Popular baby names in California, 1992

The most popular baby names in California in 1992 were Jessica for girls (6,343 babies) and Michael for boys (6,637). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 541,134 babies born in California in 1992 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1992

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

Girls

Berenice: 158 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Guadalupe: 595 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Fabiola: 171 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Susana: 242 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Brianda: 151 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Daisy: 911 babies, 4× the national rate
Lizbeth: 233 babies, 4× the national rate
Yadira: 201 babies, 4× the national rate
Alejandra: 1,099 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mayra: 786 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 556 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Nestor: 173 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Alvaro: 175 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Hugo: 333 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Gustavo: 456 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Moises: 275 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ignacio: 149 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Eduardo: 1,302 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cesar: 820 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Alejandro: 1,562 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1992

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Jessica	6,343	–	2
2	Ashley	3,968	–	1
3	Stephanie	3,783	–	8
4	Jennifer	3,382	–	11
5	Elizabeth	2,893	↑1	9
6	Amanda	2,796	↓1	3
7	Sarah	2,712	↑1	5
8	Samantha	2,526	↓1	6
9	Michelle	2,373	↑2	25
10	Nicole	2,361	↑3	14
11	Maria	2,350	↓1	45
12	Melissa	2,297	↓3	24
13	Vanessa	2,183	↑1	55
14	Emily	1,872	↑4	7
15	Lauren	1,827	–	12
16	Brittany	1,823	↓4	4
17	Megan	1,641	↓1	10
18	Danielle	1,638	↑2	18
19	Andrea	1,582	↑5	39
20	Chelsea	1,563	↑10	15
21	Christina	1,537	↓4	33
22	Rachel	1,530	↓3	16
23	Alexandra	1,464	↑5	29
24	Rebecca	1,437	↓2	20
25	Katherine	1,429	↑4	27
26	Jasmine	1,422	↓5	28
27	Kimberly	1,401	↓1	35
28	Victoria	1,397	↑4	22
29	Taylor	1,379	↑17	17
30	Alyssa	1,357	↓5	30
31	Monica	1,353	↑13	77
32	Kayla	1,301	↓5	13
33	Laura	1,280	↓10	38
34	Brenda	1,278	↑8	>100
35	Jacqueline	1,274	↓1	76
36	Natalie	1,258	–	61
37	Crystal	1,244	↓6	50
38	Diana	1,234	↓1	>100
39	Cynthia	1,226	↓4	92
40	Amber	1,167	↓7	19
41	Gabriela	1,109	new	>100
42	Alejandra	1,099	new	>100
43	Sara	1,081	↓2	37
44	Angelica	1,034	new	100
45	Veronica	1,029	↑2	95
46	Ana	1,020	↓8	>100
47	Hannah	1,008	↑3	26
48	Alexis	1,007	new	40
49	Tiffany	1,003	↓9	32
50	Brianna	993	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Michael	6,637	–	1
2	Daniel	5,364	↑1	7
3	Christopher	5,236	↓1	2
4	Jose	5,065	–	37
5	David	4,841	–	10
6	Andrew	4,152	↑1	5
7	Matthew	4,075	↓1	3
8	Anthony	4,040	↑1	19
9	Jonathan	3,902	↑1	21
10	Joshua	3,763	↓2	4
11	Kevin	3,546	–	25
12	Joseph	3,272	–	11
13	Ryan	3,149	–	13
14	Brandon	3,144	↑4	6
15	Nicholas	3,100	–	12
16	Robert	2,872	↓2	17
17	Juan	2,860	–	56
18	Christian	2,850	↑10	35
19	Alexander	2,813	↑1	23
20	James	2,715	↓4	9
21	John	2,623	–	14
22	Eric	2,530	↓3	26
23	Jacob	2,528	↑3	15
24	Tyler	2,516	↑3	8
25	Luis	2,472	↓1	64
26	Justin	2,388	↓4	18
27	Kyle	2,323	↓4	22
28	Jesus	2,239	↑1	78
29	Steven	2,197	↓4	29
30	Brian	2,192	–	31
31	William	2,068	–	20
32	Carlos	1,974	↑1	69
33	Zachary	1,933	↑3	16
34	Miguel	1,825	↑1	90
35	Richard	1,807	↓3	41
36	Aaron	1,721	↓2	30
37	Cody	1,670	–	24
38	Dylan	1,665	new	28
39	Alejandro	1,562	↑6	>100
40	Victor	1,552	↑1	87
41	Jorge	1,547	↑2	>100
42	Jesse	1,507	↑5	50
43	Samuel	1,469	↓1	40
44	Bryan	1,465	new	57
45	Sean	1,457	↓5	42
46	Jason	1,420	↓2	46
47	Jordan	1,405	↓9	32
48	Francisco	1,389	↑1	>100
49	Thomas	1,388	↓10	27
50	Benjamin	1,327	new	33

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