Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1981
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 4,286 |
| 2 | Christopher | 3,895 |
| 3 | David | 3,035 |
| 4 | James | 2,977 |
| 5 | John | 2,838 |
| 6 | Jason | 2,835 |
| 7 | Robert | 2,633 |
| 8 | Joshua | 2,561 |
| 9 | Jose | 2,359 |
| 10 | Daniel | 2,207 |
| 11 | Matthew | 2,141 |
| 12 | Justin | 2,109 |
| 13 | Brandon | 1,914 |
| 14 | Joseph | 1,660 |
| 15 | Juan | 1,615 |
| 16 | Jonathan | 1,588 |
| 17 | William | 1,561 |
| 18 | Eric | 1,432 |
| 18 | Jeremy | 1,432 |
| 20 | Brian | 1,321 |
| 21 | Richard | 1,211 |
| 22 | Ryan | 1,200 |
| 23 | Steven | 1,084 |
| 24 | Aaron | 1,079 |
| 25 | Charles | 1,070 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Mark | 1,019 |
| 27 | Anthony | 1,015 |
| 28 | Kevin | 960 |
| 29 | Adam | 956 |
| 30 | Andrew | 923 |
| 31 | Thomas | 913 |
| 32 | Timothy | 889 |
| 33 | Jesus | 865 |
| 34 | Nicholas | 827 |
| 35 | Dustin | 804 |
| 36 | Stephen | 798 |
| 37 | Jeffrey | 796 |
| 38 | Jacob | 777 |
| 39 | Paul | 769 |
| 40 | Benjamin | 745 |
| 41 | Carlos | 685 |
| 42 | Kenneth | 679 |
| 43 | Luis | 665 |
| 44 | Jesse | 649 |
| 45 | Nathan | 636 |
| 46 | Travis | 620 |
| 47 | Patrick | 591 |
| 48 | Joe | 586 |
| 49 | Bryan | 571 |
| 50 | Samuel | 536 |
| 51 | Jorge | 534 |
| 52 | Chad | 520 |
| 53 | Gabriel | 519 |
| 54 | Scott | 512 |
| 55 | Ricardo | 490 |
| 56 | Roberto | 484 |
| 57 | Cody | 474 |
| 58 | Edward | 464 |
| 59 | Marcus | 461 |
| 60 | Billy | 460 |
| 61 | Adrian | 448 |
| 62 | Miguel | 446 |
| 63 | Victor | 443 |
| 64 | Bradley | 440 |
| 64 | Mario | 440 |
| 66 | Ruben | 434 |
| 67 | George | 433 |
| 68 | Gregory | 423 |
| 69 | Joel | 418 |
| 70 | Manuel | 414 |
| 71 | Kyle | 402 |
| 72 | Jared | 401 |
| 73 | Francisco | 400 |
| 74 | Raul | 398 |
| 75 | Sean | 397 |
| 76 | Bobby | 396 |
| 77 | Johnny | 394 |
| 78 | Larry | 390 |
| 79 | Gary | 387 |
| 80 | Donald | 381 |
| 81 | Antonio | 379 |
| 82 | Javier | 366 |
| 83 | Oscar | 363 |
| 84 | Phillip | 361 |
| 84 | Shawn | 361 |
| 86 | Raymond | 360 |
| 87 | Jaime | 351 |
| 88 | Zachary | 335 |
| 89 | Jerry | 333 |
| 90 | Randy | 331 |
| 91 | Alejandro | 319 |
| 91 | Frank | 319 |
| 93 | Derek | 317 |
| 94 | Jimmy | 316 |
| 95 | Ronald | 313 |
| 96 | Keith | 312 |
| 97 | Hector | 307 |
| 98 | Casey | 305 |
| 99 | Armando | 291 |
| 100 | Derrick | 287 |
| 100 | Erik | 287 |
| 100 | Pedro | 287 |