California ★ 1977

Top names in California, 1977

Jennifer led for girls with 5,543 babies ; Michael for boys with 6,318. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	5,543
2	Michelle	2,238
3	Jessica	2,227
4	Melissa	2,191
5	Sarah	1,897
6	Maria	1,867
7	Heather	1,806
8	Elizabeth	1,762
9	Christina	1,756
10	Lisa	1,735
11	Amy	1,621
12	Nicole	1,596
13	Angela	1,378
14	Kimberly	1,376
15	Stephanie	1,335
16	Kelly	1,299
17	Monica	1,196
18	Veronica	1,180
19	Rebecca	1,156
20	Shannon	1,136
21	Jamie	1,134
22	Amanda	1,098
23	Laura	1,084
24	Andrea	1,062
25	Amber	1,005
26	Julie	992
27	Erin	943
28	Sara	942
29	Rachel	878
30	Patricia	858
31	Christine	847
32	Sandra	843
33	Cynthia	811
34	Erica	773
35	Danielle	761
36	Mary	710
37	April	700
38	Wendy	688
39	Tiffany	649
40	Crystal	639
41	Alicia	636
42	Vanessa	598
43	Karen	597
43	Nancy	597
45	Carrie	594
46	Katherine	566
47	Jaime	546
48	Diana	534
49	Emily	533
50	Sabrina	499
51	Anna	496
52	Stacy	486
53	Erika	483
54	Gina	471
54	Megan	471
56	Natalie	451
57	Claudia	445
58	Brandy	443
59	Susan	437
60	Denise	433
61	Dawn	429
62	Ana	424
63	Tara	416
64	Leticia	413
64	Teresa	413
66	Melanie	412
67	Angelica	408
68	Tracy	405
69	Brenda	397
69	Misty	397
71	Valerie	396
72	Sonia	391
73	Michele	390
74	Kristina	389
75	Rosa	375
76	Jill	372
76	Leslie	372
76	Tamara	372
79	Stacey	370
79	Tina	370
81	Tanya	363
82	Holly	356
82	Summer	356
84	Heidi	355
85	Kathleen	354
86	Victoria	353
87	Jacqueline	345
87	Renee	345
89	Linda	342
90	Allison	339
91	Adriana	338
91	Catherine	338
93	Kristy	332
94	Kristin	327
95	Kristen	323
96	Monique	321
97	Kathryn	317
98	Shawna	307
99	Cindy	301
100	Jenny	300

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	6,318
2	David	4,425
2	Jason	4,425
4	Christopher	3,955
5	Robert	3,363
6	Daniel	3,328
7	Brian	2,940
8	James	2,933
9	Matthew	2,876
10	John	2,818
11	Ryan	2,487
12	Joshua	2,440
13	Jose	2,326
14	Joseph	2,301
15	Richard	2,095
16	Eric	2,031
17	Anthony	1,881
18	Kevin	1,836
19	Steven	1,681
20	Jeremy	1,664
21	William	1,657
22	Jeffrey	1,655
23	Juan	1,402
24	Scott	1,381
25	Andrew	1,366
26	Mark	1,327
27	Aaron	1,323
28	Timothy	1,296
29	Paul	1,286
30	Justin	1,265
31	Thomas	1,186
32	Jonathan	1,088
33	Benjamin	1,074
34	Sean	1,022
35	Charles	1,020
36	Carlos	958
37	Adam	947
38	Brandon	906
39	Bryan	905
40	Gregory	903
41	Nathan	867
42	Jesse	822
43	Gabriel	815
44	Kenneth	782
45	Jesus	779
46	Stephen	772
47	Edward	751
48	Shawn	712
49	Luis	703
50	Jacob	688
51	Manuel	676
52	Nicholas	675
53	Patrick	668
54	Jorge	643
55	Victor	626
56	Miguel	615
57	Raymond	585
58	Francisco	584
59	Mario	581
60	Peter	577
61	Ricardo	569
62	George	543
63	Samuel	538
64	Donald	535
64	Ronald	535
66	Roberto	532
67	Antonio	523
68	Travis	518
69	Frank	517
70	Chad	516
71	Jaime	502
72	Oscar	481
73	Alejandro	471
74	Joel	470
75	Ruben	469
76	Todd	468
77	Fernando	459
78	Gary	441
79	Keith	434
80	Jeremiah	428
81	Erik	426
82	Phillip	421
83	Alexander	416
84	Jared	414
85	Shane	413
86	Adrian	404
87	Eduardo	396
88	Douglas	393
89	Dustin	390
90	Raul	377
91	Javier	376
92	Hector	371
93	Armando	370
94	Cesar	367
95	Larry	364
96	Dennis	362
97	Salvador	342
98	Arthur	341
99	Vincent	340
100	Sergio	336