Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1985
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher | 4,984 |
| 2 | Michael | 4,166 |
| 3 | Joshua | 3,293 |
| 4 | David | 3,061 |
| 5 | James | 2,899 |
| 6 | John | 2,790 |
| 7 | Daniel | 2,746 |
| 8 | Matthew | 2,718 |
| 9 | Robert | 2,524 |
| 10 | Brandon | 2,355 |
| 11 | Jose | 2,263 |
| 12 | Justin | 2,154 |
| 13 | William | 1,858 |
| 14 | Jason | 1,816 |
| 15 | Jonathan | 1,800 |
| 16 | Joseph | 1,754 |
| 17 | Andrew | 1,693 |
| 18 | Ryan | 1,604 |
| 19 | Eric | 1,603 |
| 20 | Juan | 1,436 |
| 21 | Anthony | 1,295 |
| 22 | Brian | 1,279 |
| 23 | Kevin | 1,204 |
| 24 | Richard | 1,201 |
| 25 | Steven | 1,200 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Jeremy | 1,085 |
| 27 | Adam | 1,076 |
| 28 | Aaron | 1,064 |
| 29 | Jacob | 1,027 |
| 30 | Thomas | 1,010 |
| 31 | Stephen | 1,008 |
| 32 | Nicholas | 1,006 |
| 33 | Mark | 997 |
| 34 | Charles | 993 |
| 35 | Cody | 950 |
| 36 | Timothy | 885 |
| 37 | Dustin | 876 |
| 38 | Kyle | 848 |
| 39 | Jesus | 789 |
| 40 | Jeffrey | 769 |
| 41 | Benjamin | 764 |
| 42 | Paul | 756 |
| 43 | Zachary | 747 |
| 44 | Luis | 720 |
| 45 | Carlos | 714 |
| 46 | Patrick | 689 |
| 47 | Sean | 685 |
| 48 | Travis | 684 |
| 49 | Bryan | 672 |
| 50 | Nathan | 661 |
| 51 | Kenneth | 640 |
| 52 | Jesse | 627 |
| 53 | Adrian | 624 |
| 54 | Samuel | 591 |
| 55 | Joe | 589 |
| 56 | Marcus | 550 |
| 57 | Jorge | 546 |
| 58 | Victor | 537 |
| 59 | Gregory | 502 |
| 60 | Ricardo | 495 |
| 61 | Scott | 493 |
| 62 | Bradley | 484 |
| 63 | Miguel | 470 |
| 64 | Joel | 468 |
| 65 | Tyler | 464 |
| 66 | Edward | 461 |
| 67 | Gabriel | 460 |
| 68 | Chad | 448 |
| 69 | Jared | 445 |
| 70 | Alexander | 438 |
| 71 | Roberto | 437 |
| 72 | Francisco | 433 |
| 73 | Mario | 414 |
| 74 | Jordan | 410 |
| 75 | Ruben | 403 |
| 76 | Javier | 388 |
| 76 | Manuel | 388 |
| 78 | Derek | 378 |
| 79 | George | 372 |
| 80 | Oscar | 368 |
| 81 | Shawn | 359 |
| 82 | Blake | 354 |
| 83 | Antonio | 353 |
| 84 | Casey | 346 |
| 85 | Phillip | 343 |
| 86 | Raymond | 339 |
| 87 | Martin | 338 |
| 88 | Johnny | 333 |
| 89 | Bobby | 330 |
| 90 | Corey | 327 |
| 91 | Raul | 326 |
| 92 | Wesley | 319 |
| 93 | Jaime | 316 |
| 94 | Alejandro | 314 |
| 94 | Hector | 314 |
| 96 | Pedro | 312 |
| 97 | Billy | 309 |
| 98 | Chase | 308 |
| 99 | Austin | 305 |
| 99 | Randy | 305 |