California ★ 1981

Top names in California, 1981

Jennifer led for girls with 5,625 babies ; Michael for boys with 7,151. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	5,625
2	Jessica	3,744
3	Melissa	2,845
4	Sarah	2,834
5	Michelle	2,464
6	Nicole	2,350
7	Elizabeth	2,312
8	Maria	2,240
9	Amanda	2,114
10	Christina	2,080
11	Stephanie	1,916
12	Amber	1,576
13	Lisa	1,534
14	Heather	1,491
15	Rebecca	1,463
16	Amy	1,460
17	Tiffany	1,399
18	Laura	1,382
19	Crystal	1,373
20	Kimberly	1,364
21	Erin	1,306
22	Angela	1,296
23	Andrea	1,273
24	Veronica	1,248
25	Monica	1,237
26	Danielle	1,208
27	Sara	1,182
28	Vanessa	1,135
29	Rachel	1,112
30	Kelly	1,057
31	Erica	1,014
32	Jamie	991
33	Shannon	968
34	Julie	919
35	Diana	896
36	Sandra	890
37	Megan	886
38	Christine	881
39	Cynthia	863
40	Lauren	861
41	April	858
42	Mary	845
43	Emily	821
44	Kristin	819
45	Patricia	812
46	Alicia	799
47	Katherine	798
48	Nancy	796
49	Kristen	735
50	Erika	685
51	Natalie	671
52	Jacqueline	663
53	Anna	656
54	Monique	654
55	Angelica	593
56	Wendy	590
57	Denise	586
58	Claudia	579
59	Ana	571
60	Valerie	537
61	Katie	529
62	Julia	520
63	Courtney	519
64	Ashley	515
65	Kathryn	512
66	Kristina	502
67	Brenda	501
68	Lindsay	499
69	Victoria	488
70	Linda	479
71	Teresa	471
72	Samantha	444
73	Adriana	441
74	Brooke	439
75	Karen	435
75	Leslie	435
77	Allison	434
78	Rosa	424
79	Melanie	418
80	Joanna	410
81	Brandy	408
82	Tara	407
83	Candice	405
84	Gina	404
85	Leticia	399
86	Desiree	392
87	Martha	388
87	Sonia	388
89	Lindsey	381
90	Sabrina	380
91	Leah	378
92	Tanya	376
93	Janet	373
94	Tina	372
95	Catherine	367
95	Lorena	367
97	Susan	361
98	Heidi	360
99	Renee	357
100	Brandi	353

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	7,151
2	Christopher	5,178
3	David	4,937
4	Daniel	4,334
5	Matthew	3,884
6	Robert	3,734
7	Jason	3,712
8	Joshua	3,383
9	John	3,216
10	Jose	3,198
11	Ryan	3,173
12	Joseph	3,040
13	James	3,018
14	Brian	2,615
15	Justin	2,446
16	Anthony	2,383
17	Jonathan	2,246
18	Richard	2,195
19	Eric	2,118
20	Nicholas	2,055
21	Steven	1,973
22	Brandon	1,919
23	Andrew	1,880
24	Juan	1,857
25	William	1,791
26	Jeffrey	1,696
27	Kevin	1,684
28	Adam	1,624
29	Aaron	1,562
30	Jeremy	1,463
31	Timothy	1,417
32	Paul	1,411
33	Thomas	1,360
34	Mark	1,301
35	Sean	1,285
36	Scott	1,267
37	Jesse	1,250
38	Benjamin	1,236
39	Carlos	1,208
40	Charles	1,074
41	Jesus	1,038
41	Luis	1,038
43	Kenneth	949
44	Patrick	948
45	Jacob	944
46	Nathan	940
47	Miguel	917
48	Gregory	855
49	Jorge	842
50	Francisco	833
51	Ricardo	826
52	Gabriel	822
53	Edward	817
54	Bryan	812
55	Stephen	809
56	Dustin	789
57	Manuel	766
58	Victor	745
59	Mario	733
60	Alexander	717
61	Alejandro	711
62	Raymond	709
63	Samuel	666
64	Travis	651
65	Peter	636
66	Antonio	629
67	Erik	619
67	Roberto	619
69	Ronald	613
70	Shawn	610
71	Frank	603
72	Joel	580
73	George	579
74	Kyle	577
75	Jared	557
76	Adrian	556
77	Oscar	541
78	Ruben	539
78	Sergio	539
80	Derek	537
81	Jaime	536
82	Chad	525
83	Raul	516
84	Donald	514
85	Javier	504
86	Fernando	499
87	Hector	498
88	Armando	497
89	Christian	481
90	Keith	469
90	Vincent	469
92	Cesar	453
93	Phillip	452
94	Gary	439
95	Arturo	410
96	Eduardo	404
96	Martin	404
96	Zachary	404
99	Salvador	402
100	Ian	396