California ★ 1961

Top names in California, 1961

Lisa led for girls with 3,769 babies ; David for boys with 8,126. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Lisa	3,769
2	Susan	3,134
3	Karen	3,041
4	Linda	2,743
5	Mary	2,717
6	Sandra	2,184
7	Patricia	2,150
8	Julie	2,135
9	Cynthia	2,132
10	Lori	2,090
11	Laura	2,045
12	Deborah	1,830
13	Elizabeth	1,762
14	Donna	1,664
15	Debra	1,648
16	Denise	1,597
17	Pamela	1,569
18	Cheryl	1,565
19	Nancy	1,560
20	Debbie	1,546
21	Teresa	1,545
22	Kathleen	1,478
23	Barbara	1,469
23	Kimberly	1,469
25	Michelle	1,449
26	Diane	1,404
27	Robin	1,370
28	Sharon	1,368
29	Brenda	1,360
30	Cindy	1,355
31	Kathy	1,284
32	Carol	1,282
33	Kelly	1,243
34	Maria	1,190
35	Janet	1,188
36	Jennifer	1,174
37	Tammy	1,136
38	Diana	1,135
39	Kim	1,081
40	Tina	1,046
41	Rebecca	1,023
42	Theresa	994
43	Laurie	973
44	Terri	937
45	Christine	914
46	Catherine	871
47	Tracy	869
48	Rhonda	847
49	Margaret	803
50	Leslie	799
51	Michele	763
52	Valerie	761
53	Wendy	749
54	Stephanie	747
55	Carolyn	724
56	Suzanne	710
57	Cathy	688
58	Jacqueline	674
59	Angela	657
60	Annette	630
61	Katherine	619
62	Dawn	604
63	Jill	600
64	Renee	597
65	Judy	585
66	Paula	574
67	Connie	566
68	Janice	564
69	Christina	550
70	Dana	543
70	Martha	543
72	Anna	536
73	Gloria	530
74	Ann	526
75	Vicki	525
76	Sherry	516
76	Victoria	516
78	Sylvia	511
79	Lynn	503
80	Yvonne	497
81	Kathryn	483
82	Teri	481
83	Yolanda	479
84	Sheila	458
85	Carrie	450
86	Tamara	448
87	Andrea	442
87	Virginia	442
89	Monica	441
90	Bonnie	440
91	Gina	439
92	Colleen	437
93	Anne	416
94	Sheri	414
94	Terry	414
96	Joyce	413
97	Ruth	410
98	Anita	396
99	Rose	383
100	Regina	382

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	David	8,126
2	Michael	7,927
3	John	6,845
4	Robert	6,628
5	Mark	5,516
6	James	5,178
7	Richard	4,012
8	Steven	3,423
9	William	3,151
10	Daniel	2,623
11	Kevin	2,527
12	Thomas	2,405
13	Scott	2,319
14	Jeffrey	2,314
15	Paul	2,234
16	Kenneth	2,159
17	Ronald	2,059
18	Brian	2,053
19	Charles	1,943
20	Gary	1,858
21	Timothy	1,849
22	Gregory	1,834
23	Donald	1,833
24	Joseph	1,831
25	Mike	1,801
26	Anthony	1,782
27	Christopher	1,678
28	Eric	1,481
29	Steve	1,437
30	Edward	1,286
31	Douglas	1,253
32	Craig	1,227
33	Stephen	1,224
34	Frank	1,177
35	Larry	1,169
36	Jeff	1,152
37	Patrick	1,129
38	George	1,091
39	Dennis	1,082
40	Raymond	1,029
41	Randy	1,021
42	Chris	978
43	Keith	939
44	Peter	923
45	Jerry	883
46	Jim	872
47	Bruce	870
48	Matthew	839
49	Joe	813
50	Todd	803
51	Danny	791
52	Tony	771
53	Andrew	756
54	Roger	709
55	Alan	706
56	Terry	682
57	Russell	677
58	Martin	674
59	Greg	670
60	Tim	654
61	Jose	653
62	Tom	635
63	Jon	631
64	Jeffery	613
65	Phillip	611
66	Lawrence	576
67	Dale	573
68	Victor	568
69	Rick	559
70	Ricky	550
71	Dean	534
72	Randall	527
73	Gerald	525
74	Arthur	522
75	Bill	512
76	Dan	506
77	Glenn	505
78	Bryan	498
79	Troy	494
80	Wayne	477
81	Carl	471
82	Darryl	469
83	Jack	458
83	Vincent	458
85	Manuel	455
86	Rodney	452
87	Curtis	447
88	Albert	441
89	Ralph	440
90	Jay	427
91	Bradley	426
92	Ron	425
93	Don	424
94	Roy	423
95	Philip	417
96	Johnny	416
97	Henry	414
98	Dave	412
99	Jimmy	402
100	Marc	401