Popular baby names in Texas, 1985

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1985 were Ashley for girls (4,034 babies) and Christopher for boys (4,984). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 280,520 babies born in Texas in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1985

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: 86 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Rosalinda: 79 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Ruby: 191 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Blanca: 131 babies, 4× the national rate
Dora: 71 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Griselda: 70 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Norma: 146 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Esmeralda: 120 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Alma: 149 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Marisela: 110 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Guadalupe: 109 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Reynaldo: 109 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Rogelio: 158 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Noe: 104 babies, 5× the national rate
Ramiro: 113 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Joe: 589 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Rodolfo: 173 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Adan: 86 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Rolando: 141 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Gilberto: 118 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Ashley	4,034	↑2	2
2	Jessica	3,774	–	1
3	Jennifer	3,389	↓2	3
4	Amanda	3,113	–	4
5	Stephanie	1,980	–	6
6	Sarah	1,720	↑1	5
7	Crystal	1,684	↓1	21
8	Elizabeth	1,674	↑1	9
9	Melissa	1,473	↓1	11
10	Christina	1,408	↑3	12
11	Heather	1,400	↓1	8
12	Amber	1,385	↓1	16
13	Laura	1,369	↓1	14
14	Lauren	1,367	↑1	15
15	Brittany	1,255	↑19	17
16	Megan	1,252	↑6	10
17	Rachel	1,214	↑2	13
18	Kimberly	1,147	↓2	19
19	Vanessa	1,129	↓2	42
20	Amy	1,100	↓2	20
21	Tiffany	1,097	↓7	23
22	Maria	1,038	↓1	52
23	Erica	981	↑2	34
24	Michelle	975	↓4	22
25	Nicole	938	↓2	7
26	Rebecca	925	↓2	25
27	Samantha	875	↑15	29
28	Mary	804	↑4	35
29	Monica	796	↓2	61
30	Emily	769	↑3	24
31	Angela	764	↓5	31
32	Krystal	762	new	53
33	Veronica	762	↓5	72
34	Andrea	745	↓5	33
35	Courtney	703	↑2	43
36	Jamie	702	↑7	27
37	Lindsey	693	↓7	37
38	Danielle	688	–	18
39	Sara	671	↑5	30
40	April	654	↓9	47
41	Erin	631	↓2	26
42	Katherine	629	↓2	32
43	Valerie	616	↑7	71
44	Lisa	613	↓9	36
45	Cynthia	609	↓9	66
46	Kristen	575	↑3	38
47	Natalie	570	↓2	58
48	Victoria	569	new	59
49	Kelly	558	↓3	28
50	Brenda	546	↓3	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Christopher	4,984	–	2
2	Michael	4,166	–	1
3	Joshua	3,293	↑2	4
4	David	3,061	↓1	6
5	James	2,899	↑1	7
6	John	2,790	↑1	9
7	Daniel	2,746	↑1	5
8	Matthew	2,718	↓4	3
9	Robert	2,524	–	8
10	Brandon	2,355	–	13
11	Jose	2,263	–	49
12	Justin	2,154	–	15
13	William	1,858	↑1	16
14	Jason	1,816	↓1	14
15	Jonathan	1,800	–	17
16	Joseph	1,754	–	10
17	Andrew	1,693	↑2	11
18	Ryan	1,604	–	12
19	Eric	1,603	↓2	21
20	Juan	1,436	–	65
21	Anthony	1,295	↑4	20
22	Brian	1,279	↓1	18
23	Kevin	1,204	↑3	23
24	Richard	1,201	↓1	28
25	Steven	1,200	↓1	24
26	Jeremy	1,085	↑1	30
27	Adam	1,076	↓5	22
28	Aaron	1,064	↑1	33
29	Jacob	1,027	↑3	35
30	Thomas	1,010	–	25
31	Stephen	1,008	–	36
32	Nicholas	1,006	↑2	19
33	Mark	997	–	32
34	Charles	993	↓6	34
35	Cody	950	↑2	52
36	Timothy	885	↓1	26
37	Dustin	876	↓1	41
38	Kyle	848	↑3	27
39	Jesus	789	↑1	>100
40	Jeffrey	769	↓2	29
41	Benjamin	764	↓2	31
42	Paul	756	–	42
43	Zachary	747	↑5	39
44	Luis	720	↑2	85
45	Carlos	714	↑2	74
46	Patrick	689	↓2	37
47	Sean	685	new	38
48	Travis	684	↓5	46
49	Bryan	672	↓4	48
50	Nathan	661	new	40

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