California ★ 1972

Top names in California, 1972

Jennifer led for girls with 6,065 babies ; Michael for boys with 6,346. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	6,065
2	Michelle	2,881
3	Lisa	2,430
4	Kimberly	1,914
5	Maria	1,666
6	Nicole	1,546
7	Heather	1,517
8	Amy	1,462
9	Christina	1,404
9	Julie	1,404
11	Stephanie	1,403
12	Elizabeth	1,364
13	Melissa	1,288
14	Cynthia	1,284
15	Angela	1,239
16	Laura	1,213
17	Shannon	1,198
18	Christine	1,172
19	Rebecca	1,109
20	Patricia	1,026
21	Sandra	1,024
22	Monica	1,010
23	Tina	941
24	Mary	927
25	Andrea	844
26	Karen	808
27	Denise	804
28	Tracy	789
29	Kelly	771
30	Veronica	762
31	Dawn	743
32	Rachel	727
33	Wendy	720
34	Tammy	704
35	Michele	703
36	Jessica	699
37	Teresa	661
38	Susan	651
39	Lori	604
40	Tiffany	603
41	April	598
42	Stacy	590
43	Gina	588
44	Tanya	569
45	Diana	558
46	Deborah	542
47	Sarah	540
48	Danielle	539
49	Anna	536
50	Carrie	535
51	Brenda	523
52	Linda	502
53	Kathleen	485
54	Nancy	481
55	Heidi	469
56	Katherine	467
57	Alicia	460
58	Tamara	456
59	Melanie	444
60	Renee	438
61	Erin	424
62	Catherine	422
63	Stacey	410
63	Theresa	410
65	Kristin	400
65	Tara	400
67	Deanna	398
68	Victoria	393
69	Leticia	389
70	Robin	388
71	Dana	386
72	Kristina	383
73	Claudia	380
74	Pamela	374
75	Cheryl	371
76	Crystal	362
77	Suzanne	358
78	Erica	353
79	Yolanda	341
80	Rosa	337
81	Barbara	333
82	Erika	332
82	Monique	332
84	Donna	330
85	Cindy	329
85	Leslie	329
87	Gloria	326
88	Sonia	322
89	Brandi	321
90	Jill	319
91	Debra	318
91	Yvonne	318
93	Christy	316
93	Sharon	316
95	Valerie	313
96	Regina	311
97	Jacqueline	310
98	Amber	306
99	Melinda	304
100	Martha	303

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	6,346
2	David	4,629
3	Jason	4,037
4	Christopher	4,017
5	Robert	3,969
6	John	3,543
7	James	3,345
8	Brian	2,937
9	Daniel	2,502
10	Richard	2,314
11	Eric	2,310
12	Matthew	2,240
13	William	1,931
14	Steven	1,909
15	Jeffrey	1,824
16	Scott	1,811
17	Mark	1,805
18	Joseph	1,765
19	Anthony	1,675
20	Kevin	1,623
21	Jose	1,573
22	Paul	1,504
23	Thomas	1,335
24	Timothy	1,254
25	Ryan	1,149
26	Aaron	1,119
27	Gregory	1,105
28	Sean	1,097
29	Charles	1,076
30	Edward	968
31	Andrew	944
32	Kenneth	941
33	Chad	866
34	Joshua	857
35	Juan	823
36	Shawn	790
37	Patrick	783
38	Jeremy	780
39	Stephen	771
40	Jonathan	763
41	Ronald	727
42	Todd	704
43	Donald	688
44	Carlos	684
45	Justin	674
46	Bryan	663
47	Peter	652
48	Raymond	626
49	George	620
50	Frank	614
51	Adam	609
52	Brandon	608
53	Gary	605
54	Keith	576
55	Manuel	527
56	Erik	523
57	Douglas	512
58	Jesse	509
59	Jesus	508
60	Craig	502
61	Gabriel	498
62	Benjamin	490
63	Mario	488
64	Luis	482
65	Victor	471
66	Ricardo	462
67	Francisco	448
68	Dennis	444
69	Larry	429
70	Ruben	428
71	Miguel	423
72	Christian	413
73	Jerry	412
74	Shane	411
75	Antonio	401
76	Nathan	393
77	Samuel	385
78	Joel	379
78	Troy	379
80	Derek	376
81	Jorge	375
82	Phillip	373
83	Roberto	369
84	Jeffery	359
85	Joe	351
86	Albert	344
87	Marc	339
88	Travis	330
89	Martin	328
90	Raul	327
91	Brett	321
92	Jaime	319
93	Danny	318
94	Brent	315
95	Chris	314
96	Tony	313
97	Alexander	312
98	Johnny	310
99	Jon	305
100	Vincent	294