Popular baby names in California, 1957

The most popular baby names in California in 1957 were Susan for girls (3,632 babies) and Michael for boys (8,264). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 340,060 babies born in California in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1957

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: 93 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Guadalupe: 150 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ana: 107 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Leticia: 116 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Yolanda: 479 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Stacy: 140 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Delia: 104 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Isabel: 90 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Erin: 200 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Teri: 326 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 133 babies, 5× the national rate
Rudy: 215 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Javier: 89 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Manuel: 425 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Armando: 164 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gabriel: 98 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ruben: 335 babies, 3× the national rate
Raul: 207 babies, 3× the national rate
Fernando: 128 babies, 3× the national rate
Mario: 275 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Susan	3,632	–	2
2	Linda	3,549	↑1	3
3	Mary	3,462	↑1	1
4	Cynthia	3,359	↑4	7
5	Debra	3,317	↓3	4
6	Karen	3,305	–	5
7	Deborah	2,634	↓2	6
8	Patricia	2,536	↓1	8
9	Nancy	2,084	↑1	11
10	Pamela	1,948	↓1	12
11	Kathleen	1,908	–	21
12	Cheryl	1,833	↑4	16
13	Julie	1,816	↑15	28
14	Sandra	1,795	↓1	15
15	Barbara	1,772	↓3	9
16	Cindy	1,739	↑21	19
17	Carol	1,704	–	18
18	Lisa	1,681	↑2	26
19	Diane	1,638	↓1	17
20	Sharon	1,610	↓5	14
21	Donna	1,583	↓7	10
22	Laura	1,488	↑3	31
23	Elizabeth	1,480	↓1	22
24	Denise	1,459	↓5	25
25	Lori	1,358	↓1	45
26	Janet	1,354	↓5	23
27	Debbie	1,313	↑7	27
28	Teresa	1,308	↓5	24
29	Kathy	1,293	–	20
30	Brenda	1,167	↑8	13
31	Robin	1,143	↓5	30
32	Kim	1,080	↑3	35
33	Diana	1,025	–	43
34	Catherine	1,005	↓7	37
35	Theresa	957	↑1	36
36	Rebecca	950	↓6	34
37	Margaret	945	↓6	29
38	Maria	900	↑1	71
39	Leslie	885	new	77
40	Laurie	871	–	73
41	Kimberly	869	↑2	42
42	Terri	839	↑6	68
43	Janice	832	↓11	32
44	Carolyn	758	new	33
45	Michelle	752	↑1	79
46	Judy	736	↑1	38
47	Christine	726	new	41
48	Cathy	725	↑2	39
49	Valerie	721	↓4	76
50	Vicki	698	new	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Michael	8,264	–	1
2	David	7,470	–	3
3	Robert	6,844	–	4
4	John	6,315	–	5
5	James	5,486	–	2
6	Richard	4,859	–	8
7	Mark	4,856	–	7
8	Steven	3,860	–	10
9	William	3,731	–	6
10	Thomas	2,811	–	9
11	Daniel	2,646	–	16
12	Ronald	2,436	↑1	17
13	Gary	2,343	↓1	13
14	Paul	2,257	–	18
15	Kenneth	2,233	↑1	14
16	Donald	2,225	↓1	15
17	Charles	2,146	–	11
18	Gregory	2,000	↑2	23
19	Timothy	1,897	↓1	19
20	Kevin	1,871	↑3	20
21	Joseph	1,845	–	12
22	Jeffrey	1,842	↓3	21
23	Scott	1,724	↑1	32
24	Brian	1,566	↑3	26
25	Anthony	1,542	↑5	27
26	Stephen	1,507	↓4	24
27	Edward	1,446	↓2	25
28	Larry	1,431	↓2	22
29	Douglas	1,349	–	30
30	Dennis	1,328	↓2	28
31	Randy	1,308	↑2	31
32	George	1,178	–	29
33	Bruce	1,144	↓2	34
34	Steve	1,139	↑12	44
35	Frank	1,137	↓1	38
36	Christopher	1,062	↑3	43
37	Mike	1,017	new	53
38	Patrick	975	↓2	41
39	Raymond	969	↓4	39
40	Peter	936	↓3	37
41	Craig	918	↓3	55
42	Jerry	904	↓1	35
43	Keith	897	↓3	36
44	Eric	841	↑4	60
45	Terry	786	↓3	33
46	Lawrence	764	↓2	46
47	Danny	759	–	45
48	Joe	709	new	57
49	Alan	699	↓6	48
50	Russell	692	↓5	54

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