Popular baby names in Texas, 1990

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1990 were Ashley for girls (3,422 babies) and Michael for boys (4,058). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 290,820 babies born in Texas in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1990

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: 546 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Perla: 114 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Rubi: 85 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Janie: 89 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Priscilla: 441 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Irma: 79 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Celina: 75 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Blanca: 161 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Valeria: 76 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Esmeralda: 138 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Infant: 560 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Guadalupe: 105 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Rolando: 146 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Joe: 515 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ramiro: 136 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Noe: 110 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Reynaldo: 110 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rogelio: 152 babies, 4× the national rate
Rene: 246 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rodolfo: 165 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Ashley	3,422	–	2
2	Jessica	3,192	–	1
3	Amanda	2,509	–	4
4	Brittany	2,359	–	3
5	Stephanie	1,941	↑3	7
6	Sarah	1,895	↓1	6
7	Samantha	1,694	↑2	5
8	Lauren	1,685	↓1	10
9	Jennifer	1,677	↓3	8
10	Elizabeth	1,596	–	9
11	Megan	1,272	↑1	11
12	Amber	1,213	↓1	15
13	Courtney	1,194	↑3	17
14	Emily	1,145	↑6	12
15	Laura	1,058	↑2	29
16	Crystal	1,046	↓3	39
17	Rachel	1,028	↑4	16
18	Maria	1,016	↑5	47
19	Melissa	1,002	↓4	20
20	Kayla	982	↑8	14
21	Victoria	968	↑8	33
22	Heather	930	↓3	19
23	Michelle	915	↑2	22
24	Chelsea	911	↑2	24
25	Tiffany	908	↓11	23
26	Rebecca	906	↑1	21
27	Christina	902	↓9	25
28	Alyssa	847	↑10	27
29	Kimberly	821	↓7	31
30	Jasmine	805	↑1	28
31	Vanessa	786	↓7	56
32	Katherine	773	↓2	26
33	Erica	725	↓1	36
34	Taylor	664	new	46
35	Amy	663	↓2	38
36	Mary	663	–	35
37	Nicole	661	↓2	13
38	Danielle	659	↓4	18
39	Andrea	651	↓2	40
40	Hannah	651	new	30
41	Kelsey	624	↑3	32
42	Monica	621	↓1	76
43	Cassandra	590	↓1	49
44	Bianca	579	↑5	84
45	April	578	↑3	73
46	Jordan	576	new	59
47	Alexandra	566	new	37
48	Sara	551	↓9	34
49	Cynthia	548	new	88
50	Veronica	547	↓5	96

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Michael	4,058	↑1	1
2	Christopher	3,909	↓1	2
3	Joshua	3,247	–	4
4	Matthew	2,667	–	3
5	David	2,625	–	6
6	Jose	2,451	↑3	41
7	Justin	2,393	↓1	9
8	Daniel	2,333	↑2	5
9	John	2,290	↓2	12
10	James	2,205	↓2	8
11	Robert	2,022	–	13
12	Jonathan	1,898	↑1	17
13	Andrew	1,863	↓1	7
14	Jacob	1,673	↑6	20
15	Ryan	1,671	↓1	11
16	Juan	1,647	↑1	61
17	Joseph	1,623	↓1	10
18	William	1,603	↓3	16
19	Eric	1,430	–	24
20	Brandon	1,369	↓2	19
21	Anthony	1,287	↑2	15
22	Aaron	1,247	↓1	34
23	Cody	1,233	↑6	31
24	Zachary	1,216	↑3	22
25	Nicholas	1,206	↓3	14
26	Steven	1,146	↓2	25
27	Kevin	1,136	↓2	23
28	Jesus	1,061	↑7	90
29	Tyler	1,016	↑13	21
30	Luis	979	↑11	66
31	Jordan	976	new	29
32	Richard	975	↓4	35
33	Kyle	947	↓1	18
34	Thomas	939	↓4	26
35	Jeremy	920	↓9	40
36	Travis	914	–	42
37	Stephen	905	↓6	39
38	Mark	841	↑1	47
39	Samuel	823	↑4	45
40	Benjamin	821	↓6	33
41	Timothy	801	↓1	30
42	Alexander	798	↑7	28
43	Brian	798	↓6	27
44	Charles	798	↓6	38
45	Carlos	774	↓1	75
46	Austin	772	↑4	55
47	Adam	743	↓14	32
48	Nathan	742	–	44
49	Patrick	722	↓3	36
50	Adrian	703	new	94

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