Popular baby names in California, 1960

The most popular baby names in California in 1960 were Karen for girls (3,169 babies) and David for boys (7,912). Karen ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 358,529 babies born in California in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1960

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: 101 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Guadalupe: 121 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Leticia: 180 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Yolanda: 524 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Erin: 257 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Isabel: 88 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Teri: 505 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Elena: 92 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ana: 125 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kristen: 105 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 147 babies, 5× the national rate
Sergio: 107 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Armando: 184 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Javier: 145 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Francisco: 222 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gabriel: 121 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Manuel: 436 babies, 3× the national rate
Ruben: 358 babies, 3× the national rate
Jesus: 238 babies, 3× the national rate
Raul: 218 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Karen	3,169	↑1	4
2	Susan	3,145	↑1	2
3	Lisa	3,116	↑2	6
4	Mary	3,100	↓3	1
5	Linda	2,883	↓1	3
6	Cynthia	2,332	–	9
7	Patricia	2,320	–	7
8	Sandra	2,102	↑3	11
9	Debra	2,013	↓1	8
10	Lori	2,002	↑3	20
11	Laura	1,986	↑5	25
12	Deborah	1,924	↓3	10
13	Julie	1,872	↓1	28
14	Donna	1,856	↓4	5
15	Debbie	1,677	–	24
16	Elizabeth	1,673	↑3	18
17	Cheryl	1,623	↑1	17
18	Nancy	1,622	↓1	15
19	Pamela	1,613	↓5	14
20	Teresa	1,589	↑8	19
21	Barbara	1,584	↑5	12
22	Denise	1,576	↑2	29
23	Diane	1,432	↓1	22
24	Kathy	1,400	↓3	21
25	Cindy	1,391	↓2	30
26	Kathleen	1,386	↓6	27
27	Kimberly	1,360	↑8	26
28	Carol	1,358	↓3	23
29	Sharon	1,326	↓2	16
30	Brenda	1,304	↑4	13
31	Michelle	1,278	↓1	39
32	Robin	1,231	↓3	33
33	Janet	1,172	↓2	32
34	Kelly	1,172	↑8	52
35	Maria	1,139	↑3	59
36	Kim	1,135	↓4	34
37	Diana	1,079	↓4	53
38	Tammy	1,038	↑1	31
39	Theresa	1,012	↓2	35
40	Laurie	992	↑4	37
41	Terri	965	↓5	49
42	Rebecca	916	↓1	38
43	Tina	890	↑6	45
44	Catherine	877	↓4	42
45	Jennifer	871	new	61
46	Margaret	814	↓3	36
47	Christine	813	↓1	40
48	Rhonda	776	new	44
49	Leslie	752	↓2	92
50	Cathy	750	↓5	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	David	7,912	–	1
2	Michael	7,386	–	2
3	John	6,530	↑1	4
4	Robert	6,424	↓1	5
5	Mark	5,540	–	6
6	James	5,138	–	3
7	Richard	4,192	–	8
8	Steven	3,586	–	10
9	William	3,255	–	7
10	Daniel	2,542	↑1	17
11	Thomas	2,477	↓1	9
12	Kevin	2,408	↑2	15
13	Paul	2,211	↓1	18
14	Kenneth	2,193	↑3	16
15	Jeffrey	2,177	↑1	14
16	Scott	2,098	↑2	23
17	Ronald	2,082	↓4	21
18	Brian	2,039	↑4	20
19	Timothy	2,008	↓4	11
20	Charles	1,927	–	13
21	Gary	1,907	↓2	22
22	Donald	1,840	↓1	19
23	Joseph	1,775	↑2	12
24	Gregory	1,751	↓1	24
25	Anthony	1,714	↑1	25
26	Mike	1,704	↓2	36
27	Christopher	1,527	↑4	29
28	Eric	1,471	↑4	44
29	Steve	1,397	↓2	43
30	Edward	1,371	↓2	26
31	Craig	1,338	↑3	41
32	Larry	1,253	↓2	28
33	Dennis	1,251	↓4	31
34	Stephen	1,242	↓1	27
35	Frank	1,186	↑1	40
36	Randy	1,165	↑1	32
37	Douglas	1,147	↓2	30
38	George	1,104	–	33
39	Jeff	1,085	↑2	49
40	Patrick	991	↓1	45
41	Raymond	979	↑1	46
42	Keith	965	↑1	35
43	Jerry	914	↑3	37
44	Peter	908	↓4	42
45	Jim	884	↓1	75
46	Joe	833	↑1	57
47	Bruce	817	↓2	39
48	Matthew	811	↑2	61
49	Chris	810	new	63
50	Danny	787	↓1	48

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