California ★ 1980

Top names in California, 1980

Jennifer led for girls with 5,612 babies ; Michael for boys with 6,905. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	5,612
2	Melissa	2,985
3	Jessica	2,928
4	Sarah	2,578
5	Michelle	2,431
6	Maria	2,246
7	Nicole	2,239
8	Elizabeth	2,213
9	Christina	2,090
10	Amanda	1,878
11	Stephanie	1,616
12	Lisa	1,614
13	Heather	1,583
14	Amber	1,492
15	Kimberly	1,464
16	Tiffany	1,402
17	Veronica	1,397
18	Rebecca	1,368
19	Laura	1,348
20	Angela	1,338
21	Amy	1,297
22	Erin	1,289
23	Sara	1,222
24	Monica	1,158
25	Crystal	1,094
26	Andrea	1,092
27	Kelly	1,062
28	Jamie	1,051
29	Vanessa	1,009
30	Erica	1,003
31	Rachel	997
32	Danielle	959
33	Shannon	923
34	Sandra	902
35	Megan	866
36	Patricia	853
37	Christine	850
38	April	846
39	Mary	833
40	Julie	827
41	Cynthia	787
42	Alicia	770
43	Katherine	742
44	Emily	719
45	Nancy	677
46	Lauren	649
47	Kristin	625
48	Natalie	618
49	Erika	611
50	Monique	594
51	Anna	569
52	Angelica	565
53	Kristen	556
53	Wendy	556
55	Diana	539
56	Claudia	524
57	Mayra	512
58	Valerie	511
59	Ana	508
60	Jacqueline	506
61	Kristina	482
62	Katie	474
62	Leslie	474
64	Karen	472
65	Brenda	471
66	Adriana	468
67	Teresa	466
68	Linda	456
69	Brooke	455
70	Denise	442
71	Desiree	441
72	Kathryn	440
73	Leticia	439
74	Julia	438
75	Rosa	433
75	Sonia	433
75	Stacy	433
78	Courtney	431
79	Allison	426
80	Brandy	424
81	Samantha	423
82	Susan	420
83	Ashley	419
84	Tracy	414
85	Victoria	413
86	Melanie	412
87	Lindsay	407
88	Carrie	402
89	Gina	401
90	Catherine	394
90	Lorena	394
92	Tara	388
93	Heidi	384
94	Renee	375
95	Jenny	373
96	Maribel	372
97	Tanya	368
98	Candice	362
98	Sabrina	362
100	Brandi	358

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	6,905
2	David	5,084
3	Christopher	4,783
4	Daniel	4,148
5	Jason	4,104
6	Robert	3,478
7	Matthew	3,379
8	Joshua	3,138
9	John	3,023
10	James	3,022
11	Ryan	2,991
12	Jose	2,974
13	Joseph	2,825
14	Brian	2,726
15	Justin	2,398
16	Eric	2,314
17	Richard	2,105
18	Anthony	2,100
19	Nicholas	2,087
20	Steven	1,872
21	Juan	1,765
22	Andrew	1,743
23	Jonathan	1,724
24	William	1,715
25	Kevin	1,639
26	Jeffrey	1,575
27	Adam	1,550
28	Timothy	1,451
29	Jeremy	1,446
30	Aaron	1,408
31	Mark	1,356
32	Brandon	1,346
33	Scott	1,328
34	Paul	1,298
35	Thomas	1,267
36	Benjamin	1,206
37	Carlos	1,132
38	Charles	1,063
39	Sean	1,061
40	Luis	1,058
41	Jesus	1,036
42	Jesse	1,004
43	Patrick	902
44	Jacob	901
45	Gabriel	876
46	Nathan	861
47	Kenneth	860
48	Gregory	855
49	Jorge	841
50	Stephen	835
51	Bryan	815
52	Erik	813
53	Miguel	801
54	Edward	796
55	Ricardo	781
56	Manuel	779
57	Victor	768
58	Francisco	723
59	Mario	715
60	Raymond	712
61	Dustin	704
62	Peter	683
63	Travis	676
64	Antonio	662
65	Samuel	656
66	George	614
66	Roberto	614
68	Shawn	601
69	Alejandro	599
70	Derek	591
71	Jaime	585
72	Frank	568
73	Alexander	561
74	Ronald	558
75	Ruben	553
76	Joel	540
77	Chad	538
78	Donald	522
79	Jared	515
80	Oscar	512
81	Fernando	509
82	Hector	503
83	Raul	494
84	Phillip	490
85	Javier	484
86	Armando	471
87	Keith	468
88	Adrian	463
89	Eduardo	459
90	Sergio	453
91	Kyle	441
92	Vincent	430
93	Cesar	420
94	Gary	411
95	Ian	408
96	Salvador	400
97	Omar	392
98	Douglas	391
99	Jeremiah	389
100	Rafael	388