Top Baby Girl Names in Texas
Emily, Mia, & Isabella Top the TX State Popularity Charts in 2007
Emily's still on top in Texas, but watch out for Mia and Addison. Here are the top 20 baby girl names in Texas from 2007.
The top baby names for 2007 are in-- and in Texas, Emily is the most popular name in the state. Although the top 100 boys' names in Texas looks fairly different than the top 100 list for the U.S. nationwide (largely because of the prevalence of Hispanic male names), the list of girls' names looks fairly similar to the nationwide list of popular female names.
According to the U.S. Social Security Baby Name Index,here are the 20 most popular names for little girls in Texas in 2007:
- Emily
- Mia
- Isabella
- Madison
- Abigail
- Ashley
- Sophia
- Emma
- Alyssa
- Ava
- Elizabeth
- Natalie
- Hannah
- Samantha
- Addison
- Brianna
- Victoria
- Olivia
- Chloe
- Alexis
Emily has been the top choice for little girls in Texas since 1998, when it overtook Ashley (which is now at #6). This parallels the trend nationwide, as Emily is the top name in the U.S. The similar name Emma, which is ranked #3 nationwide, is only ranked at #8 in Texas. Ella, another similar name that's rising quickly in popularity in the nation and ranked at #21 in 2007, only ranked at #54 in Texas.
One name that's gained favor very quickly in the Lone Star State is Mia, which ranked at #2 in 2007 for the third year in a row-- although the name only ranked at #15 nationwide. In 2004, Mia was all the way down at #20, and in 1998 it wasn't even on the top 100 list, so that's a big jump indeed. Will Mia eventually overtake Emily? Wait and see. Interestingly, the similar name Maya hasn't really caught on in Texas, as it haven't even cracked the top 100 (it's #62 nationwide).
Between 2006 and 2007, there was quite a bit of movement up and down the top 20 chart. Only two names actually joined the chart (Alexa and Sarah), while two others joined the top 20 (Addison and Olivia). By far, trendy Addison was the biggest climber on the charts. Similar to Addison's leap up the chart nationwide, Addison climbed from #34 in 2006 to #15 in 2007. Another name that took a big leap upward was Sophia, which climbed from #16 in 2006 to #7 in 2007-- and it probably would have ranked higher were it not for the popularity of alternate spelling Sofia, which ranked at #24.
Other popular names that climbed at least two points apiece were Abigal (#7 in 2006, #5 in 2007), Alyssa (#12 in 2006, #9 in 2007), and Elizabeth (#15 in 2006, #11 in 2007). Names that fell at least two points were Ashley (#6 in 2006, #3 in 2007), Emma (#6 in 2006, #8 in 2007), Natalie (#8 in 2006, #12 in 2007), Hannah (#9 in 2006, #13 in 2007), Samantha (#10 in 2006, #14 in 2007), Brianna (#13 in 2006, #16 in 2007), Victoria (#14 in 2006, #17 in 2007), and Alexis (#17 in 2006, #20 in 2007).
Surprisingly, there aren't as many Hispanic girl's names on the top 100 list as one might think, especially considering the prevalence of Hispanic names on the boys' list. This lack of names is further puzzling because there are far fewer names on the list as there are in California, another large state with a significant Spanish speaking population. Popular Spanish names on the list do include Valeria (#27), Maria (#31), Daniela (#44), Camila (#45), Gabriella (#52), and Ana (#94).
