Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1988
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher | 4,021 |
| 2 | Michael | 4,010 |
| 3 | Joshua | 3,261 |
| 4 | David | 2,786 |
| 4 | Justin | 2,786 |
| 6 | Matthew | 2,747 |
| 7 | John | 2,415 |
| 8 | James | 2,289 |
| 9 | Daniel | 2,240 |
| 10 | Robert | 2,152 |
| 11 | Jose | 2,106 |
| 12 | Jonathan | 1,939 |
| 13 | Andrew | 1,916 |
| 14 | William | 1,637 |
| 15 | Brandon | 1,623 |
| 16 | Eric | 1,542 |
| 17 | Ryan | 1,540 |
| 18 | Joseph | 1,521 |
| 19 | Juan | 1,343 |
| 20 | Aaron | 1,261 |
| 21 | Anthony | 1,259 |
| 22 | Jacob | 1,256 |
| 23 | Jeremy | 1,156 |
| 24 | Kevin | 1,130 |
| 25 | Steven | 1,103 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Cody | 1,102 |
| 27 | Nicholas | 1,095 |
| 28 | Richard | 1,018 |
| 29 | Thomas | 1,008 |
| 30 | Jason | 992 |
| 31 | Brian | 986 |
| 32 | Zachary | 977 |
| 33 | Mark | 920 |
| 34 | Adam | 914 |
| 35 | Travis | 903 |
| 36 | Kyle | 888 |
| 37 | Charles | 887 |
| 38 | Stephen | 878 |
| 39 | Timothy | 846 |
| 40 | Benjamin | 833 |
| 41 | Luis | 796 |
| 42 | Samuel | 757 |
| 43 | Jesus | 739 |
| 44 | Carlos | 709 |
| 45 | Patrick | 698 |
| 46 | Paul | 697 |
| 47 | Nathan | 691 |
| 48 | Dustin | 677 |
| 49 | Adrian | 637 |
| 50 | Alexander | 635 |
| 51 | Jeffrey | 625 |
| 52 | Sean | 622 |
| 53 | Tyler | 600 |
| 54 | Austin | 591 |
| 55 | Jesse | 583 |
| 56 | Jordan | 579 |
| 57 | Bryan | 573 |
| 58 | Kenneth | 571 |
| 59 | Jorge | 548 |
| 60 | Ricardo | 535 |
| 61 | Victor | 526 |
| 62 | Joe | 503 |
| 63 | Marcus | 494 |
| 64 | Corey | 471 |
| 65 | Francisco | 466 |
| 66 | Cameron | 462 |
| 67 | Miguel | 461 |
| 68 | Derek | 459 |
| 69 | Scott | 453 |
| 70 | Roberto | 446 |
| 71 | Jared | 440 |
| 72 | Mario | 431 |
| 73 | Cory | 419 |
| 74 | Edward | 416 |
| 75 | Taylor | 415 |
| 76 | Joel | 410 |
| 77 | Gabriel | 409 |
| 78 | Ruben | 407 |
| 79 | Bradley | 404 |
| 80 | Gregory | 397 |
| 81 | Martin | 395 |
| 82 | Oscar | 394 |
| 83 | Manuel | 370 |
| 84 | Alex | 369 |
| 85 | Phillip | 367 |
| 86 | Javier | 362 |
| 87 | Hector | 357 |
| 88 | Chad | 346 |
| 89 | Antonio | 345 |
| 90 | Sergio | 341 |
| 91 | Blake | 337 |
| 92 | Casey | 336 |
| 93 | George | 335 |
| 94 | Edgar | 330 |
| 95 | Chase | 323 |
| 96 | Raul | 321 |
| 97 | Jaime | 315 |
| 98 | Shawn | 312 |
| 99 | Christian | 307 |
| 100 | Wesley | 304 |