Texas
Girl
Texas is a girls' name, meaning “friend, ally”. In 2025 it ranked 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
What does Texas mean?
“friend, ally”
A unisex given name transferred from the place name.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Texas a girl's or a boy's name?
Texas is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Texas in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 21 girls.
Half of all the girls named Texas in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Texas in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,559 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
How popular is Texas in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,044among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Texas, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the boys named Texas in the US since 1880 were born between 1944 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Texas in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,607 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,466 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,267 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,159 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
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