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Whoo-hoo! This is always as interesting to me than the national list, if not more so.

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Off to see what the rest of the Lone Star State has been up too.....

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ETA:

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The boy Top 10 differs from the national rankings far more than the girls', although the girls' list does feature both Sophia and Sofia. Yikes. As usual, the top 10 contains Spanish names, but many of them did not do as well this year as in years' past.

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The Texas Top 10 (US rankings are in parentheses)
1. Jacob (1), Sophia (1)
2. Jayden (2), Isabella (2)
3. Daniel (10), Emma (3)
4. Jose (65), Mia (9)
5. David (18), Emily (6)
6. Ethan (7), Abigail (7)
7. Noah (5), Olivia (4)
8. Aiden (9), Ava (5)
9. Angel (52), Camila (48)
10. Christopher (21), Sofia (19)

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New to the top 100 in 2011
65- Axel (!!)
89- Andres
95- Dominic
99- Emmanuel
100- Giovanni

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63- Harper
75- Nicole: Really surprises me. Where did dated Nicole come from all of a sudden?
78- Scarlett
87- Naomi
90- Eva
91- Kennedy
94- Alondra
95- Madelyn
96- Autumn
97- Katelyn
99- Maya

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Falling out of the top 100 in 2011--rankings are for 2010)
80- Eric
94- Fernando
95- Antonio
97- Ricardo
98- Alex

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80- Miranda
82- Michelle
85- Kaitlyn
89- Sydney
90- Angelina
91- Jessica
93- Isabel
96- Valentina
98- Jacqueline
99- Madeline
100- Ana

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I think it's funny that we swapped spellings of Madelyn/Madeline and Katelyn/Kaitlyn.

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In the TX Top 100, not the US Top 100 (US rankings are in parentheses)
#51 Santiago (131)
#55 Miguel (126)
#59 Alejandro (130)
#65 Axel (132)
#70 Ivan (128)
#71 Bryan (110)
#76 Leonardo (149)
#77 Jorge (188)
#79 Damian (138)
#83 Eduardo (184)
#84 Victor (142)
#89 Andres (176)
#96 Joel (133)
#98 Oscar (162)
#99 Emmanuel (147)
#100 Giovanni (117)

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#37 Valeria (125)
#53 Ximena (215) Big difference!
#65 Natalia (108)
#71 Giselle (152)
#75 Nicole (116)
#76 Daniela (168)
#80 Amy (143)
#83 Jennifer (134)
#86 Vanessa (118)
#88 Liliana (115)
#89 Valerie (158)
#93 Stephanie (146)
#94 Alondra (248) Another significant difference
#97 Katelyn (105)
#100 Jade (113)

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In the US Top 100, Not the TX 100
Owen (44)
Chase (69)
Blake (73)
Bentley (75)
Oliver (78)
Parker (79)
Brody (83)
Carson (85)
Hayden (90)
Nolan (93)
Cole (94)
Alex (95)
Max (96)
Grayson (97)
Bryson (98)
Jaden (100)

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Gianna (63)
Sydney (65)
Mackenzie (68)
Lucy (72)
Stella (73)
Morgan (75)
Molly (78)
Madeline (85)
Brooke (86)
London (94)
Payton (95)
Lydia (96)
Ellie (97)
Kaitlyn (100)

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Spanish names continue to be a prominent part of the list, but they lost ground, ranking-wise, just as they did on the national level. The boys were especially hard hit, probably because there is less crossover usage between Hispanics & non-Hispanics for their names than for the girl names.

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+/- Changes from 2010 to 2011:
Jose -2
Angel -5
Juan -2
Jesus -1
Diego -10
Carlos -4
Santiago no change
Miguel -1
Alejandro -7
Leonardo -2
Jorge -5
Eduardo -13
Fernando, Antonio, & Ricardo dropped out of the top 100.

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Camila +4
Valeria -13
Maria -1
Ximena +28
Natalia -9
Daniela -2
Liliana +4
Alondra and Eva joined the top 100; Isabel, Valentina, and Ana dropped out.

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I'll try to come back later and edit in the complete Top 100 with ranking comparisons.

This message was edited 5/18/2012, 11:16 AM