Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1997
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jose | 2,935 |
| 2 | Michael | 2,715 |
| 3 | Christopher | 2,549 |
| 4 | Jacob | 2,543 |
| 5 | Joshua | 2,479 |
| 6 | Matthew | 2,141 |
| 7 | David | 2,089 |
| 8 | Daniel | 2,078 |
| 9 | Jonathan | 2,003 |
| 10 | Brandon | 1,982 |
| 11 | Juan | 1,865 |
| 12 | Andrew | 1,721 |
| 13 | John | 1,689 |
| 14 | Christian | 1,609 |
| 15 | Zachary | 1,572 |
| 16 | Nicholas | 1,474 |
| 17 | James | 1,469 |
| 18 | Joseph | 1,448 |
| 19 | Luis | 1,382 |
| 20 | William | 1,370 |
| 21 | Austin | 1,367 |
| 22 | Justin | 1,355 |
| 23 | Tyler | 1,353 |
| 24 | Anthony | 1,293 |
| 25 | Jesus | 1,235 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Ryan | 1,232 |
| 27 | Robert | 1,208 |
| 28 | Aaron | 1,101 |
| 29 | Jordan | 1,094 |
| 30 | Samuel | 1,047 |
| 31 | Kevin | 1,014 |
| 32 | Alexander | 989 |
| 33 | Eric | 942 |
| 34 | Carlos | 940 |
| 35 | Dylan | 849 |
| 36 | Miguel | 824 |
| 37 | Nathan | 817 |
| 38 | Cody | 805 |
| 39 | Alejandro | 799 |
| 40 | Jorge | 788 |
| 41 | Adrian | 784 |
| 42 | Benjamin | 762 |
| 43 | Kyle | 728 |
| 43 | Thomas | 728 |
| 45 | Angel | 725 |
| 46 | Mark | 722 |
| 47 | Gabriel | 700 |
| 48 | Cameron | 692 |
| 49 | Hunter | 690 |
| 49 | Jason | 690 |
| 51 | Caleb | 673 |
| 52 | Oscar | 627 |
| 53 | Steven | 625 |
| 54 | Isaac | 620 |
| 55 | Alexis | 619 |
| 56 | Richard | 617 |
| 57 | Francisco | 588 |
| 58 | Victor | 580 |
| 59 | Ricardo | 579 |
| 60 | Brian | 556 |
| 61 | Bryan | 552 |
| 61 | Ethan | 552 |
| 63 | Eduardo | 545 |
| 64 | Adam | 541 |
| 65 | Charles | 540 |
| 66 | Jesse | 534 |
| 67 | Antonio | 523 |
| 68 | Logan | 522 |
| 69 | Isaiah | 520 |
| 70 | Javier | 511 |
| 71 | Noah | 498 |
| 72 | Jeremy | 496 |
| 73 | Blake | 489 |
| 73 | Timothy | 489 |
| 75 | Colton | 485 |
| 75 | Manuel | 485 |
| 77 | Mario | 476 |
| 78 | Roberto | 469 |
| 79 | Patrick | 468 |
| 80 | Garrett | 467 |
| 81 | Mason | 465 |
| 82 | Alex | 461 |
| 83 | Jared | 457 |
| 84 | Stephen | 456 |
| 85 | Fernando | 444 |
| 86 | Tristan | 441 |
| 87 | Sergio | 440 |
| 88 | Chase | 435 |
| 89 | Sean | 434 |
| 90 | Marco | 429 |
| 91 | Marcus | 423 |
| 92 | Nathaniel | 422 |
| 93 | Cristian | 418 |
| 93 | Travis | 418 |
| 95 | Hector | 414 |
| 96 | Xavier | 411 |
| 97 | Edward | 410 |
| 98 | Edgar | 404 |
| 99 | Julian | 403 |
| 100 | Joel | 401 |