Popular baby names in Texas, 1992

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1992 were Ashley for girls (3,155 babies) and Michael for boys (3,265). Social Security records list 290,835 babies born in Texas in 1992 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1992

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: 265 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Selena: 141 babies, 5× the national rate
Valeria: 212 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Perla: 132 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Selina: 103 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lucero: 74 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Priscilla: 456 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dulce: 89 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Blanca: 155 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Janie: 72 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Infant: 298 babies, 12× the national rate
Guadalupe: 98 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Rolando: 153 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Joe: 495 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Rodolfo: 203 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Ramiro: 160 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rogelio: 161 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Reynaldo: 85 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rene: 217 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Noe: 94 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1992

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Ashley	3,155	–	1
2	Jessica	2,831	–	2
3	Amanda	1,954	–	3
4	Sarah	1,796	↑2	5
5	Brittany	1,786	↓1	4
6	Stephanie	1,724	↓1	8
7	Samantha	1,609	↑1	6
8	Elizabeth	1,509	↓1	9
9	Lauren	1,463	↑1	12
10	Jennifer	1,436	↓1	11
11	Victoria	1,250	↑2	22
12	Emily	1,249	↑3	7
13	Taylor	1,178	↑14	17
14	Megan	1,125	↓3	10
15	Amber	1,111	↓3	19
16	Chelsea	1,052	↑8	15
17	Shelby	1,010	↓3	34
18	Crystal	999	↓2	50
19	Rachel	974	↓2	16
20	Maria	953	↑2	45
21	Kayla	929	↓2	13
22	Courtney	914	↓4	21
23	Rebecca	891	↑2	20
24	Laura	879	↓4	38
25	Michelle	876	↓2	25
26	Melissa	872	↓5	24
27	Kimberly	864	↑2	35
28	Vanessa	795	↑3	55
29	Katherine	794	↑4	27
30	Jasmine	793	↓2	28
31	Danielle	784	↑10	18
32	Hannah	746	↑4	26
33	Andrea	744	↑2	39
34	Alyssa	731	↓4	30
35	Christina	725	↓9	33
36	Kelsey	720	↑1	23
37	Alexandra	718	↑2	29
38	Morgan	668	↑9	41
39	Tiffany	655	↓5	32
40	Heather	651	↓8	31
41	Nicole	628	↑1	14
42	Mary	615	↑2	36
43	Monica	613	↑2	77
44	Sara	568	↓1	37
45	Erica	559	↓7	44
46	Haley	555	new	56
47	Alexis	554	new	40
48	Amy	521	↓2	51
49	Jordan	504	new	63
50	Bianca	499	↓10	97

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Michael	3,265	–	1
2	Christopher	3,243	–	2
3	Joshua	2,859	–	4
4	Jose	2,609	↑1	37
5	Matthew	2,367	↓1	3
6	David	2,250	–	10
7	John	2,140	–	14
8	Daniel	2,056	↑1	7
9	James	1,988	↑1	9
10	Justin	1,981	↓2	18
11	Jonathan	1,914	–	21
12	Jacob	1,859	↑1	15
13	Andrew	1,846	↑1	5
14	Brandon	1,774	↑5	6
15	Juan	1,727	↑1	56
16	Robert	1,652	↓4	17
17	Ryan	1,617	↓2	13
18	William	1,553	–	20
19	Joseph	1,499	↓2	11
20	Zachary	1,491	↑3	16
21	Cody	1,399	↓1	24
22	Tyler	1,383	↑5	8
23	Anthony	1,336	↓1	19
24	Aaron	1,328	↑1	30
25	Nicholas	1,237	↓1	12
26	Luis	1,174	↑4	64
27	Eric	1,169	↓6	26
28	Jesus	1,135	↑1	78
29	Kevin	1,122	↓3	25
30	Alexander	1,087	↑6	23
31	Christian	1,065	↑14	35
32	Steven	948	↓4	29
33	Austin	917	↑10	38
34	Dylan	897	new	28
35	Jordan	878	↓4	32
36	Carlos	877	↓1	69
37	Richard	868	↓4	41
38	Thomas	859	↓6	27
39	Samuel	857	↑2	40
40	Kyle	823	↓6	22
41	Mark	771	↓1	49
42	Taylor	761	↑8	52
43	Miguel	760	↑6	90
44	Adrian	757	↑3	96
45	Charles	736	↓7	43
46	Jeremy	718	↓9	47
47	Stephen	718	↓8	45
48	Travis	707	↓4	48
49	Benjamin	706	↓7	33
50	Nathan	702	new	44

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