Popular baby names in Texas, 1991

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1991 were Ashley for girls (3,326 babies) and Michael for boys (3,800). Social Security records list 289,669 babies born in Texas in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1991

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

Girls

Unnamed: 73 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Infant: 126 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Unknown: 131 babies, 7× the national rate
Perla: 132 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Valeria: 103 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lucero: 75 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Irma: 74 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Janie: 82 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Selena: 79 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ruby: 248 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Infant: 162 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Unknown: 148 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Rolando: 154 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Guadalupe: 103 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Joe: 522 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Rogelio: 160 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Rodolfo: 177 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Noe: 129 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rene: 248 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ramiro: 141 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Ashley	3,326	–	1
2	Jessica	3,217	–	2
3	Amanda	2,093	–	4
4	Brittany	1,961	–	3
5	Stephanie	1,808	–	7
6	Sarah	1,803	–	6
7	Elizabeth	1,671	↑3	9
8	Samantha	1,627	↓1	5
9	Jennifer	1,575	–	8
10	Lauren	1,570	↓2	13
11	Megan	1,239	–	11
12	Amber	1,179	–	16
13	Victoria	1,155	↑8	28
14	Shelby	1,150	new	33
15	Emily	1,094	↓1	10
16	Crystal	1,089	–	41
17	Rachel	1,038	–	14
18	Courtney	1,002	↓5	19
19	Kayla	996	↑1	12
20	Laura	972	↓5	35
21	Melissa	953	↓2	20
22	Maria	945	↓4	45
23	Michelle	923	–	22
24	Chelsea	894	–	18
25	Rebecca	887	↑1	21
26	Christina	849	↑1	31
27	Taylor	836	↑7	32
28	Jasmine	823	↑2	24
29	Kimberly	803	–	34
30	Alyssa	774	↓2	30
31	Vanessa	769	–	56
32	Heather	766	↓10	23
33	Katherine	764	↓1	25
34	Tiffany	745	↓9	27
35	Andrea	721	↑4	39
36	Hannah	702	↑4	29
37	Kelsey	657	↑4	26
38	Erica	639	↓5	40
39	Alexandra	638	↑8	36
40	Bianca	628	↑4	89
41	Danielle	627	↓3	17
42	Nicole	627	↓5	15
43	Sara	598	↑5	37
44	Mary	595	↓8	38
45	Monica	588	↓3	85
46	Amy	587	↓11	43
47	Morgan	552	new	49
48	Anna	527	new	46
49	Ana	520	new	>100
50	Cynthia	500	↓1	93

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Michael	3,800	–	1
2	Christopher	3,548	–	2
3	Joshua	3,230	–	4
4	Matthew	2,576	–	3
5	Jose	2,567	↑1	37
6	David	2,443	↓1	8
7	John	2,321	↑2	10
8	Justin	2,236	↓1	14
9	Daniel	2,230	↓1	6
10	James	2,050	–	7
11	Jonathan	1,939	↑1	20
12	Robert	1,873	↓1	13
13	Jacob	1,826	↑1	17
14	Andrew	1,742	↓1	5
15	Ryan	1,738	–	11
16	Juan	1,673	–	60
17	Joseph	1,603	–	9
18	William	1,528	–	19
19	Brandon	1,522	↑1	15
20	Cody	1,457	↑3	24
21	Eric	1,336	↓2	25
22	Anthony	1,327	↓1	18
23	Zachary	1,271	↑1	22
24	Nicholas	1,226	↑1	12
25	Aaron	1,207	↓3	31
26	Kevin	1,173	↑1	23
27	Tyler	1,122	↑2	16
28	Steven	1,110	↓2	27
29	Jesus	1,078	↓1	80
30	Luis	1,002	–	66
31	Jordan	979	–	29
32	Thomas	905	↑2	28
33	Richard	881	↓1	34
34	Kyle	879	↓1	21
35	Carlos	862	↑10	72
36	Alexander	850	↑6	26
37	Jeremy	821	↓2	43
38	Charles	815	↑6	38
39	Stephen	813	↓2	41
40	Mark	802	↓2	47
41	Samuel	801	↓2	39
42	Benjamin	789	↓2	33
43	Austin	776	↑3	50
44	Travis	776	↓8	44
45	Christian	753	new	48
46	Patrick	745	↑3	35
47	Adrian	738	↑3	93
48	Timothy	731	↓7	32
49	Miguel	719	new	92
50	Taylor	710	new	52

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