Popular baby names in California, 1973

The most popular baby names in California in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (5,649 babies) and Michael for boys (5,875). Social Security records list 275,052 babies born in California in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1973

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: 185 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Araceli: 122 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Rocio: 73 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Susana: 159 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Griselda: 93 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Guadalupe: 244 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Lilia: 69 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Lorena: 265 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Adriana: 208 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Maricela: 108 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 218 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Gustavo: 136 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Ignacio: 87 babies, 5× the national rate
Sergio: 289 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Gerardo: 193 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Armando: 318 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Alejandro: 296 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Guillermo: 135 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Cesar: 208 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Eduardo: 325 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	5,649	–	1
2	Michelle	2,613	–	3
3	Lisa	2,082	–	5
4	Maria	1,751	↑1	31
5	Kimberly	1,717	↓1	4
6	Heather	1,675	↑1	8
7	Amy	1,613	↑1	2
8	Melissa	1,447	↑5	6
9	Christina	1,424	–	16
10	Stephanie	1,360	↑1	9
11	Nicole	1,323	↓5	11
12	Elizabeth	1,302	–	13
13	Rebecca	1,245	↑6	10
14	Julie	1,217	↓4	12
15	Veronica	1,104	↑15	71
16	Cynthia	1,100	↓2	26
17	Laura	1,090	↓1	19
18	Shannon	1,090	↓1	22
19	Angela	1,041	↓4	7
20	Monica	1,000	↑2	40
21	Christine	992	↓3	17
22	Patricia	911	↓2	27
23	Sandra	893	↓2	39
24	Andrea	827	↑1	30
25	Mary	795	↓1	14
26	Jessica	783	↑10	34
27	Kelly	725	↑2	18
28	Dawn	699	↑3	21
29	Karen	684	↓3	23
30	Wendy	679	↑3	29
31	Sarah	663	↑16	35
32	Denise	661	↓5	38
33	Rachel	657	↓1	42
34	April	645	↑7	33
35	Tina	634	↓12	24
36	Tracy	602	↓8	20
37	Gina	579	↑6	83
38	Stacy	571	↑4	32
39	Michele	570	↓4	44
40	Danielle	565	↑8	49
41	Tammy	544	↓7	15
42	Tiffany	544	↓2	52
43	Lori	541	↓4	28
44	Teresa	532	↓7	45
45	Susan	530	↓7	25
46	Carrie	515	↑4	46
47	Diana	510	↓2	85
48	Alicia	494	new	91
49	Erin	493	new	79
50	Tanya	484	↓6	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	5,875	–	1
2	Jason	4,409	↑1	3
3	David	4,175	↓1	5
4	Christopher	3,533	–	2
5	Robert	3,491	–	7
6	John	3,175	–	6
7	James	2,905	–	4
8	Brian	2,813	–	8
9	Daniel	2,751	–	11
10	Matthew	2,238	↑2	10
11	Richard	2,119	↓1	16
12	Eric	2,070	↓1	13
13	Mark	1,794	↑4	15
14	William	1,762	↓1	9
15	Joseph	1,720	↑3	12
16	Jose	1,707	↑5	49
17	Jeffrey	1,691	↓2	17
18	Steven	1,677	↓4	20
19	Anthony	1,587	–	21
20	Scott	1,531	↓4	18
21	Kevin	1,411	↓1	14
22	Paul	1,333	–	24
23	Ryan	1,295	↑2	30
24	Joshua	1,282	↑10	42
25	Thomas	1,208	↓2	19
26	Aaron	1,198	–	34
27	Timothy	1,158	↓3	22
28	Gregory	1,034	↓1	26
29	Juan	1,012	↑6	67
30	Sean	1,002	↓2	36
31	Charles	967	↓2	23
32	Andrew	954	↓1	29
33	Jeremy	923	↑5	33
34	Kenneth	875	↓2	28
35	Jonathan	827	↑5	31
36	Shawn	822	–	27
37	Edward	819	↓7	39
38	Justin	755	↑7	51
39	Stephen	749	–	32
40	Chad	724	↓7	25
41	Adam	712	new	45
42	Bryan	693	↑4	43
43	Todd	680	↓1	35
44	Carlos	677	–	74
45	Patrick	669	↓8	37
46	Ronald	638	↓5	40
47	Donald	620	↓4	38
48	Brandon	607	new	58
49	Jesus	604	new	>100
50	Raymond	595	↓2	60

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