Popular baby names in Texas, 1981

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (4,245 babies) and Michael for boys (4,286). Social Security records list 261,467 babies born in Texas in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1981

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: 122 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Perla: 65 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Esmeralda: 185 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Dora: 93 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Norma: 222 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Claudia: 449 babies, 4× the national rate
Blanca: 146 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Olga: 92 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Maricela: 76 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ruby: 179 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Guadalupe: 148 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Rogelio: 180 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Ramiro: 161 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Benito: 69 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Noe: 108 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Rolando: 173 babies, 5× the national rate
Reynaldo: 96 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Santos: 83 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Rodolfo: 212 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Abel: 158 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	4,245	–	1
2	Jessica	2,911	↑1	2
3	Amanda	2,736	↓1	3
4	Melissa	1,952	–	5
5	Stephanie	1,812	↑3	8
6	Crystal	1,691	↑1	16
7	Elizabeth	1,557	↓1	9
8	Sarah	1,522	↑4	4
9	Amy	1,443	–	6
10	Maria	1,373	↓5	40
11	Tiffany	1,301	↑3	14
12	Amber	1,258	↑7	20
13	Kimberly	1,241	↓3	13
14	Laura	1,223	↑2	21
15	Michelle	1,206	–	11
16	Angela	1,141	↓3	15
17	Christina	1,127	↓6	17
18	Rebecca	1,095	↑5	12
19	April	1,019	↑3	25
20	Monica	985	–	49
21	Heather	957	↓3	10
22	Lisa	934	↓5	18
23	Erica	926	↑2	36
24	Veronica	926	↓3	68
25	Rachel	919	↑1	22
26	Ashley	860	↑2	34
27	Mary	821	↓3	27
28	Cynthia	817	↑2	59
29	Andrea	762	↑5	24
30	Vanessa	714	↑6	62
31	Nicole	702	↓2	7
32	Brandy	674	↑5	41
33	Erin	658	–	19
34	Sara	617	↑5	26
35	Brandi	612	↑7	50
36	Misty	611	↓9	61
37	Lauren	610	↑8	35
38	Jamie	604	↓7	28
39	Emily	583	↑10	29
40	Patricia	572	↓2	53
41	Courtney	567	–	43
42	Kristin	567	↑4	31
43	Julie	540	↓8	37
44	Sandra	532	↓4	74
45	Kelly	530	↓13	23
46	Leslie	521	↓2	56
47	Shannon	502	↓4	32
48	Katherine	497	new	39
49	Diana	494	new	75
50	Kristen	492	↓2	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	4,286	–	1
2	Christopher	3,895	–	2
3	David	3,035	↑1	5
4	James	2,977	↑1	7
5	John	2,838	↑1	8
6	Jason	2,835	↓3	4
7	Robert	2,633	–	9
8	Joshua	2,561	–	6
9	Jose	2,359	–	45
10	Daniel	2,207	↑1	10
11	Matthew	2,141	↑1	3
12	Justin	2,109	↓2	12
13	Brandon	1,914	↑6	19
14	Joseph	1,660	↑1	11
15	Juan	1,615	↓1	60
16	Jonathan	1,588	↑4	16
17	William	1,561	↓4	15
18	Eric	1,432	↓2	17
19	Jeremy	1,432	↓1	22
20	Brian	1,321	↓3	14
21	Richard	1,211	–	27
22	Ryan	1,200	↑1	13
23	Steven	1,084	↑5	28
24	Aaron	1,079	↑2	30
25	Charles	1,070	↓3	31
26	Mark	1,019	↓1	33
27	Anthony	1,015	↑2	23
28	Kevin	960	↓4	25
29	Adam	956	↑6	20
30	Andrew	923	–	18
31	Thomas	913	↓4	26
32	Timothy	889	↓1	24
33	Jesus	865	–	>100
34	Nicholas	827	–	21
35	Dustin	804	↑4	42
36	Stephen	798	↑1	39
37	Jeffrey	796	↓5	29
38	Jacob	777	↑2	43
39	Paul	769	↓3	35
40	Benjamin	745	↓2	32
41	Carlos	685	↑2	71
42	Kenneth	679	–	41
43	Luis	665	↓2	92
44	Jesse	649	↑1	37
45	Nathan	636	↑1	36
46	Travis	620	new	40
47	Patrick	591	↑1	38
48	Joe	586	↓4	>100
49	Bryan	571	↑1	48
50	Samuel	536	↓1	54

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