Popular baby names in California, 1971

The most popular baby names in California in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (5,456 babies) and Michael for boys (6,824). Social Security records list 310,003 babies born in California in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1971

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

Girls

Maricela: 95 babies, 5× the national rate
Gabriela: 114 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Guadalupe: 202 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Silvia: 122 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Araceli: 89 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lorena: 206 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Susana: 102 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Adriana: 163 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Angelica: 209 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Leticia: 336 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 226 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Gustavo: 126 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Armando: 331 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Gerardo: 189 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Sergio: 229 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cesar: 168 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Guillermo: 119 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Arturo: 201 babies, 4× the national rate
Jesus: 525 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Fernando: 271 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	5,456	–	1
2	Michelle	3,318	–	2
3	Lisa	2,938	–	3
4	Kimberly	2,246	–	4
5	Maria	1,644	↑1	37
6	Julie	1,538	↓1	10
7	Heather	1,521	↑3	12
8	Shannon	1,434	–	21
9	Christina	1,407	↑6	30
10	Amy	1,403	↑8	5
11	Elizabeth	1,403	–	19
12	Angela	1,376	↑2	6
13	Laura	1,358	↓6	16
14	Christine	1,353	↓5	18
15	Stephanie	1,352	↓3	11
16	Cynthia	1,342	↓3	24
17	Melissa	1,297	↓1	7
18	Patricia	1,189	↑1	26
19	Sandra	1,100	↑4	31
20	Tina	1,091	↑2	20
21	Nicole	1,076	↑3	27
22	Mary	1,057	↓2	9
23	Rebecca	1,021	↑9	23
24	Karen	1,013	↓3	15
25	Tracy	996	↓8	13
26	Dawn	978	↓1	14
27	Monica	936	↑8	48
28	Denise	892	↑1	36
29	Andrea	890	↑9	35
30	Kelly	866	↓4	22
31	Susan	861	↓4	17
32	Tammy	859	↓2	8
33	Wendy	844	↓5	29
34	Gina	768	–	69
35	Teresa	764	↑2	34
36	Stacy	747	↑3	32
37	Deborah	744	↓1	33
38	Lori	736	↓5	25
39	Michele	700	↓8	39
40	Rachel	658	–	54
41	Carrie	649	new	55
42	Diana	642	↑1	82
43	Tiffany	619	new	62
44	Jessica	591	new	64
45	April	584	new	56
46	Dana	579	new	44
47	Veronica	577	new	>100
48	Linda	576	↓7	42
49	Nancy	574	↓5	52
50	Kathleen	559	↓8	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	6,824	–	1
2	David	5,242	–	3
3	Robert	4,615	–	5
4	John	4,290	–	4
5	Jason	4,269	↑1	8
6	James	3,796	↓1	2
7	Christopher	3,708	–	6
8	Richard	2,694	–	11
9	Brian	2,491	↑3	9
10	Daniel	2,427	↑4	20
11	Eric	2,420	↓2	18
12	Scott	2,377	↑4	10
13	Steven	2,278	↓2	16
14	William	2,271	↓1	7
15	Matthew	2,268	↑5	19
16	Jeffrey	2,105	↓1	12
17	Mark	2,080	↓7	13
18	Kevin	2,004	↓1	14
19	Joseph	1,877	↓1	15
20	Anthony	1,805	↓1	23
21	Paul	1,702	–	24
22	Thomas	1,605	–	17
23	Jose	1,434	↑5	55
24	Timothy	1,405	↓1	21
25	Sean	1,310	↑1	36
26	Charles	1,284	↓2	22
27	Aaron	1,218	↑6	41
28	Gregory	1,215	↓3	26
29	Kenneth	1,126	↓2	25
30	Edward	1,052	↓1	32
31	Stephen	1,012	–	27
32	Shawn	996	↑3	28
33	Chad	932	new	29
34	Andrew	925	↓2	33
35	Ronald	890	↓5	31
36	Todd	878	↑1	30
37	Patrick	865	↓1	35
38	Donald	860	↓4	34
39	Jeremy	836	new	45
40	Juan	803	↑5	81
41	Ryan	801	new	51
42	Gary	779	↓4	38
43	Frank	736	↓3	54
44	Jonathan	735	↑2	40
45	Raymond	703	↓2	52
46	George	686	↓7	42
47	Joshua	679	new	80
48	Peter	670	↓4	47
49	Carlos	655	↓2	88
50	Bryan	637	↓2	48

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