Popular baby names in Texas, 1979

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (3,717 babies) and Michael for boys (3,975). Social Security records list 234,426 babies born in Texas in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1979

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

Girls

Perla: 61 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Rosalinda: 94 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Esmeralda: 174 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Graciela: 80 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Irma: 115 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Blanca: 129 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Claudia: 377 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ruby: 192 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dora: 86 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Griselda: 74 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Domingo: 69 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Guadalupe: 141 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Reynaldo: 115 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Rogelio: 151 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Adan: 73 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Noe: 101 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Ramiro: 115 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Rolando: 170 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Santos: 64 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Rodolfo: 162 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,717	–	1
2	Amanda	2,612	↑2	3
3	Melissa	2,257	↓1	2
4	Jessica	1,978	↓1	4
5	Elizabeth	1,354	↑4	11
6	Stephanie	1,332	↑1	15
7	Maria	1,329	↑3	37
8	Amy	1,326	↓2	5
9	Angela	1,299	↓4	8
10	Christina	1,280	↓2	14
11	Michelle	1,279	↑1	10
12	Kimberly	1,231	↓1	12
13	Crystal	1,225	↑2	18
14	Monica	1,127	–	40
15	Heather	1,091	↓2	7
16	Lisa	1,050	–	13
17	Sarah	1,007	↑1	6
18	Laura	991	↓1	20
19	Veronica	922	–	76
20	Amber	877	↑4	22
21	Mary	869	–	24
22	April	856	↑4	23
23	Rebecca	852	↓3	17
24	Erica	808	↑3	32
25	Misty	754	↓2	42
26	Tiffany	736	↑5	28
27	Rachel	696	↑3	27
28	Cynthia	666	↓3	55
29	Brandy	652	↓1	39
30	Andrea	636	↓1	26
31	Nicole	630	↑6	9
32	Kelly	620	↓10	16
33	Jamie	618	↑1	19
34	Patricia	604	↓1	44
35	Julie	573	↓3	29
36	Sandra	528	↓1	77
37	Brandi	520	↑1	61
38	Shannon	510	↓2	25
39	Erin	505	↑1	21
40	Vanessa	489	↓1	75
41	Leslie	476	–	65
42	Ashley	471	↑1	67
43	Courtney	421	↑4	71
44	Sara	421	↓2	30
45	Emily	407	↓1	34
46	Diana	404	–	>100
47	Christy	403	↓2	72
48	Erika	400	new	91
49	Alicia	398	new	47
50	Katherine	396	–	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Michael	3,975	–	1
2	Christopher	3,658	–	2
3	Jason	3,277	–	3
4	David	3,033	–	4
5	James	2,791	–	5
6	John	2,761	–	7
7	Robert	2,328	–	8
8	Jose	2,047	–	44
9	Joshua	1,875	↑2	9
10	Daniel	1,864	↓1	12
11	Matthew	1,645	↑2	6
12	William	1,502	–	13
13	Juan	1,497	↓3	61
14	Jeremy	1,450	↑2	16
15	Eric	1,420	↑2	17
16	Joseph	1,390	↓1	11
17	Brian	1,293	↓3	10
18	Justin	1,245	↑4	22
19	Richard	1,153	↓1	25
20	Brandon	1,043	↑5	35
21	Charles	1,036	↓1	28
22	Kevin	1,034	↓3	19
23	Mark	1,012	↓2	30
24	Ryan	943	↑3	14
25	Steven	924	↓2	27
26	Timothy	896	↓2	18
27	Jeffrey	894	↑2	24
28	Nicholas	883	↑6	15
29	Aaron	859	↑1	32
30	Anthony	854	↓4	21
31	Jonathan	819	–	31
32	Adam	814	↑8	23
33	Andrew	809	–	20
34	Thomas	802	↓6	26
35	Jesus	734	↑3	>100
36	Paul	719	↓4	34
37	Carlos	707	↑4	73
38	Stephen	668	↓3	40
39	Joe	637	↓3	>100
40	Chad	602	↓3	38
41	Kenneth	598	↓2	41
42	Patrick	569	↑3	39
43	Scott	567	–	29
44	Benjamin	565	↑2	33
45	Jacob	562	↑2	45
46	Nathan	558	↓2	37
47	Bryan	533	↓5	46
48	Luis	533	new	>100
49	Travis	522	new	36
50	Samuel	520	↓1	55

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