Popular baby names in Texas, 1986

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1986 were Jessica for girls (4,112 babies) and Christopher for boys (4,642). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 277,994 babies born in Texas in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1986

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: 91 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Perla: 93 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Blanca: 152 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ruby: 168 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Esmeralda: 134 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Janie: 87 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Priscilla: 401 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cristal: 156 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Alma: 135 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lizette: 69 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Guadalupe: 132 babies, 6× the national rate
Rolando: 183 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Ramiro: 126 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Reynaldo: 110 babies, 5× the national rate
Joe: 567 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Rogelio: 137 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Noe: 101 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Gilberto: 127 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Rodolfo: 188 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Raul: 375 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Jessica	4,112	↑1	1
2	Ashley	4,111	↓1	2
3	Amanda	3,251	↑1	3
4	Jennifer	2,920	↓1	4
5	Sarah	1,937	↑1	5
6	Stephanie	1,830	↓1	6
7	Crystal	1,765	–	25
8	Brittany	1,571	↑7	8
9	Elizabeth	1,460	↓1	10
10	Amber	1,443	↑2	13
11	Heather	1,405	–	9
12	Lauren	1,404	↑2	14
13	Melissa	1,366	↓4	12
14	Laura	1,294	↓1	20
15	Christina	1,189	↓5	19
16	Megan	1,137	–	11
17	Rachel	1,125	–	15
18	Kimberly	1,123	–	18
19	Tiffany	1,067	↑2	17
20	Amy	1,049	–	22
21	Erica	1,041	↑2	31
22	Maria	1,025	–	49
23	Samantha	1,019	↑4	21
24	Vanessa	1,007	↓5	43
25	Michelle	947	↓1	23
26	Nicole	867	↓1	7
27	Rebecca	831	↓1	26
28	Whitney	804	new	32
29	Emily	779	↑1	24
30	Courtney	765	↑5	35
31	Monica	756	↓2	59
32	Sara	730	↑7	27
33	Mary	728	↓5	37
34	Katherine	717	↑8	28
35	Angela	712	↓4	33
36	Lindsey	706	↑1	39
37	Danielle	703	↑1	16
38	Veronica	649	↓5	77
39	Victoria	645	↑9	54
40	Andrea	633	↓6	36
41	Valerie	631	↑2	76
42	Krystal	620	↓10	61
43	April	574	↓3	53
44	Jamie	566	↓8	34
45	Natalie	563	↑2	52
46	Erin	562	↓5	30
47	Cynthia	528	↓2	81
48	Lisa	528	↓4	40
49	Kristen	511	↓3	41
50	Brenda	492	–	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Christopher	4,642	–	2
2	Michael	3,996	–	1
3	David	3,010	↑1	5
4	Matthew	2,982	↑4	3
5	Joshua	2,873	↓2	4
6	James	2,664	↓1	7
7	John	2,651	↓1	10
8	Daniel	2,538	↓1	6
9	Justin	2,366	↑3	14
10	Robert	2,319	↓1	9
11	Jose	2,177	–	51
12	Brandon	2,067	↓2	13
13	Andrew	1,938	↑4	8
14	Jonathan	1,850	↑1	16
15	William	1,740	↓2	15
16	Joseph	1,681	–	12
17	Ryan	1,623	↑1	11
18	Eric	1,502	↑1	22
19	Jason	1,478	↓5	18
20	Jeremy	1,432	↑6	28
21	Juan	1,423	↓1	65
22	Anthony	1,225	↓1	19
23	Steven	1,221	↑2	25
24	Kevin	1,205	↓1	21
25	Jacob	1,185	↑4	31
26	Richard	1,179	↓2	29
27	Brian	1,133	↓5	20
28	Aaron	1,130	–	33
29	Thomas	1,057	↑1	26
30	Nicholas	1,022	↑2	17
31	Adam	1,013	↓4	24
32	Kyle	990	↑6	23
33	Stephen	979	↓2	36
34	Charles	961	–	34
35	Mark	947	↓2	35
36	Cody	945	↓1	56
37	Timothy	905	↓1	27
38	Dustin	816	↓1	42
39	Luis	794	↑5	79
40	Benjamin	778	↑1	30
41	Zachary	772	↑2	38
42	Jesus	749	↓3	>100
43	Jeffrey	739	↓3	32
44	Paul	714	↓2	45
45	Travis	695	↑3	49
46	Carlos	693	↓1	76
47	Patrick	688	↓1	39
48	Samuel	678	new	52
49	Bryan	669	–	47
50	Jesse	652	new	48

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