Popular baby names in California, 1991

The most popular baby names in California in 1991 were Jessica for girls (6,952 babies) and Michael for boys (7,575). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 549,369 babies born in California in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1991

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: 503 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Mayra: 844 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Susana: 233 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Fabiola: 160 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Mariela: 147 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Daisy: 907 babies, 4× the national rate
Lizbeth: 193 babies, 4× the national rate
Griselda: 152 babies, 4× the national rate
Alejandra: 886 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Alma: 365 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 568 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Nestor: 173 babies, 4× the national rate
Hugo: 314 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Eduardo: 1,374 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Edgar: 1,228 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Gustavo: 459 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ignacio: 150 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cesar: 806 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ernesto: 431 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Guillermo: 299 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Jessica	6,952	–	2
2	Ashley	4,232	–	1
3	Stephanie	4,008	–	7
4	Jennifer	3,579	↑1	8
5	Amanda	3,232	↓1	4
6	Elizabeth	3,127	–	9
7	Samantha	2,760	↑2	5
8	Sarah	2,748	↓1	6
9	Melissa	2,581	↑2	20
10	Maria	2,383	↑3	45
11	Michelle	2,311	↓1	22
12	Brittany	2,308	↓4	3
13	Nicole	2,234	↓1	15
14	Vanessa	2,185	–	56
15	Lauren	1,942	–	13
16	Megan	1,886	–	11
17	Christina	1,878	–	31
18	Emily	1,763	–	10
19	Rachel	1,664	↑3	14
20	Danielle	1,611	↓1	17
21	Jasmine	1,507	↑9	24
22	Rebecca	1,499	↓1	21
23	Laura	1,496	–	35
24	Andrea	1,488	↑1	39
25	Alyssa	1,455	↓5	30
26	Kimberly	1,445	↑1	34
27	Kayla	1,440	↓1	12
28	Alexandra	1,427	↑4	36
29	Katherine	1,405	–	25
30	Chelsea	1,345	↑5	18
31	Crystal	1,345	↓3	41
32	Victoria	1,343	↑7	28
33	Amber	1,290	↓9	16
34	Jacqueline	1,254	↑4	70
35	Cynthia	1,246	↑1	93
36	Natalie	1,227	↑1	64
37	Diana	1,221	↓3	>100
38	Ana	1,182	↑4	>100
39	Nancy	1,152	↑9	>100
40	Tiffany	1,133	↓9	27
41	Sara	1,126	↑5	37
42	Brenda	1,109	↑2	>100
43	Erica	1,061	↓2	40
44	Monica	1,047	↑3	85
45	Kelsey	1,043	new	26
46	Taylor	1,032	new	32
47	Veronica	1,019	↓2	100
48	Erika	1,013	↓5	84
49	Courtney	1,012	↓9	19
50	Hannah	1,007	new	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Michael	7,575	–	1
2	Christopher	5,764	–	2
3	Daniel	5,477	–	6
4	Jose	5,038	↑1	37
5	David	4,856	↓1	8
6	Matthew	4,458	–	3
7	Andrew	4,295	–	5
8	Joshua	4,292	–	4
9	Anthony	4,198	↑1	18
10	Jonathan	4,110	↓1	20
11	Kevin	3,563	↑4	23
12	Joseph	3,556	↑1	9
13	Ryan	3,310	↓2	11
14	Robert	3,241	↓2	13
15	Nicholas	3,200	↓1	12
16	James	2,969	–	7
17	Juan	2,815	↑3	60
18	Brandon	2,801	↑9	15
19	Eric	2,768	↓1	25
20	Alexander	2,746	↑3	26
21	John	2,716	↓2	10
22	Justin	2,613	↓5	14
23	Kyle	2,525	↓1	21
24	Luis	2,449	↑1	66
25	Steven	2,436	↓4	27
26	Jacob	2,435	↑2	17
27	Tyler	2,346	↑3	16
28	Christian	2,192	↑6	48
29	Jesus	2,190	↑3	80
30	Brian	2,149	↓6	30
31	William	2,124	↓5	19
32	Richard	2,033	↓3	34
33	Carlos	1,995	↓2	72
34	Aaron	1,797	↑1	31
35	Miguel	1,701	↑4	92
36	Zachary	1,691	↑2	22
37	Cody	1,685	↑7	24
38	Jordan	1,607	↓1	29
39	Thomas	1,532	↓6	28
40	Sean	1,509	↓4	40
41	Victor	1,489	↓1	85
42	Samuel	1,445	↑7	39
43	Jorge	1,411	↑7	>100
44	Jason	1,395	↓3	49
45	Alejandro	1,385	new	>100
46	Timothy	1,383	↓3	32
47	Jesse	1,382	↓2	51
48	Eduardo	1,374	new	>100
49	Francisco	1,352	↓2	>100
50	Jeffrey	1,304	↓4	45

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