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Baby names in Texas, 2000s

2000–2009 · 3,417,198 recorded births

Jose was the most common name given in Texas across the 2000s, with 27,716 births in the decade. The state recorded 3,417,198 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Texas in the 2000s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Infant1,318
Joeangel131
Roel453
Brazos50
Debanhi159
Sanjuanita111
Abcde142
Joeanthony75

Top 25 in the 2000s

RankNameBirths
#1Jose27,716
#2Jacob24,087
#3Joshua21,848
#4Emily21,101
#5Daniel21,040
#6Christopher20,950
#7Michael20,184
#8David19,938
#9Angel19,509
#10Juan19,126
#11Matthew17,746
#12Christian17,090
#13Jonathan17,049
#14Ethan16,830
#15Alexis16,591
#16Anthony16,479
#17Andrew15,801
#18Madison15,726
#19Ashley15,535
#20Luis14,295
#21Joseph14,215
#22John14,189
#23William13,996
#24Jesus13,884
#25Brandon13,875

Other decades in Texas

All Texas names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org