Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1978
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,857 |
| 2 | Christopher | 3,405 |
| 3 | Jason | 3,233 |
| 4 | David | 2,861 |
| 5 | James | 2,724 |
| 6 | John | 2,531 |
| 7 | Robert | 2,233 |
| 8 | Jose | 1,686 |
| 9 | Daniel | 1,604 |
| 10 | Juan | 1,511 |
| 11 | Joshua | 1,496 |
| 12 | William | 1,466 |
| 13 | Matthew | 1,420 |
| 14 | Brian | 1,322 |
| 15 | Joseph | 1,284 |
| 16 | Jeremy | 1,198 |
| 17 | Eric | 1,167 |
| 18 | Richard | 1,145 |
| 19 | Kevin | 1,113 |
| 20 | Charles | 1,103 |
| 21 | Mark | 1,015 |
| 22 | Justin | 1,007 |
| 23 | Steven | 929 |
| 24 | Timothy | 864 |
| 25 | Brandon | 840 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Anthony | 833 |
| 27 | Ryan | 832 |
| 28 | Thomas | 824 |
| 29 | Jeffrey | 817 |
| 30 | Aaron | 749 |
| 31 | Jonathan | 706 |
| 31 | Paul | 706 |
| 33 | Andrew | 705 |
| 33 | Nicholas | 705 |
| 35 | Stephen | 696 |
| 36 | Joe | 641 |
| 37 | Chad | 634 |
| 38 | Jesus | 629 |
| 39 | Kenneth | 597 |
| 40 | Adam | 595 |
| 41 | Carlos | 578 |
| 42 | Bryan | 538 |
| 43 | Scott | 537 |
| 44 | Nathan | 529 |
| 45 | Patrick | 517 |
| 46 | Benjamin | 513 |
| 47 | Jacob | 500 |
| 47 | Jesse | 500 |
| 49 | Samuel | 463 |
| 50 | Gabriel | 461 |
| 51 | Shawn | 444 |
| 52 | Adrian | 434 |
| 53 | Ricardo | 425 |
| 54 | Edward | 420 |
| 55 | Roberto | 415 |
| 55 | Ruben | 415 |
| 57 | Gregory | 405 |
| 58 | Luis | 401 |
| 59 | George | 397 |
| 60 | Larry | 392 |
| 61 | Mario | 385 |
| 62 | Billy | 383 |
| 63 | Cody | 381 |
| 64 | Travis | 380 |
| 65 | Johnny | 374 |
| 65 | Manuel | 374 |
| 67 | Jorge | 370 |
| 68 | Marcus | 365 |
| 69 | Victor | 362 |
| 70 | Francisco | 358 |
| 71 | Miguel | 356 |
| 72 | Gary | 352 |
| 73 | Bradley | 351 |
| 74 | Jerry | 349 |
| 75 | Joel | 341 |
| 76 | Donald | 340 |
| 77 | Phillip | 328 |
| 78 | Dustin | 324 |
| 79 | Bobby | 323 |
| 80 | Derrick | 322 |
| 81 | Jimmy | 320 |
| 82 | Wesley | 317 |
| 83 | Raul | 315 |
| 84 | Antonio | 310 |
| 85 | Javier | 308 |
| 86 | Keith | 307 |
| 87 | Frank | 305 |
| 87 | Oscar | 305 |
| 89 | Ronald | 303 |
| 90 | Kyle | 301 |
| 91 | Corey | 296 |
| 91 | Sean | 296 |
| 93 | Jaime | 294 |
| 94 | Jeffery | 289 |
| 95 | Raymond | 286 |
| 96 | Randy | 277 |
| 97 | Casey | 270 |
| 98 | Hector | 264 |
| 98 | Shaun | 264 |
| 100 | Douglas | 255 |
| 100 | Eduardo | 255 |
| 100 | Tony | 255 |