Popular baby names in Texas, 2017

The most popular baby names in Texas in 2017 were Emma for girls (2,316 babies) and Noah for boys (1,953). Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 336,039 babies born in Texas in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 2017

Names given at least 15 times in Texas that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Regina: 275 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Renata: 242 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Romina: 118 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ariadne: 104 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Fernanda: 210 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ayleen: 95 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ximena: 704 babies, 3× the national rate
Aitana: 114 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Paula: 87 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Galilea: 136 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Rogelio: 97 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Joe: 126 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tadeo: 89 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Raul: 173 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gerardo: 188 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rodrigo: 168 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Arturo: 135 babies, 3× the national rate
Jose: 1,344 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Juan: 815 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jesus: 747 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Emma	2,316	–	1
2	Mia	1,887	–	6
3	Isabella	1,850	↑2	4
4	Sophia	1,827	↓1	5
5	Olivia	1,782	↓1	2
6	Ava	1,429	↑1	3
7	Camila	1,363	↑1	23
8	Sofia	1,323	↓2	15
9	Abigail	1,128	–	10
10	Victoria	1,116	↑1	19
11	Emily	1,092	↓1	12
12	Evelyn	1,082	↑2	9
13	Charlotte	993	↑2	7
14	Amelia	949	↑7	8
15	Elizabeth	946	↓2	13
16	Avery	924	↓4	14
17	Scarlett	811	↑3	18
18	Harper	804	↓2	11
19	Genesis	787	↓2	56
20	Madison	733	↓1	17
21	Penelope	707	↑4	24
22	Ximena	704	↑1	>100
23	Alexa	670	↓1	66
24	Allison	653	–	61
25	Zoe	647	↓7	41
26	Leah	646	↑3	40
27	Layla	645	↑6	26
28	Mila	635	↑22	30
29	Aria	623	↓2	20
30	Aubrey	607	↓2	31
31	Chloe	586	↓1	22
32	Ella	564	↑5	16
33	Luna	545	new	37
34	Melanie	545	↑1	90
35	Grace	538	↑3	21
36	Hannah	537	↑3	32
37	Ariana	536	↓6	67
38	Zoey	535	↑5	28
39	Natalie	527	↓13	35
40	Brooklyn	524	↑2	39
41	Elena	519	new	68
42	Samantha	516	↓2	54
43	Aaliyah	498	↓11	57
44	Riley	491	↓10	25
45	Bella	483	new	50
46	Andrea	476	↓1	>100
47	Caroline	467	↑2	55
48	Audrey	465	↓2	46
49	Ellie	465	new	44
50	Hazel	461	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Noah	1,953	–	2
2	Liam	1,844	–	1
3	Sebastian	1,595	–	23
4	Mateo	1,523	↑12	42
5	Elijah	1,482	↑2	8
6	Matthew	1,429	↓2	16
7	Jacob	1,412	↓1	9
8	Daniel	1,374	↓3	15
9	Ethan	1,353	↓1	14
10	David	1,344	–	22
11	Jose	1,344	↓2	81
12	Alexander	1,264	–	13
13	James	1,251	↑4	4
14	Jayden	1,238	↑4	26
15	Michael	1,213	↓4	12
16	Benjamin	1,199	↓2	6
17	Aiden	1,197	↓2	17
18	Julian	1,173	↑8	37
19	William	1,159	↓6	3
20	Dylan	1,130	↑1	29
21	Luke	1,124	↓2	30
22	Oliver	1,103	↑8	10
23	Logan	1,098	↑22	5
24	Santiago	1,093	↑15	93
25	Samuel	1,067	↑3	21
26	Aaron	1,031	↑3	47
27	Angel	1,027	↓3	71
28	Mason	1,015	↓8	7
29	Christopher	1,013	↓6	39
30	Isaac	1,011	↓3	32
31	Joshua	998	↓9	38
32	Lucas	978	↑8	11
33	Joseph	962	↑2	18
34	Anthony	958	↓9	33
35	Adrian	950	↑1	58
36	Josiah	929	↑1	51
37	Christian	921	↓4	52
38	Gabriel	901	↓6	31
39	Nathan	893	↓5	45
40	Levi	887	new	35
41	John	868	↓10	27
42	Andrew	856	↓1	40
43	Jaxon	826	new	43
44	Juan	815	↓6	>100
45	Isaiah	799	↓3	46
46	Wyatt	798	new	25
47	Ian	783	↑2	76
48	Jonathan	783	↓2	55
49	Leonardo	778	↑1	97
50	Caleb	762	↓3	50

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