Popular baby names in Texas, 1988

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1988 were Jessica for girls (3,679 babies) and Christopher for boys (4,021). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 272,402 babies born in Texas in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1988

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: 84 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Valeria: 68 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Janie: 94 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ruby: 172 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Irma: 69 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Blanca: 123 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Esmeralda: 119 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Alejandra: 173 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Roxanna: 78 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Laci: 73 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Guadalupe: 102 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Rodolfo: 168 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Rolando: 162 babies, 5× the national rate
Ramiro: 127 babies, 5× the national rate
Rogelio: 140 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Joe: 503 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Noe: 99 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Humberto: 91 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Gilberto: 146 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Reynaldo: 86 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Jessica	3,679	–	1
2	Ashley	3,573	–	2
3	Amanda	2,900	–	3
4	Jennifer	2,158	–	5
5	Sarah	2,064	–	4
6	Brittany	1,841	↑1	6
7	Stephanie	1,758	↓1	7
8	Lauren	1,708	↑1	11
9	Elizabeth	1,488	↓1	10
10	Tiffany	1,388	↑7	13
11	Amber	1,380	–	15
12	Samantha	1,326	↑2	8
13	Crystal	1,300	↓3	28
14	Megan	1,207	↑2	12
15	Heather	1,201	↓2	14
16	Melissa	1,158	↓4	16
17	Rachel	1,088	↓2	19
18	Courtney	1,033	↑12	24
19	Vanessa	1,022	↑4	41
20	Christina	1,001	–	22
21	Laura	995	↓2	23
22	Erica	891	↑4	31
23	Kimberly	888	↓5	25
24	Michelle	872	↓2	21
25	Victoria	826	↑7	42
26	Emily	824	↓1	18
27	Rebecca	820	–	26
28	Amy	814	↓7	29
29	Maria	789	↓5	60
30	Kayla	781	↑6	20
31	Nicole	748	–	9
32	Katherine	747	↑1	27
33	Chelsea	701	↑11	33
34	Danielle	685	↓6	17
35	Mary	659	↑2	34
36	Monica	652	↓2	70
37	Whitney	652	↓8	39
38	Kristen	649	↑8	36
39	Angela	633	↑2	38
40	Andrea	627	↓2	35
41	Sara	614	↓6	30
42	Veronica	606	↓2	83
43	Brittney	565	new	52
44	Lindsey	549	↓2	48
45	April	548	↓2	65
46	Krystal	531	↓7	74
47	Alyssa	522	new	47
48	Cynthia	511	–	79
49	Anna	485	new	54
50	Lisa	483	↓5	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Christopher	4,021	–	2
2	Michael	4,010	–	1
3	Joshua	3,261	–	4
4	David	2,786	–	6
5	Justin	2,786	↑1	7
6	Matthew	2,747	↓1	3
7	John	2,415	–	11
8	James	2,289	↑1	9
9	Daniel	2,240	↓1	8
10	Robert	2,152	–	10
11	Jose	2,106	–	49
12	Jonathan	1,939	↑1	15
13	Andrew	1,916	↓1	5
14	William	1,637	↑2	16
15	Brandon	1,623	↓1	17
16	Eric	1,542	↑2	19
17	Ryan	1,540	–	13
18	Joseph	1,521	↓3	12
19	Juan	1,343	↑1	68
20	Aaron	1,261	↑5	31
21	Anthony	1,259	↑1	18
22	Jacob	1,256	↑2	28
23	Jeremy	1,156	↓4	35
24	Kevin	1,130	↓3	20
25	Steven	1,103	↑1	24
26	Cody	1,102	↑4	43
27	Nicholas	1,095	↑2	14
28	Richard	1,018	–	32
29	Thomas	1,008	↑2	23
30	Jason	992	↓7	27
31	Brian	986	↓4	22
32	Zachary	977	↑9	29
33	Mark	920	↑1	39
34	Adam	914	↑3	26
35	Travis	903	↑5	41
36	Kyle	888	↓4	21
37	Charles	887	↓2	37
38	Stephen	878	↓2	40
39	Timothy	846	↓6	25
40	Benjamin	833	↓2	30
41	Luis	796	↑3	75
42	Samuel	757	↑3	45
43	Jesus	739	↓1	>100
44	Carlos	709	↑5	80
45	Patrick	698	↑3	42
46	Paul	697	–	46
47	Nathan	691	↑3	44
48	Dustin	677	↓9	48
49	Adrian	637	new	>100
50	Alexander	635	new	34

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