California ★ 1983

Top names in California, 1983

Jennifer led for girls with 5,832 babies ; Michael for boys with 7,398. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	5,832
2	Jessica	4,509
3	Nicole	2,645
4	Melissa	2,622
5	Sarah	2,608
6	Elizabeth	2,381
7	Michelle	2,363
8	Stephanie	2,324
9	Christina	2,279
10	Ashley	2,257
11	Amanda	2,238
12	Heather	1,994
13	Crystal	1,890
14	Maria	1,779
15	Vanessa	1,541
16	Amber	1,535
17	Kimberly	1,465
18	Tiffany	1,444
19	Laura	1,346
20	Rebecca	1,340
21	Megan	1,338
22	Amy	1,320
23	Danielle	1,310
24	Rachel	1,290
25	Erin	1,287
26	Lisa	1,274
27	Lauren	1,222
28	Erica	1,185
29	Veronica	1,181
30	Angela	1,179
31	Andrea	1,162
32	Cynthia	1,134
33	Monica	1,072
34	Sara	1,041
35	Kelly	1,001
36	Jamie	978
37	Shannon	971
38	Katherine	960
39	Emily	946
40	Christine	920
41	Natalie	874
42	Diana	868
43	Jacqueline	865
44	Patricia	856
45	Erika	816
46	Alicia	759
47	Nancy	756
48	Mary	752
49	Kristen	744
50	Sandra	723
51	Lindsay	721
52	Julie	705
53	April	699
54	Lindsey	649
55	Victoria	630
56	Valerie	615
57	Kristina	614
58	Kristin	613
59	Monique	610
60	Samantha	605
61	Anna	595
62	Courtney	585
63	Desiree	581
64	Daisy	571
65	Kathryn	558
66	Mayra	557
67	Linda	549
68	Brenda	548
69	Claudia	518
70	Angelica	508
70	Katie	508
72	Wendy	495
73	Holly	485
74	Cassandra	479
74	Karen	479
76	Tara	475
77	Adriana	474
77	Alexis	474
79	Denise	471
80	Julia	468
81	Allison	461
82	Teresa	457
83	Ana	443
84	Cristina	441
85	Gabriela	427
86	Leslie	421
87	Catherine	414
88	Cindy	413
89	Brittany	406
89	Stacy	406
91	Evelyn	399
92	Sabrina	398
93	Candice	391
94	Krystal	389
95	Kathleen	388
96	Renee	384
97	Jenny	377
98	Melanie	376
99	Marissa	362
100	Joanna	361

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	7,398
2	Christopher	6,351
3	David	5,001
4	Daniel	4,750
5	Matthew	4,697
6	Robert	3,578
7	Jason	3,372
8	Ryan	3,349
9	Joshua	3,280
10	Joseph	3,097
11	James	3,066
12	John	3,026
13	Jose	2,838
14	Brian	2,655
15	Andrew	2,598
16	Anthony	2,485
17	Jonathan	2,463
18	Justin	2,427
19	Eric	2,312
20	Nicholas	2,282
21	Steven	2,253
22	Richard	2,186
23	Brandon	2,171
24	William	2,062
25	Kevin	1,926
26	Adam	1,924
27	Jeffrey	1,641
28	Juan	1,632
29	Aaron	1,485
30	Sean	1,405
31	Thomas	1,402
32	Timothy	1,366
33	Mark	1,362
34	Paul	1,351
35	Kyle	1,228
36	Benjamin	1,206
37	Scott	1,174
38	Jeremy	1,148
39	Jesse	1,144
40	Carlos	1,103
41	Travis	1,098
42	Jacob	1,067
43	Patrick	1,061
44	Luis	1,039
45	Stephen	999
46	Charles	985
47	Jesus	976
48	Gregory	951
49	Bryan	949
50	Kenneth	928
51	Miguel	906
52	Nathan	867
53	Gabriel	819
54	Victor	817
55	Alexander	773
56	Manuel	756
56	Ricardo	756
58	Edward	746
58	Jorge	746
60	Dustin	742
60	Francisco	742
62	Peter	690
63	Samuel	684
64	Alejandro	671
65	Mario	666
66	Raymond	659
67	Erik	636
68	Derek	610
69	Antonio	604
70	Adrian	591
71	Joel	578
72	Ruben	577
73	Christian	573
74	Tyler	565
75	Roberto	564
76	Oscar	557
77	Ian	555
78	Frank	554
78	Zachary	554
80	Jared	545
81	Javier	533
82	George	532
83	Ronald	514
84	Sergio	512
85	Fernando	509
86	Vincent	506
87	Donald	500
88	Marcus	497
89	Jaime	490
90	Hector	484
91	Shawn	481
92	Phillip	468
93	Raul	460
94	Chad	458
95	Martin	455
96	Jordan	442
97	Evan	441
98	Keith	436
99	Armando	424
100	Eduardo	413