Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1979
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,975 |
| 2 | Christopher | 3,658 |
| 3 | Jason | 3,277 |
| 4 | David | 3,033 |
| 5 | James | 2,791 |
| 6 | John | 2,761 |
| 7 | Robert | 2,328 |
| 8 | Jose | 2,047 |
| 9 | Joshua | 1,875 |
| 10 | Daniel | 1,864 |
| 11 | Matthew | 1,645 |
| 12 | William | 1,502 |
| 13 | Juan | 1,497 |
| 14 | Jeremy | 1,450 |
| 15 | Eric | 1,420 |
| 16 | Joseph | 1,390 |
| 17 | Brian | 1,293 |
| 18 | Justin | 1,245 |
| 19 | Richard | 1,153 |
| 20 | Brandon | 1,043 |
| 21 | Charles | 1,036 |
| 22 | Kevin | 1,034 |
| 23 | Mark | 1,012 |
| 24 | Ryan | 943 |
| 25 | Steven | 924 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Timothy | 896 |
| 27 | Jeffrey | 894 |
| 28 | Nicholas | 883 |
| 29 | Aaron | 859 |
| 30 | Anthony | 854 |
| 31 | Jonathan | 819 |
| 32 | Adam | 814 |
| 33 | Andrew | 809 |
| 34 | Thomas | 802 |
| 35 | Jesus | 734 |
| 36 | Paul | 719 |
| 37 | Carlos | 707 |
| 38 | Stephen | 668 |
| 39 | Joe | 637 |
| 40 | Chad | 602 |
| 41 | Kenneth | 598 |
| 42 | Patrick | 569 |
| 43 | Scott | 567 |
| 44 | Benjamin | 565 |
| 45 | Jacob | 562 |
| 46 | Nathan | 558 |
| 47 | Bryan | 533 |
| 47 | Luis | 533 |
| 49 | Travis | 522 |
| 50 | Samuel | 520 |
| 51 | Jesse | 492 |
| 52 | Gabriel | 466 |
| 53 | Jorge | 460 |
| 54 | Bradley | 458 |
| 54 | Ricardo | 458 |
| 56 | Edward | 435 |
| 57 | Billy | 433 |
| 58 | Roberto | 431 |
| 59 | Adrian | 418 |
| 60 | Mario | 414 |
| 61 | Gregory | 412 |
| 62 | Marcus | 410 |
| 63 | Cody | 407 |
| 64 | George | 391 |
| 65 | Ruben | 389 |
| 65 | Victor | 389 |
| 67 | Shawn | 382 |
| 68 | Dustin | 380 |
| 69 | Larry | 377 |
| 70 | Johnny | 373 |
| 71 | Manuel | 372 |
| 72 | Miguel | 367 |
| 73 | Francisco | 360 |
| 74 | Antonio | 357 |
| 75 | Kyle | 356 |
| 76 | Phillip | 350 |
| 77 | Donald | 341 |
| 78 | Derrick | 340 |
| 79 | Bobby | 338 |
| 80 | Gary | 337 |
| 81 | Erik | 336 |
| 82 | Joel | 334 |
| 83 | Jimmy | 329 |
| 84 | Jerry | 325 |
| 85 | Jaime | 323 |
| 85 | Raul | 323 |
| 87 | Raymond | 313 |
| 88 | Hector | 308 |
| 89 | Keith | 307 |
| 90 | Javier | 305 |
| 91 | Wesley | 304 |
| 92 | Ronald | 299 |
| 93 | Frank | 298 |
| 94 | Russell | 296 |
| 95 | Randy | 295 |
| 96 | Oscar | 291 |
| 97 | Sean | 289 |
| 98 | Corey | 283 |
| 98 | Jared | 283 |
| 100 | Casey | 281 |
| 100 | Pedro | 281 |