Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1987
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher | 4,279 |
| 2 | Michael | 3,990 |
| 3 | Joshua | 3,041 |
| 4 | David | 2,883 |
| 5 | Matthew | 2,803 |
| 6 | Justin | 2,664 |
| 7 | John | 2,493 |
| 8 | Daniel | 2,406 |
| 9 | James | 2,332 |
| 10 | Robert | 2,264 |
| 11 | Jose | 2,178 |
| 12 | Andrew | 1,965 |
| 13 | Jonathan | 1,915 |
| 14 | Brandon | 1,784 |
| 15 | Joseph | 1,646 |
| 16 | William | 1,616 |
| 17 | Ryan | 1,605 |
| 18 | Eric | 1,584 |
| 19 | Jeremy | 1,367 |
| 20 | Juan | 1,348 |
| 21 | Kevin | 1,257 |
| 22 | Anthony | 1,245 |
| 23 | Jason | 1,236 |
| 24 | Jacob | 1,219 |
| 25 | Aaron | 1,173 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Steven | 1,088 |
| 27 | Brian | 1,047 |
| 28 | Richard | 1,045 |
| 29 | Nicholas | 1,030 |
| 30 | Cody | 1,028 |
| 31 | Thomas | 980 |
| 32 | Kyle | 939 |
| 33 | Timothy | 930 |
| 34 | Mark | 927 |
| 35 | Charles | 920 |
| 36 | Stephen | 914 |
| 37 | Adam | 911 |
| 38 | Benjamin | 840 |
| 39 | Dustin | 827 |
| 40 | Travis | 812 |
| 41 | Zachary | 805 |
| 42 | Jesus | 800 |
| 43 | Jeffrey | 737 |
| 44 | Luis | 707 |
| 45 | Samuel | 704 |
| 46 | Paul | 680 |
| 47 | Bryan | 679 |
| 48 | Patrick | 654 |
| 49 | Carlos | 647 |
| 50 | Nathan | 621 |
| 51 | Jesse | 605 |
| 52 | Alexander | 580 |
| 53 | Jordan | 574 |
| 54 | Adrian | 554 |
| 55 | Sean | 547 |
| 56 | Kenneth | 542 |
| 57 | Tyler | 530 |
| 58 | Joe | 513 |
| 59 | Victor | 502 |
| 60 | Derek | 484 |
| 61 | Jorge | 479 |
| 61 | Scott | 479 |
| 63 | Gregory | 472 |
| 64 | Jared | 466 |
| 65 | Miguel | 465 |
| 66 | Marcus | 458 |
| 67 | Mario | 456 |
| 68 | Austin | 452 |
| 69 | Gabriel | 435 |
| 70 | Francisco | 434 |
| 71 | Cory | 431 |
| 72 | Ricardo | 430 |
| 73 | Ruben | 426 |
| 74 | Edward | 423 |
| 75 | Bradley | 422 |
| 76 | Corey | 418 |
| 77 | Roberto | 417 |
| 78 | Phillip | 409 |
| 79 | Joel | 402 |
| 80 | Antonio | 394 |
| 81 | Manuel | 391 |
| 82 | Martin | 390 |
| 83 | Chad | 376 |
| 84 | Javier | 372 |
| 85 | Oscar | 371 |
| 86 | Alex | 357 |
| 87 | Edgar | 346 |
| 88 | Raul | 345 |
| 89 | Casey | 334 |
| 89 | Hector | 334 |
| 91 | Alejandro | 331 |
| 92 | Blake | 323 |
| 93 | Wesley | 322 |
| 94 | Raymond | 320 |
| 95 | George | 316 |
| 96 | Pedro | 313 |
| 97 | Sergio | 307 |
| 98 | Johnny | 305 |
| 99 | Shawn | 302 |
| 100 | Taylor | 300 |