Popular baby names in Texas, 1993

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1993 were Ashley for girls (2,861 babies) and Michael for boys (3,173). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 290,091 babies born in Texas in 1993 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1993

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: 179 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Selena: 227 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Valeria: 293 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Itzel: 74 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Perla: 145 babies, 4× the national rate
Janie: 78 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Norma: 124 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Esmeralda: 183 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lucero: 82 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lizette: 75 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Infant: 171 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Rolando: 147 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Ramiro: 175 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Reynaldo: 108 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Joe: 444 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Guadalupe: 102 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rodolfo: 181 babies, 4× the national rate
Rogelio: 156 babies, 4× the national rate
Noe: 127 babies, 4× the national rate
Rene: 224 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1993

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Ashley	2,861	–	2
2	Jessica	2,597	–	1
3	Sarah	1,794	↑1	3
4	Taylor	1,673	↑9	7
5	Stephanie	1,613	↑1	10
6	Samantha	1,609	↑1	4
7	Brittany	1,547	↓2	6
8	Amanda	1,485	↓5	8
9	Elizabeth	1,444	↓1	9
10	Emily	1,414	↑2	5
11	Victoria	1,372	–	19
12	Jennifer	1,331	↓2	15
13	Lauren	1,326	↓4	12
14	Amber	1,167	↑1	17
15	Megan	1,087	↓1	11
16	Maria	1,024	↑4	45
17	Courtney	936	↑5	20
18	Rachel	933	↑1	14
19	Jasmine	913	↑11	23
20	Chelsea	891	↓4	25
21	Kayla	868	–	16
22	Alyssa	849	↑12	26
23	Shelby	849	↓6	37
24	Rebecca	846	↓1	22
25	Melissa	841	↑1	30
26	Alexis	826	↑21	27
27	Crystal	815	↓9	57
28	Hannah	805	↑4	21
29	Michelle	783	↓4	31
30	Kimberly	771	↓3	39
31	Alexandra	755	↑6	28
32	Vanessa	732	↓4	55
33	Andrea	729	–	44
34	Kelsey	719	↑2	24
35	Laura	709	↓11	43
36	Katherine	689	↓7	29
37	Haley	688	↑9	42
38	Danielle	672	↓7	18
39	Morgan	660	↓1	34
40	Nicole	650	↑1	13
41	Christina	620	↓6	35
42	Tiffany	603	↓3	33
43	Heather	593	↓3	38
44	Kassandra	573	new	>100
45	Monica	563	↓2	86
46	Brianna	559	new	32
47	Mary	552	↓5	36
48	Erica	541	↓3	49
49	Jordan	537	–	58
50	Sara	534	↓6	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Michael	3,173	–	1
2	Christopher	2,940	–	2
3	Jose	2,705	↑1	36
4	Joshua	2,588	↓1	4
5	David	2,240	↑1	11
6	Matthew	2,195	↓1	3
7	Daniel	2,134	↑1	7
8	John	2,047	↓1	16
9	Jacob	1,971	↑3	9
10	Brandon	1,862	↑4	6
11	Jonathan	1,854	–	22
12	James	1,784	↓3	14
13	Justin	1,762	↓3	20
14	Juan	1,749	↑1	55
15	Andrew	1,697	↓2	10
16	Ryan	1,660	↑1	13
17	Robert	1,642	↓1	17
18	Zachary	1,563	↑2	15
19	Joseph	1,530	–	12
20	William	1,479	↓2	18
21	Tyler	1,439	↑1	5
22	Cody	1,361	↓1	24
23	Nicholas	1,333	↑2	8
24	Anthony	1,305	↓1	19
25	Christian	1,245	↑6	35
26	Aaron	1,236	↓2	30
27	Austin	1,211	↑6	26
28	Luis	1,185	↓2	58
29	Eric	1,162	↓2	29
30	Kevin	1,127	↓1	25
31	Jesus	1,123	↓3	80
32	Alexander	1,094	↓2	21
33	Jordan	946	↑2	28
34	Carlos	919	↑2	72
35	Steven	854	↓3	31
36	Samuel	827	↑3	37
37	Miguel	820	↑6	88
38	Kyle	814	↑2	23
39	Thomas	811	↓1	27
40	Richard	788	↓3	40
41	Dylan	784	↓7	33
42	Jorge	748	new	>100
43	Mark	727	↓2	49
44	Adrian	725	–	99
45	Charles	693	–	44
46	Jeremy	691	–	46
47	Taylor	689	↓5	51
48	Benjamin	670	↑1	32
49	Alejandro	660	new	>100
50	Adam	652	new	39

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