Popular baby names in Texas, 1976

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (3,463 babies) and Michael for boys (3,944). Social Security records list 204,267 babies born in Texas in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1976

Names given at least 15 times in Texas that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Sanjuanita: 73 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Esmeralda: 204 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Rosalinda: 86 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Imelda: 52 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Graciela: 81 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Irma: 128 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Griselda: 67 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Blanca: 148 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Elsa: 84 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Araceli: 94 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Noe: 83 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Reynaldo: 117 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Guadalupe: 126 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Adan: 77 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Rolando: 140 babies, 6× the national rate
Rogelio: 138 babies, 6× the national rate
Ramiro: 125 babies, 6× the national rate
Benito: 66 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Domingo: 61 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Rodolfo: 155 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,463	–	1
2	Amy	1,831	–	2
3	Melissa	1,734	–	3
4	Maria	1,410	–	34
5	Angela	1,316	↑1	5
6	Amanda	1,298	↑8	10
7	Jessica	1,165	↑11	8
8	Michelle	1,154	↓3	6
9	Kimberly	1,147	↓2	7
10	Heather	1,104	–	4
11	Stephanie	1,101	↓3	11
12	Christina	1,078	↓1	14
13	Elizabeth	994	↓4	16
14	Monica	987	↑2	45
15	Laura	949	–	20
16	Lisa	906	↓3	9
17	Veronica	888	↓5	68
18	Rebecca	838	↑2	12
19	Cynthia	811	↓2	44
20	Misty	780	↑1	46
21	Mary	770	↓2	22
22	Jamie	680	new	18
23	Patricia	675	↓1	43
24	Sandra	661	–	59
25	Julie	600	↓2	21
26	Sarah	594	↑6	15
27	Shannon	593	↑3	17
28	Rachel	591	↓2	23
29	Tiffany	573	↓1	32
30	April	569	↓5	30
31	Crystal	515	↑13	36
32	Brandy	511	↓5	55
33	Kelly	504	↑4	19
34	Andrea	497	↓5	25
35	Erica	464	–	54
36	Amber	432	new	49
37	Nicole	418	↑4	13
38	Leslie	402	↑12	65
39	Claudia	401	↓5	>100
40	Stacy	401	↓4	38
41	Diana	397	↑1	>100
42	Brandi	392	new	79
43	Lori	383	↓4	47
44	Christy	380	↓1	60
45	Tammy	380	↓14	41
46	Sara	379	new	27
47	Wendy	366	↓14	39
48	Nancy	363	–	87
49	Carrie	360	↓3	28
50	Brenda	356	↓10	77

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	3,944	–	1
2	Christopher	3,106	–	3
3	Jason	3,021	–	2
4	David	2,645	–	4
5	James	2,507	–	5
6	John	2,348	–	6
7	Robert	2,133	–	7
8	Jose	1,743	–	44
9	Juan	1,544	–	58
10	Daniel	1,411	↑1	10
11	William	1,317	↓1	11
12	Brian	1,280	–	8
13	Matthew	1,172	↑1	9
14	Jeremy	1,165	↑7	14
15	Eric	1,098	–	13
16	Joseph	1,098	↑4	12
17	Richard	1,062	↓4	19
18	Mark	1,045	↓2	25
19	Kevin	995	–	15
20	Steven	979	↓2	20
21	Charles	951	↓4	26
22	Jeffrey	856	–	17
23	Joshua	827	↑4	18
24	Timothy	781	↑6	21
25	Anthony	752	↓1	22
26	Paul	715	↓1	28
27	Brandon	711	↑1	40
28	Thomas	709	↓5	23
29	Ryan	674	↑10	16
30	Chad	670	↓4	29
31	Jesus	668	↑1	>100
32	Stephen	658	↓1	37
33	Justin	634	↑7	33
34	Joe	623	↓5	>100
35	Jonathan	572	–	31
36	Scott	569	↓2	24
37	Aaron	563	↑1	30
38	Kenneth	549	↓2	38
39	Carlos	547	↓6	70
40	Andrew	535	↑1	27
41	Benjamin	503	↑4	32
42	Gregory	501	↓5	35
43	Bryan	491	↓1	43
44	Shawn	469	↓1	34
45	Adam	465	new	36
46	Gabriel	451	new	81
47	Edward	436	↑2	45
48	Nathan	434	new	39
49	Billy	429	new	85
50	Samuel	426	new	59

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