Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1996
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jose | 2,825 |
| 2 | Christopher | 2,802 |
| 3 | Michael | 2,602 |
| 4 | Joshua | 2,434 |
| 5 | Jacob | 2,362 |
| 6 | David | 2,184 |
| 7 | Matthew | 2,163 |
| 8 | Daniel | 2,034 |
| 9 | Jonathan | 1,943 |
| 10 | Brandon | 1,932 |
| 11 | John | 1,813 |
| 12 | Juan | 1,768 |
| 13 | Christian | 1,751 |
| 14 | Andrew | 1,629 |
| 15 | Justin | 1,620 |
| 16 | James | 1,493 |
| 17 | Joseph | 1,482 |
| 18 | Zachary | 1,466 |
| 19 | Austin | 1,454 |
| 20 | William | 1,451 |
| 21 | Tyler | 1,444 |
| 22 | Robert | 1,393 |
| 23 | Ryan | 1,355 |
| 24 | Nicholas | 1,344 |
| 25 | Anthony | 1,309 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Jesus | 1,263 |
| 27 | Luis | 1,244 |
| 28 | Aaron | 1,154 |
| 29 | Kevin | 1,064 |
| 30 | Eric | 1,050 |
| 31 | Samuel | 1,027 |
| 32 | Alexander | 986 |
| 33 | Carlos | 951 |
| 34 | Jordan | 927 |
| 35 | Cody | 920 |
| 36 | Dylan | 828 |
| 37 | Miguel | 804 |
| 38 | Jorge | 776 |
| 39 | Thomas | 756 |
| 40 | Benjamin | 743 |
| 41 | Adrian | 737 |
| 42 | Kyle | 728 |
| 43 | Alejandro | 719 |
| 44 | Jason | 710 |
| 45 | Caleb | 695 |
| 46 | Cameron | 689 |
| 47 | Nathan | 683 |
| 48 | Hunter | 681 |
| 49 | Mark | 675 |
| 50 | Steven | 667 |
| 51 | Gabriel | 664 |
| 52 | Richard | 649 |
| 53 | Victor | 635 |
| 54 | Ricardo | 612 |
| 55 | Eduardo | 606 |
| 56 | Oscar | 605 |
| 57 | Jesse | 602 |
| 58 | Brian | 576 |
| 59 | Charles | 572 |
| 60 | Angel | 569 |
| 61 | Bryan | 560 |
| 62 | Cristian | 552 |
| 63 | Adam | 550 |
| 64 | Francisco | 549 |
| 65 | Javier | 527 |
| 66 | Garrett | 518 |
| 67 | Tristan | 516 |
| 68 | Isaac | 514 |
| 69 | Jeremy | 510 |
| 70 | Colton | 502 |
| 71 | Timothy | 499 |
| 72 | Antonio | 497 |
| 73 | Mario | 491 |
| 74 | Patrick | 486 |
| 75 | Mason | 480 |
| 76 | Logan | 478 |
| 77 | Edgar | 468 |
| 78 | Stephen | 466 |
| 79 | Isaiah | 458 |
| 80 | Manuel | 450 |
| 81 | Chase | 442 |
| 82 | Alex | 441 |
| 83 | Roberto | 439 |
| 84 | Blake | 438 |
| 85 | Hector | 436 |
| 86 | Travis | 432 |
| 87 | Sergio | 430 |
| 88 | Ethan | 426 |
| 89 | Jared | 420 |
| 89 | Taylor | 420 |
| 91 | Ruben | 418 |
| 92 | Sean | 414 |
| 93 | Marco | 410 |
| 94 | Dakota | 407 |
| 94 | Marcus | 407 |
| 96 | Joel | 404 |
| 96 | Paul | 404 |
| 98 | Andres | 403 |
| 98 | Dustin | 403 |
| 100 | Omar | 399 |