California ★ 1970

Top names in California, 1970

Jennifer led for girls with 4,695 babies ; Michael for boys with 8,198. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	4,695
2	Michelle	3,737
3	Lisa	3,705
4	Kimberly	2,702
5	Julie	1,883
6	Maria	1,712
7	Laura	1,680
8	Shannon	1,651
9	Christine	1,640
10	Heather	1,609
11	Elizabeth	1,570
12	Stephanie	1,549
13	Cynthia	1,533
14	Angela	1,524
15	Christina	1,514
16	Melissa	1,366
17	Tracy	1,353
18	Amy	1,343
19	Patricia	1,329
20	Mary	1,277
21	Karen	1,274
22	Tina	1,247
23	Sandra	1,235
24	Nicole	1,194
25	Dawn	1,158
26	Kelly	1,076
27	Susan	1,070
28	Wendy	1,062
29	Denise	1,049
30	Tammy	1,013
31	Michele	973
32	Rebecca	957
33	Lori	901
34	Gina	896
34	Monica	896
36	Deborah	885
37	Teresa	866
38	Andrea	849
39	Stacy	773
40	Rachel	753
41	Linda	706
42	Kathleen	683
43	Diana	663
43	Nancy	663
45	Pamela	656
46	Tamara	620
47	Renee	608
48	Catherine	607
49	Stacey	601
50	Brenda	600
51	Deanna	592
52	Donna	590
53	Katherine	587
54	Theresa	582
55	Erin	581
56	Carrie	580
57	Kristin	578
57	Veronica	578
59	Dana	577
60	Tiffany	571
60	Victoria	571
62	Anna	568
63	Barbara	563
64	April	557
65	Cheryl	550
65	Jessica	550
67	Debra	547
68	Heidi	532
69	Alicia	523
70	Tanya	522
71	Diane	510
72	Robin	508
73	Kristina	503
74	Sharon	502
75	Jill	494
76	Cindy	489
77	Leslie	480
77	Sarah	480
79	Suzanne	469
80	Danielle	456
81	Ann	454
82	Rhonda	453
83	Regina	449
84	Kristen	448
85	Yvonne	438
86	Jacqueline	424
87	Yolanda	423
88	Paula	405
89	Holly	394
90	Kristine	391
91	Sabrina	384
92	Jamie	382
93	Melanie	380
94	Valerie	379
95	Tonya	374
96	Monique	373
97	Margaret	372
98	Yvette	370
99	Carol	366
100	Sheila	364

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	8,198
2	David	6,372
3	Robert	5,664
4	John	5,183
5	James	4,609
6	Jason	4,050
7	Christopher	3,601
8	Richard	3,250
9	Eric	2,817
10	Mark	2,805
11	Steven	2,753
12	Brian	2,663
13	William	2,642
14	Daniel	2,574
15	Jeffrey	2,561
16	Scott	2,465
17	Kevin	2,350
18	Joseph	2,118
19	Anthony	2,105
20	Matthew	2,096
21	Paul	2,027
22	Thomas	1,914
23	Timothy	1,643
24	Charles	1,541
25	Gregory	1,512
26	Sean	1,484
27	Kenneth	1,414
28	Jose	1,364
29	Edward	1,184
30	Ronald	1,183
31	Stephen	1,163
32	Andrew	1,097
33	Aaron	1,064
34	Donald	1,043
35	Shawn	1,038
36	Patrick	1,031
37	Todd	1,025
38	Gary	948
39	George	873
40	Frank	824
41	Craig	820
42	Douglas	809
43	Raymond	800
44	Peter	750
45	Juan	744
46	Jonathan	691
47	Carlos	660
48	Bryan	655
49	Dennis	644
50	Troy	638
51	Erik	637
52	Keith	616
53	Jeremy	584
54	Victor	583
55	Larry	577
56	Marc	546
57	Jerry	542
58	Adam	526
59	Chris	517
60	Manuel	514
61	Jeffery	498
62	Joe	495
63	Jon	490
64	Martin	489
65	Joshua	482
66	Derek	481
66	Tony	481
68	Mario	459
69	Vincent	458
70	Darren	455
71	Lance	450
72	Ricardo	449
73	Jesus	447
74	Benjamin	446
75	Luis	436
76	Phillip	433
77	Jesse	426
78	Brandon	422
79	Antonio	418
80	Ruben	410
81	Gabriel	408
82	Steve	407
83	Johnny	399
84	Randy	396
85	Albert	393
85	Samuel	393
87	Chad	392
87	Danny	392
89	Bradley	391
90	Christian	388
90	Marcus	388
92	Brent	385
92	Mike	385
94	Travis	382
95	Joel	380
96	Lawrence	375
97	Jeff	373
98	Russell	369
99	Brett	367
100	Rodney	366