Most Popular Baby Names in Texas (2025)

The most popular baby names in Texas in 2025 were Emma for girls and Liam for boys, based on Social Security data for babies born in the state.

Names that rank much higher in Texas than in the country as a whole include Genesis, Catalina, Allison, Jose, Angel, and Adriel.

State data is published a year behind the national list, and it only includes names given to at least five babies of one sex in the state.

Top 100 baby names in Texas

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Emma	1,707	↑ 1
2	Olivia	1,580	↓ 1
3	Isabella	1,559	↑ 2
4	Mia	1,483	↓ 1
5	Sophia	1,359	↑ 1
6	Camila	1,349	↓ 2
7	Amelia	1,329	–
8	Sofia	1,307	–
9	Eliana	1,275	↑ 1
10	Ailany	1,213	↑ 31
11	Charlotte	1,140	↓ 2
12	Valentina	985	↑ 5
13	Evelyn	925	↓ 2
14	Aurora	798	↑ 6
15	Elena	786	↑ 4
16	Elizabeth	771	↓ 1
17	Violet	767	↑ 9
18	Gianna	756	↓ 5
19	Luna	727	↓ 7
20	Aria	705	↑ 4
21	Emily	687	↓ 5
22	Zoe	685	↓ 4
23	Ava	675	↓ 9
24	Leilani	667	↑ 5
25	Victoria	635	↓ 4
26	Genesis	626	↓ 4
27	Ellie	624	↓ 4
28	Emilia	623	↑ 4
29	Catalina	621	↑ 9
30	Eleanor	604	↓ 3
31	Lily	591	↓ 3
32	Penelope	590	↑ 3
33	Chloe	584	↑ 3
34	Abigail	570	↓ 4
35	Madison	565	↑ 12
36	Hazel	561	↑ 1
37	Scarlett	560	↓ 12
38	Avery	547	↓ 7
39	Harper	543	↓ 6
40	Layla	539	–
41	Mila	520	↓ 7
42	Delilah	485	↓ 3
43	Ella	476	↑ 3
44	Lucy	472	↑ 16
45	Lainey	465	↑ 18
46	Leah	465	↓ 4
47	Grace	461	↑ 6
48	Liliana	453	↑ 14
49	Naomi	447	↓ 4
50	Allison	435	↑ 1
51	Ivy	435	↓ 7
52	Maria	435	↓ 3
53	Isla	433	↑ 21
54	Melody	431	↑ 18
55	Lucia	426	↑ 2
56	Nora	424	↑ 9
57	Emery	423	↓ 5
58	Hannah	420	↓ 10
59	Madelyn	419	↑ 8
60	Adeline	417	↓ 4
61	Nova	416	↓ 11
62	Ximena	413	↓ 8
63	Alice	391	↑ 10
64	Iris	378	↑ 24
65	Juliette	378	↓ 6
66	Aaliyah	372	–
67	Natalia	371	↓ 24
68	Madeline	367	↑ 9
69	Stella	358	↑ 6
70	Riley	357	↑ 1
71	Maya	354	↓ 3
72	Alaia	344	↑ 6
73	Eden	343	↑ 16
74	Ariana	339	↓ 19
75	Sophie	337	↑ 24
76	Melanie	324	↓ 15
77	Claire	323	new
78	Jade	315	↓ 8
79	Ailani	314	new
80	Sadie	314	–
81	Josephine	313	new
82	Alana	311	↑ 13
83	Cataleya	311	↑ 17
84	Lyla	311	new
85	Lillian	309	↑ 6
86	Ashley	307	↓ 28
87	Everly	307	↓ 11
88	Valeria	306	↓ 24
89	Clara	303	new
90	Daisy	302	↑ 2
91	Alina	301	↓ 10
92	Amara	299	new
93	Ana	298	↓ 11
94	Zoey	297	↓ 11
95	Caroline	296	↓ 2
96	Parker	296	new
97	Athena	294	↓ 18
98	Andrea	283	↓ 29
99	Ariella	283	new
100	Eloise	278	new

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Liam	2,688	–
2	Noah	2,450	–
3	Mateo	2,081	–
4	Santiago	1,829	–
5	Sebastian	1,498	–
6	Elijah	1,455	–
7	Oliver	1,361	–
8	Elias	1,321	–
9	Levi	1,163	↑ 6
10	Julian	1,115	↑ 2
11	Ezra	1,067	↓ 2
12	James	1,057	↑ 7
13	Lucas	1,010	↓ 2
14	Ethan	1,005	–
15	Jose	991	↑ 3
16	Samuel	987	↑ 4
17	Daniel	976	↓ 7
18	Angel	937	↓ 1
19	Benjamin	929	↓ 3
20	Luca	909	↑ 12
21	William	892	–
22	Matthew	890	↑ 1
23	Thiago	887	↑ 11
24	Adriel	885	↑ 15
25	Henry	873	↑ 4
26	Theodore	865	↑ 4
27	Alexander	856	↓ 3
28	Dylan	833	↓ 15
29	David	815	↓ 7
30	Luke	815	↓ 4
31	Josiah	800	↑ 6
32	Gabriel	792	↑ 4
33	Michael	782	↓ 8
34	Gael	775	↓ 3
35	John	744	↓ 7
36	Jacob	734	↑ 7
37	Ezekiel	733	↓ 10
38	Emiliano	728	↑ 19
39	Leonardo	720	↓ 4
40	Isaiah	712	↑ 8
41	Adrian	705	↓ 3
42	Anthony	702	↓ 1
43	Hudson	685	↑ 9
44	Nathan	683	↑ 14
45	Joseph	669	–
46	Isaac	668	↓ 13
47	Leo	668	↑ 4
48	Roman	656	↑ 22
49	Christopher	649	↓ 2
50	Damian	646	↑ 12
51	Asher	622	↓ 7
52	Caleb	610	↓ 6
53	Aiden	603	↓ 13
54	Juan	601	↓ 4
55	Thomas	598	↑ 12
56	Wyatt	598	↑ 8
57	Axel	597	↑ 3
58	Joshua	596	↓ 3
59	Luka	589	↑ 18
60	Eithan	583	new
61	Jack	579	↑ 2
62	Aaron	577	↓ 6
63	Ian	575	↓ 21
64	Mason	570	↑ 17
65	Cooper	569	↑ 17
66	Jayden	566	↓ 13
67	Luis	566	↓ 13
68	Christian	560	↓ 19
69	Jesus	550	↓ 3
70	Jeremiah	548	↑ 3
71	Maverick	544	↓ 10
72	Carlos	535	↓ 13
73	Grayson	524	↑ 3
74	Enzo	517	↑ 4
75	Andrew	515	↓ 3
76	Jackson	512	↑ 4
77	Elian	506	new
78	Logan	504	↓ 7
79	Jonathan	491	↓ 5
80	Carter	480	↓ 15
81	Emilio	480	↑ 5
82	Charles	478	↑ 10
83	Diego	476	↓ 15
84	Alejandro	471	↓ 1
85	Weston	469	new
86	Miles	459	↓ 17
87	Owen	444	↓ 12
88	Micah	441	↓ 4
89	Nolan	439	↑ 1
90	Matias	438	↓ 11
91	Aziel	434	new
92	Waylon	429	↑ 3
93	Silas	423	new
94	Walker	423	new
95	Bennett	416	new
96	Andres	415	↓ 8
97	Brooks	409	↑ 2
98	Wesley	409	new
99	Beau	408	new
100	Atlas	398	new

Names more popular in Texas

Names in the state's top 50 that rank far higher in Texas than across the US.

Girls

Name	Texas	US
Genesis	#26	#66
Catalina	#29	#111
Allison	#50	#103

Boys

Name	Texas	US
Jose	#15	#95
Angel	#18	#67
Adriel	#24	#84
Gael	#34	#86
Emiliano	#38	#94
Leonardo	#39	#91
Damian	#50	#109

Number-one names in Texas by year

Year	Girls	Boys
2025	Emma (1,707)	Liam (2,688)
2024	Olivia (1,765)	Liam (3,090)
2023	Emma (1,805)	Liam (2,774)
2022	Olivia (1,907)	Liam (2,548)
2021	Olivia (1,957)	Liam (2,425)
2020	Olivia (1,930)	Liam (2,219)
2019	Emma (2,047)	Liam (2,231)
2018	Emma (2,166)	Liam (2,156)
2017	Emma (2,316)	Noah (1,953)
2016	Emma (2,150)	Noah (2,036)
2015	Emma (2,206)	Noah (2,166)
2014	Emma (2,190)	Noah (2,093)

Source: US Social Security Administration state files. A name only appears in a state list if at least five babies of one sex received it there that year.

Top 100 baby names in Texas

Girls

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Names more popular in Texas

Girls

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Number-one names in Texas by year

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