Popular baby names in Texas, 1977

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (3,546 babies) and Michael for boys (3,937). Social Security records list 212,629 babies born in Texas in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1977

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

Girls

Rosalinda: 106 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Imelda: 55 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Rosario: 51 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Graciela: 78 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Esmeralda: 160 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Griselda: 62 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Elsa: 76 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Noemi: 66 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Consuelo: 55 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Irma: 91 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Guadalupe: 153 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Adan: 85 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Noe: 92 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Ramiro: 129 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Reynaldo: 108 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Rodolfo: 163 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Rolando: 147 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Rogelio: 137 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Benito: 65 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Rene: 256 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,546	–	1
2	Melissa	1,812	↑1	2
3	Jessica	1,736	↑4	4
4	Amanda	1,578	↑2	9
5	Amy	1,555	↓3	3
6	Angela	1,251	↓1	6
7	Maria	1,248	↓3	36
8	Elizabeth	1,190	↑5	13
9	Stephanie	1,186	↑2	14
10	Heather	1,148	–	5
11	Kimberly	1,140	↓2	8
12	Michelle	1,101	↓4	7
13	Christina	1,075	↓1	16
14	Monica	1,037	–	39
15	Lisa	1,023	↑1	12
16	Laura	944	↓1	20
17	Veronica	870	–	73
18	Misty	853	↑2	40
19	Rebecca	831	↓1	17
20	Kelly	807	↑13	10
21	Mary	794	–	21
22	Crystal	779	↑9	25
23	Sarah	729	↑3	11
24	Cynthia	718	↓5	48
25	Jamie	661	↓3	18
26	Rachel	639	↑2	26
27	Julie	623	↓2	22
28	Erica	606	↑7	38
29	Patricia	601	↓6	47
30	April	600	–	29
31	Amber	596	↑5	33
32	Shannon	586	↓5	19
33	Sandra	558	↓9	61
34	Andrea	547	–	24
35	Tiffany	534	↓6	34
36	Brandy	514	↓4	51
37	Nicole	463	–	15
38	Erin	433	new	23
39	Brandi	421	↑3	71
40	Christy	405	↑4	59
41	Carrie	403	↑8	28
42	Courtney	399	new	76
43	Leslie	398	↓5	65
44	Sara	396	↑2	27
45	Diana	391	↓4	100
46	Wendy	387	↑1	49
47	Emily	386	new	37
48	Stacy	367	↓8	42
49	Karen	365	new	32
50	Lori	363	↓7	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	3,937	–	1
2	Christopher	3,282	–	3
3	Jason	3,246	–	2
4	David	2,728	–	4
5	James	2,640	–	5
6	John	2,486	–	7
7	Robert	2,236	–	6
8	Jose	1,694	–	45
9	Daniel	1,513	↑1	11
10	William	1,421	↑1	12
11	Brian	1,410	↑1	8
12	Matthew	1,364	↑1	9
13	Juan	1,363	↓4	63
14	Kevin	1,302	↑5	13
15	Jeremy	1,299	↓1	15
16	Joseph	1,170	–	10
17	Joshua	1,144	↑6	14
18	Eric	1,143	↓3	17
19	Richard	1,124	↓2	20
20	Charles	1,022	↑1	26
21	Steven	963	↓1	23
22	Mark	955	↓4	25
23	Jeffrey	845	↓1	19
24	Ryan	843	↑5	16
25	Thomas	812	↑3	22
26	Timothy	787	↓2	18
27	Anthony	765	↓2	21
28	Brandon	759	↓1	41
29	Justin	728	↑4	30
30	Paul	663	↓4	31
31	Andrew	662	↑9	24
32	Joe	662	↑2	>100
33	Jonathan	645	↑2	28
34	Aaron	641	↑3	32
35	Chad	625	↓5	34
36	Stephen	623	↓4	38
37	Carlos	608	↑2	74
38	Jesus	595	↓7	>100
39	Kenneth	593	↓1	39
40	Bryan	555	↑3	42
41	Adam	527	↑4	33
42	Benjamin	515	↓1	29
43	Gabriel	504	↑3	87
44	Nathan	503	↑4	36
45	Scott	487	↓9	27
46	Patrick	482	new	40
47	Shawn	479	↓3	37
48	Samuel	459	↑2	60
49	Luis	455	new	>100
50	Gregory	452	↓8	35

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