Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Tejas

#3,794 most common boys' name of all time · #9,249 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1977–2025

Rank among boys
#3,794
Rank overall
#9,249 of 105,966
First appeared
1977
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
1,473
Since 2016
367
Peak year
2013 #1,856
Best rank
#1,856 2013
Girls Boys peak 77/yr
198020002020

Tejas first appears in 1977. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 43 43 #2,910
2024 — 28 28 #3,935
2023 — 35 35 #3,381
2022 — 38 38 #3,181
2021 — 34 34 #3,392
2020 — 30 30 #3,607
2019 — 36 36 #3,228
2018 — 47 47 #2,651
2017 — 36 36 #3,218
2016 — 40 40 #2,963
2015 — 51 51 #2,471
2014 — 45 45 #2,689
2013 — 77 77 #1,856
2012 — 49 49 #2,536
2011 — 56 56 #2,305
2010 — 72 72 #1,950
2009 — 67 67 #2,065
2008 — 51 51 #2,493
2007 — 50 50 #2,522
2006 — 43 43 #2,725
2005 — 48 48 #2,421
2004 — 56 56 #2,123
2003 — 52 52 #2,146
2002 — 51 51 #2,117
2001 — 51 51 #2,074
2000 — 31 31 #2,902
1999 — 21 21 #3,662
1998 — 29 29 #2,832
1997 — 28 28 #2,812
1996 — 17 17 #3,963
1995 — 22 22 #3,169
1994 — 16 16 #4,039
1993 — 8 8 #6,541
1992 — 7 7 #7,063
1991 — 8 8 #6,282
1990 — 9 9 #5,668
1989 — 8 8 #6,044
1988 — 15 15 #3,498
1987 — 7 7 #5,922
1986 — 7 7 #5,764
1985 — 6 6 #6,302
1984 — 7 7 #5,443
1983 — 10 10 #4,112
1981 — 6 6 #6,103
1980 — 7 7 #5,431
1979 — 5 5 #6,841
1978 — 7 7 #5,018
1977 — 6 6 #5,833