Popular baby names in California, 1970

The most popular baby names in California in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (4,695 babies) and Michael for boys (8,198). Social Security records list 342,394 babies born in California in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1970

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

Girls

Lorena: 216 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Gabriela: 103 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Guadalupe: 195 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Silvia: 114 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Leticia: 355 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Adriana: 168 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Susana: 89 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Angelica: 196 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Elsa: 94 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marina: 91 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 192 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Gustavo: 127 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Cesar: 161 babies, 4× the national rate
Armando: 270 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Arturo: 210 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sergio: 203 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Raul: 347 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Guillermo: 97 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gabriel: 408 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Fernando: 247 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	4,695	↑2	1
2	Michelle	3,737	–	4
3	Lisa	3,705	↓2	2
4	Kimberly	2,702	–	3
5	Julie	1,883	–	11
6	Maria	1,712	↑2	39
7	Laura	1,680	↓1	13
8	Shannon	1,651	↑6	22
9	Christine	1,640	↓2	14
10	Heather	1,609	↑14	19
11	Elizabeth	1,570	↑1	18
12	Stephanie	1,549	↑1	17
13	Cynthia	1,533	↓2	25
14	Angela	1,524	↑6	6
15	Christina	1,514	↓6	35
16	Melissa	1,366	↑2	7
17	Tracy	1,353	↑6	10
18	Amy	1,343	↑8	5
19	Patricia	1,329	↓9	24
20	Mary	1,277	↓4	9
21	Karen	1,274	↓6	12
22	Tina	1,247	↓3	21
23	Sandra	1,235	↓6	27
24	Nicole	1,194	↑11	30
25	Dawn	1,158	↑4	16
26	Kelly	1,076	↓5	20
27	Susan	1,070	↓5	15
28	Wendy	1,062	↓1	28
29	Denise	1,049	↓4	36
30	Tammy	1,013	↑4	8
31	Michele	973	↓1	31
32	Rebecca	957	↓4	29
33	Lori	901	↓2	23
34	Gina	896	↓1	61
35	Monica	896	↑2	56
36	Deborah	885	↓4	33
37	Teresa	866	↓1	34
38	Andrea	849	↑2	43
39	Stacy	773	↑3	42
40	Rachel	753	new	58
41	Linda	706	↓3	38
42	Kathleen	683	↓3	45
43	Diana	663	↑2	89
44	Nancy	663	–	50
45	Pamela	656	↓4	26
46	Tamara	620	↑4	79
47	Renee	608	new	68
48	Catherine	607	new	59
49	Stacey	601	↓3	48
50	Brenda	600	↓1	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	8,198	–	1
2	David	6,372	–	3
3	Robert	5,664	–	5
4	John	5,183	–	4
5	James	4,609	–	2
6	Jason	4,050	↑5	13
7	Christopher	3,601	–	6
8	Richard	3,250	↓2	10
9	Eric	2,817	↑3	18
10	Mark	2,805	↓2	9
11	Steven	2,753	↓1	15
12	Brian	2,663	↓3	8
13	William	2,642	–	7
14	Daniel	2,574	–	19
15	Jeffrey	2,561	↑1	11
16	Scott	2,465	↓1	12
17	Kevin	2,350	↑4	14
18	Joseph	2,118	↑2	16
19	Anthony	2,105	↓1	22
20	Matthew	2,096	↑2	24
21	Paul	2,027	↓4	23
22	Thomas	1,914	↓3	17
23	Timothy	1,643	–	20
24	Charles	1,541	–	21
25	Gregory	1,512	–	26
26	Sean	1,484	–	37
27	Kenneth	1,414	–	25
28	Jose	1,364	↑3	56
29	Edward	1,184	↑1	31
30	Ronald	1,183	↓2	29
31	Stephen	1,163	↓2	27
32	Andrew	1,097	↑3	32
33	Aaron	1,064	↑7	52
34	Donald	1,043	↑2	30
35	Shawn	1,038	↑3	34
36	Patrick	1,031	↓3	33
37	Todd	1,025	↓5	28
38	Gary	948	↓4	35
39	George	873	↑4	40
40	Frank	824	↓1	48
41	Craig	820	↑1	39
42	Douglas	809	↓5	36
43	Raymond	800	↓2	49
44	Peter	750	↑1	44
45	Juan	744	↑2	95
46	Jonathan	691	↑4	42
47	Carlos	660	new	98
48	Bryan	655	–	53
49	Dennis	644	↓3	46
50	Troy	638	new	41

← California 1969 California: all years · US 1970 California 1971 →