Popular baby names in California, 1988

The most popular baby names in California in 1988 were Jessica for girls (6,495 babies) and Michael for boys (7,761). Social Security records list 480,678 babies born in California in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1988

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

Girls

Araceli: 181 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Guadalupe: 390 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Griselda: 118 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Mayra: 809 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Daisy: 630 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Liliana: 237 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Susana: 222 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rocio: 189 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Roxana: 165 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Noemi: 143 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 412 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Gustavo: 293 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Cristian: 134 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Hugo: 218 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Edgar: 802 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Moises: 168 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Eduardo: 680 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cesar: 509 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Arturo: 402 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ernesto: 366 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Jessica	6,495	–	1
2	Ashley	4,761	–	2
3	Jennifer	3,875	–	5
4	Amanda	3,796	–	3
5	Stephanie	3,258	–	7
6	Sarah	3,011	–	4
7	Elizabeth	2,717	↑2	10
8	Nicole	2,602	↓1	9
9	Melissa	2,535	↓1	16
10	Brittany	2,421	↑3	6
11	Vanessa	2,312	↑1	41
12	Michelle	2,288	↓1	21
13	Samantha	2,210	↑3	8
14	Christina	2,207	↓4	22
15	Lauren	2,052	↑2	11
16	Danielle	1,837	↓2	17
17	Tiffany	1,753	↑6	13
18	Megan	1,700	–	12
19	Heather	1,695	↓4	14
20	Amber	1,605	↓1	15
21	Maria	1,604	↓1	60
22	Crystal	1,538	↑2	28
23	Rachel	1,492	↓1	19
24	Laura	1,375	↓3	23
25	Emily	1,359	↑2	18
26	Rebecca	1,346	–	26
27	Kimberly	1,312	↓2	25
28	Katherine	1,270	↑2	27
29	Andrea	1,256	–	35
30	Erica	1,255	↓2	31
31	Sara	1,180	↑1	30
32	Diana	1,169	↑1	85
33	Natalie	1,124	↑1	63
34	Cynthia	1,109	↑8	79
35	Jacqueline	1,079	↑6	62
36	Amy	1,064	↓5	29
37	Alexandra	1,061	↑12	49
38	Chelsea	1,024	new	33
39	Courtney	1,003	new	24
40	Victoria	1,002	↑7	42
41	Monica	996	↓6	70
42	Lisa	988	↓2	43
43	Alyssa	983	new	47
44	Kayla	978	new	20
45	Christine	974	↓6	51
46	Angela	965	↓9	38
47	Veronica	952	↓11	83
48	Nancy	897	↓3	>100
49	Kelly	894	↓11	32
50	Jasmine	875	new	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	7,761	–	1
2	Christopher	6,465	–	2
3	Daniel	5,406	–	8
4	David	5,157	–	6
5	Matthew	4,855	–	3
6	Andrew	4,561	–	5
7	Joshua	3,943	–	4
8	Robert	3,640	–	10
9	Anthony	3,599	–	18
10	Jose	3,546	↑1	49
11	Jonathan	3,532	↑2	15
12	Ryan	3,388	↓2	13
13	Justin	3,287	↑2	7
14	Joseph	3,267	↓2	12
15	James	3,102	↑1	9
16	Nicholas	3,076	↑3	14
17	John	2,951	↓3	11
18	Kevin	2,870	↓1	20
19	Eric	2,656	↓1	19
20	Brian	2,578	↑1	22
21	Steven	2,476	↑1	24
22	Brandon	2,349	↑1	17
23	Alexander	2,265	↑4	34
24	Kyle	2,224	–	21
25	Richard	2,139	–	32
26	William	2,065	–	16
27	Jason	1,996	↓7	27
28	Juan	1,905	–	68
29	Thomas	1,792	↑1	23
30	Aaron	1,672	↑4	31
31	Sean	1,620	–	38
32	Timothy	1,609	–	25
33	Jeffrey	1,584	↓4	36
34	Adam	1,582	↓1	26
35	Luis	1,563	–	75
36	Jacob	1,551	–	28
37	Mark	1,360	↑1	39
38	Carlos	1,339	↑2	80
39	Jesse	1,308	↑4	55
40	Tyler	1,307	↑7	33
41	Benjamin	1,283	↓4	30
42	Jesus	1,272	↑3	>100
43	Paul	1,258	↓1	46
44	Jeremy	1,240	↓5	35
45	Zachary	1,237	new	29
46	Samuel	1,222	–	45
47	Scott	1,204	↓6	47
48	Patrick	1,140	↑1	42
49	Bryan	1,126	↓5	54
50	Miguel	1,124	–	>100

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