Popular baby names in Texas, 1980

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (4,002 babies) and Michael for boys (4,249). Social Security records list 253,321 babies born in Texas in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1980

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: 108 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Perla: 66 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Esmeralda: 191 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Marisela: 76 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Blanca: 155 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Graciela: 76 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Griselda: 76 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Claudia: 411 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Olga: 96 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Liliana: 85 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Roel: 67 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Guadalupe: 144 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Domingo: 68 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Ramiro: 142 babies, 6× the national rate
Benito: 81 babies, 6× the national rate
Adan: 100 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Rodolfo: 230 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Noe: 117 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Rogelio: 159 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Rolando: 176 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	4,002	–	1
2	Amanda	2,919	–	2
3	Jessica	2,447	↑1	3
4	Melissa	2,143	↓1	4
5	Maria	1,482	↑2	36
6	Elizabeth	1,454	↓1	9
7	Crystal	1,388	↑6	18
8	Stephanie	1,369	↓2	13
9	Amy	1,361	↓1	8
10	Kimberly	1,346	↑2	11
11	Christina	1,310	↓1	15
12	Sarah	1,300	↑5	5
13	Angela	1,248	↓4	12
14	Tiffany	1,240	↑12	14
15	Michelle	1,188	↓4	10
16	Laura	1,156	↑2	21
17	Lisa	1,050	↓1	16
18	Heather	1,040	↓3	6
19	Amber	1,039	↑1	22
20	Monica	1,028	↓6	45
21	Veronica	1,025	↓2	70
22	April	968	–	26
23	Rebecca	943	–	17
24	Mary	904	↓3	25
25	Erica	874	↓1	34
26	Rachel	837	↑1	23
27	Misty	775	↓2	49
28	Ashley	751	↑14	40
29	Nicole	685	↑2	7
30	Cynthia	670	↓2	64
31	Jamie	657	↑2	24
32	Kelly	634	–	19
33	Erin	622	↑6	20
34	Andrea	617	↓4	28
35	Julie	605	–	32
36	Vanessa	601	↑4	69
37	Brandy	593	↓8	42
38	Patricia	578	↓4	51
39	Sara	570	↑5	27
40	Sandra	560	↓4	80
41	Courtney	547	↑2	48
42	Brandi	531	↓5	63
43	Shannon	515	↓5	29
44	Leslie	509	↓3	61
45	Lauren	503	new	38
46	Kristin	493	new	37
47	Erika	482	↑1	87
48	Kristen	481	new	39
49	Emily	456	↓4	31
50	Brenda	431	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	4,249	–	1
2	Christopher	3,844	–	2
3	Jason	3,179	–	3
4	David	3,015	–	4
5	James	2,842	–	5
6	John	2,712	–	8
7	Robert	2,475	–	9
8	Joshua	2,297	↑1	7
9	Jose	2,208	↓1	46
10	Justin	1,988	↑8	13
11	Daniel	1,911	↓1	11
12	Matthew	1,815	↓1	6
13	William	1,691	↓1	14
14	Juan	1,667	↓1	59
15	Joseph	1,581	↑1	10
16	Eric	1,567	↓1	16
17	Brian	1,415	–	12
18	Jeremy	1,395	↓4	18
19	Brandon	1,329	↑1	31
20	Jonathan	1,244	↑11	21
21	Richard	1,215	↓2	26
22	Charles	1,091	↓1	29
23	Ryan	1,076	↑1	15
24	Kevin	1,065	↓2	23
25	Mark	1,019	↓2	30
26	Aaron	993	↑3	34
27	Thomas	963	↑7	25
28	Steven	960	↓3	28
29	Anthony	914	↑1	24
30	Andrew	899	↑3	19
31	Timothy	899	↓5	20
32	Jeffrey	887	↓5	27
33	Jesus	857	↑2	>100
34	Nicholas	843	↓6	17
35	Adam	839	↓3	22
36	Paul	764	–	35
37	Stephen	732	↑1	40
38	Benjamin	695	↑6	32
39	Dustin	693	new	44
40	Jacob	685	↑5	43
41	Luis	667	↑7	88
42	Kenneth	664	↓1	41
43	Carlos	650	↓6	78
44	Joe	635	↓5	>100
45	Jesse	632	new	45
46	Nathan	602	–	36
47	Chad	599	↓7	39
48	Patrick	594	↓6	38
49	Samuel	578	↑1	54
50	Bryan	554	↓3	49

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