Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1982
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher | 4,911 |
| 2 | Michael | 4,424 |
| 3 | David | 3,161 |
| 4 | James | 3,055 |
| 5 | John | 2,945 |
| 6 | Jason | 2,916 |
| 7 | Joshua | 2,672 |
| 8 | Robert | 2,637 |
| 9 | Matthew | 2,488 |
| 10 | Justin | 2,326 |
| 11 | Daniel | 2,320 |
| 12 | Jose | 2,186 |
| 13 | Brandon | 1,841 |
| 14 | William | 1,785 |
| 15 | Joseph | 1,681 |
| 16 | Jonathan | 1,669 |
| 17 | Juan | 1,559 |
| 18 | Eric | 1,522 |
| 19 | Brian | 1,383 |
| 20 | Richard | 1,295 |
| 21 | Ryan | 1,293 |
| 22 | Jeremy | 1,249 |
| 23 | Steven | 1,163 |
| 24 | Charles | 1,159 |
| 25 | Andrew | 1,098 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Anthony | 1,090 |
| 27 | Aaron | 1,053 |
| 28 | Mark | 1,030 |
| 29 | Kevin | 1,021 |
| 30 | Thomas | 1,017 |
| 31 | Adam | 986 |
| 32 | Timothy | 944 |
| 33 | Dustin | 899 |
| 34 | Nicholas | 885 |
| 35 | Jeffrey | 863 |
| 36 | Stephen | 859 |
| 37 | Jacob | 857 |
| 38 | Jesus | 802 |
| 39 | Benjamin | 801 |
| 40 | Paul | 760 |
| 41 | Carlos | 730 |
| 42 | Jesse | 693 |
| 43 | Kenneth | 669 |
| 44 | Cody | 663 |
| 45 | Joe | 656 |
| 46 | Travis | 651 |
| 47 | Patrick | 647 |
| 48 | Luis | 638 |
| 49 | Chad | 606 |
| 50 | Nathan | 602 |
| 51 | Bryan | 599 |
| 52 | Samuel | 582 |
| 53 | Gregory | 560 |
| 54 | Scott | 523 |
| 55 | Adrian | 517 |
| 56 | Bradley | 507 |
| 57 | Ricardo | 505 |
| 58 | Sean | 503 |
| 59 | Miguel | 501 |
| 60 | Kyle | 498 |
| 61 | Marcus | 496 |
| 62 | Roberto | 469 |
| 63 | Gabriel | 464 |
| 64 | Victor | 463 |
| 65 | Jared | 462 |
| 66 | Jorge | 456 |
| 67 | Manuel | 451 |
| 68 | Ruben | 445 |
| 69 | Edward | 442 |
| 70 | Francisco | 438 |
| 71 | Oscar | 427 |
| 72 | Billy | 415 |
| 72 | George | 415 |
| 74 | Zachary | 413 |
| 75 | Mario | 409 |
| 76 | Bobby | 404 |
| 76 | Phillip | 404 |
| 78 | Derek | 390 |
| 79 | Antonio | 377 |
| 80 | Johnny | 372 |
| 80 | Shawn | 372 |
| 82 | Jerry | 366 |
| 83 | Joel | 363 |
| 84 | Hector | 361 |
| 85 | Raul | 359 |
| 86 | Donald | 357 |
| 87 | Jaime | 356 |
| 88 | Gary | 354 |
| 89 | Larry | 351 |
| 89 | Wesley | 351 |
| 91 | Javier | 343 |
| 92 | Casey | 335 |
| 93 | Alejandro | 332 |
| 93 | Keith | 332 |
| 95 | Randy | 330 |
| 96 | Raymond | 327 |
| 97 | Fernando | 326 |
| 98 | Martin | 313 |
| 99 | Derrick | 304 |
| 100 | Jimmy | 303 |