California ★ 1978

Top names in California, 1978

Jennifer led for girls with 5,295 babies ; Michael for boys with 6,490. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	5,295
2	Melissa	2,450
3	Jessica	2,418
4	Michelle	2,307
5	Sarah	2,141
6	Christina	2,020
7	Nicole	1,935
8	Maria	1,911
9	Elizabeth	1,794
10	Heather	1,749
11	Lisa	1,747
12	Angela	1,434
13	Amy	1,398
14	Stephanie	1,383
15	Kimberly	1,301
16	Kelly	1,258
17	Rebecca	1,217
18	Veronica	1,202
19	Amanda	1,188
20	Monica	1,126
21	Amber	1,113
22	Andrea	1,069
23	Laura	1,058
24	Shannon	1,052
25	Erin	1,023
26	Christine	965
27	Rachel	952
28	Crystal	912
29	Julie	877
30	Sara	868
31	Danielle	860
31	Jamie	860
33	Patricia	855
34	Cynthia	809
35	Vanessa	808
36	Erica	806
37	Sandra	785
38	April	760
39	Mary	701
40	Tiffany	650
41	Alicia	646
42	Nancy	628
43	Katherine	608
44	Wendy	594
45	Emily	567
46	Anna	556
47	Diana	553
48	Karen	539
49	Carrie	536
50	Megan	510
51	Erika	505
52	Natalie	501
53	Gina	497
54	Kristina	493
55	Brandy	472
56	Stacy	467
57	Denise	457
58	Claudia	451
59	Melanie	442
60	Sabrina	437
61	Teresa	436
62	Angelica	435
63	Valerie	429
64	Desiree	428
65	Susan	424
66	Tina	414
67	Tracy	410
68	Ana	404
68	Tara	404
70	Linda	403
71	Kristen	401
72	Jaime	399
72	Tanya	399
74	Leslie	396
75	Leticia	395
76	Stacey	392
77	Brenda	391
78	Kristy	390
79	Dawn	388
80	Jacqueline	384
81	Michele	381
82	Julia	372
83	Allison	370
83	Kathryn	370
85	Monique	364
86	Kristin	363
87	Rosa	361
87	Sonia	361
89	Jill	360
90	Adriana	357
91	Brandi	354
91	Misty	354
93	Tamara	352
94	Catherine	348
95	Heidi	346
96	Victoria	342
97	Renee	337
98	Kathleen	332
99	Lindsay	318
100	Holly	310

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	6,490
2	David	4,580
3	Jason	4,302
4	Christopher	4,067
5	Daniel	3,432
6	Robert	3,310
7	James	3,062
8	Matthew	3,033
9	John	2,926
10	Brian	2,766
11	Joshua	2,550
12	Jose	2,512
13	Joseph	2,457
14	Ryan	2,446
15	Anthony	2,037
16	Eric	1,957
17	Richard	1,933
18	Steven	1,873
19	Nicholas	1,765
20	Kevin	1,692
21	William	1,658
22	Jeffrey	1,579
23	Juan	1,486
24	Andrew	1,461
25	Jeremy	1,436
26	Justin	1,395
27	Timothy	1,342
28	Mark	1,321
29	Aaron	1,308
30	Thomas	1,258
31	Scott	1,252
32	Paul	1,241
33	Adam	1,216
34	Jonathan	1,055
35	Benjamin	1,021
36	Charles	976
37	Sean	958
38	Gregory	947
39	Brandon	920
40	Carlos	916
41	Jesse	868
42	Nathan	845
43	Kenneth	827
44	Jesus	823
45	Stephen	807
46	Bryan	778
46	Edward	778
48	Gabriel	767
49	Patrick	728
50	Jacob	715
51	Manuel	671
52	Victor	668
53	Miguel	643
54	Jorge	640
54	Mario	640
56	Shawn	624
57	Luis	621
58	Ricardo	609
59	Francisco	605
60	Peter	597
61	Shaun	563
62	Erik	556
63	Raymond	549
64	Donald	531
65	Chad	527
66	Antonio	521
67	Roberto	514
67	Travis	514
69	Samuel	508
70	George	507
70	Ruben	507
72	Oscar	504
73	Frank	499
74	Ronald	496
75	Alejandro	493
76	Jaime	486
77	Phillip	484
78	Joel	477
79	Alexander	456
80	Fernando	452
81	Javier	440
82	Gary	438
83	Sergio	423
84	Adrian	416
84	Eduardo	416
86	Keith	408
87	Dustin	406
87	Todd	406
89	Jeremiah	402
90	Hector	383
91	Douglas	380
92	Kyle	375
93	Cesar	373
94	Shane	372
95	Jared	369
96	Vincent	368
97	Salvador	353
98	Raul	346
99	Larry	345
100	Armando	341