Popular baby names in Texas, 2023
The most popular baby names in Texas in 2023 were Emma for girls (1,805 babies) and Liam for boys (2,774). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 339,554 babies born in Texas in 2023 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Texas in 2023
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: 310 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Renata: 217 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Romina: 140 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Daleyza: 193 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Fernanda: 185 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Kaeli: 121 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Ximena: 487 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Carolina: 198 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Katalina: 187 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Ivanna: 138 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Boys
- Rodrigo: 218 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Azael: 132 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Gerardo: 164 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Mauricio: 136 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Raul: 154 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Eliseo: 113 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Jose: 1,026 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Jesus: 589 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Roberto: 158 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Leonel: 286 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 2023
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2022 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emma | 1,805 | ↑1 | 2 |
| 2 | Olivia | 1,763 | ↓1 | 1 |
| 3 | Camila | 1,639 | – | 13 |
| 4 | Mia | 1,583 | ↑1 | 6 |
| 5 | Isabella | 1,572 | ↓1 | 7 |
| 6 | Sophia | 1,338 | – | 5 |
| 7 | Sofia | 1,217 | ↑1 | 12 |
| 8 | Amelia | 1,178 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 9 | Charlotte | 989 | ↑2 | 3 |
| 10 | Ava | 970 | – | 8 |
| 11 | Evelyn | 957 | ↑1 | 9 |
| 12 | Luna | 917 | ↓3 | 10 |
| 13 | Emily | 867 | ↑1 | 19 |
| 14 | Elizabeth | 796 | ↑1 | 15 |
| 15 | Eliana | 787 | ↑10 | 34 |
| 16 | Gianna | 768 | ↓3 | 21 |
| 17 | Elena | 741 | ↑6 | 47 |
| 18 | Victoria | 725 | ↓2 | 45 |
| 19 | Zoe | 694 | ↑5 | 36 |
| 20 | Scarlett | 685 | ↓3 | 17 |
| 21 | Valentina | 674 | ↑9 | 50 |
| 22 | Aria | 662 | ↓3 | 25 |
| 23 | Genesis | 661 | ↑10 | 57 |
| 24 | Leilani | 657 | ↓2 | 61 |
| 25 | Violet | 655 | ↑9 | 16 |
| 26 | Harper | 650 | ↑3 | 11 |
| 27 | Avery | 641 | ↓7 | 29 |
| 28 | Aurora | 617 | – | 22 |
| 29 | Penelope | 607 | ↓3 | 23 |
| 30 | Abigail | 603 | ↓9 | 31 |
| 31 | Mila | 603 | ↓13 | 28 |
| 32 | Layla | 599 | ↓5 | 30 |
| 33 | Eleanor | 592 | ↓2 | 14 |
| 34 | Emilia | 587 | ↑2 | 42 |
| 35 | Ellie | 577 | ↑3 | 27 |
| 36 | Lily | 566 | ↑8 | 20 |
| 37 | Madison | 541 | ↑3 | 37 |
| 38 | Hazel | 540 | ↓3 | 18 |
| 39 | Chloe | 536 | ↓7 | 26 |
| 40 | Natalia | 533 | ↓3 | 96 |
| 41 | Delilah | 527 | new | 52 |
| 42 | Catalina | 505 | ↑5 | >100 |
| 43 | Leah | 502 | ↓1 | 53 |
| 44 | Ximena | 487 | ↓1 | >100 |
| 45 | Maria | 481 | – | 82 |
| 46 | Ivy | 462 | ↑4 | 38 |
| 47 | Grace | 452 | new | 39 |
| 48 | Hannah | 449 | ↓2 | 48 |
| 49 | Emery | 423 | new | 70 |
| 50 | Naomi | 422 | ↓2 | 44 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2022 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | 2,774 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Noah | 2,235 | – | 2 |
| 3 | Mateo | 2,120 | – | 6 |
| 4 | Santiago | 1,567 | ↑1 | 45 |
| 5 | Sebastian | 1,565 | ↓1 | 13 |
| 6 | Elijah | 1,473 | – | 5 |
| 7 | Oliver | 1,421 | – | 3 |
| 8 | Ezra | 1,146 | ↑9 | 15 |
| 9 | Lucas | 1,145 | ↑7 | 9 |
| 10 | Levi | 1,100 | – | 12 |
| 11 | Daniel | 1,070 | ↓3 | 17 |
| 12 | Elias | 1,054 | ↑10 | 36 |
| 13 | Julian | 1,053 | ↑1 | 33 |
| 14 | Dylan | 1,030 | ↑14 | 34 |
| 15 | Jose | 1,026 | ↓6 | 93 |
| 16 | Angel | 1,011 | ↓3 | 62 |
| 17 | James | 998 | ↓6 | 4 |
| 18 | Benjamin | 975 | ↓6 | 11 |
| 19 | Samuel | 968 | ↑5 | 19 |
| 20 | Alexander | 942 | ↓5 | 22 |
| 21 | David | 938 | ↓1 | 27 |
| 22 | Ethan | 933 | ↓4 | 24 |
| 23 | William | 911 | ↓4 | 10 |
| 24 | Luke | 880 | ↓3 | 31 |
| 25 | Matthew | 875 | ↑2 | 32 |
| 26 | Ezekiel | 834 | ↓1 | 50 |
| 27 | John | 819 | ↑9 | 26 |
| 28 | Gael | 818 | ↑6 | 100 |
| 29 | Gabriel | 811 | ↑2 | 38 |
| 30 | Josiah | 809 | – | 53 |
| 31 | Anthony | 804 | ↑8 | 46 |
| 32 | Michael | 804 | ↑1 | 16 |
| 33 | Henry | 799 | ↑2 | 8 |
| 34 | Jacob | 797 | ↓8 | 35 |
| 35 | Leonardo | 791 | ↓3 | 84 |
| 36 | Adrian | 784 | ↑1 | 67 |
| 37 | Theodore | 775 | ↑11 | 7 |
| 38 | Aiden | 774 | ↓15 | 40 |
| 39 | Jayden | 759 | ↓10 | 49 |
| 40 | Luca | 746 | ↑2 | 25 |
| 41 | Thiago | 740 | new | 72 |
| 42 | Isaac | 739 | ↑1 | 42 |
| 43 | Adriel | 730 | new | >100 |
| 44 | Asher | 715 | ↓3 | 23 |
| 45 | Caleb | 695 | ↑1 | 51 |
| 46 | Nathan | 693 | ↓1 | 59 |
| 47 | Axel | 689 | – | 71 |
| 48 | Luis | 685 | ↑1 | >100 |
| 49 | Joshua | 673 | new | 60 |
| 50 | Joseph | 672 | ↓12 | 29 |