Popular baby names in Texas, 1987

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1987 were Jessica for girls (4,261 babies) and Christopher for boys (4,279). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 272,299 babies born in Texas in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1987

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
Esmeralda: 144 babies, 4× the national rate
Blanca: 118 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Janie: 76 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Priscilla: 446 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ruby: 163 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Alma: 129 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Norma: 121 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Araceli: 68 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Roxanna: 73 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Guadalupe: 125 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Rolando: 166 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ramiro: 127 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Reynaldo: 109 babies, 5× the national rate
Rogelio: 148 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Noe: 94 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Joe: 513 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Rodolfo: 171 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Adan: 89 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Gilberto: 114 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Jessica	4,261	–	1
2	Ashley	4,165	–	2
3	Amanda	3,168	–	3
4	Jennifer	2,622	–	4
5	Sarah	1,998	–	5
6	Stephanie	1,798	–	6
7	Brittany	1,584	↑1	7
8	Elizabeth	1,502	↑1	10
9	Lauren	1,448	↑3	16
10	Crystal	1,403	↓3	26
11	Amber	1,324	↓1	15
12	Melissa	1,276	↑1	13
13	Heather	1,190	↓2	9
14	Samantha	1,187	↑9	11
15	Rachel	1,178	↑2	17
16	Megan	1,134	–	12
17	Tiffany	1,096	↑2	18
18	Kimberly	1,070	–	23
19	Laura	1,070	↓5	22
20	Christina	1,048	↓5	20
21	Amy	916	↓1	24
22	Michelle	913	↑3	21
23	Vanessa	909	↑1	43
24	Maria	892	↓2	53
25	Emily	875	↑4	19
26	Erica	871	↓5	31
27	Rebecca	829	–	25
28	Danielle	806	↑9	14
29	Whitney	794	↓1	32
30	Courtney	782	–	33
31	Nicole	743	↓5	8
32	Victoria	699	↑7	50
33	Katherine	693	↑1	28
34	Monica	690	↓3	64
35	Sara	670	↓3	29
36	Kayla	669	new	27
37	Mary	650	↓4	37
38	Andrea	635	↑2	36
39	Krystal	634	↑3	70
40	Veronica	627	↓2	80
41	Angela	605	↓6	35
42	Lindsey	587	↓6	41
43	April	582	–	58
44	Chelsea	582	new	47
45	Lisa	544	↑3	40
46	Kristen	514	↑3	42
47	Valerie	507	↓6	93
48	Cynthia	479	↓1	84
49	Erin	478	↓3	34
50	Jamie	472	↓6	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Christopher	4,279	–	2
2	Michael	3,990	–	1
3	Joshua	3,041	↑2	4
4	David	2,883	↓1	5
5	Matthew	2,803	↓1	3
6	Justin	2,664	↑3	9
7	John	2,493	–	11
8	Daniel	2,406	–	7
9	James	2,332	↓3	8
10	Robert	2,264	–	10
11	Jose	2,178	–	48
12	Andrew	1,965	↑1	6
13	Jonathan	1,915	↑1	18
14	Brandon	1,784	↓2	14
15	Joseph	1,646	↑1	12
16	William	1,616	↓1	15
17	Ryan	1,605	–	13
18	Eric	1,584	–	21
19	Jeremy	1,367	↑1	29
20	Juan	1,348	↑1	66
21	Kevin	1,257	↑3	19
22	Anthony	1,245	–	17
23	Jason	1,236	↓4	23
24	Jacob	1,219	↑1	31
25	Aaron	1,173	↑3	34
26	Steven	1,088	↓3	25
27	Brian	1,047	–	20
28	Richard	1,045	↓2	30
29	Nicholas	1,030	↑1	16
30	Cody	1,028	↑6	49
31	Thomas	980	↓2	24
32	Kyle	939	–	22
33	Timothy	930	↑4	26
34	Mark	927	↑1	36
35	Charles	920	↓1	35
36	Stephen	914	↓3	38
37	Adam	911	↓6	27
38	Benjamin	840	↑2	28
39	Dustin	827	↓1	44
40	Travis	812	↑5	42
41	Zachary	805	–	33
42	Jesus	800	–	>100
43	Jeffrey	737	–	32
44	Luis	707	↓5	82
45	Samuel	704	↑3	50
46	Paul	680	↓2	46
47	Bryan	679	↑2	51
48	Patrick	654	↓1	41
49	Carlos	647	↓3	74
50	Nathan	621	new	45

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