
20	Scarlett	803	↑3	18
21	Amelia	797	↑6	10
22	Alexa	769	↓11	51
23	Ximena	768	↓2	>100
24	Allison	747	↓7	50
25	Penelope	732	↑4	27
26	Natalie	685	–	31
27	Aria	680	↑18	23
28	Aubrey	633	↓4	25
29	Leah	632	↑3	37
30	Chloe	620	↓2	20
31	Ariana	619	↓1	54
32	Aaliyah	600	↑1	53
33	Layla	597	↑2	30
34	Riley	594	↑15	22
35	Melanie	589	↑2	82
36	Addison	573	↑4	29
37	Ella	570	↑5	17
38	Grace	568	↑5	19
39	Hannah	562	↓1	33
40	Samantha	557	↓9	44
41	Arianna	544	↓5	69
42	Brooklyn	534	↓3	34
43	Zoey	521	↓18	26
44	Lily	519	↑3	24
45	Andrea	515	↓1	>100
46	Audrey	508	↓12	39
47	Lillian	500	new	28
48	Savannah	496	new	38
49	Caroline	489	new	56
50	Mila	482	–	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Noah	2,036	–	1
2	Liam	1,798	–	2
3	Sebastian	1,675	↑4	23
4	Matthew	1,617	↑2	15
5	Daniel	1,616	–	13
6	Jacob	1,580	↓3	7
7	Elijah	1,518	↑6	9
8	Ethan	1,496	↓4	10
9	Jose	1,427	↑1	77
10	David	1,411	↑2	19
11	Michael	1,379	↑3	8
12	Alexander	1,325	↓4	11
13	William	1,325	↑3	3
14	Benjamin	1,311	↑10	6
15	Aiden	1,306	↓4	16
16	Mateo	1,278	↑14	59
17	James	1,273	–	5
18	Jayden	1,255	↓9	27
19	Luke	1,247	–	29
20	Mason	1,246	↓5	4
21	Dylan	1,201	–	32
22	Joshua	1,148	↑1	35
23	Christopher	1,142	↓3	36
24	Angel	1,129	↓6	70
25	Anthony	1,129	↓3	30
26	Julian	1,106	–	39
27	Isaac	1,073	↓2	31
28	Samuel	1,056	↑5	21
29	Aaron	1,039	↑10	49
30	Oliver	1,038	↑10	12
31	John	1,025	–	28
32	Gabriel	1,006	–	25
33	Christian	1,004	↓6	46
34	Nathan	1,000	↓5	43
35	Joseph	997	↓7	20
36	Adrian	987	↑1	60
37	Josiah	973	↑10	55
38	Juan	973	↓2	>100
39	Santiago	971	↑10	>100
40	Lucas	943	new	14
41	Andrew	941	↓7	34
42	Isaiah	901	↓1	47
43	Luis	882	↑2	>100
44	Jeremiah	880	–	58
45	Logan	879	↓7	18
46	Jonathan	878	↓11	56
47	Caleb	876	↓4	44
48	Jackson	848	↓6	17
49	Ian	847	new	78
50	Leonardo	827	new	96

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