Popular baby names in Texas, 2021

The most popular baby names in Texas in 2021 were Olivia for girls (1,957 babies) and Liam for boys (2,425). Social Security records list 326,602 babies born in Texas in 2021 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 2021

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: 202 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Regina: 254 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Romina: 134 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ayleen: 83 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Julieta: 134 babies, 3× the national rate
Galilea: 100 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Katalina: 149 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Fernanda: 138 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ximena: 513 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Catalina: 447 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Rogelio: 90 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Gerardo: 166 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rodrigo: 162 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Joe: 96 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Juan: 690 babies, 3× the national rate
Roberto: 168 babies, 3× the national rate
Alberto: 109 babies, 3× the national rate
Jose: 1,120 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Noe: 87 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Eduardo: 271 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 2021

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Olivia	1,957	–	1
2	Emma	1,855	–	2
3	Camila	1,724	–	12
4	Isabella	1,452	–	7
5	Mia	1,430	–	8
6	Sophia	1,397	–	6
7	Ava	1,252	–	5
8	Amelia	1,217	–	4
9	Charlotte	1,055	↑1	3
10	Sofia	1,051	↓1	18
11	Luna	923	↑2	11
12	Evelyn	909	–	9
13	Gianna	882	↓2	13
14	Emily	792	↑2	21
15	Elizabeth	765	↑2	14
16	Abigail	742	↓2	17
17	Avery	733	↑2	19
18	Victoria	703	↓3	43
19	Scarlett	702	↑4	20
20	Aria	684	↑10	22
21	Harper	668	↓3	10
22	Penelope	648	–	23
23	Elena	643	↑3	53
24	Eleanor	629	↑14	15
25	Mila	618	↓5	26
26	Ellie	596	↑1	30
27	Genesis	589	↓6	75
28	Layla	575	↓4	24
29	Zoe	575	↑2	42
30	Aurora	572	↑15	35
31	Ella	572	↓6	16
32	Natalia	568	↓3	79
33	Eliana	560	–	47
34	Emilia	558	↑1	40
35	Leilani	548	↑6	68
36	Chloe	542	↓2	25
37	Hazel	538	↓1	28
38	Madison	538	↓6	29
39	Allison	530	↑4	82
40	Leah	529	↓12	46
41	Valentina	526	↓2	69
42	Ximena	513	↓5	>100
43	Delilah	490	new	58
44	Violet	488	↑6	36
45	Nova	482	new	32
46	Aaliyah	463	new	61
47	Everly	462	↓5	50
48	Lily	456	↓1	31
49	Grace	452	↓5	33
50	Ariana	449	↓2	88

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Liam	2,425	–	1
2	Noah	2,032	–	2
3	Elijah	1,612	↑1	4
4	Mateo	1,603	↓1	15
5	Sebastian	1,523	–	19
6	Santiago	1,252	↑2	63
7	Oliver	1,236	↓1	3
8	Daniel	1,127	↓1	16
9	Jose	1,120	↑2	89
10	Benjamin	1,074	↓1	7
11	James	1,063	↑2	5
12	Levi	1,060	↑6	12
13	Ethan	1,053	↑2	20
14	Alexander	1,049	↓4	13
15	Julian	1,026	↓3	33
16	William	1,005	↓2	6
17	Lucas	1,004	↑3	8
18	David	986	↓2	30
19	Angel	969	↑7	67
20	Jacob	953	↓3	24
21	Samuel	939	–	23
22	Jayden	924	↑3	41
23	Luke	919	–	32
24	Aiden	916	–	26
25	Ezra	913	↑4	37
26	Elias	905	↑12	48
27	Matthew	902	↓8	36
28	Gabriel	884	↑9	38
29	Josiah	872	↑4	49
30	Ezekiel	862	↑18	53
31	Dylan	835	↓4	44
32	Michael	834	↓10	17
33	Gael	801	↑7	>100
34	Henry	789	↑2	9
35	Isaac	785	↓7	40
36	John	780	↓6	27
37	Adrian	772	↓6	61
38	Anthony	772	↓6	43
39	Leonardo	768	↑5	87
40	Logan	764	↓1	21
41	Christopher	759	↑1	52
42	Isaiah	721	↑1	56
43	Joseph	716	↓2	28
44	Wyatt	714	new	29
45	Christian	702	↑4	71
46	Asher	694	new	25
47	Aaron	690	↓12	65
48	Juan	690	↓2	>100
49	Mason	687	↓15	18
50	Jackson	670	–	14

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