Popular baby names in Texas, 2018

The most popular baby names in Texas in 2018 were Emma for girls (2,166 babies) and Liam for boys (2,156). Social Security records list 333,792 babies born in Texas in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 2018

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: 231 babies, 4× the national rate
Regina: 272 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Romina: 155 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jimena: 206 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Fernanda: 182 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ximena: 711 babies, 3× the national rate
Aitana: 199 babies, 3× the national rate
Ariadne: 80 babies, 3× the national rate
Galilea: 113 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Carolina: 196 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Rogelio: 95 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tadeo: 91 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Roberto: 213 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Raul: 163 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gerardo: 145 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Joe: 104 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Mauricio: 132 babies, 3× the national rate
Jose: 1,202 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Juan: 782 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Enrique: 171 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Emma	2,166	–	1
2	Isabella	1,847	↑1	4
3	Olivia	1,802	↑2	2
4	Mia	1,665	↓2	7
5	Sophia	1,628	↓1	5
6	Camila	1,543	↑1	18
7	Ava	1,379	↓1	3
8	Sofia	1,243	–	17
9	Victoria	1,137	↑1	21
10	Evelyn	1,039	↑2	10
11	Amelia	1,033	↑3	8
12	Abigail	1,024	↓3	11
13	Charlotte	984	–	6
14	Emily	973	↓3	12
15	Elizabeth	920	–	13
16	Avery	916	–	16
17	Mila	815	↑11	14
18	Scarlett	773	↓1	20
19	Harper	772	↓1	9
20	Genesis	762	↓1	57
21	Luna	752	↑12	23
22	Ximena	711	–	>100
23	Aria	698	↑6	19
24	Layla	695	↑3	27
25	Penelope	675	↓4	26
26	Leah	670	–	41
27	Madison	656	↓7	22
28	Zoe	633	↓3	40
29	Ella	619	↑3	15
30	Grace	587	↑5	24
31	Elena	556	↑10	67
32	Allison	552	↓8	70
33	Chloe	541	↓2	25
34	Alexa	537	↓11	90
35	Ariana	527	↑2	68
36	Zoey	523	↑2	29
37	Hannah	516	↓1	33
38	Aubrey	509	↓8	37
39	Natalie	500	–	39
40	Natalia	499	new	>100
41	Riley	497	↑3	28
42	Lily	485	new	31
43	Melanie	477	↓9	>100
44	Ellie	476	↑5	36
45	Addison	473	new	35
46	Audrey	468	↑2	46
47	Valentina	467	new	81
48	Aurora	464	new	44
49	Bella	462	↓4	48
50	Aaliyah	454	↓7	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Liam	2,156	↑1	1
2	Noah	1,917	↓1	2
3	Sebastian	1,570	–	18
4	Mateo	1,559	–	37
5	Elijah	1,471	–	7
6	Daniel	1,383	↑2	15
7	Jacob	1,309	–	13
8	Ethan	1,267	↑1	12
9	Matthew	1,251	↓3	20
10	Alexander	1,242	↑2	11
11	David	1,218	↓1	22
12	James	1,207	↑1	4
13	Benjamin	1,205	↑3	6
14	Jose	1,202	↓3	89
15	Santiago	1,175	↑9	82
16	William	1,161	↑3	3
17	Michael	1,124	↓2	14
18	Aiden	1,118	↓1	19
19	Dylan	1,109	↑1	31
20	Julian	1,101	↓2	36
21	Oliver	1,090	↑1	5
22	Luke	1,083	↓1	30
23	Jayden	1,080	↓9	29
24	Logan	1,061	↓1	10
25	Angel	1,005	↑2	72
26	Mason	1,002	↑2	9
27	Samuel	993	↓2	21
28	Lucas	986	↑4	8
29	Isaac	946	↑1	34
30	Levi	929	↑10	33
31	Josiah	925	↑5	52
32	Anthony	922	↑2	38
33	Christopher	918	↓4	42
34	Christian	876	↑3	54
35	John	875	↑6	26
36	Aaron	872	↓10	60
37	Nathan	865	↑2	48
38	Adrian	864	↓3	62
39	Joshua	861	↓8	40
40	Gabriel	843	↓2	35
41	Joseph	834	↓8	23
42	Jackson	806	new	17
43	Wyatt	793	↑3	27
44	Juan	782	–	>100
45	Jaxon	781	↓2	39
46	Leonardo	770	↑3	93
47	Andrew	766	↓5	43
48	Jonathan	758	–	63
49	Caleb	753	↑1	45
50	Jeremiah	742	new	64

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