Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1986
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher | 4,642 |
| 2 | Michael | 3,996 |
| 3 | David | 3,010 |
| 4 | Matthew | 2,982 |
| 5 | Joshua | 2,873 |
| 6 | James | 2,664 |
| 7 | John | 2,651 |
| 8 | Daniel | 2,538 |
| 9 | Justin | 2,366 |
| 10 | Robert | 2,319 |
| 11 | Jose | 2,177 |
| 12 | Brandon | 2,067 |
| 13 | Andrew | 1,938 |
| 14 | Jonathan | 1,850 |
| 15 | William | 1,740 |
| 16 | Joseph | 1,681 |
| 17 | Ryan | 1,623 |
| 18 | Eric | 1,502 |
| 19 | Jason | 1,478 |
| 20 | Jeremy | 1,432 |
| 21 | Juan | 1,423 |
| 22 | Anthony | 1,225 |
| 23 | Steven | 1,221 |
| 24 | Kevin | 1,205 |
| 25 | Jacob | 1,185 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Richard | 1,179 |
| 27 | Brian | 1,133 |
| 28 | Aaron | 1,130 |
| 29 | Thomas | 1,057 |
| 30 | Nicholas | 1,022 |
| 31 | Adam | 1,013 |
| 32 | Kyle | 990 |
| 33 | Stephen | 979 |
| 34 | Charles | 961 |
| 35 | Mark | 947 |
| 36 | Cody | 945 |
| 37 | Timothy | 905 |
| 38 | Dustin | 816 |
| 39 | Luis | 794 |
| 40 | Benjamin | 778 |
| 41 | Zachary | 772 |
| 42 | Jesus | 749 |
| 43 | Jeffrey | 739 |
| 44 | Paul | 714 |
| 45 | Travis | 695 |
| 46 | Carlos | 693 |
| 47 | Patrick | 688 |
| 48 | Samuel | 678 |
| 49 | Bryan | 669 |
| 50 | Jesse | 652 |
| 51 | Nathan | 632 |
| 52 | Sean | 604 |
| 53 | Adrian | 589 |
| 54 | Joe | 567 |
| 55 | Kenneth | 565 |
| 56 | Alexander | 554 |
| 57 | Jordan | 543 |
| 58 | Marcus | 530 |
| 59 | Scott | 525 |
| 60 | Tyler | 515 |
| 61 | Gregory | 492 |
| 62 | Victor | 487 |
| 63 | Ricardo | 486 |
| 64 | Miguel | 481 |
| 65 | Bradley | 480 |
| 66 | Jorge | 466 |
| 67 | Edward | 454 |
| 68 | Gabriel | 452 |
| 69 | Jared | 450 |
| 70 | Roberto | 431 |
| 71 | Francisco | 426 |
| 72 | Joel | 425 |
| 73 | Chad | 423 |
| 74 | Antonio | 406 |
| 74 | Mario | 406 |
| 76 | Derek | 402 |
| 77 | Manuel | 397 |
| 78 | Phillip | 389 |
| 79 | Austin | 388 |
| 80 | Corey | 381 |
| 81 | Shawn | 378 |
| 82 | Casey | 377 |
| 83 | Javier | 376 |
| 84 | Raul | 375 |
| 85 | Cory | 367 |
| 86 | Ruben | 366 |
| 87 | Oscar | 365 |
| 88 | Martin | 345 |
| 89 | Blake | 342 |
| 90 | Raymond | 341 |
| 91 | Hector | 339 |
| 92 | George | 334 |
| 93 | Alex | 333 |
| 94 | Johnny | 326 |
| 95 | Alejandro | 322 |
| 96 | Pedro | 311 |
| 97 | Bobby | 307 |
| 98 | Wesley | 306 |
| 99 | Randy | 298 |
| 100 | Sergio | 297 |