California ★ 1998

Top names in California, 1998

Jessica led for girls with 2,847 babies ; Daniel for boys with 4,319. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jessica	2,847
2	Ashley	2,721
3	Emily	2,671
4	Samantha	2,668
5	Jennifer	2,561
6	Sarah	2,139
7	Alexis	2,074
8	Vanessa	1,973
9	Alyssa	1,962
10	Stephanie	1,951
11	Elizabeth	1,942
12	Jasmine	1,711
13	Hannah	1,692
14	Maria	1,650
15	Natalie	1,531
16	Madison	1,439
17	Victoria	1,430
18	Kimberly	1,401
19	Taylor	1,376
20	Melissa	1,360
21	Brianna	1,332
22	Amanda	1,331
23	Diana	1,324
24	Michelle	1,285
25	Nicole	1,284
26	Andrea	1,258
27	Lauren	1,250
28	Megan	1,127
29	Alexandra	1,100
30	Rachel	1,095
31	Kayla	1,092
32	Julia	1,072
33	Leslie	1,043
34	Daisy	1,030
35	Emma	1,018
36	Katherine	994
37	Esmeralda	960
38	Destiny	954
39	Jacqueline	900
40	Jocelyn	897
41	Danielle	879
42	Rebecca	877
43	Sabrina	875
44	Abigail	841
45	Cynthia	839
46	Angelica	830
47	Crystal	827
48	Alejandra	826
49	Karina	817
50	Sophia	808
51	Monica	806
52	Olivia	805
53	Brenda	786
54	Gabriela	771
55	Brittany	735
55	Sara	735
57	Isabella	731
58	Amber	724
59	Adriana	720
60	Marissa	709
61	Isabel	707
62	Briana	692
63	Savannah	668
64	Sierra	656
65	Tiffany	654
66	Sydney	653
67	Alondra	652
68	Karen	651
68	Mariah	651
70	Allison	638
71	Evelyn	633
72	Guadalupe	625
73	Valerie	608
74	Christina	601
75	Laura	600
76	Ana	595
77	Cassandra	592
78	Ariana	587
79	Veronica	577
80	Kaitlyn	575
81	Madeline	574
82	Jordan	565
83	Alicia	563
84	Angela	562
85	Haley	556
86	Amy	548
87	Grace	543
88	Erika	538
89	Jasmin	534
90	Nancy	526
91	Morgan	524
92	Anna	521
93	Brooke	511
94	Karla	509
95	Giselle	508
96	Kelly	498
97	Breanna	488
98	Claire	479
99	Gabrielle	477
100	Chloe	474

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Daniel	4,319
2	Jose	4,281
3	Michael	4,132
4	Anthony	3,884
5	Jacob	3,568
6	David	3,478
7	Matthew	3,456
8	Andrew	3,434
9	Christopher	3,387
10	Joshua	3,255
11	Jonathan	3,078
12	Joseph	2,952
13	Nicholas	2,757
14	Brandon	2,733
15	Ryan	2,432
16	Juan	2,370
17	Christian	2,353
18	Luis	2,299
19	Alexander	2,229
19	Kevin	2,229
21	Justin	2,096
22	Angel	1,920
23	Jesus	1,908
24	Tyler	1,819
25	Robert	1,795
26	John	1,731
27	Carlos	1,699
28	Adrian	1,684
29	James	1,663
30	William	1,616
31	Kyle	1,614
32	Gabriel	1,593
33	Eric	1,587
34	Austin	1,576
35	Brian	1,547
36	Samuel	1,494
37	Alejandro	1,461
38	Jason	1,449
39	Miguel	1,438
40	Zachary	1,405
41	Aaron	1,387
42	Jordan	1,385
43	Noah	1,368
44	Nathan	1,326
45	Bryan	1,271
46	Dylan	1,263
47	Steven	1,257
48	Jorge	1,240
49	Benjamin	1,198
50	Oscar	1,140
51	Richard	1,121
52	Victor	1,107
53	Ricardo	1,090
54	Cameron	1,086
55	Isaac	1,078
56	Thomas	1,063
57	Francisco	1,037
58	Eduardo	1,035
59	Isaiah	1,034
60	Adam	960
61	Ethan	959
61	Jesse	959
63	Antonio	954
64	Sean	940
65	Manuel	895
66	Alex	875
67	Alexis	868
68	Cristian	824
69	Mark	819
70	Fernando	818
71	Andres	784
72	Cesar	769
73	Sergio	765
74	Ivan	754
75	Nathaniel	738
76	Edgar	734
77	Elijah	729
78	Jack	727
79	Javier	725
80	Jared	711
80	Julian	711
82	Omar	701
83	Diego	697
84	Timothy	691
85	Connor	675
86	Mario	668
87	Hector	659
88	Trevor	647
89	Roberto	633
90	Jeremy	627
91	Charles	614
91	Raymond	614
93	Hunter	603
94	Erik	599
95	Ruben	597
96	Evan	595
97	Vincent	590
98	Ian	588
99	Edward	580
100	Gerardo	572