Popular baby names in California, 1990

The most popular baby names in California in 1990 were Jessica for girls (6,635 babies) and Michael for boys (8,248). Social Security records list 552,716 babies born in California in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1990

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

Girls

Susana: 262 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Joana: 132 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Guadalupe: 510 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lizbeth: 212 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Liliana: 419 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Daisy: 865 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Mayra: 852 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rocio: 244 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Araceli: 239 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Alejandra: 768 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 559 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ignacio: 160 babies, 4× the national rate
Edgar: 1,229 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Eduardo: 1,146 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Hugo: 300 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Alvaro: 166 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cesar: 777 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rodrigo: 196 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Arturo: 523 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gustavo: 365 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Jessica	6,635	–	1
2	Ashley	4,535	–	2
3	Stephanie	4,004	↑2	7
4	Amanda	3,857	↓1	4
5	Jennifer	3,610	↓1	8
6	Elizabeth	3,172	–	9
7	Sarah	2,846	↑1	6
8	Brittany	2,736	↓1	3
9	Samantha	2,720	–	5
10	Michelle	2,453	↑2	22
11	Melissa	2,443	–	20
12	Nicole	2,350	↓2	13
13	Maria	2,319	↑3	47
14	Vanessa	2,229	↓1	56
15	Lauren	2,184	↓1	10
16	Megan	2,008	↑1	11
17	Christina	1,952	↓2	25
18	Emily	1,735	↑2	12
19	Danielle	1,698	↓1	18
20	Alyssa	1,665	↑8	27
21	Rebecca	1,582	↑3	21
22	Rachel	1,572	↓3	16
23	Laura	1,555	↓1	29
24	Amber	1,451	↓3	15
25	Andrea	1,450	↑5	40
26	Kayla	1,422	↑12	14
27	Kimberly	1,419	–	31
28	Crystal	1,370	↓2	39
29	Katherine	1,355	–	26
30	Jasmine	1,350	↑5	28
31	Tiffany	1,333	↓8	23
32	Alexandra	1,326	↓1	37
33	Heather	1,290	↓8	19
34	Diana	1,285	↓2	98
35	Chelsea	1,256	↑6	24
36	Cynthia	1,243	↓2	88
37	Natalie	1,236	↓4	63
38	Jacqueline	1,221	↓1	67
39	Victoria	1,214	↑8	33
40	Courtney	1,188	–	17
41	Erica	1,186	↓2	36
42	Ana	1,127	↑7	>100
43	Erika	1,114	↑2	74
44	Brenda	1,103	new	>100
45	Veronica	1,100	↓3	96
46	Sara	1,099	↓10	34
47	Monica	1,064	↓4	76
48	Nancy	1,034	↓2	>100
49	Amy	994	↓5	38
50	Angela	959	↓2	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Michael	8,248	–	1
2	Christopher	6,622	–	2
3	Daniel	5,771	–	5
4	David	5,350	–	6
5	Jose	4,914	↑3	41
6	Matthew	4,885	↓1	3
7	Andrew	4,548	↓1	7
8	Joshua	4,301	↓1	4
9	Jonathan	4,118	↑2	17
10	Anthony	4,022	↓1	15
11	Ryan	3,630	↑1	11
12	Robert	3,591	↓2	13
13	Joseph	3,580	–	10
14	Nicholas	3,468	–	14
15	Kevin	3,315	–	23
16	James	3,114	–	8
17	Justin	3,034	–	9
18	Eric	2,979	↑1	24
19	John	2,895	↓1	12
20	Juan	2,738	↑7	61
21	Steven	2,661	↓1	25
22	Kyle	2,648	↓1	18
23	Alexander	2,567	↓1	28
24	Brian	2,339	↓1	27
25	Luis	2,291	↑5	66
26	William	2,208	–	16
27	Brandon	2,169	↓2	19
28	Jacob	2,116	↑3	20
29	Richard	2,078	↓5	35
30	Tyler	2,004	↑8	21
31	Carlos	1,966	↑6	75
32	Jesus	1,885	↑7	90
33	Thomas	1,805	↓4	26
34	Christian	1,803	↑16	60
35	Aaron	1,784	↓7	34
36	Sean	1,737	↓3	37
37	Jordan	1,687	new	29
38	Zachary	1,629	↑3	22
39	Miguel	1,601	↑5	>100
40	Victor	1,600	↑7	82
41	Jason	1,557	↓9	46
42	Adam	1,550	↓8	32
43	Timothy	1,549	↓8	30
44	Cody	1,492	new	31
45	Jesse	1,468	↓3	48
46	Jeffrey	1,441	↓10	43
47	Francisco	1,412	new	>100
48	Benjamin	1,383	↓8	33
49	Samuel	1,378	↓4	45
50	Jorge	1,329	new	>100

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