California ★ 1997

Top names in California, 1997

Jessica led for girls with 3,218 babies ; Daniel for boys with 4,453. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jessica	3,218
2	Jennifer	2,817
3	Ashley	2,633
4	Emily	2,539
5	Samantha	2,496
6	Sarah	2,172
7	Stephanie	2,171
8	Elizabeth	2,001
9	Vanessa	2,000
10	Alexis	1,953
11	Maria	1,847
12	Jasmine	1,795
13	Alyssa	1,735
14	Melissa	1,732
15	Hannah	1,637
16	Kimberly	1,583
17	Victoria	1,451
18	Taylor	1,424
19	Amanda	1,415
20	Lauren	1,371
21	Michelle	1,360
22	Natalie	1,356
23	Madison	1,350
24	Megan	1,332
25	Diana	1,275
26	Andrea	1,251
27	Brianna	1,242
28	Nicole	1,218
29	Jacqueline	1,189
30	Rachel	1,165
31	Sabrina	1,157
32	Kayla	1,113
33	Alexandra	1,083
34	Daisy	1,029
35	Katherine	1,012
36	Rebecca	991
37	Julia	959
38	Danielle	947
39	Leslie	930
40	Jocelyn	918
41	Monica	914
42	Crystal	894
43	Cynthia	884
44	Alondra	878
44	Angelica	878
46	Marissa	843
47	Alejandra	839
48	Gabriela	831
49	Brittany	825
50	Karina	824
51	Brenda	823
52	Olivia	796
53	Sara	782
54	Destiny	781
55	Christina	761
56	Amber	747
57	Sophia	726
58	Abigail	724
59	Emma	716
60	Ana	704
61	Briana	688
62	Sydney	684
63	Karen	683
64	Adriana	680
65	Guadalupe	677
66	Sierra	671
67	Laura	664
68	Cassandra	661
69	Savannah	637
70	Haley	633
71	Veronica	632
72	Anna	631
72	Tiffany	631
74	Evelyn	629
75	Angela	610
75	Valerie	610
77	Amy	609
78	Alicia	606
79	Isabel	597
80	Mariah	590
81	Esmeralda	586
82	Bianca	582
83	Kelly	569
84	Allison	565
85	Yesenia	563
86	Morgan	562
87	Ariana	551
88	Nancy	549
89	Miranda	547
90	Erika	546
91	Jordan	545
92	Brooke	540
93	Karla	537
94	Courtney	525
95	Isabella	518
96	Breanna	517
97	Jasmin	515
98	Erica	510
99	Gabrielle	503
100	Madeline	501

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Daniel	4,453
2	Michael	4,311
3	Jose	4,157
4	Anthony	3,910
5	David	3,732
6	Christopher	3,723
7	Andrew	3,561
8	Matthew	3,260
9	Jonathan	3,252
10	Jacob	3,246
11	Joshua	3,109
12	Joseph	2,886
13	Brandon	2,846
14	Nicholas	2,635
15	Christian	2,604
16	Kevin	2,563
17	Luis	2,494
18	Ryan	2,375
19	Juan	2,355
20	Alexander	2,185
21	Justin	2,163
22	Jesus	2,015
23	Austin	1,950
24	Tyler	1,878
25	John	1,841
26	Angel	1,796
27	James	1,778
28	Robert	1,750
29	Carlos	1,746
30	Brian	1,689
31	Eric	1,653
32	Kyle	1,608
33	William	1,606
34	Samuel	1,591
35	Alejandro	1,563
36	Miguel	1,543
37	Zachary	1,470
38	Gabriel	1,464
39	Aaron	1,353
40	Jordan	1,330
41	Jason	1,325
42	Steven	1,316
43	Alexis	1,309
44	Adrian	1,237
45	Benjamin	1,217
46	Bryan	1,210
47	Francisco	1,186
48	Oscar	1,142
48	Richard	1,142
50	Jorge	1,137
51	Jesse	1,112
52	Eduardo	1,108
53	Nathan	1,106
54	Victor	1,095
55	Ricardo	1,074
56	Thomas	1,051
57	Dylan	1,031
58	Adam	993
59	Noah	979
60	Antonio	976
61	Isaac	974
62	Fernando	947
63	Alex	943
64	Cameron	931
65	Sean	924
66	Isaiah	909
67	Mark	872
68	Manuel	865
69	Andres	847
70	Edgar	812
71	Cristian	790
72	Ivan	785
73	Sergio	780
74	Javier	757
75	Timothy	738
76	Cesar	735
77	Ethan	730
78	Julian	704
79	Mario	701
80	Diego	700
80	Omar	700
82	Hector	679
82	Jeremy	679
84	Edward	677
85	Roberto	669
86	Erik	667
87	Jared	664
88	Connor	660
89	Martin	656
90	Elijah	651
91	Nathaniel	649
91	Patrick	649
93	Evan	648
94	Cody	637
95	Marco	635
96	Jeffrey	629
97	Ruben	615
98	Charles	611
98	Erick	611
100	Raymond	610