Popular baby names in California, 1987

The most popular baby names in California in 1987 were Jessica for girls (6,848 babies) and Michael for boys (7,453). Social Security records list 453,874 babies born in California in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1987

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: 877 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Susana: 220 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Maira: 117 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Guadalupe: 357 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Silvia: 151 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Liliana: 213 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Rocio: 180 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Araceli: 141 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Maricela: 165 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Alejandra: 275 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 403 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Gustavo: 336 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Arturo: 403 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Alvaro: 131 babies, 4× the national rate
Edgar: 784 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ernesto: 304 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Guillermo: 190 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Moises: 157 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cesar: 405 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Hugo: 174 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Jessica	6,848	–	1
2	Ashley	4,978	–	2
3	Jennifer	4,286	–	4
4	Amanda	3,874	–	3
5	Stephanie	3,094	↑2	6
6	Sarah	2,933	↓1	5
7	Nicole	2,547	↓1	8
8	Melissa	2,534	–	13
9	Elizabeth	2,402	–	10
10	Christina	2,173	–	20
11	Michelle	2,118	↑1	21
12	Vanessa	2,046	↓1	43
13	Brittany	1,945	↑1	7
14	Danielle	1,903	↑5	14
15	Heather	1,794	↓2	9
16	Samantha	1,790	↑9	11
17	Lauren	1,713	↓2	16
18	Megan	1,666	↓1	12
19	Amber	1,548	↓1	15
20	Maria	1,535	↓4	53
21	Laura	1,512	↑1	22
22	Rachel	1,496	↓1	17
23	Tiffany	1,470	↑1	18
24	Crystal	1,444	↓4	26
25	Kimberly	1,441	↓2	23
26	Rebecca	1,207	↑3	25
27	Emily	1,178	↑4	19
28	Erica	1,169	↓1	31
29	Andrea	1,117	↑1	36
30	Katherine	1,108	↑5	28
31	Amy	1,100	↓3	24
32	Sara	1,086	↓6	29
33	Diana	1,074	↑7	85
34	Natalie	1,063	↓2	56
35	Monica	1,043	↓2	64
36	Veronica	997	–	80
37	Angela	985	–	35
38	Kelly	981	↑1	30
39	Christine	965	↓1	48
40	Lisa	961	↑1	40
41	Jacqueline	946	↑2	54
42	Cynthia	944	–	84
43	Erika	919	↑7	75
44	Mayra	877	↑1	>100
45	Nancy	860	↓1	>100
46	Yesenia	860	new	>100
47	Victoria	839	new	50
48	Alicia	820	↓1	46
49	Alexandra	810	new	59
50	Erin	799	↓16	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Michael	7,453	–	1
2	Christopher	6,515	–	2
3	Daniel	5,411	–	7
4	David	5,305	–	5
5	Matthew	4,697	–	3
6	Andrew	4,380	–	6
7	Joshua	3,764	↑2	4
8	Robert	3,557	↓1	10
9	Anthony	3,435	↑1	17
10	Ryan	3,426	↓2	13
11	Jose	3,312	–	48
12	Joseph	3,130	↑1	12
13	Jonathan	3,107	↑1	18
14	John	3,003	↑1	11
15	Justin	2,944	↑7	9
16	James	2,921	↓4	8
17	Kevin	2,736	↑4	19
18	Eric	2,699	↑1	21
19	Nicholas	2,670	↓3	16
20	Jason	2,420	↓3	23
21	Brian	2,414	↑2	20
22	Steven	2,364	↓2	25
23	Brandon	2,288	↓5	14
24	Kyle	2,200	↑1	22
25	Richard	2,128	↓1	30
26	William	2,069	–	15
27	Alexander	1,940	↑3	37
28	Juan	1,780	↓1	66
29	Jeffrey	1,672	↓1	32
30	Thomas	1,651	↑1	24
31	Sean	1,649	↓2	40
32	Timothy	1,601	↑1	26
33	Adam	1,578	↓1	27
34	Aaron	1,490	–	34
35	Luis	1,374	–	82
36	Jacob	1,346	↑1	31
37	Benjamin	1,333	↑2	28
38	Mark	1,320	–	36
39	Jeremy	1,283	↓3	29
40	Carlos	1,274	–	74
41	Scott	1,239	↑3	43
42	Paul	1,228	↓1	46
43	Jesse	1,194	↓1	55
44	Bryan	1,170	↑2	51
45	Jesus	1,146	↑5	>100
46	Samuel	1,139	new	50
47	Tyler	1,133	↑2	39
48	Travis	1,102	new	42
49	Patrick	1,078	↓6	41
50	Miguel	1,063	↓2	>100

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