Popular baby names in Texas, 1984

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1984 were Jennifer for girls (4,027 babies) and Christopher for boys (4,969). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 273,234 babies born in Texas in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1984

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

Girls

Esmeralda: 136 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Perla: 72 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Blanca: 128 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Irma: 87 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ruby: 184 babies, 4× the national rate
Norma: 145 babies, 4× the national rate
Olga: 77 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Griselda: 68 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Claudia: 364 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Araceli: 81 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Guadalupe: 130 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Ramiro: 135 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Rolando: 170 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Rogelio: 138 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Joe: 565 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Reynaldo: 104 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Rodolfo: 153 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Adan: 84 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Gilberto: 123 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Noe: 90 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jennifer	4,027	–	1
2	Jessica	3,635	–	2
3	Ashley	3,445	–	3
4	Amanda	2,808	–	4
5	Stephanie	2,017	↑1	6
6	Crystal	1,984	↓1	12
7	Sarah	1,724	↑1	5
8	Melissa	1,661	↓1	8
9	Elizabeth	1,502	–	10
10	Heather	1,404	↑3	9
11	Amber	1,392	–	18
12	Laura	1,310	↑4	19
13	Christina	1,304	↓3	20
14	Tiffany	1,253	↓2	14
15	Lauren	1,178	↑6	21
16	Kimberly	1,157	↑3	22
17	Vanessa	1,131	↑1	45
18	Amy	1,126	↓3	13
19	Rachel	1,107	↑1	15
20	Michelle	1,101	↓6	17
21	Maria	1,009	↓4	50
22	Megan	1,003	↑12	11
23	Nicole	967	↑1	7
24	Rebecca	937	↓1	23
25	Erica	921	↓3	34
26	Angela	898	↓1	26
27	Monica	866	↓1	58
28	Veronica	823	↓1	70
29	Andrea	773	↑3	28
30	Lindsey	766	↑3	35
31	April	749	–	42
32	Mary	748	↓2	33
33	Emily	738	↑2	24
34	Brittany	736	new	41
35	Lisa	722	↓6	29
36	Cynthia	692	↑1	62
37	Courtney	689	↑2	46
38	Danielle	680	new	16
39	Erin	668	↓11	25
40	Katherine	637	↑2	30
41	Alicia	608	↓5	40
42	Samantha	601	↑1	39
43	Jamie	592	↓5	31
44	Sara	588	↓4	32
45	Natalie	583	↑3	55
46	Kelly	572	↓5	27
47	Brenda	567	new	>100
48	Brandi	562	↓4	61
49	Kristen	555	↓4	38
50	Valerie	552	↓4	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Christopher	4,969	–	2
2	Michael	4,475	–	1
3	David	3,133	–	5
4	Matthew	2,985	↑1	3
5	Joshua	2,920	↑2	4
6	James	2,870	↓2	7
7	John	2,869	↓1	8
8	Daniel	2,538	↑2	6
9	Robert	2,526	–	9
10	Brandon	2,173	↑3	15
11	Jose	2,114	↑1	49
12	Justin	2,105	↓1	13
13	Jason	2,060	↓5	11
14	William	1,888	–	16
15	Jonathan	1,775	–	19
16	Joseph	1,740	–	10
17	Eric	1,620	↑1	22
18	Ryan	1,492	↑1	12
19	Andrew	1,391	↑2	14
20	Juan	1,368	↓3	64
21	Brian	1,304	↓1	17
22	Adam	1,268	↑2	18
23	Richard	1,258	–	27
24	Steven	1,239	↓2	23
25	Anthony	1,210	–	21
26	Kevin	1,079	↑5	24
27	Jeremy	1,057	–	31
28	Charles	1,037	–	33
29	Aaron	1,016	↓3	29
30	Thomas	1,004	↓1	25
31	Stephen	999	↑1	35
32	Jacob	983	↑1	37
33	Mark	972	↓3	32
34	Nicholas	951	–	20
35	Timothy	891	–	26
36	Dustin	865	↑1	41
37	Cody	818	↑6	62
38	Jeffrey	793	↓2	28
39	Benjamin	790	–	30
40	Jesus	734	↓2	>100
41	Kyle	722	–	34
42	Paul	710	↓2	40
43	Travis	696	↑1	42
44	Patrick	692	↑6	36
45	Bryan	684	↓3	48
46	Luis	649	↑2	88
47	Carlos	642	↓2	74
48	Zachary	622	new	45
49	Jesse	619	↓3	50
50	Kenneth	600	↓1	46

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