California ★ 1976

Top names in California, 1976

Jennifer led for girls with 5,569 babies ; Michael for boys with 6,180. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	5,569
2	Amy	2,218
3	Michelle	2,119
4	Maria	1,923
5	Melissa	1,901
6	Heather	1,856
7	Jessica	1,794
8	Lisa	1,729
9	Christina	1,684
10	Elizabeth	1,631
11	Nicole	1,484
12	Sarah	1,438
13	Angela	1,404
14	Kimberly	1,293
15	Rebecca	1,253
16	Stephanie	1,242
17	Shannon	1,218
18	Veronica	1,201
19	Laura	1,189
20	Monica	1,129
21	Jamie	1,083
22	Julie	1,003
23	Amanda	950
24	Christine	911
25	Kelly	908
26	Erin	907
27	Andrea	904
28	Amber	892
29	Sara	885
30	Sandra	880
31	Patricia	853
32	Rachel	818
33	Cynthia	769
34	Erica	754
35	Jaime	753
36	Danielle	751
37	Mary	719
38	Wendy	705
39	Tiffany	669
40	Carrie	644
41	April	638
42	Karen	613
43	Dawn	569
44	Alicia	555
45	Stacy	527
46	Diana	514
47	Nancy	513
48	Claudia	503
49	Anna	494
50	Teresa	493
51	Emily	489
52	Crystal	483
53	Katherine	474
54	Brandy	467
55	Susan	456
56	Tracy	455
57	Denise	454
58	Melanie	453
59	Angelica	452
59	Sonia	452
61	Tina	450
62	Gina	446
63	Erika	442
64	Michele	437
65	Valerie	436
66	Victoria	435
67	Leticia	432
68	Vanessa	430
69	Brenda	423
70	Ana	410
71	Natalie	409
72	Megan	407
73	Renee	406
74	Heidi	400
75	Linda	390
75	Tanya	390
77	Misty	386
78	Stacey	368
79	Rosa	365
80	Kristin	363
81	Leslie	362
82	Holly	360
83	Jacqueline	356
84	Kristina	352
85	Tamara	348
86	Tara	345
87	Lori	344
88	Norma	337
89	Brandi	336
90	Catherine	335
91	Allison	329
92	Tammy	328
93	Christy	325
94	Kristen	318
95	Yolanda	317
96	Guadalupe	312
97	Dana	310
98	Kathleen	305
98	Theresa	305
100	Martha	304

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	6,180
2	David	4,348
3	Jason	4,347
4	Christopher	3,759
5	Robert	3,364
6	Daniel	3,161
7	James	2,850
8	John	2,832
9	Matthew	2,742
10	Brian	2,676
11	Jose	2,351
12	Joseph	2,092
13	Eric	2,057
14	Joshua	2,032
15	Ryan	2,026
16	Richard	1,925
17	Anthony	1,750
18	Steven	1,745
19	William	1,645
20	Juan	1,604
21	Jeffrey	1,576
22	Jeremy	1,534
23	Kevin	1,509
24	Mark	1,388
25	Scott	1,356
26	Aaron	1,322
27	Paul	1,284
28	Timothy	1,267
29	Thomas	1,150
30	Andrew	1,119
31	Justin	1,096
32	Benjamin	975
33	Sean	961
34	Adam	950
35	Jonathan	932
36	Charles	925
37	Gregory	913
38	Carlos	884
39	Brandon	849
40	Gabriel	838
41	Nathan	821
42	Edward	814
43	Stephen	802
44	Kenneth	787
45	Bryan	760
46	Jesus	757
47	Jesse	751
48	Shawn	706
49	Luis	678
50	Manuel	666
51	Jorge	631
52	Patrick	629
53	Francisco	627
54	Miguel	607
55	Chad	592
56	Jacob	588
57	Ronald	585
58	Victor	584
59	Ricardo	577
60	Raymond	548
61	Mario	546
61	Peter	546
63	Samuel	536
64	George	533
65	Antonio	517
66	Donald	507
67	Roberto	497
68	Frank	487
69	Keith	482
70	Ruben	479
71	Alejandro	472
72	Travis	464
73	Gary	459
73	Todd	459
75	Jaime	456
76	Joel	450
77	Erik	447
78	Oscar	425
79	Douglas	412
80	Armando	402
81	Eduardo	395
82	Jeremiah	387
83	Shane	384
84	Hector	381
85	Raul	379
86	Alexander	378
87	Sergio	377
88	Javier	370
89	Larry	367
90	Phillip	356
91	Nicholas	348
92	Salvador	341
93	Craig	339
94	Dustin	337
94	Martin	337
96	Cesar	336
97	Gerardo	331
98	Adrian	326
99	Dennis	325
100	Fernando	323