Popular baby names in California, 1989

The most popular baby names in California in 1989 were Jessica for girls (6,541 babies) and Michael for boys (7,858). Social Security records list 512,640 babies born in California in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1989

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

Girls

Guadalupe: 460 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lizette: 251 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Araceli: 238 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Susana: 245 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Mayra: 805 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Fabiola: 123 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Daisy: 685 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Liliana: 288 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maricela: 180 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Griselda: 140 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 484 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Gustavo: 392 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Cesar: 665 babies, 4× the national rate
Hugo: 282 babies, 4× the national rate
Edgar: 1,100 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ignacio: 138 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Diego: 386 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cristian: 200 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Arturo: 430 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ernesto: 390 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Jessica	6,541	–	1
2	Ashley	4,510	–	2
3	Amanda	3,852	↑1	4
4	Jennifer	3,529	↓1	7
5	Stephanie	3,430	–	8
6	Elizabeth	3,065	↑1	10
7	Brittany	3,020	↑3	3
8	Sarah	2,997	↓2	5
9	Samantha	2,597	↑4	6
10	Nicole	2,498	↓2	12
11	Melissa	2,462	↓2	19
12	Michelle	2,352	–	22
13	Vanessa	2,327	↓2	50
14	Lauren	2,234	↑1	9
15	Christina	2,108	↓1	23
16	Maria	1,905	↑5	56
17	Megan	1,820	↑1	11
18	Danielle	1,743	↓2	17
19	Rachel	1,556	↑4	18
20	Emily	1,531	↑5	13
21	Amber	1,489	↓1	14
22	Laura	1,474	↑2	25
23	Tiffany	1,470	↓6	16
24	Rebecca	1,451	↑2	24
25	Heather	1,420	↓6	15
26	Crystal	1,390	↓4	32
27	Kimberly	1,381	–	28
28	Alyssa	1,377	↑15	33
29	Katherine	1,322	↓1	26
30	Andrea	1,299	↓1	39
31	Alexandra	1,244	↑6	43
32	Diana	1,212	–	86
33	Natalie	1,205	–	62
34	Cynthia	1,200	–	84
35	Jasmine	1,197	↑15	30
36	Sara	1,184	↓5	29
37	Jacqueline	1,163	↓2	64
38	Kayla	1,156	↑6	20
39	Erica	1,142	↓9	34
40	Courtney	1,135	↓1	21
41	Chelsea	1,127	↓3	27
42	Veronica	1,093	↑5	85
43	Monica	1,090	↓2	68
44	Amy	1,037	↓8	35
45	Erika	1,013	new	73
46	Nancy	1,003	↑2	>100
47	Victoria	1,001	↓7	44
48	Angela	953	↓2	47
49	Ana	946	new	>100
50	Christine	944	↓5	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Michael	7,858	–	1
2	Christopher	6,488	–	2
3	Daniel	5,609	–	6
4	David	5,354	–	5
5	Matthew	4,744	–	3
6	Andrew	4,414	–	7
7	Joshua	4,289	–	4
8	Jose	4,179	↑2	46
9	Anthony	3,778	–	16
10	Robert	3,732	↓2	10
11	Jonathan	3,681	–	17
12	Ryan	3,563	–	13
13	Joseph	3,427	↑1	11
14	Nicholas	3,278	↑2	14
15	Kevin	3,157	↑3	19
16	James	3,100	↓1	9
17	Justin	3,043	↓4	8
18	John	2,974	↓1	12
19	Eric	2,669	–	21
20	Steven	2,519	↑1	22
21	Kyle	2,414	↑3	20
22	Alexander	2,318	↑1	32
23	Brian	2,315	↓3	24
24	Richard	2,258	↑1	33
25	Brandon	2,223	↓3	18
26	William	2,207	–	15
27	Juan	2,115	↑1	63
28	Aaron	1,814	↑2	31
29	Thomas	1,762	–	23
30	Luis	1,737	↑5	73
31	Jacob	1,725	↑5	26
32	Jason	1,697	↓5	35
33	Sean	1,644	↓2	39
34	Adam	1,641	–	27
35	Timothy	1,568	↓3	28
36	Jeffrey	1,565	↓3	37
37	Carlos	1,562	↑1	77
38	Tyler	1,516	↑2	30
39	Jesus	1,442	↑3	>100
40	Benjamin	1,434	↑1	29
41	Zachary	1,411	↑4	25
42	Jesse	1,393	↓3	50
43	Mark	1,385	↓6	42
44	Miguel	1,265	↑6	>100
45	Samuel	1,263	↑1	47
46	Jeremy	1,257	↓2	34
47	Victor	1,256	new	89
48	Paul	1,210	↓5	49
49	Travis	1,208	new	41
50	Christian	1,207	new	78

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