Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1977
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,937 |
| 2 | Christopher | 3,282 |
| 3 | Jason | 3,246 |
| 4 | David | 2,728 |
| 5 | James | 2,640 |
| 6 | John | 2,486 |
| 7 | Robert | 2,236 |
| 8 | Jose | 1,694 |
| 9 | Daniel | 1,513 |
| 10 | William | 1,421 |
| 11 | Brian | 1,410 |
| 12 | Matthew | 1,364 |
| 13 | Juan | 1,363 |
| 14 | Kevin | 1,302 |
| 15 | Jeremy | 1,299 |
| 16 | Joseph | 1,170 |
| 17 | Joshua | 1,144 |
| 18 | Eric | 1,143 |
| 19 | Richard | 1,124 |
| 20 | Charles | 1,022 |
| 21 | Steven | 963 |
| 22 | Mark | 955 |
| 23 | Jeffrey | 845 |
| 24 | Ryan | 843 |
| 25 | Thomas | 812 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Timothy | 787 |
| 27 | Anthony | 765 |
| 28 | Brandon | 759 |
| 29 | Justin | 728 |
| 30 | Paul | 663 |
| 31 | Andrew | 662 |
| 31 | Joe | 662 |
| 33 | Jonathan | 645 |
| 34 | Aaron | 641 |
| 35 | Chad | 625 |
| 36 | Stephen | 623 |
| 37 | Carlos | 608 |
| 38 | Jesus | 595 |
| 39 | Kenneth | 593 |
| 40 | Bryan | 555 |
| 41 | Adam | 527 |
| 42 | Benjamin | 515 |
| 43 | Gabriel | 504 |
| 44 | Nathan | 503 |
| 45 | Scott | 487 |
| 46 | Patrick | 482 |
| 47 | Shawn | 479 |
| 48 | Samuel | 459 |
| 49 | Luis | 455 |
| 50 | Gregory | 452 |
| 51 | Jesse | 451 |
| 52 | Jacob | 437 |
| 53 | Larry | 428 |
| 54 | Edward | 427 |
| 55 | Roberto | 420 |
| 56 | George | 418 |
| 57 | Billy | 414 |
| 58 | Bradley | 409 |
| 59 | Ruben | 401 |
| 60 | Gary | 396 |
| 61 | Adrian | 391 |
| 61 | Johnny | 391 |
| 63 | Wesley | 387 |
| 64 | Ricardo | 385 |
| 65 | Marcus | 383 |
| 66 | Travis | 381 |
| 67 | Jimmy | 380 |
| 68 | Mario | 375 |
| 69 | Jerry | 374 |
| 70 | Victor | 367 |
| 71 | Jorge | 354 |
| 72 | Donald | 350 |
| 73 | Corey | 349 |
| 74 | Cody | 328 |
| 75 | Manuel | 326 |
| 76 | Joel | 317 |
| 77 | Phillip | 316 |
| 78 | Miguel | 310 |
| 79 | Antonio | 304 |
| 79 | Francisco | 304 |
| 79 | Keith | 304 |
| 82 | Jaime | 303 |
| 83 | Sean | 302 |
| 84 | Bobby | 301 |
| 84 | Javier | 301 |
| 86 | Raul | 298 |
| 86 | Raymond | 298 |
| 88 | Jeffery | 287 |
| 89 | Ronald | 286 |
| 90 | Oscar | 279 |
| 91 | Derrick | 276 |
| 92 | Cory | 273 |
| 93 | Shane | 272 |
| 94 | Dustin | 269 |
| 95 | Frank | 267 |
| 95 | Russell | 267 |
| 97 | Danny | 265 |
| 98 | Randy | 261 |
| 99 | Rene | 256 |
| 100 | Jeremiah | 248 |