Popular baby names in Texas, 1996

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1996 were Ashley for girls (2,133 babies) and Jose for boys (2,825). Ashley ranked #3 nationally for girls. Jose ranked #32 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 295,397 babies born in Texas in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1996

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: 155 babies, 10× the national rate
Valeria: 282 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Perla: 141 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lucero: 82 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mireya: 78 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Katia: 74 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Clarissa: 300 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Norma: 88 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Karla: 360 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jaqueline: 100 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Infant: 162 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Joe: 397 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Rolando: 146 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Reynaldo: 87 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Rogelio: 163 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Guadalupe: 95 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ramiro: 163 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rene: 192 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rodolfo: 159 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gilberto: 131 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Ashley	2,133	–	3
2	Jessica	1,917	–	2
3	Emily	1,772	↑1	1
4	Samantha	1,535	↑1	5
5	Sarah	1,533	↓2	4
6	Alexis	1,516	↑5	8
7	Victoria	1,419	–	18
8	Taylor	1,337	↓2	6
9	Stephanie	1,335	↓1	20
10	Hannah	1,266	↑5	7
11	Jennifer	1,258	↑1	19
12	Elizabeth	1,253	↓3	10
13	Madison	1,180	↑12	15
14	Brittany	1,148	↓4	14
15	Lauren	1,102	↓1	16
16	Maria	1,094	–	37
17	Amanda	1,063	↓4	13
18	Alyssa	998	↑9	23
19	Brianna	969	↓2	17
20	Kayla	950	–	11
21	Rachel	949	↑3	9
22	Jasmine	946	–	28
23	Megan	940	↓4	12
24	Vanessa	839	↑7	60
25	Amber	826	↓4	27
26	Kimberly	821	↓3	41
27	Shelby	803	↑1	35
28	Alexandra	771	↑4	26
29	Haley	768	↑4	30
30	Courtney	758	↓4	21
31	Rebecca	742	↓2	24
32	Abigail	734	↑2	32
33	Morgan	706	↓3	25
34	Andrea	658	↑5	61
35	Katherine	652	↑6	31
36	Destiny	639	↑6	56
37	Melissa	632	↓2	42
38	Michelle	624	↑2	47
39	Jacqueline	594	↑8	69
40	Savannah	593	new	43
41	Natalie	585	new	46
42	Marissa	562	↑3	59
43	Danielle	561	↓7	29
44	Laura	561	↓7	66
45	Sabrina	557	new	58
46	Jordan	528	new	49
47	Kelsey	514	↑2	36
48	Karina	511	new	>100
49	Crystal	508	↓11	92
50	Leslie	508	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Jose	2,825	↑2	32
2	Christopher	2,802	–	4
3	Michael	2,602	↓2	1
4	Joshua	2,434	–	5
5	Jacob	2,362	–	3
6	David	2,184	↑2	13
7	Matthew	2,163	↓1	2
8	Daniel	2,034	↓1	11
9	Jonathan	1,943	↑2	21
10	Brandon	1,932	↓1	8
11	John	1,813	↓1	15
12	Juan	1,768	–	52
13	Christian	1,751	↑4	24
14	Andrew	1,629	–	10
15	Justin	1,620	↓2	20
16	James	1,493	–	17
17	Joseph	1,482	↑2	12
18	Zachary	1,466	–	14
19	Austin	1,454	↑1	9
20	William	1,451	↑2	18
21	Tyler	1,444	↓6	7
22	Robert	1,393	↑2	23
23	Ryan	1,355	–	16
24	Nicholas	1,344	↓3	6
25	Anthony	1,309	–	19
26	Jesus	1,263	↑1	74
27	Luis	1,244	↑1	57
28	Aaron	1,154	↓2	34
29	Kevin	1,064	↑3	26
30	Eric	1,050	↓1	35
31	Samuel	1,027	↑3	30
32	Alexander	986	↓1	22
33	Carlos	951	–	67
34	Jordan	927	↑1	27
35	Cody	920	↓5	31
36	Dylan	828	–	33
37	Miguel	804	↑1	91
38	Jorge	776	↑3	>100
39	Thomas	756	↑3	28
40	Benjamin	743	–	29
41	Adrian	737	↑5	92
42	Kyle	728	↓5	25
43	Alejandro	719	–	>100
44	Jason	710	↓5	41
45	Caleb	695	new	48
46	Cameron	689	new	49
47	Nathan	683	–	37
48	Hunter	681	new	47
49	Mark	675	↓1	55
50	Steven	667	↓6	38

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