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Texie
How to Pronounce Texie
Pronounced TEK-see /ˈtɛksi/Medium
Meaning: Texie reads as a homespun American coinage of the late 1800s South, formed with the fond -ie ending that also gave us Essie, Ollie and Dixie. It may echo the place name Texas or shorten a longer name, but no single parent is documented.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Texie surfaces in United States birth records in the eighteen-eighties and hangs on quietly into the early twentieth century, cresting around 1922. Rather than a classical root, it reads as a vernacular American coinage: the affectionate -ie tag stitched onto a short base, the same instinct that produced Dixie and Essie. Some families may have heard the place name Texas in it. It stayed a rarity throughout, given to only a couple dozen girls a year even at its modest best.
A Texie born at that peak would be past a hundred today, which places the name firmly in a great-grandmother generation. It has not returned with the wider vintage-revival wave, though its short, bright sound sits comfortably beside currently rising picks like Trixie and Roxie for parents chasing that spunky antique feel.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Texie mean?
It is best read as an affectionate American coinage using the -ie ending, possibly echoing Texas, rather than a name with a classical root.
How do you pronounce Texie?
It's said TEK-see /ˈtɛksi/, 2 syllables.
Is Texie a boy or girl name?
Texie is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Texie?
It was always rare, an old Southern pet-style name given to just a couple dozen girls a year around the early nineteen-hundreds.