Popular baby names in California, 1958

The most popular baby names in California in 1958 were Susan for girls (3,505 babies) and Michael for boys (7,627). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 337,694 babies born in California in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1958

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: 118 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Guadalupe: 136 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Yolanda: 519 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Elena: 99 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marta: 84 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Delia: 91 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Erin: 217 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Olivia: 107 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ana: 104 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Teri: 357 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 126 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Manuel: 474 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Arturo: 128 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Armando: 157 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ruben: 347 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Louie: 98 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gabriel: 91 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Mario: 296 babies, 3× the national rate
Rudy: 175 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Fernando: 127 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Susan	3,505	–	2
2	Karen	3,234	↑4	4
3	Mary	3,163	–	1
4	Linda	3,102	↓2	3
5	Cynthia	2,673	↓1	8
6	Debra	2,659	↓1	6
7	Patricia	2,628	↑1	5
8	Lisa	2,313	↑10	19
9	Julie	2,208	↑4	23
10	Deborah	2,202	↓3	7
11	Cheryl	1,832	↑1	13
12	Pamela	1,815	↓2	11
13	Kathleen	1,786	↓2	21
14	Nancy	1,772	↓5	12
15	Lori	1,754	↑10	30
16	Sandra	1,750	↓2	15
17	Kathy	1,696	↑12	14
18	Barbara	1,671	↓3	9
19	Debbie	1,657	↑8	24
20	Diane	1,634	↓1	18
21	Elizabeth	1,623	↑2	22
22	Laura	1,604	–	29
23	Donna	1,558	↓2	10
24	Carol	1,545	↓7	20
25	Denise	1,466	↓1	27
26	Cindy	1,435	↓10	25
27	Sharon	1,343	↓7	17
28	Teresa	1,291	–	26
29	Janet	1,202	↓3	28
30	Diana	1,143	↑3	45
31	Brenda	1,048	↓1	16
32	Robin	1,043	↓1	32
33	Kim	1,005	↓1	40
34	Theresa	997	↑1	33
35	Michelle	990	↑10	56
36	Catherine	953	↓2	38
37	Maria	953	↑1	65
38	Rebecca	929	↓2	41
39	Margaret	879	↓2	31
40	Terri	875	↑2	51
41	Kimberly	861	–	39
42	Laurie	837	↓2	70
43	Cathy	836	↑5	34
44	Christine	833	↑3	43
45	Leslie	821	↓6	79
46	Tammy	746	new	44
47	Jennifer	739	new	81
48	Janice	726	↓5	35
49	Judy	722	↓3	36
50	Tina	700	new	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Michael	7,627	–	1
2	David	7,461	–	2
3	Robert	6,704	–	4
4	John	6,080	–	5
5	James	5,318	–	3
6	Mark	4,784	↑1	7
7	Richard	4,614	↓1	8
8	Steven	3,485	–	10
9	William	3,419	–	6
10	Thomas	2,624	–	9
11	Daniel	2,496	–	16
12	Ronald	2,219	–	19
13	Paul	2,186	↑1	15
14	Gary	2,069	↓1	17
15	Kenneth	2,046	–	14
16	Timothy	2,005	↑3	13
17	Donald	2,004	↓1	18
18	Charles	1,992	↓1	11
19	Scott	1,899	↑4	25
20	Kevin	1,890	–	20
21	Jeffrey	1,841	↑1	21
22	Gregory	1,751	↓4	23
23	Joseph	1,645	↓2	12
24	Brian	1,642	–	24
25	Anthony	1,513	–	27
26	Larry	1,457	↑2	22
27	Mike	1,438	↑10	40
28	Stephen	1,386	↓2	26
29	Steve	1,321	↑5	44
30	Dennis	1,313	–	29
31	Edward	1,296	↓4	28
32	Douglas	1,181	↓3	30
33	Randy	1,154	↓2	32
34	George	1,127	↓2	31
35	Frank	1,124	–	38
36	Christopher	1,106	–	39
37	Patrick	1,043	↑1	42
38	Eric	1,009	↑6	50
39	Bruce	968	↓6	36
40	Raymond	917	↓1	43
41	Craig	907	–	53
42	Jerry	890	–	35
43	Keith	890	–	37
44	Peter	857	↓4	41
45	Rick	762	new	77
46	Joe	751	↑2	56
47	Danny	736	–	45
48	Terry	734	↓3	33
49	Matthew	723	new	60
50	Ricky	722	new	34

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