Texas
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a unisex given name transferred from the place name. Borrowed from Spanish Texas (also Tejas), from Hasinai Caddo táyshaʔ (“friend, ally”), used to refer to the Caddo nation.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Texas (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Texas has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2010. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | – | – |
| 1999 | – | – |
| 2000 | – | – |
| 2001 | – | – |
| 2002 | – | – |
| 2003 | – | – |
| 2004 | – | 8 |
| 2005 | – | 11 |
| 2006 | – | 22 |
| 2007 | – | 32 |
| 2008 | – | 16 |
| 2009 | – | 27 |
| 2010 | 3 | 45 |
| 2011 | 2 | 38 |
| 2012 | – | 40 |
| 2013 | – | 30 |
| 2014 | – | 35 |
| 2015 | – | 25 |
| 2016 | – | 26 |
| 2017 | – | 20 |
| 2018 | – | 19 |
| 2019 | – | 18 |
| 2020 | – | 13 |
| 2021 | – | 7 |
| 2022 | – | 10 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | – | 14 |
| 2000 | – | 17 |
| 2001 | – | 19 |
| 2002 | – | 26 |
| 2003 | – | 31 |
| 2004 | – | 40 |
| 2005 | – | 50 |
| 2006 | – | 72 |
| 2007 | – | 105 |
| 2008 | – | 119 |
| 2009 | – | 146 |
| 2010 | – | 193 |
| 2011 | – | 226 |
| 2012 | – | 267 |
| 2013 | – | 298 |
| 2014 | – | 333 |
| 2015 | – | 358 |
| 2016 | – | 383 |
| 2017 | – | 401 |
| 2018 | – | 419 |
| 2019 | – | 437 |
| 2020 | 10 | 453 |
Texas in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Texas.Hi! My name is Texas.
- Har du träffat Texas? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Texas? He started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Texas i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Texas this afternoon.
- Texas mamma är lärare.Texas's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Texas mamma is Texas's mum. Because Texas already ends in s, nothing is added.
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Questions about Texas
How do you pronounce Texas in Swedish?
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What does the name Texas mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a unisex given name transferred from the place name. Borrowed from Spanish Texas (also Tejas), from Hasinai Caddo táyshaʔ (“friend, ally”), used to refer to the Caddo nation.
How popular is Texas in Sweden?
10 babies were named Texas in 2022. In 2020, 463 people in Sweden had Texas as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2010 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.