California ★ 1985

Top names in California, 1985

Jessica led for girls with 5,536 babies ; Michael for boys with 7,215. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jessica	5,536
2	Jennifer	4,966
3	Ashley	3,929
4	Amanda	3,168
5	Nicole	2,891
6	Stephanie	2,620
7	Melissa	2,500
8	Elizabeth	2,497
9	Christina	2,453
10	Sarah	2,414
11	Michelle	2,102
12	Vanessa	2,096
13	Heather	1,880
14	Megan	1,866
15	Maria	1,697
16	Laura	1,687
17	Amber	1,644
18	Crystal	1,643
19	Danielle	1,641
20	Rachel	1,527
21	Lauren	1,500
22	Brittany	1,423
23	Kimberly	1,406
24	Tiffany	1,327
25	Amy	1,240
26	Rebecca	1,230
27	Andrea	1,167
28	Sara	1,133
29	Erica	1,130
30	Veronica	1,128
31	Cynthia	1,106
32	Jamie	1,097
33	Natalie	1,081
34	Erin	1,078
35	Lisa	1,038
36	Monica	1,027
37	Angela	1,011
38	Katherine	1,005
39	Emily	992
40	Samantha	985
41	Nancy	967
42	Kelly	962
43	Christine	950
44	Diana	895
45	Jacqueline	891
46	Shannon	872
47	Kristen	805
48	Alicia	793
49	Erika	764
50	Patricia	743
51	Victoria	720
52	Allison	709
53	Mary	705
54	Mayra	704
55	Sandra	687
56	Brenda	684
56	Julie	684
58	Kristina	681
59	Lindsay	678
60	Krystal	675
61	Courtney	651
62	Jenna	641
63	Joanna	628
64	Lindsey	622
65	Valerie	620
66	Katie	618
67	Cassandra	605
68	Anna	603
69	Kristin	588
70	Kathryn	584
71	Cindy	553
72	April	545
73	Claudia	539
73	Monique	539
75	Ana	525
76	Tara	517
77	Linda	511
78	Denise	510
79	Desiree	501
80	Cristina	498
81	Adriana	496
81	Wendy	496
83	Angelica	484
84	Alexandra	478
85	Holly	461
86	Julia	454
87	Daisy	451
88	Kathleen	434
89	Priscilla	430
90	Catherine	428
91	Chelsea	423
92	Leslie	419
93	Karen	418
94	Evelyn	409
95	Stacy	407
96	Candice	399
97	Jasmine	393
98	Gabriela	378
99	Sabrina	372
100	Teresa	371

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	7,215
2	Christopher	6,722
3	Daniel	5,459
4	David	5,254
5	Matthew	4,514
6	Robert	3,698
7	Joshua	3,664
8	Ryan	3,576
9	Andrew	3,415
10	James	3,224
11	Anthony	3,127
12	Jose	3,120
13	Joseph	3,054
14	John	3,026
15	Jonathan	2,935
16	Jason	2,705
17	Brandon	2,701
18	Nicholas	2,635
19	Brian	2,559
20	Eric	2,509
21	Steven	2,487
22	Justin	2,255
23	Kevin	2,230
24	Richard	2,213
25	William	2,052
26	Adam	1,736
27	Kyle	1,718
28	Juan	1,690
29	Jeffrey	1,670
30	Sean	1,582
31	Thomas	1,559
32	Timothy	1,537
33	Aaron	1,437
34	Alexander	1,398
35	Mark	1,366
36	Carlos	1,275
37	Paul	1,248
38	Luis	1,236
39	Benjamin	1,170
40	Patrick	1,167
41	Jesus	1,131
42	Scott	1,100
43	Jacob	1,092
44	Jesse	1,084
45	Jeremy	1,073
46	Charles	1,058
47	Stephen	1,036
48	Bryan	1,034
49	Gregory	1,008
49	Miguel	1,008
51	Victor	1,000
52	Tyler	967
53	Kenneth	963
54	Nathan	941
55	Jorge	939
56	Travis	894
57	Francisco	882
58	Samuel	866
59	Zachary	853
60	Edward	804
61	Gabriel	803
62	Manuel	798
63	Ricardo	763
64	Peter	762
65	Adrian	746
66	Dustin	738
67	Antonio	727
68	Oscar	702
69	Mario	698
70	Raymond	675
71	Christian	656
72	Alejandro	648
73	Joel	635
74	Alex	618
75	Shawn	610
76	Erik	604
77	Hector	589
78	Roberto	585
79	Derek	577
80	Cody	575
80	Sergio	575
82	Jared	563
83	Frank	558
84	Ruben	554
85	Ian	540
86	Fernando	538
87	Jordan	537
88	Marcus	530
89	Javier	525
90	George	520
91	Vincent	515
92	Phillip	512
93	Chad	506
94	Bradley	488
95	Keith	487
96	Ronald	476
97	Eduardo	464
98	Cesar	463
99	Martin	460
100	Raul	450