Popular baby names in Texas, 1997

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1997 were Ashley for girls (1,966 babies) and Jose for boys (2,935). Ashley ranked #3 nationally for girls. Jose ranked #32 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 296,957 babies born in Texas in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1997

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: 131 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Lucero: 78 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Valeria: 307 babies, 4× the national rate
Yulissa: 194 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Janie: 72 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Priscilla: 331 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Aylin: 97 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Clarissa: 300 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Perla: 126 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lesly: 105 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Infant: 168 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Joe: 393 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Rolando: 155 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ramiro: 161 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Guadalupe: 83 babies, 4× the national rate
Rodolfo: 166 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Gilberto: 142 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rogelio: 147 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rene: 184 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Humberto: 107 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Ashley	1,966	–	3
2	Emily	1,741	↑1	1
3	Jessica	1,697	↓1	2
4	Sarah	1,557	↑1	4
5	Alexis	1,506	↑1	8
6	Jennifer	1,485	↑5	18
7	Hannah	1,470	↑3	5
8	Samantha	1,469	↓4	6
9	Victoria	1,432	↓2	19
10	Taylor	1,324	↓2	7
11	Madison	1,315	↑2	10
12	Alyssa	1,304	↑6	15
13	Elizabeth	1,270	↓1	9
14	Lauren	1,156	↑1	14
15	Stephanie	1,129	↓6	23
16	Brianna	1,069	↑3	17
17	Maria	1,069	↓1	38
18	Brittany	966	↓4	20
19	Jasmine	965	↑3	24
20	Amanda	927	↓3	16
21	Megan	901	↑2	11
22	Kayla	887	↓2	12
23	Abigail	816	↑9	26
24	Vanessa	791	–	54
25	Amber	747	–	29
26	Alexandra	727	↑2	30
27	Haley	724	↑2	31
28	Kimberly	721	↓2	49
29	Rachel	708	↓8	13
30	Destiny	695	↑6	42
31	Rebecca	686	–	25
32	Shelby	678	↓5	43
33	Morgan	669	–	22
34	Andrea	658	–	58
35	Melissa	642	↑2	44
36	Courtney	625	↓6	28
37	Katherine	591	↓2	32
38	Jordan	584	↑8	40
39	Natalie	584	↑2	48
40	Sydney	584	new	35
41	Nicole	555	new	21
42	Sabrina	554	↑3	53
43	Savannah	554	↓3	47
44	Jacqueline	547	↓5	77
45	Marissa	532	↓3	60
46	Leslie	513	↑4	>100
47	Angelica	512	new	>100
48	Danielle	504	↓5	34
49	Briana	501	new	72
50	Monica	497	new	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Jose	2,935	–	32
2	Michael	2,715	↑1	1
3	Christopher	2,549	↓1	4
4	Jacob	2,543	↑1	2
5	Joshua	2,479	↓1	5
6	Matthew	2,141	↑1	3
7	David	2,089	↓1	14
8	Daniel	2,078	–	11
9	Jonathan	2,003	–	21
10	Brandon	1,982	–	8
11	Juan	1,865	↑1	54
12	Andrew	1,721	↑2	7
13	John	1,689	↓2	15
14	Christian	1,609	↓1	25
15	Zachary	1,572	↑3	13
16	Nicholas	1,474	↑8	6
17	James	1,469	↓1	17
18	Joseph	1,448	↓1	12
19	Luis	1,382	↑8	53
20	William	1,370	–	19
21	Austin	1,367	↓2	9
22	Justin	1,355	↓7	20
23	Tyler	1,353	↓2	10
24	Anthony	1,293	↑1	18
25	Jesus	1,235	↑1	71
26	Ryan	1,232	↓3	16
27	Robert	1,208	↓5	23
28	Aaron	1,101	–	33
29	Jordan	1,094	↑5	26
30	Samuel	1,047	↑1	27
31	Kevin	1,014	↓2	28
32	Alexander	989	–	22
33	Eric	942	↓3	35
34	Carlos	940	↓1	67
35	Dylan	849	↑1	30
36	Miguel	824	↑1	91
37	Nathan	817	↑10	34
38	Cody	805	↓3	36
39	Alejandro	799	↑4	99
40	Jorge	788	↓2	>100
41	Adrian	784	–	95
42	Benjamin	762	↓2	29
43	Kyle	728	↓1	24
44	Thomas	728	↓5	31
45	Angel	725	new	86
46	Mark	722	↑3	58
47	Gabriel	700	new	57
48	Cameron	692	↓2	45
49	Hunter	690	↓1	44
50	Jason	690	↓6	41

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