Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1998
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jose | 2,932 |
| 2 | Jacob | 2,717 |
| 3 | Michael | 2,645 |
| 4 | Christopher | 2,510 |
| 5 | Joshua | 2,380 |
| 6 | Matthew | 2,226 |
| 7 | David | 2,058 |
| 8 | Brandon | 2,015 |
| 9 | Jonathan | 2,001 |
| 10 | Daniel | 1,986 |
| 11 | Juan | 1,937 |
| 12 | John | 1,709 |
| 13 | Christian | 1,605 |
| 14 | Andrew | 1,603 |
| 15 | Nicholas | 1,522 |
| 16 | Joseph | 1,500 |
| 17 | William | 1,492 |
| 18 | James | 1,450 |
| 19 | Luis | 1,417 |
| 20 | Anthony | 1,412 |
| 21 | Zachary | 1,342 |
| 22 | Austin | 1,292 |
| 23 | Jesus | 1,274 |
| 24 | Tyler | 1,256 |
| 25 | Ryan | 1,249 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Justin | 1,236 |
| 27 | Robert | 1,175 |
| 28 | Aaron | 1,069 |
| 29 | Jordan | 1,046 |
| 30 | Carlos | 1,033 |
| 31 | Samuel | 1,022 |
| 32 | Alexander | 1,021 |
| 33 | Kevin | 1,014 |
| 34 | Adrian | 1,002 |
| 35 | Dylan | 989 |
| 36 | Cameron | 948 |
| 37 | Eric | 910 |
| 38 | Noah | 852 |
| 39 | Miguel | 851 |
| 40 | Alejandro | 831 |
| 41 | Nathan | 826 |
| 42 | Ethan | 806 |
| 43 | Jorge | 798 |
| 44 | Gabriel | 797 |
| 45 | Jason | 796 |
| 46 | Mark | 775 |
| 47 | Benjamin | 763 |
| 48 | Angel | 759 |
| 49 | Caleb | 757 |
| 49 | Hunter | 757 |
| 51 | Thomas | 712 |
| 52 | Kyle | 706 |
| 53 | Cody | 683 |
| 54 | Victor | 673 |
| 55 | Ricardo | 662 |
| 56 | Isaac | 657 |
| 57 | Bryan | 634 |
| 58 | Isaiah | 619 |
| 59 | Oscar | 613 |
| 59 | Steven | 613 |
| 61 | Richard | 596 |
| 62 | Jesse | 571 |
| 63 | Francisco | 548 |
| 64 | Charles | 537 |
| 65 | Adam | 536 |
| 66 | Antonio | 531 |
| 67 | Brian | 519 |
| 68 | Javier | 510 |
| 69 | Garrett | 499 |
| 70 | Logan | 495 |
| 71 | Nathaniel | 493 |
| 72 | Eduardo | 492 |
| 73 | Sean | 479 |
| 74 | Alexis | 469 |
| 75 | Roberto | 466 |
| 76 | Jared | 462 |
| 76 | Jeremy | 462 |
| 78 | Colton | 459 |
| 79 | Chase | 458 |
| 80 | Timothy | 457 |
| 81 | Alex | 454 |
| 81 | Julian | 454 |
| 83 | Mason | 450 |
| 84 | Mario | 448 |
| 85 | Cristian | 445 |
| 86 | Blake | 442 |
| 87 | Patrick | 439 |
| 88 | Marco | 429 |
| 89 | Connor | 425 |
| 90 | Joel | 424 |
| 91 | Manuel | 421 |
| 92 | Andres | 415 |
| 93 | Edgar | 412 |
| 93 | Tristan | 412 |
| 95 | Ivan | 410 |
| 95 | Xavier | 410 |
| 97 | Devin | 408 |
| 98 | Stephen | 407 |
| 99 | Cesar | 405 |
| 100 | Joe | 403 |