California ★ 1974

Top names in California, 1974

Jennifer led for girls with 5,673 babies ; Michael for boys with 6,060. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	5,673
2	Michelle	2,593
3	Maria	1,922
4	Heather	1,920
5	Amy	1,855
6	Lisa	1,838
7	Kimberly	1,674
8	Melissa	1,520
9	Christina	1,465
10	Elizabeth	1,453
11	Stephanie	1,407
12	Angela	1,276
13	Veronica	1,224
14	Nicole	1,204
15	Rebecca	1,199
16	Julie	1,132
17	Jessica	1,130
18	Shannon	1,127
19	Laura	1,051
20	Monica	1,026
21	Patricia	998
22	Cynthia	997
23	Sandra	988
24	Sarah	984
25	Christine	977
26	Andrea	866
27	Kelly	833
28	Rachel	771
29	April	759
30	Mary	743
31	Wendy	688
32	Erin	681
33	Tiffany	646
34	Tina	642
35	Dawn	626
36	Danielle	615
37	Denise	607
37	Karen	607
39	Tracy	582
40	Claudia	579
41	Gina	560
42	Stacy	558
43	Diana	555
44	Susan	552
45	Amber	542
46	Carrie	539
47	Teresa	538
48	Alicia	537
49	Heidi	502
49	Nancy	502
49	Tanya	502
52	Michele	494
53	Anna	490
54	Tamara	482
55	Lori	480
56	Amanda	479
57	Kristen	472
58	Sara	458
59	Katherine	453
59	Melanie	453
61	Brenda	441
62	Deborah	430
63	Linda	421
63	Tammy	421
65	Erica	414
66	Leticia	413
67	Ana	409
68	Sonia	398
69	Brandy	396
69	Renee	396
71	Stacey	395
72	Crystal	392
73	Valerie	389
74	Angelica	388
75	Catherine	381
76	Emily	379
77	Kristin	376
78	Kristina	375
79	Dana	373
80	Victoria	372
81	Vanessa	368
82	Holly	365
83	Kathleen	362
84	Martha	359
85	Tara	354
86	Leslie	351
87	Theresa	344
88	Jacqueline	343
89	Yolanda	337
90	Rosa	336
91	Robin	332
92	Cindy	331
93	Norma	319
94	Melinda	312
95	Jill	311
96	Brandi	310
97	Deanna	306
98	Lorena	304
99	Yvonne	300
100	Jamie	299

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	6,060
2	Jason	4,781
3	David	4,346
4	Christopher	3,766
5	Robert	3,453
6	John	3,019
7	Brian	2,938
8	Daniel	2,912
9	James	2,892
10	Matthew	2,530
11	Eric	1,973
12	Richard	1,958
13	Jose	1,940
14	Joseph	1,809
15	Jeffrey	1,772
16	Steven	1,766
17	William	1,725
18	Joshua	1,662
19	Mark	1,650
20	Anthony	1,647
21	Scott	1,546
22	Ryan	1,545
23	Kevin	1,422
24	Aaron	1,277
25	Paul	1,248
26	Jeremy	1,208
27	Thomas	1,168
28	Juan	1,161
29	Timothy	1,141
30	Andrew	1,018
31	Sean	974
32	Charles	958
32	Justin	958
34	Gregory	890
35	Shawn	859
36	Adam	832
37	Jonathan	819
37	Kenneth	819
39	Carlos	808
40	Edward	779
41	Stephen	762
42	Bryan	742
43	Benjamin	682
44	Jesus	673
45	Chad	657
46	Patrick	654
47	Brandon	652
48	Manuel	615
49	Luis	611
49	Ronald	611
51	George	603
52	Jesse	602
53	Raymond	601
54	Gabriel	590
55	Peter	585
56	Victor	575
57	Donald	571
58	Nathan	567
59	Ricardo	562
60	Todd	550
61	Francisco	549
62	Gary	519
63	Frank	513
64	Mario	497
65	Keith	490
66	Jorge	487
66	Miguel	487
68	Samuel	485
69	Ruben	479
70	Erik	442
71	Antonio	434
72	Roberto	414
72	Shane	414
74	Douglas	413
75	Joel	410
76	Jacob	407
77	Oscar	401
78	Travis	398
79	Javier	397
80	Dennis	386
81	Phillip	376
82	Jaime	371
83	Alexander	369
84	Alejandro	368
85	Hector	367
86	Craig	364
87	Larry	362
88	Armando	361
89	Raul	359
90	Martin	347
91	Joe	341
92	Christian	325
93	Marcus	316
93	Salvador	316
95	Nicholas	315
95	Sergio	315
97	Jerry	312
98	Adrian	310
99	Marc	304
100	Derek	302