Popular baby names in Texas, 1989

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1989 were Ashley for girls (3,535 babies) and Christopher for boys (4,060). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 281,488 babies born in Texas in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1989

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

Girls

Infant: 313 babies, 11× the national rate
Rosalinda: 67 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Perla: 85 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Valeria: 72 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Blanca: 159 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Janie: 76 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Griselda: 67 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Olga: 68 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Priscilla: 423 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Alejandra: 219 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Infant: 302 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Guadalupe: 99 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Rolando: 149 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Joe: 505 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Rodolfo: 185 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Ramiro: 125 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Reynaldo: 96 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Rogelio: 154 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Adan: 95 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Gilberto: 153 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Ashley	3,535	↑1	2
2	Jessica	3,473	↓1	1
3	Amanda	2,636	–	4
4	Brittany	2,525	↑2	3
5	Sarah	2,050	–	5
6	Jennifer	1,787	↓2	7
7	Lauren	1,721	↑1	9
8	Stephanie	1,712	↓1	8
9	Samantha	1,611	↑3	6
10	Elizabeth	1,555	↓1	10
11	Amber	1,312	–	14
12	Megan	1,217	↑2	11
13	Crystal	1,191	–	32
14	Tiffany	1,106	↓4	16
15	Melissa	1,084	↑1	19
16	Courtney	1,062	↑2	21
17	Laura	1,056	↑4	25
18	Christina	1,034	↑2	23
19	Heather	1,031	↓4	15
20	Emily	986	↑6	13
21	Rachel	977	↓4	18
22	Kimberly	900	↑1	28
23	Maria	900	↑6	56
24	Vanessa	894	↓5	50
25	Michelle	871	↓1	22
26	Chelsea	851	↑7	27
27	Rebecca	828	–	24
28	Kayla	826	↑2	20
29	Victoria	804	↓4	44
30	Katherine	795	↑2	26
31	Jasmine	787	new	30
32	Erica	774	↓10	34
33	Amy	695	↓5	35
34	Danielle	682	–	17
35	Nicole	677	↓4	12
36	Mary	665	↓1	38
37	Andrea	652	↑3	39
38	Alyssa	644	↑9	33
39	Sara	627	↑2	29
40	Brittney	604	↑3	41
41	Monica	602	↓5	68
42	Cassandra	578	new	54
43	Kristen	576	↓5	36
44	Kelsey	566	new	31
45	Veronica	558	↓3	85
46	Lindsey	553	↓2	48
47	Angela	552	↓8	47
48	April	530	↓3	66
49	Bianca	527	new	91
50	Anna	503	↓1	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Christopher	4,060	–	2
2	Michael	3,953	–	1
3	Joshua	3,321	–	4
4	Matthew	2,715	↑2	3
5	David	2,590	↓1	5
6	Justin	2,586	↓1	8
7	John	2,416	–	12
8	James	2,309	–	9
9	Jose	2,293	↑2	46
10	Daniel	2,225	↓1	6
11	Robert	2,041	↓1	10
12	Andrew	1,995	↑1	7
13	Jonathan	1,882	↓1	17
14	Ryan	1,707	↑3	13
15	William	1,667	↓1	15
16	Joseph	1,621	↑2	11
17	Juan	1,518	↑2	63
18	Brandon	1,508	↓3	18
19	Eric	1,431	↓3	21
20	Jacob	1,328	↑2	26
21	Aaron	1,288	↓1	31
22	Nicholas	1,282	↑5	14
23	Anthony	1,233	↓2	16
24	Steven	1,193	↑1	22
25	Kevin	1,171	↓1	19
26	Jeremy	1,102	↓3	34
27	Zachary	1,100	↑5	25
28	Richard	1,094	–	33
29	Cody	1,026	↓3	45
30	Thomas	985	↓1	23
31	Stephen	918	↑7	40
32	Kyle	912	↑4	20
33	Adam	909	↑1	27
34	Benjamin	897	↑6	29
35	Jesus	897	↑8	>100
36	Travis	893	↓1	41
37	Brian	871	↓6	24
38	Charles	869	↓1	36
39	Mark	868	↓6	42
40	Timothy	855	↓1	28
41	Luis	849	–	73
42	Tyler	788	new	30
43	Samuel	763	↓1	47
44	Carlos	755	–	77
45	Jason	703	↓15	35
46	Patrick	703	↓1	38
47	Dustin	699	↑1	48
48	Nathan	690	↓1	43
49	Alexander	684	↑1	32
50	Austin	682	new	59

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