Popular baby names in California, 1982

The most popular baby names in California in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (5,813 babies) and Michael for boys (7,159). Social Security records list 390,565 babies born in California in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1982

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

Girls

Tawny: 102 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Susana: 243 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Rocio: 176 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Alejandra: 285 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Araceli: 214 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Gabriela: 338 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Mayra: 314 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Guadalupe: 310 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Maricela: 135 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Liliana: 191 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 409 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Rigoberto: 123 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Hugo: 178 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Gustavo: 224 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Cesar: 411 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Arturo: 345 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ernesto: 300 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rodrigo: 106 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Gerardo: 320 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Moises: 131 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	5,813	–	1
2	Jessica	4,252	–	2
3	Sarah	2,792	↑1	4
4	Melissa	2,732	↓1	5
5	Michelle	2,464	–	11
6	Nicole	2,406	–	6
7	Elizabeth	2,312	–	8
8	Amanda	2,236	↑1	3
9	Christina	2,146	↑1	19
10	Maria	2,095	↓2	42
11	Stephanie	1,982	–	7
12	Crystal	1,862	↑7	9
13	Vanessa	1,755	↑15	49
14	Amber	1,612	↓2	18
15	Tiffany	1,553	↑2	13
16	Heather	1,531	↓2	12
17	Amy	1,412	↓1	10
18	Kimberly	1,388	↑2	14
19	Rebecca	1,374	↓4	15
20	Lisa	1,337	↓7	23
21	Laura	1,334	↓3	22
22	Erin	1,304	↓1	20
23	Veronica	1,282	↑1	69
24	Andrea	1,241	↓1	27
25	Angela	1,231	↓3	16
26	Monica	1,227	↓1	52
27	Rachel	1,188	↑2	21
28	Danielle	1,171	↓2	31
29	Sara	1,119	↓2	28
30	Kelly	1,101	–	25
31	Erica	1,066	–	35
32	Lauren	1,033	↑8	26
33	Megan	982	↑4	34
34	Shannon	969	↓1	38
35	Emily	962	↑8	24
36	Jamie	960	↓4	29
37	Christine	890	↑1	46
38	Katherine	868	↑9	36
39	Natalie	865	new	51
40	Kristen	861	↑9	33
41	Patricia	850	↑4	59
42	Diana	841	↓7	63
43	Mary	837	↓1	30
44	Sandra	836	↓8	80
45	Nancy	833	↑3	>100
46	Ashley	820	new	17
47	April	816	↓6	32
48	Kristin	794	↓4	37
49	Cynthia	785	↓10	64
50	Jacqueline	771	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Michael	7,159	–	1
2	Christopher	6,064	–	2
3	David	5,128	–	5
4	Daniel	4,597	–	10
5	Matthew	4,132	–	3
6	Robert	3,660	–	9
7	Jason	3,599	–	4
8	Joshua	3,224	–	7
9	James	3,209	↑4	6
10	John	3,131	↓1	8
11	Ryan	3,109	–	13
12	Jose	3,098	↓2	46
13	Joseph	3,057	↓1	11
14	Brian	2,702	–	14
15	Justin	2,582	–	12
16	Anthony	2,493	–	21
17	Jonathan	2,486	–	16
18	Andrew	2,333	↑5	17
19	Richard	2,235	↓1	27
20	Nicholas	2,226	–	22
21	Eric	2,093	↓2	20
22	Steven	2,087	↓1	26
23	William	1,976	↑2	15
24	Brandon	1,925	↓2	18
25	Kevin	1,840	↑2	25
26	Juan	1,712	↓2	61
27	Adam	1,709	↑1	19
28	Jeffrey	1,635	↓2	29
29	Aaron	1,420	–	30
30	Thomas	1,415	↑3	23
31	Timothy	1,406	–	24
32	Sean	1,366	↑3	44
33	Mark	1,328	↑1	32
34	Paul	1,326	↓2	35
35	Scott	1,259	↑1	34
36	Jesse	1,256	↑1	43
37	Carlos	1,241	↑2	71
38	Jeremy	1,226	↓8	28
39	Benjamin	1,165	↓1	33
40	Luis	1,096	↑2	90
41	Miguel	1,041	↑6	>100
42	Jesus	1,038	↓1	>100
43	Charles	1,028	↓3	31
44	Jacob	974	↑1	41
45	Patrick	969	↓1	37
46	Gregory	950	↑2	40
47	Bryan	917	new	49
48	Kenneth	906	↓5	45
49	Nathan	897	↓3	36
50	Stephen	857	new	38

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