# Texas (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/texas/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | “friend”, “ally” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtɛk.səs/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Tex |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 732 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 497 / 235 (32% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 93, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## What it means

Texas is grouped under friend.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1932 | 6 | 4,365 |
| 1933 | 5 | 4,792 |
| 1934 | 7 | 3,768 |
| 1935 | 6 | 4,157 |
| 1938 | 7 | 3,814 |
| 1942 | 5 | 5,304 |
| 1944 | 5 | 5,180 |
| 1995 | 5 | 15,576 |
| 1998 | 5 | 16,393 |
| 2010 | 7 | 14,821 |
| 2012 | 5 | 19,293 |
| 2016 | 6 | 16,070 |
| 2021 | 6 | 15,087 |
| 2022 | 5 | 17,530 |
| 2024 | 5 | 17,460 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 10,660 |
| 2012 | 13 | 6,599 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7,495 |
| 2014 | 17 | 5,462 |
| 2015 | 8 | 9,471 |
| 2016 | 6 | 12,012 |
| 2017 | 16 | 5,758 |
| 2018 | 16 | 5,747 |
| 2019 | 11 | 7,577 |
| 2020 | 15 | 5,952 |
| 2021 | 16 | 5,749 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,910 |
| 2023 | 11 | 7,680 |
| 2024 | 20 | 5,040 |
| 2025 | 19 | 5,180 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 11 | 2,338 |
| 2013 | 19 | 1,587 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,966 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,328 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,502 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: تَكْسَاس, تِكْسَاس
- Armenian: Տեխաս
- Bulgarian: Те́ксас
- Catalan: Texas
- Chinese: 德克薩斯 /德克萨斯
- Czech: Texas
- Danish: Texas
- Dutch: Texas
- Esperanto: Teksaso
- Estonian: Texas
- Finnish: Texas, Teksas
- French: Texas
- Georgian: ტეხასი
- German: Texas
- Greek: Τέξας
- Hebrew: טֶקְסַס
- Hindi: टेक्सास, टेक्सस
- Icelandic: Texas
- Irish: Téacsas
- Italian: Texas

## People named Texas

- Texas Battle, American actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.