Popular baby names in California, 1977

The most popular baby names in California in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (5,543 babies) and Michael for boys (6,318). Social Security records list 314,998 babies born in California in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1977

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: 245 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Marisela: 159 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Araceli: 175 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Maricela: 239 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Rocio: 114 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Guadalupe: 289 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Silvia: 172 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Alejandra: 135 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Griselda: 96 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Liliana: 80 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 342 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Cesar: 367 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ignacio: 109 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Gerardo: 293 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Joaquin: 95 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Sergio: 336 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Gustavo: 146 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Alejandro: 471 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Humberto: 94 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Arturo: 271 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	5,543	–	1
2	Michelle	2,238	↑1	7
3	Jessica	2,227	↑4	4
4	Melissa	2,191	↑1	2
5	Sarah	1,897	↑7	11
6	Maria	1,867	↓2	36
7	Heather	1,806	↓1	5
8	Elizabeth	1,762	↑2	13
9	Christina	1,756	–	16
10	Lisa	1,735	↓2	12
11	Amy	1,621	↓9	3
12	Nicole	1,596	↓1	15
13	Angela	1,378	–	6
14	Kimberly	1,376	–	8
15	Stephanie	1,335	↑1	14
16	Kelly	1,299	↑9	10
17	Monica	1,196	↑3	39
18	Veronica	1,180	–	73
19	Rebecca	1,156	↓4	17
20	Shannon	1,136	↓3	19
21	Jamie	1,134	–	18
22	Amanda	1,098	↑1	9
23	Laura	1,084	↓4	20
24	Andrea	1,062	↑3	24
25	Amber	1,005	↑3	33
26	Julie	992	↓4	22
27	Erin	943	↓1	23
28	Sara	942	↑1	27
29	Rachel	878	↑3	26
30	Patricia	858	↑1	47
31	Christine	847	↓7	30
32	Sandra	843	↓2	61
33	Cynthia	811	–	48
34	Erica	773	–	38
35	Danielle	761	↑1	31
36	Mary	710	↑1	21
37	April	700	↑4	29
38	Wendy	688	–	49
39	Tiffany	649	–	34
40	Crystal	639	new	25
41	Alicia	636	↑3	60
42	Vanessa	598	new	90
43	Karen	597	↓1	32
44	Nancy	597	↑3	89
45	Carrie	594	↓5	28
46	Katherine	566	new	44
47	Jaime	546	↓12	46
48	Diana	534	↓2	100
49	Emily	533	new	37
50	Sabrina	499	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	6,318	–	1
2	David	4,425	–	4
3	Jason	4,425	–	2
4	Christopher	3,955	–	3
5	Robert	3,363	–	6
6	Daniel	3,328	–	11
7	Brian	2,940	↑3	8
8	James	2,933	↓1	5
9	Matthew	2,876	–	9
10	John	2,818	↓2	7
11	Ryan	2,487	↑4	16
12	Joshua	2,440	↑2	14
13	Jose	2,326	↓2	45
14	Joseph	2,301	↓2	10
15	Richard	2,095	↑1	20
16	Eric	2,031	↓3	17
17	Anthony	1,881	–	21
18	Kevin	1,836	↑5	13
19	Steven	1,681	↓1	23
20	Jeremy	1,664	↑2	15
21	William	1,657	↓2	12
22	Jeffrey	1,655	↓1	19
23	Juan	1,402	↓3	63
24	Scott	1,381	↑1	27
25	Andrew	1,366	↑5	24
26	Mark	1,327	↓2	25
27	Aaron	1,323	↓1	32
28	Timothy	1,296	–	18
29	Paul	1,286	↓2	31
30	Justin	1,265	↑1	30
31	Thomas	1,186	↓2	22
32	Jonathan	1,088	↑3	28
33	Benjamin	1,074	↓1	29
34	Sean	1,022	↓1	43
35	Charles	1,020	↑1	26
36	Carlos	958	↑2	74
37	Adam	947	↓3	33
38	Brandon	906	↑1	41
39	Bryan	905	↑6	42
40	Gregory	903	↓3	35
41	Nathan	867	–	36
42	Jesse	822	↑5	54
43	Gabriel	815	↓3	87
44	Kenneth	782	–	39
45	Jesus	779	↑1	>100
46	Stephen	772	↓3	38
47	Edward	751	↓5	47
48	Shawn	712	–	37
49	Luis	703	–	>100
50	Jacob	688	new	56

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