California ★ 1988

Top names in California, 1988

Jessica led for girls with 6,495 babies ; Michael for boys with 7,761. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jessica	6,495
2	Ashley	4,761
3	Jennifer	3,875
4	Amanda	3,796
5	Stephanie	3,258
6	Sarah	3,011
7	Elizabeth	2,717
8	Nicole	2,602
9	Melissa	2,535
10	Brittany	2,421
11	Vanessa	2,312
12	Michelle	2,288
13	Samantha	2,210
14	Christina	2,207
15	Lauren	2,052
16	Danielle	1,837
17	Tiffany	1,753
18	Megan	1,700
19	Heather	1,695
20	Amber	1,605
21	Maria	1,604
22	Crystal	1,538
23	Rachel	1,492
24	Laura	1,375
25	Emily	1,359
26	Rebecca	1,346
27	Kimberly	1,312
28	Katherine	1,270
29	Andrea	1,256
30	Erica	1,255
31	Sara	1,180
32	Diana	1,169
33	Natalie	1,124
34	Cynthia	1,109
35	Jacqueline	1,079
36	Amy	1,064
37	Alexandra	1,061
38	Chelsea	1,024
39	Courtney	1,003
40	Victoria	1,002
41	Monica	996
42	Lisa	988
43	Alyssa	983
44	Kayla	978
45	Christine	974
46	Angela	965
47	Veronica	952
48	Nancy	897
49	Kelly	894
50	Jasmine	875
51	Erika	859
52	Brenda	856
53	Alicia	838
54	Mayra	809
55	Jamie	796
56	Cassandra	776
57	Brittney	759
58	Erin	747
59	Allison	743
60	Angelica	741
61	Kristen	723
62	Caitlin	717
63	Anna	715
64	Mary	709
65	Katie	697
66	Patricia	681
67	Kathryn	656
68	Kristina	654
69	Sandra	646
70	Shannon	642
71	Daisy	630
72	Cindy	628
73	Ana	620
74	Monique	612
75	Adriana	605
76	Julie	593
77	Lindsay	583
78	Brianna	569
79	Karina	568
80	Denise	564
80	Lindsey	564
82	Yesenia	552
83	Kristin	549
84	Claudia	538
85	Kelsey	533
86	Leslie	525
87	Krystal	520
88	Marissa	514
89	Joanna	511
90	Desiree	508
91	Gabriela	497
92	Valerie	496
93	Karen	494
94	Priscilla	490
95	Jenna	488
96	Julia	486
97	Bianca	483
98	Cristina	471
98	Sabrina	471
100	Evelyn	460

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	7,761
2	Christopher	6,465
3	Daniel	5,406
4	David	5,157
5	Matthew	4,855
6	Andrew	4,561
7	Joshua	3,943
8	Robert	3,640
9	Anthony	3,599
10	Jose	3,546
11	Jonathan	3,532
12	Ryan	3,388
13	Justin	3,287
14	Joseph	3,267
15	James	3,102
16	Nicholas	3,076
17	John	2,951
18	Kevin	2,870
19	Eric	2,656
20	Brian	2,578
21	Steven	2,476
22	Brandon	2,349
23	Alexander	2,265
24	Kyle	2,224
25	Richard	2,139
26	William	2,065
27	Jason	1,996
28	Juan	1,905
29	Thomas	1,792
30	Aaron	1,672
31	Sean	1,620
32	Timothy	1,609
33	Jeffrey	1,584
34	Adam	1,582
35	Luis	1,563
36	Jacob	1,551
37	Mark	1,360
38	Carlos	1,339
39	Jesse	1,308
40	Tyler	1,307
41	Benjamin	1,283
42	Jesus	1,272
43	Paul	1,258
44	Jeremy	1,240
45	Zachary	1,237
46	Samuel	1,222
47	Scott	1,204
48	Patrick	1,140
49	Bryan	1,126
50	Miguel	1,124
51	Travis	1,123
52	Victor	1,120
53	Charles	1,057
54	Stephen	1,052
55	Jorge	1,018
56	Francisco	983
57	Kenneth	978
58	Ricardo	966
59	Nathan	961
60	Christian	953
61	Edward	924
62	Gregory	908
63	Adrian	906
64	Gabriel	892
65	Alex	886
66	Cody	858
67	Jordan	831
68	Mario	829
69	Manuel	825
70	Antonio	810
71	Edgar	802
72	Derek	781
73	Cameron	774
73	Raymond	774
75	Erik	756
75	Vincent	756
77	Peter	750
78	Alejandro	746
79	Oscar	736
80	Martin	722
81	George	695
82	Sergio	686
83	Eduardo	680
84	Dustin	665
85	Hector	645
86	Jared	633
87	Austin	631
88	Ian	628
89	Ruben	627
90	Joel	625
91	Javier	624
92	Shane	616
93	Angel	609
94	Trevor	598
95	Fernando	591
96	Frank	590
97	Roberto	573
98	Evan	570
99	Chad	567
99	Cory	567