California ★ 1979

Top names in California, 1979

Jennifer led for girls with 5,461 babies ; Michael for boys with 6,587. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	5,461
2	Melissa	3,006
3	Jessica	2,543
4	Michelle	2,428
5	Nicole	2,212
6	Sarah	2,118
7	Maria	2,030
8	Christina	2,008
9	Elizabeth	1,927
10	Lisa	1,750
11	Heather	1,614
12	Amanda	1,611
13	Angela	1,500
14	Stephanie	1,392
15	Kimberly	1,378
16	Amy	1,373
17	Amber	1,361
18	Monica	1,236
19	Rebecca	1,232
20	Laura	1,218
21	Veronica	1,210
22	Kelly	1,148
23	Andrea	1,139
24	Jamie	1,076
25	Erin	1,028
26	Crystal	996
27	Shannon	991
28	Sara	950
29	Rachel	933
30	Erica	919
31	Christine	913
32	Julie	889
33	Patricia	888
34	Vanessa	867
35	Tiffany	833
36	April	832
37	Danielle	831
38	Sandra	815
39	Mary	806
40	Cynthia	799
41	Alicia	794
42	Megan	745
43	Katherine	659
44	Emily	657
45	Nancy	641
46	Diana	632
47	Erika	629
48	Natalie	614
49	Wendy	585
50	Anna	525
51	Claudia	509
52	Kristina	502
53	Karen	490
54	Valerie	477
55	Desiree	463
55	Monique	463
57	Brandy	462
58	Angelica	458
59	Kathryn	445
60	Gina	439
61	Stacy	435
62	Teresa	433
63	Gabriela	432
64	Tracy	431
65	Carrie	430
66	Sonia	425
67	Brenda	421
68	Jacqueline	420
69	Lauren	419
70	Adriana	418
71	Denise	414
72	Susan	409
73	Leticia	403
74	Leslie	402
75	Tara	400
76	Melanie	397
77	Ana	388
78	Dawn	386
78	Sabrina	386
80	Julia	384
80	Samantha	384
82	Kristen	383
82	Linda	383
84	Kristin	380
85	Rosa	374
85	Victoria	374
87	Misty	368
88	Jaime	366
89	Tina	364
90	Stacey	363
91	Cindy	362
92	Allison	359
93	Courtney	357
94	Holly	350
94	Renee	350
96	Katie	344
97	Catherine	342
98	Tanya	335
99	Heidi	333
100	Lorena	332

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	6,587
2	David	4,876
3	Christopher	4,716
4	Jason	4,065
5	Daniel	3,554
6	Robert	3,458
7	John	3,019
8	Matthew	3,009
9	James	2,978
10	Ryan	2,899
11	Joshua	2,895
12	Jose	2,681
13	Brian	2,662
14	Joseph	2,618
15	Eric	2,080
15	Nicholas	2,080
17	Anthony	2,074
18	Richard	2,059
19	Steven	1,838
20	William	1,699
21	Kevin	1,689
22	Jeffrey	1,630
23	Juan	1,602
24	Justin	1,578
25	Andrew	1,552
26	Adam	1,444
27	Jeremy	1,433
28	Aaron	1,417
29	Timothy	1,409
30	Scott	1,325
31	Jonathan	1,293
32	Mark	1,279
33	Paul	1,271
34	Thomas	1,237
35	Brandon	1,150
36	Benjamin	1,120
37	Carlos	1,102
38	Charles	1,008
39	Sean	949
40	Jesus	945
41	Nathan	936
42	Jesse	879
43	Jorge	857
44	Patrick	854
45	Gregory	826
46	Kenneth	824
47	Edward	814
48	Gabriel	813
49	Stephen	802
50	Luis	797
51	Jacob	779
52	Erik	763
53	Bryan	755
54	Manuel	743
55	Victor	707
56	Miguel	694
57	Francisco	684
58	Ricardo	678
59	Mario	665
60	Peter	658
61	Raymond	638
62	Travis	635
63	Samuel	628
64	Antonio	609
65	Alejandro	591
66	Shawn	583
67	Chad	579
68	Roberto	566
69	George	535
70	Frank	534
71	Jaime	526
72	Oscar	525
73	Ruben	507
74	Ronald	501
75	Donald	500
76	Hector	489
76	Joel	489
78	Alexander	472
79	Fernando	466
80	Dustin	456
80	Phillip	456
82	Shaun	453
83	Jared	451
84	Kyle	435
85	Adrian	433
86	Keith	430
87	Javier	428
88	Gary	424
88	Raul	424
90	Armando	422
91	Eduardo	406
92	Zachary	403
93	Jeremiah	393
94	Douglas	385
95	Sergio	379
96	Cesar	378
96	Vincent	378
98	Shane	372
99	Dennis	358
99	Ian	358