Popular baby names in California, 1984

The most popular baby names in California in 1984 were Jennifer for girls (5,521 babies) and Michael for boys (7,479). Social Security records list 404,972 babies born in California in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1984

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

Girls

Maira: 102 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Mayra: 676 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Silvia: 169 babies, 5× the national rate
Gabriela: 363 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Susana: 223 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Liliana: 187 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Griselda: 131 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Guadalupe: 284 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Alejandra: 245 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Rocio: 171 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 360 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Hugo: 159 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Cesar: 445 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Gustavo: 178 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Arturo: 353 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Noe: 124 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ernesto: 271 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jorge: 805 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Eduardo: 442 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Armando: 415 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jennifer	5,521	–	1
2	Jessica	5,009	–	2
3	Ashley	2,967	↑7	3
4	Nicole	2,671	↓1	7
5	Melissa	2,557	↓1	8
6	Sarah	2,504	↓1	5
7	Stephanie	2,458	↑1	6
8	Amanda	2,295	↑3	4
9	Elizabeth	2,293	↓3	10
10	Michelle	2,234	↓3	17
11	Christina	2,193	↓2	20
12	Heather	2,014	–	9
13	Vanessa	1,929	↑2	45
14	Crystal	1,840	↓1	12
15	Maria	1,639	↓1	50
16	Megan	1,611	↑5	11
17	Danielle	1,587	↑6	16
18	Amber	1,554	↓2	18
19	Tiffany	1,508	↓1	14
20	Laura	1,450	↓1	19
21	Rachel	1,435	↑3	15
22	Kimberly	1,391	↓5	22
23	Lauren	1,382	↑4	21
24	Amy	1,293	↓2	13
25	Rebecca	1,253	↓5	23
26	Andrea	1,239	↑5	28
27	Cynthia	1,193	↑5	62
28	Lisa	1,189	↓2	29
29	Erin	1,143	↓4	25
30	Veronica	1,125	↓1	70
31	Angela	1,115	↓1	26
32	Erica	1,072	↓4	34
33	Natalie	1,050	↑8	55
34	Monica	1,024	↓1	58
35	Kelly	995	–	27
36	Christine	977	↑4	43
37	Emily	968	↑2	24
38	Sara	967	↓4	32
39	Katherine	947	↓1	30
40	Shannon	945	↓3	37
41	Jacqueline	927	↑2	56
42	Diana	885	–	72
43	Jamie	883	↓7	31
44	Alicia	849	↑2	40
45	Erika	835	–	81
46	Nancy	807	↑1	>100
47	Kristen	758	↑2	38
48	Lindsay	756	new	36
49	Mary	756	↓1	33
50	Patricia	741	↓6	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Michael	7,479	–	1
2	Christopher	6,487	–	2
3	David	5,116	–	5
4	Daniel	5,023	–	6
5	Matthew	4,675	–	3
6	Robert	3,525	–	9
7	Joshua	3,406	↑2	4
8	Ryan	3,398	–	12
9	James	3,164	↑2	7
10	John	3,082	↑2	8
11	Joseph	3,018	↓1	10
12	Jason	2,984	↓5	11
13	Jose	2,909	–	49
14	Anthony	2,846	↑2	21
15	Andrew	2,735	–	14
16	Brian	2,718	↓2	17
17	Jonathan	2,609	–	19
18	Nicholas	2,451	↑2	20
19	Justin	2,375	↓1	13
20	Brandon	2,351	↑3	15
21	Eric	2,347	↓2	22
22	Steven	2,265	↓1	23
23	Richard	2,146	↓1	27
24	Adam	2,058	↑2	18
25	Kevin	1,968	–	24
26	William	1,960	↓2	16
27	Jeffrey	1,583	–	28
28	Juan	1,569	–	64
29	Timothy	1,507	↑3	26
30	Thomas	1,502	↑1	25
31	Aaron	1,494	↓2	29
32	Sean	1,477	↓2	43
33	Mark	1,382	–	32
34	Kyle	1,359	↑1	34
35	Paul	1,310	↓1	40
36	Carlos	1,215	↑4	74
37	Patrick	1,144	↑6	36
38	Scott	1,135	↓1	39
39	Jacob	1,098	↑3	37
40	Benjamin	1,073	↓4	30
41	Luis	1,070	↑3	88
42	Stephen	1,056	↑3	35
43	Jesus	1,053	↑4	>100
44	Jesse	1,043	↓5	50
45	Alexander	1,034	new	54
46	Gregory	1,020	↑2	44
47	Travis	1,015	↓6	42
48	Miguel	991	new	>100
49	Jeremy	986	↓11	31
50	Bryan	950	↓1	48

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