Popular baby names in Texas, 1983

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (4,348 babies) and Christopher for boys (4,962). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 270,422 babies born in Texas in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1983

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: 70 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Rosalinda: 81 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Esmeralda: 155 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Blanca: 123 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Yadira: 68 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Irma: 65 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Olga: 75 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Priscilla: 412 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ruby: 162 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Janie: 85 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Guadalupe: 123 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Noe: 97 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Ramiro: 133 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Reynaldo: 113 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Rolando: 161 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Adan: 87 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Rodolfo: 169 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Pete: 73 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Rogelio: 116 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Joe: 551 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	4,348	–	1
2	Jessica	3,405	–	2
3	Ashley	2,892	↑6	4
4	Amanda	2,882	↓1	3
5	Crystal	2,128	↓1	11
6	Stephanie	1,978	–	8
7	Melissa	1,825	↓2	6
8	Sarah	1,712	↓1	5
9	Elizabeth	1,450	↓1	10
10	Christina	1,311	↑5	16
11	Amber	1,306	↑1	17
12	Tiffany	1,302	↓2	14
13	Heather	1,218	↑6	9
14	Michelle	1,214	↑2	13
15	Amy	1,200	↓4	12
16	Laura	1,160	↑1	23
17	Maria	1,152	↓4	43
18	Vanessa	1,134	↑5	49
19	Kimberly	1,131	↓5	15
20	Rachel	1,076	↑1	20
21	Lauren	1,037	↑9	24
22	Erica	1,028	↑3	33
23	Rebecca	994	↓3	19
24	Nicole	986	↑4	7
25	Angela	981	↓7	22
26	Monica	912	↓4	54
27	Veronica	862	↓1	68
28	Erin	794	↑4	18
29	Lisa	792	–	27
30	Mary	784	↓3	32
31	April	782	↓7	39
32	Andrea	764	↓1	30
33	Lindsey	746	↑4	35
34	Megan	720	new	21
35	Emily	709	↓1	25
36	Alicia	708	new	41
37	Cynthia	686	↓4	62
38	Jamie	645	↓2	28
39	Courtney	638	↓4	44
40	Sara	627	↓2	31
41	Kelly	609	↑1	26
42	Katherine	595	↑3	34
43	Samantha	593	new	40
44	Brandi	590	–	56
45	Kristen	549	↓6	37
46	Valerie	546	new	74
47	Brandy	541	↓7	57
48	Natalie	535	↓2	52
49	Victoria	516	new	58
50	Julie	511	↓3	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Christopher	4,962	–	2
2	Michael	4,459	–	1
3	David	3,106	–	4
4	James	2,940	–	6
5	Matthew	2,903	↑4	3
6	John	2,833	↓1	9
7	Joshua	2,557	–	5
8	Jason	2,522	↓2	7
9	Robert	2,453	↓1	10
10	Daniel	2,400	↑1	8
11	Justin	2,257	↓1	12
12	Jose	2,178	–	48
13	Brandon	2,085	–	17
14	William	1,752	–	16
15	Jonathan	1,684	↑1	19
16	Joseph	1,611	↓1	11
17	Juan	1,563	–	62
18	Eric	1,514	–	20
19	Ryan	1,432	↑2	13
20	Brian	1,310	↓1	14
21	Andrew	1,293	↑4	15
22	Steven	1,279	↑1	23
23	Richard	1,271	↓3	27
24	Adam	1,253	↑7	18
25	Anthony	1,183	↑1	22
26	Aaron	1,153	↑1	29
27	Jeremy	1,130	↓5	30
28	Charles	1,086	↓4	33
29	Thomas	1,084	↑1	24
30	Mark	1,057	↓2	31
31	Kevin	1,038	↓2	25
32	Stephen	961	↑4	35
33	Jacob	922	↑4	36
34	Nicholas	894	–	21
35	Timothy	886	↓3	26
36	Jeffrey	868	↓1	28
37	Dustin	851	↓4	43
38	Jesus	773	–	>100
39	Benjamin	767	–	32
40	Paul	761	–	39
41	Kyle	722	new	34
42	Bryan	691	new	47
43	Cody	676	↑1	81
44	Travis	673	↑2	41
45	Carlos	667	↓4	75
46	Jesse	659	↓4	46
47	Nathan	656	↑3	40
48	Luis	642	–	88
49	Kenneth	638	↓6	45
50	Patrick	609	↓3	37

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