California ★ 1973

Top names in California, 1973

Jennifer led for girls with 5,649 babies ; Michael for boys with 5,875. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	5,649
2	Michelle	2,613
3	Lisa	2,082
4	Maria	1,751
5	Kimberly	1,717
6	Heather	1,675
7	Amy	1,613
8	Melissa	1,447
9	Christina	1,424
10	Stephanie	1,360
11	Nicole	1,323
12	Elizabeth	1,302
13	Rebecca	1,245
14	Julie	1,217
15	Veronica	1,104
16	Cynthia	1,100
17	Laura	1,090
17	Shannon	1,090
19	Angela	1,041
20	Monica	1,000
21	Christine	992
22	Patricia	911
23	Sandra	893
24	Andrea	827
25	Mary	795
26	Jessica	783
27	Kelly	725
28	Dawn	699
29	Karen	684
30	Wendy	679
31	Sarah	663
32	Denise	661
33	Rachel	657
34	April	645
35	Tina	634
36	Tracy	602
37	Gina	579
38	Stacy	571
39	Michele	570
40	Danielle	565
41	Tammy	544
41	Tiffany	544
43	Lori	541
44	Teresa	532
45	Susan	530
46	Carrie	515
47	Diana	510
48	Alicia	494
49	Erin	493
50	Tanya	484
51	Claudia	477
52	Anna	470
53	Brandy	465
54	Nancy	464
55	Brenda	455
56	Tamara	439
57	Melanie	431
58	Katherine	427
59	Heidi	426
60	Deborah	416
61	Victoria	403
62	Kristen	400
63	Linda	394
64	Amanda	393
65	Stacey	391
66	Crystal	387
66	Kathleen	387
68	Kristina	382
68	Leticia	382
70	Amber	379
71	Catherine	376
72	Renee	370
72	Sonia	370
74	Brandi	369
74	Theresa	369
76	Tara	364
77	Robin	361
78	Kristin	359
79	Melinda	348
80	Ana	343
81	Sara	341
82	Dana	340
83	Yolanda	338
84	Holly	336
85	Erica	335
85	Rosa	335
87	Monique	318
88	Erika	316
89	Valerie	312
90	Barbara	309
91	Suzanne	304
92	Pamela	301
93	Sylvia	300
94	Martha	299
94	Yvonne	299
96	Jill	297
97	Cheryl	293
97	Gloria	293
99	Leslie	292
100	Cindy	289

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	5,875
2	Jason	4,409
3	David	4,175
4	Christopher	3,533
5	Robert	3,491
6	John	3,175
7	James	2,905
8	Brian	2,813
9	Daniel	2,751
10	Matthew	2,238
11	Richard	2,119
12	Eric	2,070
13	Mark	1,794
14	William	1,762
15	Joseph	1,720
16	Jose	1,707
17	Jeffrey	1,691
18	Steven	1,677
19	Anthony	1,587
20	Scott	1,531
21	Kevin	1,411
22	Paul	1,333
23	Ryan	1,295
24	Joshua	1,282
25	Thomas	1,208
26	Aaron	1,198
27	Timothy	1,158
28	Gregory	1,034
29	Juan	1,012
30	Sean	1,002
31	Charles	967
32	Andrew	954
33	Jeremy	923
34	Kenneth	875
35	Jonathan	827
36	Shawn	822
37	Edward	819
38	Justin	755
39	Stephen	749
40	Chad	724
41	Adam	712
42	Bryan	693
43	Todd	680
44	Carlos	677
45	Patrick	669
46	Ronald	638
47	Donald	620
48	Brandon	607
49	Jesus	604
50	Raymond	595
51	Frank	592
52	George	587
53	Gary	585
54	Manuel	563
55	Luis	555
56	Peter	543
57	Gabriel	541
58	Nathan	540
59	Jesse	523
60	Benjamin	517
61	Keith	512
62	Mario	503
62	Victor	503
64	Erik	474
65	Ricardo	468
66	Francisco	466
67	Craig	452
68	Douglas	443
69	Dennis	439
70	Shane	437
71	Ruben	422
72	Travis	412
73	Miguel	411
74	Antonio	394
75	Larry	389
76	Jorge	383
76	Roberto	383
78	Joel	377
79	Samuel	365
80	Martin	355
81	Jerry	350
81	Joe	350
83	Christian	348
84	Phillip	337
85	Derek	333
86	Javier	332
87	Jaime	331
88	Hector	328
89	Eduardo	325
90	Marc	323
91	Danny	320
92	Armando	318
93	Jeffery	317
94	Jacob	313
94	Nicholas	313
96	Alexander	303
97	Raul	300
98	Oscar	299
99	Vincent	298
100	Tony	297