California ★ 1971

Top names in California, 1971

Jennifer led for girls with 5,456 babies ; Michael for boys with 6,824. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	5,456
2	Michelle	3,318
3	Lisa	2,938
4	Kimberly	2,246
5	Maria	1,644
6	Julie	1,538
7	Heather	1,521
8	Shannon	1,434
9	Christina	1,407
10	Amy	1,403
10	Elizabeth	1,403
12	Angela	1,376
13	Laura	1,358
14	Christine	1,353
15	Stephanie	1,352
16	Cynthia	1,342
17	Melissa	1,297
18	Patricia	1,189
19	Sandra	1,100
20	Tina	1,091
21	Nicole	1,076
22	Mary	1,057
23	Rebecca	1,021
24	Karen	1,013
25	Tracy	996
26	Dawn	978
27	Monica	936
28	Denise	892
29	Andrea	890
30	Kelly	866
31	Susan	861
32	Tammy	859
33	Wendy	844
34	Gina	768
35	Teresa	764
36	Stacy	747
37	Deborah	744
38	Lori	736
39	Michele	700
40	Rachel	658
41	Carrie	649
42	Diana	642
43	Tiffany	619
44	Jessica	591
45	April	584
46	Dana	579
47	Veronica	577
48	Linda	576
49	Nancy	574
50	Kathleen	559
51	Tamara	555
52	Heidi	550
53	Erin	545
54	Anna	539
55	Renee	533
56	Stacey	529
57	Pamela	525
58	Danielle	521
59	Catherine	519
60	Brenda	516
61	Tanya	514
62	Alicia	511
63	Katherine	497
64	Kristin	485
65	Deanna	478
66	Donna	476
67	Sarah	474
68	Debra	463
69	Cindy	462
70	Tara	457
70	Theresa	457
72	Kristina	456
73	Robin	442
73	Victoria	442
75	Cheryl	428
76	Sharon	427
77	Melanie	424
78	Leslie	418
79	Barbara	415
80	Yolanda	403
81	Diane	401
82	Suzanne	398
83	Jill	394
84	Yvonne	390
85	Regina	380
86	Rhonda	377
87	Valerie	373
88	Paula	364
89	Crystal	362
89	Jacqueline	362
91	Sonia	359
92	Shelly	357
93	Kristen	356
94	Claudia	354
94	Martha	354
96	Monique	344
97	Erica	339
98	Kristine	337
99	Leticia	336
100	Jamie	332

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	6,824
2	David	5,242
3	Robert	4,615
4	John	4,290
5	Jason	4,269
6	James	3,796
7	Christopher	3,708
8	Richard	2,694
9	Brian	2,491
10	Daniel	2,427
11	Eric	2,420
12	Scott	2,377
13	Steven	2,278
14	William	2,271
15	Matthew	2,268
16	Jeffrey	2,105
17	Mark	2,080
18	Kevin	2,004
19	Joseph	1,877
20	Anthony	1,805
21	Paul	1,702
22	Thomas	1,605
23	Jose	1,434
24	Timothy	1,405
25	Sean	1,310
26	Charles	1,284
27	Aaron	1,218
28	Gregory	1,215
29	Kenneth	1,126
30	Edward	1,052
31	Stephen	1,012
32	Shawn	996
33	Chad	932
34	Andrew	925
35	Ronald	890
36	Todd	878
37	Patrick	865
38	Donald	860
39	Jeremy	836
40	Juan	803
41	Ryan	801
42	Gary	779
43	Frank	736
44	Jonathan	735
45	Raymond	703
46	George	686
47	Joshua	679
48	Peter	670
49	Carlos	655
50	Bryan	637
51	Craig	634
52	Adam	629
53	Douglas	609
54	Dennis	565
55	Keith	561
56	Erik	552
57	Larry	549
58	Jesus	525
59	Manuel	524
60	Victor	491
61	Troy	479
62	Mario	476
63	Jesse	472
64	Luis	470
65	Gabriel	457
66	Benjamin	455
67	Marc	452
68	Jeffery	446
69	Ricardo	437
69	Shane	437
71	Chris	435
72	Brandon	431
73	Justin	430
74	Derek	428
75	Jerry	427
76	Martin	407
77	Christian	405
78	Joe	397
79	Ruben	392
79	Samuel	392
79	Travis	392
82	Brent	386
83	Phillip	385
84	Danny	380
85	Francisco	379
86	Albert	372
87	Tony	370
88	Antonio	363
89	Miguel	360
90	Jorge	359
91	Jon	356
92	Arthur	349
93	Roberto	347
94	Marcus	344
95	Alexander	341
96	Vincent	340
97	Joel	336
98	Lawrence	332
99	Armando	331
100	Lance	330