California ★ 1986

Top names in California, 1986

Jessica led for girls with 5,965 babies ; Michael for boys with 7,262. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jessica	5,965
2	Ashley	4,414
3	Jennifer	4,306
4	Amanda	3,493
5	Sarah	3,035
6	Nicole	2,727
7	Stephanie	2,706
8	Melissa	2,425
9	Elizabeth	2,385
10	Christina	2,278
11	Vanessa	2,082
12	Michelle	1,988
13	Heather	1,782
14	Brittany	1,767
15	Lauren	1,722
16	Maria	1,683
17	Megan	1,663
18	Amber	1,659
19	Danielle	1,634
20	Crystal	1,604
21	Rachel	1,538
22	Laura	1,503
23	Kimberly	1,470
24	Tiffany	1,404
25	Samantha	1,403
26	Sara	1,271
27	Erica	1,226
28	Amy	1,207
28	Rebecca	1,207
30	Andrea	1,125
31	Emily	1,091
32	Natalie	1,074
33	Monica	1,073
34	Erin	1,060
35	Katherine	1,044
36	Veronica	1,009
37	Angela	1,007
38	Christine	970
39	Kelly	965
40	Diana	955
41	Lisa	918
42	Cynthia	916
43	Jacqueline	911
44	Nancy	888
45	Mayra	868
46	Jamie	864
47	Alicia	845
48	Shannon	803
49	Courtney	793
50	Erika	785
51	Patricia	775
52	Sandra	754
53	Allison	748
54	Victoria	733
55	Kristen	726
56	Whitney	720
57	Brenda	682
58	Katie	680
59	Mary	671
60	Kristina	670
61	Angelica	631
62	Cassandra	630
63	Anna	628
64	Kathryn	616
65	Lindsey	615
66	Valerie	610
67	Lindsay	605
68	Adriana	603
69	Kristin	602
70	Ana	584
71	Krystal	580
72	Monique	569
73	Jenna	568
74	Julie	567
75	Alexandra	565
76	Cristina	552
77	Claudia	546
78	Brittney	544
79	Jasmine	535
80	Denise	533
81	April	493
82	Cindy	488
83	Linda	472
84	Chelsea	463
85	Desiree	452
86	Joanna	445
87	Catherine	439
88	Julia	438
88	Leslie	438
90	Marissa	434
91	Wendy	430
92	Yesenia	426
93	Kathleen	425
94	Tara	418
95	Alyssa	417
96	Gabriela	412
97	Natasha	405
98	Sabrina	404
99	Caitlin	402
100	Karen	391

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	7,262
2	Christopher	6,453
3	Daniel	5,434
4	David	5,298
5	Matthew	4,697
6	Andrew	3,943
7	Robert	3,729
8	Ryan	3,507
9	Joshua	3,418
10	Anthony	3,116
11	Jose	3,073
12	James	3,046
13	Joseph	3,012
14	Jonathan	2,957
15	John	2,848
16	Nicholas	2,655
17	Jason	2,610
18	Brandon	2,521
19	Eric	2,457
20	Steven	2,423
21	Kevin	2,383
22	Justin	2,286
23	Brian	2,281
24	Richard	2,126
25	Kyle	2,074
26	William	2,018
27	Juan	1,807
28	Jeffrey	1,698
29	Sean	1,685
30	Alexander	1,646
31	Thomas	1,582
32	Adam	1,578
33	Timothy	1,568
34	Aaron	1,440
35	Luis	1,390
36	Jeremy	1,363
37	Jacob	1,328
38	Mark	1,321
39	Benjamin	1,313
40	Carlos	1,273
41	Paul	1,253
42	Jesse	1,213
43	Patrick	1,176
44	Scott	1,157
45	Stephen	1,093
46	Bryan	1,040
47	Charles	1,030
47	Miguel	1,030
49	Tyler	1,024
50	Jesus	1,015
51	Gregory	1,005
52	Victor	1,001
53	Jorge	955
54	Kenneth	926
55	Samuel	913
56	Travis	890
57	Nathan	887
58	Zachary	882
59	Francisco	838
60	Edward	823
61	Alejandro	795
62	Christian	785
63	Manuel	783
64	Ricardo	778
65	Gabriel	766
66	Adrian	765
67	Peter	742
68	Mario	732
69	Antonio	723
70	Raymond	719
71	Oscar	684
72	Alex	680
73	Dustin	676
74	Jordan	660
75	Roberto	626
76	Joel	621
77	Derek	611
78	Shawn	595
79	Erik	593
80	George	585
81	Fernando	571
82	Ruben	569
83	Javier	561
84	Jared	560
85	Martin	555
86	Hector	545
87	Frank	542
88	Phillip	539
89	Sergio	527
90	Cody	525
91	Evan	520
92	Bradley	518
93	Chad	514
94	Angel	503
95	Brett	501
96	Ian	495
97	Marcus	493
98	Shane	487
99	Vincent	484
100	Jaime	478