Popular baby names in Texas, 1995

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1995 were Ashley for girls (2,378 babies) and Michael for boys (2,753). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 289,560 babies born in Texas in 1995 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1995

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: 150 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Valeria: 277 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Janie: 74 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Perla: 138 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Itzel: 93 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Selena: 975 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Priscilla: 338 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lucero: 72 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Reagan: 97 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Corina: 76 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Infant: 186 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Reynaldo: 110 babies, 5× the national rate
Rolando: 175 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Joe: 398 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Guadalupe: 90 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Rodolfo: 193 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ramiro: 159 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rogelio: 153 babies, 4× the national rate
Rene: 220 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Gilberto: 151 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1995

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Ashley	2,378	–	2
2	Jessica	2,149	–	1
3	Sarah	1,565	–	5
4	Emily	1,485	↑3	3
5	Samantha	1,460	↓1	4
6	Taylor	1,457	↓1	6
7	Victoria	1,381	↑5	20
8	Stephanie	1,344	↓2	16
9	Elizabeth	1,295	↑2	10
10	Brittany	1,292	↓1	8
11	Alexis	1,221	↑3	14
12	Jennifer	1,209	↓2	18
13	Amanda	1,175	↓5	9
14	Lauren	1,130	↓1	15
15	Hannah	1,095	↑5	7
16	Maria	1,003	↑2	44
17	Brianna	977	↑13	21
18	Selena	975	new	91
19	Megan	962	↓3	13
20	Kayla	959	↑1	11
21	Amber	939	↓2	22
22	Jasmine	932	↓7	25
23	Kimberly	911	↓1	37
24	Rachel	899	↓7	12
25	Madison	871	↑19	29
26	Courtney	846	↓2	17
27	Alyssa	838	↓4	27
28	Shelby	804	↓3	38
29	Rebecca	728	↓3	28
30	Morgan	727	↓1	23
31	Vanessa	726	–	63
32	Alexandra	720	↓5	26
33	Haley	706	↑7	32
34	Abigail	679	↑8	36
35	Melissa	665	–	35
36	Danielle	642	↓2	24
37	Laura	630	↓9	56
38	Crystal	627	↓6	80
39	Andrea	626	↓1	55
40	Michelle	617	↓7	41
41	Katherine	611	↓4	30
42	Destiny	572	new	66
43	Mary	558	↑7	40
44	Miranda	556	new	57
45	Marissa	550	↑2	53
46	Allison	543	new	34
47	Jacqueline	543	↑1	70
48	Chelsea	542	↓9	47
49	Kelsey	538	↓6	33
50	Anna	534	new	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Michael	2,753	–	1
2	Christopher	2,685	–	3
3	Jose	2,661	–	35
4	Joshua	2,430	–	5
5	Jacob	2,269	↑2	4
6	Matthew	2,190	–	2
7	Daniel	2,100	↓2	9
8	David	2,000	–	16
9	Brandon	1,966	–	8
10	John	1,918	–	13
11	Jonathan	1,780	↑1	23
12	Juan	1,766	↓1	50
13	Justin	1,654	↑1	18
14	Andrew	1,596	↑2	11
15	Tyler	1,573	↑2	6
16	James	1,556	↓3	17
17	Christian	1,529	↑9	28
18	Zachary	1,508	↓3	14
19	Joseph	1,482	↑2	12
20	Austin	1,471	↑2	10
21	Nicholas	1,452	↑3	7
22	William	1,452	↓2	20
23	Ryan	1,354	↓5	15
24	Robert	1,339	↓5	22
25	Anthony	1,250	↑2	19
26	Aaron	1,222	↓3	30
27	Jesus	1,152	↑2	76
28	Luis	1,123	–	59
29	Eric	1,114	↑1	32
30	Cody	1,065	↓5	26
31	Alexander	1,039	–	21
32	Kevin	1,024	–	25
33	Carlos	983	↑1	68
34	Samuel	934	↑1	33
35	Jordan	897	↓2	29
36	Dylan	809	↑3	34
37	Kyle	758	–	24
38	Miguel	750	↑4	94
39	Jason	744	new	41
40	Benjamin	729	↑4	31
41	Jorge	729	↑6	>100
42	Thomas	722	↓4	27
43	Alejandro	715	↑3	>100
44	Steven	712	↓8	37
45	Richard	706	↓4	42
46	Adrian	705	↓6	96
47	Nathan	703	↓4	39
48	Mark	695	↑1	52
49	Gabriel	693	new	65
50	Eduardo	666	–	>100

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