Popular baby names in Texas, 1998

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1998 were Emily for girls (1,814 babies) and Jose for boys (2,932). Jose ranked #33 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 304,054 babies born in Texas in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1998

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: 126 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Aylin: 95 babies, 4× the national rate
Perla: 160 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lucero: 73 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Clarissa: 268 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Priscilla: 334 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Valeria: 268 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Mireya: 115 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Blanca: 108 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Itzel: 75 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Infant: 111 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Rolando: 175 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Joe: 403 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Guadalupe: 83 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ramiro: 149 babies, 4× the national rate
Rene: 201 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rodolfo: 185 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Gilberto: 158 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Noe: 148 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rogelio: 129 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Emily	1,814	↑1	1
2	Ashley	1,797	↓1	5
3	Alexis	1,762	↑2	6
4	Samantha	1,680	↑4	3
5	Sarah	1,571	↓1	4
6	Victoria	1,510	↑3	16
7	Hannah	1,502	–	2
8	Jessica	1,473	↓5	8
9	Jennifer	1,446	↓3	20
10	Madison	1,365	↑1	9
11	Alyssa	1,328	↑1	11
12	Elizabeth	1,291	↑1	10
13	Taylor	1,288	↓3	7
14	Lauren	1,154	–	14
15	Brianna	1,116	↑1	17
16	Stephanie	1,018	↓1	29
17	Abigail	989	↑6	18
18	Jasmine	975	↑1	26
19	Maria	918	↓2	43
20	Kayla	880	↑2	12
21	Amanda	850	↓1	19
22	Destiny	843	↑8	34
23	Brittany	828	↓5	25
24	Megan	795	↓3	13
25	Vanessa	773	↓1	52
26	Rachel	715	↑3	15
27	Amber	714	↓2	37
28	Alexandra	713	↓2	27
29	Morgan	675	↑4	23
30	Natalie	667	↑9	40
31	Katherine	656	↑6	33
32	Sydney	656	↑8	28
33	Kimberly	642	↓5	54
34	Rebecca	642	↓3	30
35	Andrea	635	↓1	61
36	Jordan	626	↑2	42
37	Haley	623	↓10	36
38	Leslie	608	↑8	>100
39	Shelby	600	↓7	49
40	Michelle	592	new	55
41	Savannah	557	↑2	45
42	Kaitlyn	555	new	35
43	Esmeralda	533	new	>100
44	Melissa	525	↓9	59
45	Briana	521	↑4	79
46	Emma	520	new	22
47	Bailey	517	new	60
48	Danielle	504	–	41
49	Nicole	503	↓8	24
50	Allison	497	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Jose	2,932	–	33
2	Jacob	2,717	↑2	2
3	Michael	2,645	↓1	1
4	Christopher	2,510	↓1	5
5	Joshua	2,380	–	4
6	Matthew	2,226	–	3
7	David	2,058	–	13
8	Brandon	2,015	↑2	7
9	Jonathan	2,001	–	21
10	Daniel	1,986	↓2	12
11	Juan	1,937	–	52
12	John	1,709	↑1	15
13	Christian	1,605	↑1	26
14	Andrew	1,603	↓2	9
15	Nicholas	1,522	↑1	6
16	Joseph	1,500	↑2	11
17	William	1,492	↑3	14
18	James	1,450	↓1	18
19	Luis	1,417	–	53
20	Anthony	1,412	↑4	19
21	Zachary	1,342	↓6	16
22	Austin	1,292	↓1	10
23	Jesus	1,274	↑2	76
24	Tyler	1,256	↓1	8
25	Ryan	1,249	↑1	17
26	Justin	1,236	↓4	20
27	Robert	1,175	–	23
28	Aaron	1,069	–	37
29	Jordan	1,046	–	27
30	Carlos	1,033	↑4	69
31	Samuel	1,022	↓1	28
32	Alexander	1,021	–	22
33	Kevin	1,014	↓2	32
34	Adrian	1,002	↑7	71
35	Dylan	989	–	25
36	Cameron	948	↑12	35
37	Eric	910	↓4	39
38	Noah	852	new	29
39	Miguel	851	↓3	90
40	Alejandro	831	↓1	95
41	Nathan	826	↓4	34
42	Ethan	806	new	38
43	Jorge	798	↓3	>100
44	Gabriel	797	↑3	54
45	Jason	796	↑5	40
46	Mark	775	–	64
47	Benjamin	763	↓5	30
48	Angel	759	↓3	81
49	Caleb	757	new	42
50	Hunter	757	↓1	36

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