Popular baby names in California, 1969

The most popular baby names in California in 1969 were Lisa for girls (4,170 babies) and Michael for boys (8,246). Social Security records list 333,652 babies born in California in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1969

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

Girls

Gabriela: 113 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Maricela: 84 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Guadalupe: 211 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Silvia: 136 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Adriana: 182 babies, 4× the national rate
Angelica: 149 babies, 4× the national rate
Lorena: 165 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Leticia: 328 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Marina: 88 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Blanca: 105 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 190 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Gustavo: 112 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Sergio: 192 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Cesar: 138 babies, 4× the national rate
Enrique: 196 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Arturo: 175 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Armando: 246 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jaime: 266 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gabriel: 276 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Manuel: 514 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Lisa	4,170	–	1
2	Michelle	3,828	–	2
3	Jennifer	3,478	–	3
4	Kimberly	2,835	–	4
5	Julie	2,081	↑1	12
6	Laura	1,863	↓1	10
7	Christine	1,594	–	14
8	Maria	1,559	↑2	40
9	Christina	1,533	↑11	37
10	Patricia	1,520	↓1	18
11	Cynthia	1,476	↑4	23
12	Elizabeth	1,476	↓1	16
13	Stephanie	1,434	↑5	19
14	Shannon	1,419	↑20	31
15	Karen	1,368	↓7	13
16	Mary	1,344	↓3	8
17	Sandra	1,336	–	25
18	Melissa	1,331	↑3	5
19	Tina	1,302	↓5	22
20	Angela	1,296	↓1	7
21	Kelly	1,247	↓9	15
22	Susan	1,232	↓6	11
23	Tracy	1,196	↑4	17
24	Heather	1,137	↑21	34
25	Denise	1,135	↑1	35
26	Amy	1,096	↑10	6
27	Wendy	1,088	↓3	29
28	Rebecca	1,026	↑5	28
29	Dawn	1,025	↑1	21
30	Michele	1,016	↓7	30
31	Lori	1,004	↓2	20
32	Deborah	987	↓10	27
33	Gina	987	↓1	63
34	Tammy	978	↓9	9
35	Nicole	963	new	47
36	Teresa	913	↓5	32
37	Monica	893	↑1	59
38	Linda	875	↓10	33
39	Kathleen	802	↓4	42
40	Andrea	785	–	48
41	Pamela	757	↓2	24
42	Stacy	739	↑4	53
43	Donna	725	↓2	26
44	Nancy	711	↓7	45
45	Diana	704	↓1	81
46	Stacey	673	new	52
47	Debra	647	↓4	43
48	Cheryl	634	↓6	41
49	Brenda	632	↓1	38
50	Tamara	630	new	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	8,246	–	1
2	David	6,567	–	2
3	Robert	6,021	–	5
4	John	5,325	–	4
5	James	4,549	–	3
6	Richard	3,355	–	10
7	Christopher	3,231	↑2	7
8	Mark	2,990	↓1	8
9	Brian	2,847	↑1	9
10	Steven	2,780	↓2	14
11	Jason	2,756	↑24	25
12	Eric	2,690	↑1	21
13	William	2,604	↓2	6
14	Daniel	2,597	↓2	18
15	Scott	2,559	↓1	12
16	Jeffrey	2,522	↓1	11
17	Paul	2,209	↓1	22
18	Anthony	2,143	↑1	20
19	Thomas	2,049	↑1	13
20	Joseph	2,005	↑1	15
21	Kevin	1,941	↓3	16
22	Matthew	1,933	–	24
23	Timothy	1,809	↓6	17
24	Charles	1,529	↑1	19
25	Gregory	1,517	↑1	26
26	Sean	1,485	↓2	37
27	Kenneth	1,475	↓4	23
28	Ronald	1,253	↓1	29
29	Stephen	1,195	↓1	27
30	Edward	1,169	↑1	32
31	Jose	1,157	↑1	56
32	Todd	1,152	↓3	28
33	Patrick	1,124	–	31
34	Gary	1,104	↓4	35
35	Andrew	1,095	↑1	33
36	Donald	1,056	↓2	30
37	Douglas	901	–	34
38	Shawn	882	↑4	41
39	Frank	869	–	47
40	Aaron	786	↑10	61
41	Raymond	781	↑4	50
42	Craig	771	↓2	39
43	George	769	↓5	38
44	Keith	734	–	36
45	Peter	724	↓4	43
46	Dennis	716	↓3	44
47	Juan	667	new	>100
48	Bryan	656	↓1	51
49	Larry	651	↓3	40
50	Jonathan	614	new	46

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