Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1980
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 4,249 |
| 2 | Christopher | 3,844 |
| 3 | Jason | 3,179 |
| 4 | David | 3,015 |
| 5 | James | 2,842 |
| 6 | John | 2,712 |
| 7 | Robert | 2,475 |
| 8 | Joshua | 2,297 |
| 9 | Jose | 2,208 |
| 10 | Justin | 1,988 |
| 11 | Daniel | 1,911 |
| 12 | Matthew | 1,815 |
| 13 | William | 1,691 |
| 14 | Juan | 1,667 |
| 15 | Joseph | 1,581 |
| 16 | Eric | 1,567 |
| 17 | Brian | 1,415 |
| 18 | Jeremy | 1,395 |
| 19 | Brandon | 1,329 |
| 20 | Jonathan | 1,244 |
| 21 | Richard | 1,215 |
| 22 | Charles | 1,091 |
| 23 | Ryan | 1,076 |
| 24 | Kevin | 1,065 |
| 25 | Mark | 1,019 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Aaron | 993 |
| 27 | Thomas | 963 |
| 28 | Steven | 960 |
| 29 | Anthony | 914 |
| 30 | Andrew | 899 |
| 30 | Timothy | 899 |
| 32 | Jeffrey | 887 |
| 33 | Jesus | 857 |
| 34 | Nicholas | 843 |
| 35 | Adam | 839 |
| 36 | Paul | 764 |
| 37 | Stephen | 732 |
| 38 | Benjamin | 695 |
| 39 | Dustin | 693 |
| 40 | Jacob | 685 |
| 41 | Luis | 667 |
| 42 | Kenneth | 664 |
| 43 | Carlos | 650 |
| 44 | Joe | 635 |
| 45 | Jesse | 632 |
| 46 | Nathan | 602 |
| 47 | Chad | 599 |
| 48 | Patrick | 594 |
| 49 | Samuel | 578 |
| 50 | Bryan | 554 |
| 51 | Scott | 545 |
| 52 | Ricardo | 537 |
| 53 | Travis | 518 |
| 54 | Adrian | 497 |
| 55 | Edward | 494 |
| 56 | Roberto | 478 |
| 57 | Bradley | 476 |
| 58 | Jorge | 475 |
| 59 | Gabriel | 470 |
| 60 | Gregory | 463 |
| 61 | Cody | 456 |
| 62 | Billy | 442 |
| 63 | Ruben | 436 |
| 64 | Mario | 432 |
| 65 | George | 429 |
| 66 | Marcus | 416 |
| 67 | Larry | 409 |
| 68 | Victor | 406 |
| 69 | Antonio | 403 |
| 70 | Raul | 399 |
| 71 | Shawn | 398 |
| 72 | Joel | 390 |
| 73 | Francisco | 385 |
| 74 | Derek | 382 |
| 75 | Miguel | 377 |
| 76 | Johnny | 376 |
| 77 | Phillip | 374 |
| 78 | Jimmy | 370 |
| 79 | Bobby | 367 |
| 80 | Donald | 362 |
| 80 | Kyle | 362 |
| 82 | Javier | 353 |
| 83 | Oscar | 351 |
| 84 | Erik | 350 |
| 85 | Gary | 349 |
| 85 | Manuel | 349 |
| 87 | Jaime | 339 |
| 88 | Derrick | 336 |
| 89 | Wesley | 332 |
| 90 | Jerry | 331 |
| 91 | Hector | 325 |
| 92 | Sean | 317 |
| 93 | Raymond | 312 |
| 94 | Alejandro | 311 |
| 94 | Keith | 311 |
| 94 | Zachary | 311 |
| 97 | Ronald | 310 |
| 98 | Jared | 307 |
| 99 | Casey | 299 |
| 100 | Randy | 295 |