Popular baby names in Texas, 1999

The most popular baby names in Texas in 1999 were Emily for girls (1,937 babies) and Jose for boys (2,940). Jose ranked #35 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 311,873 babies born in Texas in 1999 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Texas in 1999

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: 302 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Lizbeth: 277 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Mireya: 97 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Norma: 85 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jaqueline: 189 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Perla: 131 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Aylin: 77 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Priscilla: 339 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Valeria: 285 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Juanita: 74 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Infant: 316 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Joe: 410 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Ramiro: 171 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rogelio: 147 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rolando: 113 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gilbert: 126 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Noe: 131 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rene: 172 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rodolfo: 164 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Raul: 404 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Texas, 1999

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Emily	1,937	–	1
2	Alexis	1,795	↑1	3
3	Ashley	1,773	↓1	6
4	Samantha	1,762	–	5
5	Hannah	1,586	↑2	2
6	Victoria	1,514	–	16
7	Alyssa	1,499	↑4	11
8	Madison	1,458	↑2	7
9	Sarah	1,443	↓4	4
10	Jennifer	1,396	↓1	21
11	Jessica	1,330	↓3	9
12	Lauren	1,237	↑2	12
13	Brianna	1,226	↑2	14
14	Elizabeth	1,206	↓2	10
15	Taylor	1,155	↓2	8
16	Jasmine	1,013	↑2	26
17	Maria	1,013	↑2	39
18	Kayla	1,007	↑2	13
19	Abigail	983	↓2	18
20	Stephanie	957	↓4	37
21	Destiny	937	↑1	28
22	Megan	799	↑2	15
23	Amanda	786	↓2	22
24	Andrea	741	↑11	59
25	Natalie	738	↑5	34
26	Rachel	720	–	19
27	Alexandra	715	↑1	32
28	Kimberly	714	↑5	51
29	Vanessa	699	↓4	57
30	Brittany	698	↓7	35
31	Leslie	652	↑7	100
32	Jacqueline	644	new	79
33	Kaitlyn	635	↑9	33
34	Sydney	620	↓2	23
35	Katherine	613	↓4	36
36	Haley	611	↑1	31
37	Amber	602	↓10	41
38	Morgan	598	↓9	24
39	Savannah	580	↑2	42
40	Rebecca	574	↓6	38
41	Emma	555	↑5	17
42	Nicole	553	↑7	25
43	Michelle	551	↓3	56
44	Anna	537	new	29
45	Briana	504	–	82
46	Jordan	493	↓10	48
47	Grace	492	new	27
48	Marissa	488	new	73
49	Daniela	486	new	>100
50	Allison	484	–	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Jose	2,940	–	35
2	Jacob	2,733	–	1
3	Michael	2,662	–	2
4	Christopher	2,385	–	6
5	Joshua	2,306	–	4
6	Matthew	2,262	–	3
7	Daniel	2,082	↑3	9
8	Juan	2,002	↑3	46
9	David	1,973	↓2	16
10	Brandon	1,868	↓2	11
11	Jonathan	1,861	↓2	22
12	John	1,693	–	15
13	Christian	1,682	–	25
14	Andrew	1,577	–	7
15	Joseph	1,517	↑1	8
16	Nicholas	1,478	↓1	5
17	Anthony	1,431	↑3	18
18	James	1,382	–	19
19	Luis	1,374	–	55
20	William	1,374	↓3	14
21	Zachary	1,358	–	17
22	Ryan	1,352	↑3	12
23	Jesus	1,289	–	70
24	Justin	1,289	↑2	20
25	Tyler	1,170	↓1	10
26	Robert	1,144	↑1	26
27	Austin	1,143	↓5	13
28	Carlos	1,134	↑2	59
29	Dylan	1,126	↑6	23
30	Noah	1,077	↑8	24
31	Alexander	1,069	↑1	21
32	Kevin	1,049	↑1	34
33	Samuel	1,040	↓2	27
34	Cameron	1,009	↑2	33
35	Aaron	1,007	↓7	38
36	Nathan	964	↑5	32
37	Jordan	958	↓8	30
38	Adrian	954	↓4	79
39	Eric	922	↓2	39
40	Ethan	892	↑2	37
41	Angel	884	↑7	73
42	Alejandro	848	↓2	88
43	Miguel	841	↓4	91
44	Caleb	832	↑5	41
45	Hunter	797	↑5	36
46	Jason	786	↓1	40
47	Isaac	765	new	64
48	Gabriel	760	↓4	53
49	Thomas	745	new	31
50	Isaiah	738	new	51

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