Popular baby names in California, 1975

The most popular baby names in California in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (5,324 babies) and Michael for boys (6,216). Social Security records list 290,523 babies born in California in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1975

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

Girls

Elvia: 73 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Gabriela: 225 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Susana: 190 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lilia: 79 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lorena: 305 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Guadalupe: 282 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Marisela: 94 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Rocio: 87 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Alejandra: 85 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Silvia: 157 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 318 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Gerardo: 352 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Sergio: 345 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Gustavo: 142 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Joaquin: 110 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Arturo: 278 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ignacio: 81 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Armando: 387 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cesar: 285 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Hugo: 99 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	5,324	–	1
2	Michelle	2,336	–	6
3	Amy	2,227	↑2	2
4	Maria	1,985	↓1	30
5	Heather	1,961	↓1	3
6	Melissa	1,702	↑2	4
7	Christina	1,674	↑2	12
8	Lisa	1,635	↓2	8
9	Kimberly	1,498	↓2	7
10	Elizabeth	1,460	–	15
11	Angela	1,409	↑1	5
12	Nicole	1,355	↑2	10
13	Stephanie	1,323	↓2	9
14	Jessica	1,299	↑3	13
15	Veronica	1,262	↓2	72
16	Rebecca	1,139	↓1	11
17	Sarah	1,091	↑7	17
18	Laura	1,070	↑1	20
19	Patricia	1,029	↑2	36
20	Monica	1,022	–	49
21	Julie	1,008	↓5	18
22	Shannon	982	↓4	21
23	Christine	954	↑2	22
24	Erin	902	↑8	38
25	Cynthia	883	↓3	40
26	Andrea	878	–	28
27	Sandra	854	↓4	51
28	Rachel	837	–	26
29	Kelly	809	↓2	16
30	Amanda	767	new	14
31	Amber	747	↑14	59
32	Mary	729	↓2	19
33	April	714	↓4	25
34	Karen	685	↑4	27
35	Wendy	677	↓4	33
36	Erica	676	new	63
37	Danielle	630	↓1	42
38	Tiffany	616	↓5	37
39	Alicia	614	↑9	76
40	Stacy	614	↑2	34
41	Carrie	605	↑5	29
42	Dawn	585	↓7	23
43	Tina	546	↓9	35
44	Tracy	533	↓5	24
45	Diana	508	↓2	100
46	Gina	506	↓5	84
47	Sara	503	new	54
48	Teresa	503	↓1	61
49	Susan	496	↓5	32
50	Denise	495	↓13	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	6,216	–	1
2	Jason	4,382	–	2
3	David	4,140	–	5
4	Christopher	3,728	–	3
5	Robert	3,439	–	6
6	Daniel	2,889	↑2	11
7	John	2,844	↓1	7
8	James	2,835	↑1	4
9	Matthew	2,591	↑1	9
10	Brian	2,564	↓3	8
11	Jose	2,082	↑2	48
12	Richard	1,943	–	16
13	Ryan	1,879	↑9	23
14	Joshua	1,878	↑4	26
15	Eric	1,864	↓4	13
16	Joseph	1,850	↓2	12
17	Jeffrey	1,687	↓2	14
18	Steven	1,684	↓2	18
19	William	1,650	↓2	10
20	Anthony	1,638	–	21
21	Scott	1,489	–	17
22	Mark	1,465	↓3	19
23	Juan	1,301	↑5	60
24	Kevin	1,276	↓1	15
25	Paul	1,275	–	29
26	Jeremy	1,267	–	24
27	Aaron	1,232	↓3	32
28	Thomas	1,146	↓1	20
29	Timothy	1,130	–	22
30	Andrew	1,122	–	28
31	Justin	1,050	↑2	37
32	Sean	927	↓1	40
33	Charles	917	↓1	25
34	Carlos	889	↑5	73
35	Jonathan	881	↑2	30
36	Gregory	862	↓2	33
37	Adam	840	↓1	38
38	Benjamin	831	↑5	36
39	Brandon	767	↑8	44
40	Kenneth	760	↓2	35
41	Stephen	756	–	34
42	Edward	748	↓2	41
43	Bryan	723	↓1	47
44	Jesus	712	–	>100
45	Nathan	702	new	45
46	Shawn	696	↓11	31
47	Patrick	682	↓1	39
48	Jesse	665	new	64
49	Manuel	658	↓1	>100
50	Chad	650	↓5	27

← California 1974 California: all years · US 1975 California 1976 →