Popular baby names in California, 1954

The most popular baby names in California in 1954 were Linda for girls (4,154 babies) and Michael for boys (8,082). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 297,094 babies born in California in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1954

Names given at least 15 times in California that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Lupe: 94 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Yolanda: 480 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Teri: 228 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Guadalupe: 142 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Leticia: 74 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ana: 78 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Olivia: 123 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kerry: 110 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Heidi: 157 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Cecilia: 173 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 108 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Christophe: 82 babies, 4× the national rate
Rudy: 177 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gabriel: 77 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Louie: 81 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ruben: 310 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Manuel: 408 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Armando: 128 babies, 3× the national rate
Mario: 223 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ron: 84 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Linda	4,154	–	2
2	Susan	3,934	↑1	5
3	Debra	3,784	↑3	6
4	Deborah	3,726	↓2	3
5	Mary	3,717	↓1	1
6	Patricia	3,303	↓1	4
7	Karen	2,665	–	8
8	Cynthia	2,462	–	10
9	Pamela	2,184	↑1	12
10	Nancy	2,100	↑1	9
11	Kathleen	2,098	↓2	14
12	Barbara	2,007	–	7
13	Sandra	1,930	–	13
14	Carol	1,684	↑1	15
15	Donna	1,629	↑1	11
16	Diane	1,573	↑1	17
17	Sharon	1,568	↓3	16
18	Janet	1,556	–	19
19	Cheryl	1,465	↑2	22
20	Elizabeth	1,259	↓1	20
21	Denise	1,251	↓1	24
22	Rebecca	1,065	↑3	26
23	Margaret	1,061	↓1	21
24	Teresa	1,026	↑4	34
25	Robin	1,025	↑4	41
26	Catherine	991	–	32
27	Laura	959	–	45
28	Janice	943	↓5	25
29	Maria	886	↑10	65
30	Gloria	802	↑1	42
31	Brenda	795	↑1	18
32	Diana	795	↑3	57
33	Lisa	795	new	73
34	Paula	784	↑3	38
35	Kathy	753	↑1	23
36	Judy	733	↓2	29
37	Theresa	724	↑9	47
38	Marilyn	718	↓5	35
39	Gail	715	↑1	37
40	Judith	713	↓10	30
41	Julie	707	↑2	70
42	Kathryn	695	↓4	51
43	Katherine	694	↑1	64
44	Carolyn	667	↓2	27
45	Victoria	651	↓4	85
46	Vicki	618	new	50
47	Rose	603	new	54
48	Christine	588	↓24	43
49	Leslie	588	new	99
50	Joan	583	↓1	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Michael	8,082	–	1
2	Robert	6,817	–	2
3	David	6,474	–	5
4	John	5,957	–	4
5	James	5,213	–	3
6	Richard	5,057	–	7
7	Steven	4,238	–	11
8	William	3,942	–	6
9	Mark	3,515	↑1	12
10	Thomas	2,912	↑1	8
11	Gary	2,849	↓2	9
12	Daniel	2,336	–	18
13	Ronald	2,173	–	15
14	Charles	2,135	–	10
15	Paul	2,123	↑2	16
16	Donald	2,119	↓1	14
17	Kenneth	1,919	↓1	17
18	Stephen	1,810	↑1	20
19	Jeffrey	1,659	↑4	23
20	Gregory	1,646	–	25
21	Dennis	1,629	↓3	21
22	Joseph	1,624	↓1	13
23	Timothy	1,564	↑1	26
24	Larry	1,363	↓2	19
25	Edward	1,336	↑1	22
26	George	1,262	↓1	24
27	Bruce	1,204	–	30
28	Douglas	1,145	–	29
29	Scott	1,121	↑4	40
30	Anthony	1,086	–	32
31	Kevin	1,062	↑12	28
32	Frank	1,025	↓3	36
33	Patrick	1,000	↓1	38
34	Raymond	963	↓3	35
35	Craig	902	–	51
36	Randy	902	↓2	33
37	Terry	852	↑2	27
38	Brian	785	↑3	48
39	Lawrence	783	↓3	39
40	Peter	765	↓2	37
41	Christopher	746	↓4	64
42	Jerry	738	↓2	31
43	Alan	656	↑2	43
44	Arthur	638	–	52
45	Roger	612	↓3	34
46	Wayne	612	↑4	41
47	Danny	611	↑2	42
48	Jack	596	↓2	57
49	Keith	581	new	45
50	Gerald	574	↓3	44

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