Popular baby names in California, 1968

The most popular baby names in California in 1968 were Lisa for girls (4,497 babies) and Michael for boys (8,079). Social Security records list 321,012 babies born in California in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1968

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: 84 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Gabriela: 86 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Angelica: 127 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Guadalupe: 145 babies, 4× the national rate
Leticia: 305 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lorena: 151 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Adriana: 129 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Silvia: 103 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Susana: 81 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Olivia: 94 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 168 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Gustavo: 96 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Sergio: 182 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Guillermo: 109 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Alejandro: 153 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Arturo: 179 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Armando: 219 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Alfonso: 116 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gerardo: 113 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Francisco: 313 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	4,497	–	1
2	Michelle	3,833	–	2
3	Jennifer	2,908	↑2	4
4	Kimberly	2,639	↓1	3
5	Laura	1,980	↑4	11
6	Julie	1,791	↓2	16
7	Christine	1,631	↑6	14
8	Karen	1,537	↓2	9
9	Patricia	1,499	↑2	15
10	Maria	1,497	↑4	41
11	Elizabeth	1,488	↑1	17
12	Kelly	1,459	↑7	12
13	Mary	1,448	↓3	6
14	Tina	1,402	↑3	18
15	Cynthia	1,395	↓7	19
16	Susan	1,368	↓9	10
17	Sandra	1,340	↓1	26
18	Stephanie	1,335	↓3	23
19	Angela	1,266	↑6	7
20	Christina	1,261	↑7	44
21	Melissa	1,217	↑10	5
22	Deborah	1,120	↓2	27
23	Michele	1,112	↑6	29
24	Wendy	1,111	↓2	31
25	Tammy	1,097	↓4	8
26	Denise	1,095	↓8	35
27	Tracy	1,050	↓4	25
28	Linda	985	↓2	28
29	Lori	983	↓5	22
30	Dawn	970	↑2	21
31	Teresa	964	↓1	30
32	Gina	945	↓4	58
33	Rebecca	940	–	33
34	Shannon	932	new	53
35	Kathleen	816	↑2	40
36	Amy	799	↑5	13
37	Nancy	793	↓3	39
38	Monica	792	↑5	68
39	Pamela	775	↓3	20
40	Andrea	773	↑2	48
41	Donna	756	↓3	24
42	Cheryl	751	↓7	37
43	Debra	748	↓4	38
44	Diana	727	↓4	71
45	Heather	713	new	62
46	Stacy	712	↑4	64
47	Barbara	688	↓3	36
48	Brenda	682	↓2	34
49	Jill	669	new	46
50	Theresa	656	↓3	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	8,079	–	1
2	David	6,481	–	2
3	Robert	5,886	↑1	5
4	John	5,575	↓1	3
5	James	4,647	–	4
6	Richard	3,526	–	8
7	Mark	3,260	–	7
8	Steven	2,843	–	15
9	Christopher	2,840	↑1	9
10	Brian	2,694	↑2	10
11	William	2,680	↓2	6
12	Daniel	2,541	↑1	18
13	Eric	2,497	↓2	22
14	Scott	2,488	–	14
15	Jeffrey	2,418	–	11
16	Paul	2,260	–	19
17	Timothy	2,054	↑2	13
18	Kevin	2,043	–	17
19	Anthony	2,026	↓2	21
20	Thomas	1,980	–	12
21	Joseph	1,933	–	16
22	Matthew	1,760	↑3	24
23	Kenneth	1,556	↓1	23
24	Sean	1,478	↑3	37
25	Charles	1,460	↓1	20
26	Gregory	1,419	–	26
27	Ronald	1,357	↓4	25
28	Stephen	1,212	–	27
29	Todd	1,209	↑4	28
30	Gary	1,154	↑1	32
31	Edward	1,143	↑1	31
32	Jose	1,132	↑2	58
33	Patrick	1,125	↓3	30
34	Donald	1,113	↓5	29
35	Jason	1,092	↑3	47
36	Andrew	955	↓1	34
37	Douglas	879	↓1	33
38	George	853	↑1	36
39	Frank	847	↓2	49
40	Craig	790	↑2	41
41	Peter	785	↓1	39
42	Shawn	775	↑4	43
43	Dennis	736	–	45
44	Keith	720	–	35
45	Raymond	715	↓4	50
46	Larry	661	↓1	38
47	Bryan	632	↑3	51
48	Jerry	604	↑1	44
49	Troy	598	↓2	40
50	Aaron	559	new	87

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