Popular baby names in Texas, 1994

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1994 were Ashley for girls (2,623 babies) and Michael for boys (2,870). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 289,141 babies born in Texas in 1994 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1994

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: 162 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Valeria: 249 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Perla: 135 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Clarissa: 328 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lucero: 90 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Reagan: 74 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Norma: 109 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Clarisa: 78 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Janie: 69 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jaqueline: 72 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Infant: 166 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Joe: 455 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Guadalupe: 107 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Rolando: 177 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Rodolfo: 201 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ramiro: 155 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Reynaldo: 97 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rogelio: 148 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Gilberto: 162 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Noe: 131 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1994

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Ashley	2,623	–	2
2	Jessica	2,406	–	1
3	Sarah	1,635	–	5
4	Samantha	1,575	↑2	4
5	Taylor	1,479	↓1	6
6	Stephanie	1,466	↓1	15
7	Emily	1,460	↑3	3
8	Amanda	1,366	–	8
9	Brittany	1,359	↓2	7
10	Jennifer	1,351	↑2	17
11	Elizabeth	1,345	↓2	9
12	Victoria	1,343	↓1	19
13	Lauren	1,300	–	14
14	Alexis	1,104	↑12	18
15	Jasmine	1,039	↑4	23
16	Megan	1,031	↓1	10
17	Rachel	979	↑1	13
18	Maria	977	↓2	47
19	Amber	960	↓5	21
20	Hannah	906	↑8	16
21	Kayla	890	–	12
22	Kimberly	869	↑8	32
23	Alyssa	829	↓1	26
24	Courtney	813	↓7	22
25	Shelby	792	↓2	40
26	Rebecca	781	↓2	24
27	Alexandra	776	↑4	28
28	Laura	745	↑7	46
29	Morgan	740	↑10	25
30	Brianna	736	↑16	27
31	Vanessa	729	↑1	59
32	Crystal	715	↓5	64
33	Michelle	695	↓4	33
34	Danielle	681	↑4	20
35	Melissa	681	↓10	31
36	Nicole	680	↑4	11
37	Katherine	675	↓1	30
38	Andrea	661	↓5	49
39	Chelsea	647	↓19	38
40	Haley	639	↓3	36
41	Christina	622	–	39
42	Abigail	609	new	42
43	Kelsey	586	↓9	29
44	Madison	584	new	51
45	Tiffany	567	↓3	35
46	Monica	558	↓1	88
47	Marissa	553	new	53
48	Jacqueline	549	new	65
49	Jordan	547	–	52
50	Mary	526	↓3	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Michael	2,870	–	1
2	Christopher	2,869	–	2
3	Jose	2,760	–	36
4	Joshua	2,485	–	4
5	Daniel	2,228	↑2	8
6	Matthew	2,208	–	3
7	Jacob	2,155	↑2	7
8	David	2,094	↓3	13
9	Brandon	2,049	↑1	6
10	John	1,972	↓2	15
11	Juan	1,852	↑3	51
12	Jonathan	1,807	↓1	23
13	James	1,733	↓1	14
14	Justin	1,676	↓1	20
15	Zachary	1,568	↑3	12
16	Andrew	1,546	↓1	10
17	Tyler	1,515	↑4	5
18	Ryan	1,512	↓2	16
19	Robert	1,490	↓2	21
20	William	1,487	–	19
21	Joseph	1,455	↓2	11
22	Austin	1,355	↑5	17
23	Aaron	1,320	↑3	28
24	Nicholas	1,309	↓1	9
25	Cody	1,269	↓3	25
26	Christian	1,235	↓1	35
27	Anthony	1,230	↓3	18
28	Luis	1,220	–	57
29	Jesus	1,182	↑2	79
30	Eric	1,161	↓1	30
31	Alexander	1,095	↑1	22
32	Kevin	1,075	↓2	26
33	Jordan	932	–	29
34	Carlos	867	–	72
35	Samuel	866	↑1	33
36	Steven	824	↓1	34
37	Kyle	813	↑1	24
38	Thomas	807	↑1	27
39	Dylan	794	↑2	32
40	Adrian	751	↑4	97
41	Richard	745	↓1	41
42	Miguel	736	↓5	94
43	Nathan	711	new	40
44	Benjamin	692	↑4	31
45	Jeremy	689	↑1	47
46	Alejandro	686	↑3	>100
47	Jorge	678	↓5	>100
48	Victor	677	new	93
49	Mark	673	↓6	48
50	Eduardo	669	new	>100

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