Texana — girls' name
57 babies named Texana in U.S. Social Security records since 1886, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
56% of everyone ever named Texana was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Texana in 1927 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Texana
The Social Security Administration has registered 57 babies named Texana between 1886 and 1927, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Texana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1927. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Texana performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Texana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Texana in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Texana in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 57 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Texana at a glance
Last recorded 1927Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Texana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–1886
- Peak year (1927)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1927.
57 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1927 with 8 births in a single year.
Texana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 32 births that decade — 56% of Texana's all-time total
Texana decade highlights
- Peak decade 32 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Texana's strongest decade
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
Texana by state
Where Texana concentrates geographically — total births since 1886
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11 | 19.3% |
11 of 57 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 19.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 19.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1886–1927 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.