Popular baby names in Texas, 1978

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (3,663 babies) and Michael for boys (3,857). Social Security records list 218,509 babies born in Texas in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1978

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: 104 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Irma: 123 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Graciela: 79 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Esmeralda: 165 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dora: 99 babies, 5× the national rate
Norma: 216 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Griselda: 61 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Claudia: 330 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Blanca: 115 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Leticia: 263 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Guadalupe: 148 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Rogelio: 143 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Noe: 86 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Reynaldo: 116 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Domingo: 61 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Ramiro: 125 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Benito: 63 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Rolando: 156 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Adan: 62 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Gilberto: 132 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,663	–	1
2	Melissa	1,839	–	2
3	Jessica	1,784	–	3
4	Amanda	1,710	–	6
5	Angela	1,346	↑1	7
6	Amy	1,344	↓1	4
7	Stephanie	1,269	↑2	16
8	Christina	1,238	↑5	15
9	Elizabeth	1,218	↓1	14
10	Maria	1,177	↓3	36
11	Kimberly	1,126	–	13
12	Michelle	1,124	–	9
13	Heather	1,100	↓3	5
14	Monica	1,056	–	42
15	Crystal	1,040	↑7	18
16	Lisa	1,015	↓1	11
17	Laura	975	↓1	19
18	Sarah	900	↑5	8
19	Veronica	875	↓2	73
20	Rebecca	834	↓1	17
21	Mary	755	–	24
22	Kelly	745	↓2	12
23	Misty	713	↓5	43
24	Amber	706	↑7	30
25	Cynthia	702	↓1	50
26	April	694	↑4	27
27	Erica	651	↑1	34
28	Brandy	644	↑8	37
29	Andrea	641	↑5	23
30	Rachel	641	↓4	25
31	Tiffany	630	↑4	32
32	Julie	580	↓5	26
33	Patricia	575	↓4	48
34	Jamie	573	↓9	20
35	Sandra	528	↓2	69
36	Shannon	510	↓4	22
37	Nicole	503	–	10
38	Brandi	486	↑1	61
39	Vanessa	468	new	76
40	Erin	439	↓2	21
41	Leslie	434	↑2	63
42	Sara	418	↑2	28
43	Ashley	401	new	87
44	Emily	391	↑3	33
45	Christy	390	↓5	59
46	Diana	388	↓1	>100
47	Courtney	380	↓5	68
48	Natalie	372	new	66
49	Lori	365	↑1	60
50	Katherine	364	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Michael	3,857	–	1
2	Christopher	3,405	–	3
3	Jason	3,233	–	2
4	David	2,861	–	4
5	James	2,724	–	5
6	John	2,531	–	7
7	Robert	2,233	–	8
8	Jose	1,686	–	44
9	Daniel	1,604	–	11
10	Juan	1,511	↑3	62
11	Joshua	1,496	↑6	12
12	William	1,466	↓2	13
13	Matthew	1,420	↓1	6
14	Brian	1,322	↓3	9
15	Joseph	1,284	↑1	10
16	Jeremy	1,198	↓1	18
17	Eric	1,167	↑1	16
18	Richard	1,145	↑1	21
19	Kevin	1,113	↓5	15
20	Charles	1,103	–	27
21	Mark	1,015	↑1	26
22	Justin	1,007	↑7	28
23	Steven	929	↓2	24
24	Timothy	864	↑2	17
25	Brandon	840	↑3	40
26	Anthony	833	↑1	20
27	Ryan	832	↓3	14
28	Thomas	824	↓3	23
29	Jeffrey	817	↓6	19
30	Aaron	749	↑4	32
31	Jonathan	706	↑2	31
32	Paul	706	↓2	33
33	Andrew	705	↓2	22
34	Nicholas	705	new	25
35	Stephen	696	↑1	37
36	Joe	641	↓4	>100
37	Chad	634	↓2	35
38	Jesus	629	–	>100
39	Kenneth	597	–	41
40	Adam	595	↑1	29
41	Carlos	578	↓4	78
42	Bryan	538	↓2	43
43	Scott	537	↑2	30
44	Nathan	529	–	36
45	Patrick	517	↑1	42
46	Benjamin	513	↓4	34
47	Jacob	500	new	50
48	Jesse	500	new	51
49	Samuel	463	↓1	57
50	Gabriel	461	↓7	90

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