Popular baby names in Texas, 2022
The most popular baby names in Texas in 2022 were Olivia for girls (1,907 babies) and Liam for boys (2,548). Social Security records list 341,483 babies born in Texas in 2022 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Texas in 2022
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: 241 babies, 3.8× the national rate
- Romina: 160 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Regina: 297 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Fernanda: 212 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Paulina: 105 babies, 3× the national rate
- Anahi: 156 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Julieta: 196 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Carolina: 185 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Ivanna: 148 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Araceli: 84 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Boys
- Azael: 102 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Rodrigo: 192 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Roberto: 202 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Mauricio: 135 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Raul: 164 babies, 3× the national rate
- Jorge: 347 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Ricardo: 262 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Arturo: 143 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Gerardo: 140 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Jose: 1,108 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 2022
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2021 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivia | 1,907 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Emma | 1,806 | – | 2 |
| 3 | Camila | 1,732 | – | 12 |
| 4 | Isabella | 1,648 | – | 6 |
| 5 | Mia | 1,479 | – | 8 |
| 6 | Sophia | 1,449 | – | 5 |
| 7 | Amelia | 1,229 | ↑1 | 4 |
| 8 | Sofia | 1,214 | ↑2 | 13 |
| 9 | Luna | 1,081 | ↑2 | 10 |
| 10 | Ava | 1,073 | ↓3 | 7 |
| 11 | Charlotte | 1,013 | ↓2 | 3 |
| 12 | Evelyn | 991 | – | 9 |
| 13 | Gianna | 827 | – | 22 |
| 14 | Emily | 825 | – | 17 |
| 15 | Elizabeth | 790 | – | 15 |
| 16 | Victoria | 787 | ↑2 | 43 |
| 17 | Scarlett | 773 | ↑2 | 14 |
| 18 | Mila | 756 | ↑7 | 18 |
| 19 | Aria | 712 | ↑1 | 23 |
| 20 | Avery | 700 | ↓3 | 26 |
| 21 | Abigail | 696 | ↓5 | 24 |
| 22 | Leilani | 696 | ↑13 | 59 |
| 23 | Elena | 691 | – | 49 |
| 24 | Zoe | 670 | ↑5 | 38 |
| 25 | Eliana | 669 | ↑8 | 41 |
| 26 | Penelope | 667 | ↓4 | 21 |
| 27 | Layla | 642 | ↑1 | 29 |
| 28 | Aurora | 633 | ↑2 | 31 |
| 29 | Harper | 628 | ↓8 | 11 |
| 30 | Valentina | 624 | ↑11 | 57 |
| 31 | Eleanor | 595 | ↓7 | 16 |
| 32 | Chloe | 588 | ↑4 | 19 |
| 33 | Genesis | 586 | ↓6 | 65 |
| 34 | Violet | 586 | ↑10 | 20 |
| 35 | Hazel | 573 | ↑2 | 27 |
| 36 | Emilia | 569 | ↓2 | 44 |
| 37 | Natalia | 558 | ↓5 | 80 |
| 38 | Ellie | 556 | ↓12 | 33 |
| 39 | Nova | 531 | ↑6 | 32 |
| 40 | Madison | 529 | ↓2 | 34 |
| 41 | Ella | 527 | ↓10 | 25 |
| 42 | Leah | 523 | ↓2 | 52 |
| 43 | Ximena | 509 | ↓1 | >100 |
| 44 | Lily | 498 | ↑4 | 30 |
| 45 | Maria | 497 | new | 91 |
| 46 | Hannah | 489 | new | 47 |
| 47 | Catalina | 471 | new | >100 |
| 48 | Naomi | 454 | new | 46 |
| 49 | Riley | 442 | new | 39 |
| 50 | Ivy | 441 | new | 42 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2021 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | 2,548 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Noah | 2,142 | – | 2 |
| 3 | Mateo | 1,935 | ↑1 | 11 |
| 4 | Sebastian | 1,601 | ↑1 | 13 |
| 5 | Santiago | 1,529 | ↑1 | 49 |
| 6 | Elijah | 1,493 | ↓3 | 5 |
| 7 | Oliver | 1,361 | – | 3 |
| 8 | Daniel | 1,195 | – | 14 |
| 9 | Jose | 1,108 | – | 88 |
| 10 | Levi | 1,100 | ↑2 | 12 |
| 11 | James | 1,067 | – | 4 |
| 12 | Benjamin | 1,064 | ↓2 | 9 |
| 13 | Angel | 1,061 | ↑6 | 62 |
| 14 | Julian | 1,053 | ↑1 | 35 |
| 15 | Alexander | 1,052 | ↓1 | 17 |
| 16 | Lucas | 1,040 | ↑1 | 8 |
| 17 | Ezra | 1,013 | ↑8 | 25 |
| 18 | Ethan | 1,003 | ↓5 | 21 |
| 19 | William | 999 | ↓3 | 6 |
| 20 | David | 977 | ↓2 | 31 |
| 21 | Luke | 962 | ↑2 | 34 |
| 22 | Elias | 960 | ↑4 | 43 |
| 23 | Aiden | 920 | ↑1 | 29 |
| 24 | Samuel | 918 | ↓3 | 19 |
| 25 | Ezekiel | 916 | ↑5 | 48 |
| 26 | Jacob | 916 | ↓6 | 32 |
| 27 | Matthew | 899 | – | 39 |
| 28 | Dylan | 869 | ↑3 | 42 |
| 29 | Jayden | 867 | ↓7 | 46 |
| 30 | Josiah | 855 | ↓1 | 51 |
| 31 | Gabriel | 835 | ↓3 | 36 |
| 32 | Leonardo | 834 | ↑7 | 75 |
| 33 | Michael | 824 | ↓1 | 16 |
| 34 | Gael | 815 | ↓1 | >100 |
| 35 | Henry | 801 | ↓1 | 7 |
| 36 | John | 790 | – | 26 |
| 37 | Adrian | 766 | – | 63 |
| 38 | Joseph | 757 | ↑5 | 30 |
| 39 | Anthony | 741 | ↓1 | 44 |
| 40 | Juan | 740 | ↑8 | >100 |
| 41 | Asher | 737 | ↑5 | 20 |
| 42 | Luca | 732 | new | 28 |
| 43 | Isaac | 726 | ↓8 | 41 |
| 44 | Christopher | 722 | ↓3 | 55 |
| 45 | Nathan | 717 | new | 57 |
| 46 | Caleb | 706 | new | 52 |
| 47 | Axel | 702 | new | 76 |
| 48 | Theodore | 694 | new | 10 |
| 49 | Luis | 693 | new | >100 |
| 50 | Ian | 691 | new | 72 |