Texas

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293 · #5,045 for boys in 2025, 19 births
Given to boys 67.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1939 · 11 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
497
since 1918

Texas over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #830, 1881peak #2,159, 1939girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,04519
2024#15,2935#4,89020
2023#7,28911
2022#15,3065#8,3009
2021#13,4646#5,56216
2020#5,69915
2019#7,17311
2018#5,54016
2017#5,52616
2016#14,3316#10,7446
2015#8,7448
2014#5,25217
2013#7,02611
2012#16,8695#6,30613
2011#9,6007
2010#13,4487#8,1399
2009#7,23611
2008#4,39522
2007#6,62212
2006#7,42710
2005#7,09610
2004
2003
2002
2001#7,5368
2000#9,1126
1999
1998#14,1225
1997#8,1106
1996#9,0155
1995#13,3865
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986#6,7215
1985#5,7856
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975#4,7976
1974
1973
1972#4,9865
1971
1970#4,7245
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964#3,6016
1963#4,0485
1962
1961
1960
1959
1958
1957
1956
1955
1954
1953
1952#3,7345
1951
1950
1949#2,6069
1948#2,6089
1947#3,0967
1946
1945#3,3385
1944#4,5745#2,4679
1943#2,7328
1942#4,6225#2,26811
1941#3,1336
1940#3,1306
1939#2,15911
1938#3,4507#3,1756
1937#2,9057
1936
1935#3,7426
1934#3,4497#2,9737
1933#4,2185
1932#3,9016#3,7765
1931#3,4977
1930#3,3458
1929
1928
1927#4,8055#4,2105
1926
1925#3,7416
1924#3,5057
1923#3,8226
1922#2,95811#3,2528
1921#2,9869
1920#3,9577#4,2865
1919
1918#2,82211#3,0968
1917#3,7137
1916
1915#3,1348
1914#2,8767
1913#3,1875
1912#2,9795
1911
1910#2,3985
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900#1,3199
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895#1,5925
1894
1893
1892
1891#1,2136
1890
1889#1,0257
1888#1,2765
1887#1,1475
1886#8977
1885#1,0475
1884#1,0245
1883
1882
1881#8305
1880#8365
First appearance
1918

The first year at least five boys were named Texas! It came in at #3,096, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1919–1920, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 155 spots since 2024 (#4,890#5,045)
  • 654 spots since 2020 (#5,699#5,045)
  • 3,699 spots since 2015 (#8,744#5,045)
Rise & fade · boys
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1918
  • Peaked 1939 at #2,159 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1945, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 86,144
  • Highest: 1 in 86,144 boys born in 2024 were named Texas (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 89,899 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,159 in 1939, was only 1 in 100,623 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 22.9% of all boys named Texas (114) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2017
  • Mostly girls until 2016, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s8#3,096 (1918)#3,096
1920s46#2,986 (1921)#3,686
1930s36#2,159 (1939)#2,998
1940s70#2,268 (1942)#2,820
1950s5#3,734 (1952)#3,734
1960s11#3,601 (1964)#3,825
1970s16#4,724 (1970)#4,836
1980s11#5,785 (1985)#6,253
1990s11#8,110 (1997)#8,563
2000s79#4,395 (2008)#7,061
2010s114#5,252 (2014)#7,405
2020s90#4,890 (2024)#6,131

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Texas in 1918

girls
#2,822
11 births · 1 in 105,239 girls
boys
#3,096
8 births · 1 in 126,685 boys

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #2,822Texas11

Top boys' names in 1918

  1. #1John56,558
  2. #2William45,291
  3. #3James42,115
  4. #4Robert40,619
  5. #5Charles26,921
  6. #6George26,318
  7. #7Joseph26,261
  8. #8Edward19,489
  9. #9Frank17,018
  10. #10Thomas13,910
  11. #3,096Texas8
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 105,239 of them was named Texas, which outranked 49.5% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Texas
  1. #2,674Zera12
  2. #2,674Zofia12
  3. #2,674Zoila12
  4. #2,822Texas11
  5. #2,822Ader11
  6. #2,822Adine11
  7. #2,822Adra11
  8. #3,024Adalene10
  9. #3,024Adina10
  10. #3,024Adria10

Tied with 201 names at #2,822; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 547Jesse#1,507#960
  2. 494Liberty#1,079#585
  3. 389Marilynn#1,337#948
  4. 312Margueritte#1,281#969
  5. 306Syble#807#501
Fallers
  1. 447Valentine#964#1,411
  2. 428Ottie#952#1,380
  3. 354Delora#923#1,277
  4. 318Georgene#896#1,214
  5. 299Clifford#904#1,203

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 126,685 of them was named Texas, which outranked 35.7% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Texas
  1. #2,882Woodfin9
  2. #2,882Worthington9
  3. #2,882Zolton9
  4. #3,096Texas8
  5. #3,096Abb8
  6. #3,096Adren8
  7. #3,096Agustus8
  8. #3,368Acel7
  9. #3,368Achilles7
  10. #3,368Ada7

Tied with 271 names at #3,096; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 600Quinton#1,092#492
  2. 542Pershing#876#334
  3. 480Quentin#723#243
  4. 440Issac#1,264#824
  5. 339Furman#1,092#753
Fallers
  1. 473Bernhard#900#1,373
  2. 424Edson#919#1,343
  3. 394Gasper#919#1,313
  4. 352Berton#934#1,286
  5. 346Ishmael#997#1,343

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1918