Popular baby names in Texas, 2020

The most popular baby names in Texas in 2020 were Olivia for girls (1,930 babies) and Liam for boys (2,219). Social Security records list 322,193 babies born in Texas in 2020 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 2020

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: 203 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Romina: 137 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Regina: 216 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Violeta: 91 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Galilea: 114 babies, 3× the national rate
Fernanda: 141 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Julieta: 129 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Carolina: 179 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Katalina: 142 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Anahi: 124 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Joe: 109 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Guillermo: 87 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Roberto: 206 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rodrigo: 148 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Arturo: 138 babies, 3× the national rate
Jose: 1,081 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Juan: 722 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ricardo: 273 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Raul: 146 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Tadeo: 104 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 2020

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Olivia	1,930	↑1	1
2	Emma	1,842	↓1	2
3	Camila	1,750	↑2	11
4	Isabella	1,673	↓1	7
5	Mia	1,490	↓1	8
6	Sophia	1,471	–	4
7	Ava	1,233	–	3
8	Amelia	1,149	↑1	6
9	Sofia	1,133	↓1	17
10	Charlotte	1,033	↑2	5
11	Gianna	990	new	13
12	Evelyn	952	↓1	9
13	Luna	877	↑2	14
14	Abigail	869	–	12
15	Victoria	834	↓5	34
16	Emily	787	↓3	18
17	Elizabeth	774	–	16
18	Harper	733	↑1	10
19	Avery	732	↓3	19
20	Mila	671	↑3	20
21	Genesis	663	↓3	62
22	Penelope	660	–	26
23	Scarlett	659	↓2	21
24	Layla	658	↑1	24
25	Ella	612	↓1	15
26	Elena	606	↑1	55
27	Ellie	594	↑9	29
28	Leah	577	↑1	45
29	Natalia	576	↑11	85
30	Aria	575	↓10	27
31	Zoe	571	↓5	40
32	Madison	565	↓2	23
33	Eliana	552	↑6	53
34	Chloe	544	↑1	25
35	Emilia	526	↑3	41
36	Hazel	514	↑6	31
37	Ximena	508	↓6	>100
38	Eleanor	505	↓1	22
39	Valentina	492	↓11	73
40	Zoey	488	↑5	32
41	Leilani	486	new	92
42	Everly	483	↑6	43
43	Allison	477	↓9	80
44	Grace	472	↑3	28
45	Aurora	468	↑4	36
46	Riley	466	new	33
47	Lily	459	new	35
48	Ariana	458	↓15	79
49	Hannah	454	↓17	39
50	Violet	449	↓7	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Liam	2,219	–	1
2	Noah	2,088	–	2
3	Mateo	1,722	–	20
4	Elijah	1,557	–	4
5	Sebastian	1,479	–	19
6	Oliver	1,293	↑8	3
7	Daniel	1,219	↓1	14
8	Santiago	1,171	↓1	71
9	Benjamin	1,136	↑3	7
10	Alexander	1,121	↑1	10
11	Jose	1,081	↑4	94
12	Julian	1,049	↓4	34
13	James	1,048	↑5	6
14	William	1,042	↑2	5
15	Ethan	1,041	↓6	13
16	David	1,019	↑1	28
17	Jacob	1,018	↓7	15
18	Levi	1,005	↑8	18
19	Matthew	988	↓6	30
20	Lucas	982	↓1	8
21	Samuel	952	↑2	25
22	Michael	948	–	12
23	Luke	930	↓3	31
24	Aiden	911	↑4	24
25	Jayden	892	↓4	37
26	Angel	870	↓2	76
27	Dylan	853	↑4	42
28	Isaac	835	↓3	39
29	Ezra	833	↑10	44
30	John	829	↑4	27
31	Adrian	805	↓2	58
32	Anthony	801	↑5	41
33	Josiah	799	↓6	49
34	Mason	793	↓4	11
35	Aaron	785	↑6	63
36	Henry	781	↑11	9
37	Gabriel	777	↓2	38
38	Elias	773	↑10	54
39	Logan	773	↓3	16
40	Gael	769	new	>100
41	Joseph	766	↓3	26
42	Christopher	748	↓10	47
43	Isaiah	747	↑3	51
44	Leonardo	737	↓11	86
45	Joshua	734	↓2	53
46	Juan	722	new	>100
47	Nathan	713	new	55
48	Ezekiel	711	new	64
49	Christian	709	↓9	62
50	Jackson	699	↓6	17

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