Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1983
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher | 4,962 |
| 2 | Michael | 4,459 |
| 3 | David | 3,106 |
| 4 | James | 2,940 |
| 5 | Matthew | 2,903 |
| 6 | John | 2,833 |
| 7 | Joshua | 2,557 |
| 8 | Jason | 2,522 |
| 9 | Robert | 2,453 |
| 10 | Daniel | 2,400 |
| 11 | Justin | 2,257 |
| 12 | Jose | 2,178 |
| 13 | Brandon | 2,085 |
| 14 | William | 1,752 |
| 15 | Jonathan | 1,684 |
| 16 | Joseph | 1,611 |
| 17 | Juan | 1,563 |
| 18 | Eric | 1,514 |
| 19 | Ryan | 1,432 |
| 20 | Brian | 1,310 |
| 21 | Andrew | 1,293 |
| 22 | Steven | 1,279 |
| 23 | Richard | 1,271 |
| 24 | Adam | 1,253 |
| 25 | Anthony | 1,183 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Aaron | 1,153 |
| 27 | Jeremy | 1,130 |
| 28 | Charles | 1,086 |
| 29 | Thomas | 1,084 |
| 30 | Mark | 1,057 |
| 31 | Kevin | 1,038 |
| 32 | Stephen | 961 |
| 33 | Jacob | 922 |
| 34 | Nicholas | 894 |
| 35 | Timothy | 886 |
| 36 | Jeffrey | 868 |
| 37 | Dustin | 851 |
| 38 | Jesus | 773 |
| 39 | Benjamin | 767 |
| 40 | Paul | 761 |
| 41 | Kyle | 722 |
| 42 | Bryan | 691 |
| 43 | Cody | 676 |
| 44 | Travis | 673 |
| 45 | Carlos | 667 |
| 46 | Jesse | 659 |
| 47 | Nathan | 656 |
| 48 | Luis | 642 |
| 49 | Kenneth | 638 |
| 50 | Patrick | 609 |
| 51 | Samuel | 607 |
| 52 | Adrian | 560 |
| 53 | Joe | 551 |
| 54 | Marcus | 540 |
| 55 | Chad | 524 |
| 56 | Sean | 515 |
| 57 | Gabriel | 512 |
| 58 | Zachary | 497 |
| 59 | Scott | 491 |
| 60 | Edward | 486 |
| 61 | Ricardo | 475 |
| 62 | Miguel | 467 |
| 63 | Roberto | 466 |
| 64 | Bradley | 462 |
| 64 | Derek | 462 |
| 64 | Gregory | 462 |
| 67 | Ruben | 457 |
| 68 | Jorge | 447 |
| 69 | Victor | 436 |
| 70 | Jared | 429 |
| 71 | Joel | 418 |
| 72 | Francisco | 392 |
| 72 | Manuel | 392 |
| 72 | Mario | 392 |
| 75 | Johnny | 391 |
| 76 | Phillip | 375 |
| 77 | Shawn | 371 |
| 78 | George | 363 |
| 79 | Billy | 360 |
| 80 | Donald | 349 |
| 81 | Javier | 348 |
| 81 | Oscar | 348 |
| 83 | Antonio | 336 |
| 84 | Bobby | 335 |
| 85 | Jerry | 334 |
| 85 | Raul | 334 |
| 87 | Gary | 331 |
| 88 | Martin | 330 |
| 89 | Raymond | 329 |
| 90 | Jimmy | 324 |
| 91 | Larry | 318 |
| 92 | Casey | 312 |
| 92 | Jordan | 312 |
| 92 | Randy | 312 |
| 95 | Hector | 309 |
| 95 | Keith | 309 |
| 97 | Blake | 305 |
| 98 | Wesley | 302 |
| 99 | Ronald | 297 |
| 100 | Jaime | 290 |