Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1976
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,944 |
| 2 | Christopher | 3,106 |
| 3 | Jason | 3,021 |
| 4 | David | 2,645 |
| 5 | James | 2,507 |
| 6 | John | 2,348 |
| 7 | Robert | 2,133 |
| 8 | Jose | 1,743 |
| 9 | Juan | 1,544 |
| 10 | Daniel | 1,411 |
| 11 | William | 1,317 |
| 12 | Brian | 1,280 |
| 13 | Matthew | 1,172 |
| 14 | Jeremy | 1,165 |
| 15 | Eric | 1,098 |
| 15 | Joseph | 1,098 |
| 17 | Richard | 1,062 |
| 18 | Mark | 1,045 |
| 19 | Kevin | 995 |
| 20 | Steven | 979 |
| 21 | Charles | 951 |
| 22 | Jeffrey | 856 |
| 23 | Joshua | 827 |
| 24 | Timothy | 781 |
| 25 | Anthony | 752 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Paul | 715 |
| 27 | Brandon | 711 |
| 28 | Thomas | 709 |
| 29 | Ryan | 674 |
| 30 | Chad | 670 |
| 31 | Jesus | 668 |
| 32 | Stephen | 658 |
| 33 | Justin | 634 |
| 34 | Joe | 623 |
| 35 | Jonathan | 572 |
| 36 | Scott | 569 |
| 37 | Aaron | 563 |
| 38 | Kenneth | 549 |
| 39 | Carlos | 547 |
| 40 | Andrew | 535 |
| 41 | Benjamin | 503 |
| 42 | Gregory | 501 |
| 43 | Bryan | 491 |
| 44 | Shawn | 469 |
| 45 | Adam | 465 |
| 46 | Gabriel | 451 |
| 47 | Edward | 436 |
| 48 | Nathan | 434 |
| 49 | Billy | 429 |
| 50 | Samuel | 426 |
| 51 | Jesse | 418 |
| 51 | Larry | 418 |
| 53 | Roberto | 416 |
| 54 | Patrick | 415 |
| 55 | Ruben | 413 |
| 56 | Luis | 410 |
| 57 | Johnny | 408 |
| 58 | George | 403 |
| 58 | Jerry | 403 |
| 60 | Adrian | 384 |
| 61 | Bradley | 381 |
| 62 | Ricardo | 378 |
| 63 | Victor | 375 |
| 64 | Manuel | 372 |
| 65 | Mario | 370 |
| 66 | Marcus | 368 |
| 67 | Antonio | 364 |
| 68 | Raul | 363 |
| 69 | Joel | 355 |
| 69 | Jorge | 355 |
| 71 | Gary | 349 |
| 72 | Francisco | 347 |
| 73 | Donald | 340 |
| 74 | Keith | 337 |
| 75 | Jimmy | 329 |
| 76 | Corey | 321 |
| 77 | Miguel | 317 |
| 78 | Oscar | 316 |
| 79 | Jaime | 314 |
| 80 | Sean | 312 |
| 81 | Ronald | 311 |
| 82 | Bobby | 306 |
| 82 | Cody | 306 |
| 84 | Jacob | 304 |
| 85 | Travis | 303 |
| 86 | Randy | 298 |
| 87 | Javier | 296 |
| 88 | Raymond | 295 |
| 89 | Phillip | 282 |
| 90 | Hector | 278 |
| 91 | Armando | 277 |
| 92 | Eduardo | 276 |
| 93 | Derrick | 273 |
| 94 | Shane | 270 |
| 95 | Russell | 257 |
| 96 | Frank | 256 |
| 97 | Alejandro | 255 |
| 98 | Terry | 251 |
| 99 | Danny | 249 |
| 100 | Rene | 236 |