Texas Baby Names: A Decade's Decline

0:00It's March 23rd. Dallas News today starts now. AI-powered and ready. In the 1980s, Texas saw a boom in certain baby girl names that defined the generation. Social Security Administration data shows Jessica Leading with 35,078 girls named, followed closely by Jennifer Ad. 34,045 in Amanda at 29,304. Ashley ranked 4th with 28,820, while Stephanie took 5th at 18,073. Other topics included Sarah, Crystal, Melissa, Elizabeth, and Amber, many pulling from Latin, Hebrew, or English roots with meanings like Princess, or Honeybee. These choices often echoed pop culture hits from movies, music, and TV alongside timeless family or biblical roots. Nationally, names like Jessica and Jennifer dominated even more, cracking the top spots across the country. Today, from 2015 to 2024, popularity has plunged for nearly

1:02all of them. Jessica dropped 97% to just over 1000 in Texas, Jennifer 97% and Amanda 96% pushing many out of the top hundreds. Names like Elizabeth held steadier at a 43% dip, still ranking 15th recently, while trends now favor fresh classics showing how. Quickly taste of all for tomorrow's parents.