Popular baby names in California, 1967

The most popular baby names in California in 1967 were Lisa for girls (4,622 babies) and Michael for boys (8,132). Social Security records list 318,817 babies born in California in 1967 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1967

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

Girls

Guadalupe: 163 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lorena: 154 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Leticia: 281 babies, 4× the national rate
Angelica: 115 babies, 4× the national rate
Silvia: 92 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Irma: 169 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Isabel: 99 babies, 3× the national rate
Marina: 88 babies, 3× the national rate
Cecilia: 150 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Margarita: 125 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 162 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Gustavo: 84 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Sergio: 126 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cesar: 89 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Gabriel: 220 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Arturo: 150 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Alejandro: 106 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Guillermo: 84 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jaime: 229 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Alfonso: 122 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1967

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Lisa	4,622	–	1
2	Michelle	3,712	–	3
3	Kimberly	2,855	–	2
4	Julie	1,981	↑2	16
5	Jennifer	1,901	–	10
6	Karen	1,748	↓2	6
7	Susan	1,644	↑1	5
8	Cynthia	1,640	↑1	18
9	Laura	1,639	↑2	15
10	Mary	1,620	↓3	4
11	Patricia	1,618	↓1	11
12	Elizabeth	1,571	–	13
13	Christine	1,527	–	14
14	Maria	1,484	↑2	42
15	Stephanie	1,443	↑9	25
16	Sandra	1,407	↓2	20
17	Tina	1,342	–	21
18	Denise	1,292	↑1	34
19	Kelly	1,260	↓1	23
20	Deborah	1,214	↓5	22
21	Tammy	1,144	–	8
22	Wendy	1,140	↑10	32
23	Tracy	1,126	–	29
24	Lori	1,119	↑1	24
25	Angela	1,099	↑1	7
26	Linda	1,058	↓6	26
27	Christina	1,053	↑10	53
28	Gina	1,041	↑3	54
29	Michele	1,033	↓2	36
30	Teresa	1,014	↓8	28
31	Melissa	980	↑14	9
32	Dawn	963	↑3	27
33	Rebecca	932	↑3	39
34	Nancy	931	↓5	37
35	Cheryl	899	↓1	35
36	Pamela	877	↑2	17
37	Kathleen	858	↓9	40
38	Donna	854	↓8	19
39	Debra	818	↓6	38
40	Diana	811	↑2	65
41	Amy	808	new	12
42	Andrea	807	↑5	48
43	Monica	782	↑3	70
44	Barbara	750	↓5	33
45	Diane	747	↓2	44
46	Brenda	730	↓6	31
47	Theresa	697	↑3	43
48	Sharon	693	↓7	30
49	Catherine	669	–	55
50	Stacy	664	new	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Michael	8,132	–	1
2	David	6,931	–	2
3	John	5,649	↑1	4
4	Robert	5,575	↓1	5
5	James	4,683	–	3
6	Richard	3,634	–	8
7	Mark	3,254	–	7
8	Steven	2,888	–	14
9	William	2,745	–	6
10	Christopher	2,668	–	9
11	Eric	2,555	↑5	23
12	Brian	2,500	–	10
13	Daniel	2,480	↓2	19
14	Scott	2,343	↑1	16
15	Jeffrey	2,267	↓2	13
16	Paul	2,197	↓2	18
17	Anthony	2,121	↑2	21
18	Kevin	2,104	↓1	17
19	Timothy	2,040	↓1	11
20	Thomas	1,994	–	12
21	Joseph	1,979	–	15
22	Kenneth	1,677	–	22
23	Ronald	1,545	–	24
24	Charles	1,475	–	20
25	Matthew	1,424	↑3	28
26	Gregory	1,385	↓1	25
27	Sean	1,307	↑3	44
28	Stephen	1,231	↓1	26
29	Donald	1,224	↑2	27
30	Patrick	1,168	↑3	30
31	Gary	1,135	↓5	32
32	Edward	1,125	↓3	31
33	Todd	1,118	↓1	29
34	Jose	955	↑1	64
35	Andrew	947	↓1	35
36	Douglas	878	–	33
37	Frank	835	–	45
38	Jason	817	new	54
39	George	783	–	36
40	Peter	765	↑4	39
41	Raymond	765	↓1	48
42	Craig	748	↓1	46
43	Dennis	717	↑3	43
44	Keith	712	↓6	34
45	Larry	696	↑3	38
46	Shawn	691	↓1	51
47	Troy	667	new	40
48	Mike	658	↓6	84
49	Jerry	627	–	41
50	Bryan	618	new	52

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