Popular baby names in Texas, 1982

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (4,547 babies) and Christopher for boys (4,911). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 274,098 babies born in Texas in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1982

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: 69 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Rosalinda: 95 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Esmeralda: 185 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dora: 88 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jo: 84 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Blanca: 133 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Irma: 96 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ruby: 173 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Claudia: 385 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Norma: 180 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Guadalupe: 124 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Rolando: 167 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Ramiro: 145 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Noe: 121 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Santos: 73 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Adan: 85 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Rogelio: 148 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Reynaldo: 111 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Rene: 237 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Joe: 656 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	4,547	–	1
2	Jessica	3,379	–	2
3	Amanda	2,891	–	3
4	Crystal	2,251	↑2	9
5	Melissa	1,925	↓1	5
6	Stephanie	1,819	↓1	7
7	Sarah	1,699	↑1	4
8	Elizabeth	1,583	↓1	8
9	Ashley	1,454	↑17	17
10	Tiffany	1,454	↑1	13
11	Amy	1,335	↓2	10
12	Amber	1,307	–	18
13	Maria	1,289	↓3	42
14	Kimberly	1,273	↓1	14
15	Christina	1,259	↑2	19
16	Michelle	1,259	↓1	11
17	Laura	1,220	↓3	22
18	Angela	1,135	↓2	16
19	Heather	1,051	↑2	12
20	Rebecca	1,038	↓2	15
21	Rachel	1,020	↑4	21
22	Monica	1,006	↓2	52
23	Vanessa	992	↑7	49
24	April	975	↓5	32
25	Erica	963	↓2	35
26	Veronica	906	↓2	69
27	Mary	901	–	30
28	Nicole	867	↑3	6
29	Lisa	853	↓7	23
30	Lauren	825	↑7	26
31	Andrea	754	↓2	27
32	Erin	716	↑1	20
33	Cynthia	715	↓5	64
34	Emily	690	↑5	24
35	Courtney	672	↑6	43
36	Jamie	671	↑2	29
37	Lindsey	648	new	40
38	Sara	616	↓4	28
39	Kristen	609	↑11	33
40	Brandy	561	↓8	50
41	Kristin	557	↑1	37
42	Kelly	556	↑3	25
43	Patricia	555	↓3	59
44	Brandi	551	↓9	55
45	Katherine	551	↑3	36
46	Natalie	542	new	51
47	Julie	534	↓4	41
48	Leslie	533	↓2	60
49	Misty	527	↓13	74
50	Sandra	520	↓6	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Christopher	4,911	↑1	2
2	Michael	4,424	↓1	1
3	David	3,161	–	5
4	James	3,055	–	6
5	John	2,945	–	8
6	Jason	2,916	–	4
7	Joshua	2,672	↑1	7
8	Robert	2,637	↓1	9
9	Matthew	2,488	↑2	3
10	Justin	2,326	↑2	12
11	Daniel	2,320	↓1	10
12	Jose	2,186	↓3	46
13	Brandon	1,841	–	18
14	William	1,785	↑3	15
15	Joseph	1,681	↓1	11
16	Jonathan	1,669	–	16
17	Juan	1,559	↓2	61
18	Eric	1,522	–	20
19	Brian	1,383	↑1	14
20	Richard	1,295	↑1	27
21	Ryan	1,293	↑1	13
22	Jeremy	1,249	↓3	28
23	Steven	1,163	–	26
24	Charles	1,159	↑1	31
25	Andrew	1,098	↑5	17
26	Anthony	1,090	↑1	21
27	Aaron	1,053	↓3	30
28	Mark	1,030	↓2	32
29	Kevin	1,021	↓1	25
30	Thomas	1,017	↑1	23
31	Adam	986	↓2	19
32	Timothy	944	–	24
33	Dustin	899	↑2	42
34	Nicholas	885	–	22
35	Jeffrey	863	↑2	29
36	Stephen	859	–	38
37	Jacob	857	↑1	41
38	Jesus	802	↓5	>100
39	Benjamin	801	↑1	33
40	Paul	760	↓1	35
41	Carlos	730	–	71
42	Jesse	693	↑2	43
43	Kenneth	669	↓1	45
44	Cody	663	new	95
45	Joe	656	↑3	>100
46	Travis	651	–	39
47	Patrick	647	–	37
48	Luis	638	↓5	90
49	Chad	606	new	48
50	Nathan	602	↓5	36

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