Popular baby names in California, 1993

The most popular baby names in California in 1993 were Jessica for girls (5,552 babies) and Michael for boys (5,847). Social Security records list 525,015 babies born in California in 1993 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1993

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

Girls

Lizeth: 126 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Guadalupe: 728 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Berenice: 174 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Roxana: 160 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Alejandra: 1,155 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Araceli: 229 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Yadira: 205 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Fabiola: 162 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Daisy: 828 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Mayra: 700 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 548 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ignacio: 159 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Nestor: 165 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rigoberto: 158 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Gustavo: 525 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Eduardo: 1,406 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ernesto: 416 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Moises: 294 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Alejandro: 1,717 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Edgar: 1,112 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1993

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Jessica	5,552	–	1
2	Ashley	3,590	–	2
3	Stephanie	3,400	–	10
4	Jennifer	3,004	–	15
5	Elizabeth	2,626	–	9
6	Sarah	2,550	↑1	3
7	Samantha	2,544	↑1	4
8	Amanda	2,398	↓2	8
9	Maria	2,226	↑2	45
10	Vanessa	2,212	↑3	55
11	Nicole	2,201	↓1	13
12	Michelle	2,169	↓3	31
13	Melissa	2,136	↓1	30
14	Emily	2,095	–	5
15	Jasmine	1,894	↑11	23
16	Taylor	1,877	↑13	7
17	Lauren	1,742	↓2	12
18	Brittany	1,596	↓2	6
19	Rachel	1,570	↑3	14
20	Victoria	1,552	↑8	19
21	Danielle	1,545	↓3	18
22	Alexandra	1,526	↑1	28
23	Alyssa	1,481	↑7	26
24	Andrea	1,476	↓5	44
25	Kimberly	1,450	↑2	39
26	Megan	1,447	↓9	11
27	Alexis	1,419	↑21	27
28	Rebecca	1,359	↓4	22
29	Katherine	1,300	↓4	29
30	Diana	1,299	↑8	94
31	Brenda	1,283	↑3	>100
32	Christina	1,283	↓11	35
33	Cynthia	1,235	↑6	95
34	Jacqueline	1,213	↑1	74
35	Kayla	1,190	↓3	16
36	Laura	1,174	↓3	43
37	Crystal	1,165	–	57
38	Alejandra	1,155	↑4	>100
39	Amber	1,145	↑1	17
40	Natalie	1,135	↓4	62
41	Brianna	1,116	↑9	32
42	Hannah	1,106	↑5	21
43	Gabriela	1,074	↓2	>100
44	Monica	1,074	↓13	86
45	Karen	987	new	>100
46	Angelica	980	↓2	98
47	Ana	948	↓1	>100
48	Erika	945	new	85
49	Marissa	937	new	59
50	Sara	929	↓7	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Michael	5,847	–	1
2	Daniel	5,230	–	7
3	Jose	5,023	↑1	36
4	Christopher	4,670	↓1	2
5	David	4,408	–	11
6	Andrew	3,943	–	10
7	Anthony	3,878	↑1	19
8	Matthew	3,813	↓1	3
9	Joshua	3,712	↑1	4
10	Kevin	3,609	↑1	25
11	Jonathan	3,578	↓2	22
12	Ryan	3,147	↑1	13
13	Joseph	3,126	↓1	12
14	Nicholas	3,095	↑1	8
15	Brandon	3,039	↓1	6
16	Christian	2,827	↑2	35
17	Alexander	2,825	↑2	21
18	Jacob	2,774	↑5	9
19	Juan	2,714	↓2	55
20	Robert	2,668	↓4	17
21	Luis	2,563	↑4	58
22	Tyler	2,498	↑2	5
23	John	2,457	↓2	16
24	James	2,374	↓4	14
25	Eric	2,190	↓3	29
26	Justin	2,141	–	20
27	Jesus	2,095	↑1	80
28	Brian	2,021	↑2	34
29	Kyle	2,017	↓2	23
30	Steven	2,001	↓1	31
31	Carlos	1,999	↑1	72
32	William	1,996	↓1	18
33	Zachary	1,923	–	15
34	Miguel	1,842	–	88
35	Alejandro	1,717	↑4	>100
36	Aaron	1,662	–	30
37	Richard	1,635	↓2	40
38	Austin	1,581	new	26
39	Cody	1,569	↓2	24
40	Victor	1,478	–	91
41	Jorge	1,466	–	>100
42	Jordan	1,460	↑5	28
43	Jesse	1,439	↓1	48
44	Samuel	1,413	↓1	37
45	Eduardo	1,406	new	>100
46	Oscar	1,368	new	>100
47	Jason	1,350	↓1	45
48	Thomas	1,350	↑1	27
49	Sean	1,346	↓4	42
50	Francisco	1,341	↓2	>100

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