Popular baby names in California, 1983

The most popular baby names in California in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (5,832 babies) and Michael for boys (7,398). Social Security records list 394,614 babies born in California in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1983

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

Girls

Mayra: 557 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Maira: 94 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Alejandra: 327 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Gabriela: 427 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Araceli: 175 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Susana: 218 babies, 5× the national rate
Rocio: 194 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Guadalupe: 293 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Silvia: 166 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Yesenia: 234 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 359 babies, 5× the national rate
Rigoberto: 113 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Gustavo: 201 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ignacio: 112 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Hugo: 152 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Alejandro: 671 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Cesar: 397 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Gerardo: 354 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ernesto: 314 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Arturo: 349 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	5,832	–	1
2	Jessica	4,509	–	2
3	Nicole	2,645	↑3	7
4	Melissa	2,622	–	6
5	Sarah	2,608	↓2	5
6	Elizabeth	2,381	↑1	10
7	Michelle	2,363	↓2	13
8	Stephanie	2,324	↑3	8
9	Christina	2,279	–	16
10	Ashley	2,257	↑36	4
11	Amanda	2,238	↓3	3
12	Heather	1,994	↑4	9
13	Crystal	1,890	↓1	11
14	Maria	1,779	↓4	43
15	Vanessa	1,541	↓2	49
16	Amber	1,535	↓2	17
17	Kimberly	1,465	↑1	15
18	Tiffany	1,444	↓3	14
19	Laura	1,346	↑2	23
20	Rebecca	1,340	↓1	19
21	Megan	1,338	↑12	21
22	Amy	1,320	↓5	12
23	Danielle	1,310	↑5	29
24	Rachel	1,290	↑3	20
25	Erin	1,287	↓3	18
26	Lisa	1,274	↓6	27
27	Lauren	1,222	↑5	24
28	Erica	1,185	↑3	33
29	Veronica	1,181	↓6	68
30	Angela	1,179	↓5	22
31	Andrea	1,162	↓7	30
32	Cynthia	1,134	↑17	62
33	Monica	1,072	↓7	54
34	Sara	1,041	↓5	31
35	Kelly	1,001	↓5	26
36	Jamie	978	–	28
37	Shannon	971	↓3	38
38	Katherine	960	–	34
39	Emily	946	↓4	25
40	Christine	920	↓3	47
41	Natalie	874	↓2	52
42	Diana	868	–	69
43	Jacqueline	865	↑7	53
44	Patricia	856	↓3	60
45	Erika	816	new	80
46	Alicia	759	new	41
47	Nancy	756	↓2	>100
48	Mary	752	↓5	32
49	Kristen	744	↓9	37
50	Sandra	723	↓6	88

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Michael	7,398	–	1
2	Christopher	6,351	–	2
3	David	5,001	–	4
4	Daniel	4,750	–	8
5	Matthew	4,697	–	3
6	Robert	3,578	–	10
7	Jason	3,372	–	7
8	Ryan	3,349	↑3	13
9	Joshua	3,280	↓1	5
10	Joseph	3,097	↑3	11
11	James	3,066	↓2	6
12	John	3,026	↓2	9
13	Jose	2,838	↓1	48
14	Brian	2,655	–	14
15	Andrew	2,598	↑3	15
16	Anthony	2,485	–	22
17	Jonathan	2,463	–	19
18	Justin	2,427	↓3	12
19	Eric	2,312	↑2	20
20	Nicholas	2,282	–	21
21	Steven	2,253	↑1	23
22	Richard	2,186	↓3	27
23	Brandon	2,171	↑1	17
24	William	2,062	↓1	16
25	Kevin	1,926	–	25
26	Adam	1,924	↑1	18
27	Jeffrey	1,641	↑1	28
28	Juan	1,632	↓2	62
29	Aaron	1,485	–	29
30	Sean	1,405	↑2	44
31	Thomas	1,402	↓1	24
32	Timothy	1,366	↓1	26
33	Mark	1,362	–	31
34	Paul	1,351	–	39
35	Kyle	1,228	new	34
36	Benjamin	1,206	↑3	32
37	Scott	1,174	↓2	38
38	Jeremy	1,148	–	30
39	Jesse	1,144	↓3	46
40	Carlos	1,103	↓3	75
41	Travis	1,098	new	41
42	Jacob	1,067	↑2	36
43	Patrick	1,061	↑2	37
44	Luis	1,039	↓4	88
45	Stephen	999	↑5	35
46	Charles	985	↓3	33
47	Jesus	976	↓5	>100
48	Gregory	951	↓2	42
49	Bryan	949	↓2	47
50	Kenneth	928	↓2	45

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