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Texas

#5,179 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Friend, ally

Texas has been given to 732 babies in the U.S. since 1918. In 2025 it ranked #5,179 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2008, with 22 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 68% boys, 32% girls all-time.

Babies named Texas, 2025

1 in 174,000

Texas over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Texas over time

In 2025, Texas went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18802025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Texas: meaning, origin, and history

Friend, ally

place names

What Texas means

Texas means “friend, ally”, associated with táyshaʔ.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Borrowed from Spanish Texas (also Tejas), from Hasinai Caddo táyshaʔ (“friend, ally”), used to refer to the Caddo nation.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Texas (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Texas is used in English. Its origins include place names.

Texas comes through cad táyshaʔ.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Texas is pronounced /ˈtɛk.səs/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 497 boys were recorded with the name Texas between 1918 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 22 in 2008; its best national rank was #2,280 in 1939.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,948 in 2020 to #5,179 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #9,465 in 2015 to #5,179 in 2025.

In the United States, 235 girls were recorded with the name Texas between 1880 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1918; its best national rank was #930 in 1881.

How common is Texas?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 174,000
19 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 89,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#5,179
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
120,943 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Texas sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 120,943 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Texas. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Texass were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Texas was born before 2007 — so the typical Texas is around 18 today.

Median birth year
2007
About 18 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
22.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
55.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
337
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 22.9% of all recorded uses (114).

Is Texas rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−143
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+769
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+4,286
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.38×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
86.4%
Peak was 2008 (22)
Years since peak
17
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
41.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,280
1939

Spellings of Texas

Texas is not the most common spelling — Tomas is, with 80.7% against Texas's 1.3%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Texas is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Texas was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 81,873 across all states with data.

11 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Texas has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Texas is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Texas was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,456,184 across all states with data.

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Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Texas has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Texas around the world

Where Texas ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • South Australia
    1987–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Texas by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,179
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 769
Best rank ever
#2,280
1939
Peak year
2008
22 that year
First recorded
1918
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
497
Count in 2025
19

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#930
1881
Peak year
1918
11 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
235
Count in 2025
Under 5

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Sibling names for Texas

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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