Popular baby names in California, 1994

The most popular baby names in California in 1994 were Jessica for girls (5,308 babies) and Daniel for boys (5,116). Daniel ranked #8 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 509,356 babies born in California in 1994 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1994

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: 724 babies, 4× the national rate
Lizette: 146 babies, 4× the national rate
Alejandra: 1,151 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Roxana: 139 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Liliana: 408 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Susana: 251 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Silvia: 166 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Yvette: 276 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Viviana: 255 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lizbeth: 238 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 530 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Moises: 294 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Nestor: 138 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Eduardo: 1,589 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Cesar: 860 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gerardo: 615 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Arturo: 496 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gustavo: 463 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ernesto: 393 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Guillermo: 316 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1994

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Jessica	5,308	–	1
2	Ashley	3,202	–	2
3	Stephanie	2,980	–	15
4	Jennifer	2,940	–	17
5	Samantha	2,442	↑2	4
6	Elizabeth	2,388	↓1	9
7	Sarah	2,274	↓1	5
8	Amanda	2,187	–	8
9	Emily	2,183	↑5	3
10	Nicole	2,136	↑1	11
11	Vanessa	2,136	↓1	59
12	Maria	2,027	↓3	47
13	Kimberly	1,975	↑12	32
14	Jasmine	1,942	↑1	23
15	Melissa	1,880	↓2	31
16	Michelle	1,847	↓4	33
17	Taylor	1,710	↓1	6
18	Alexis	1,540	↑9	18
19	Lauren	1,529	↓2	14
20	Danielle	1,502	↑1	20
21	Rachel	1,478	↓2	13
22	Megan	1,476	↑4	10
23	Victoria	1,455	↓3	19
24	Alyssa	1,426	↓1	26
25	Andrea	1,412	↓1	49
26	Alexandra	1,342	↓4	28
27	Diana	1,333	↑3	98
28	Brittany	1,326	↓10	7
29	Jacqueline	1,303	↑5	65
30	Brianna	1,282	↑11	27
31	Kayla	1,267	↑4	12
32	Hannah	1,254	↑10	16
33	Rebecca	1,243	↓5	24
34	Natalie	1,227	↑6	56
35	Katherine	1,204	↓6	30
36	Monica	1,194	↑8	88
37	Brenda	1,176	↓6	>100
38	Gabriela	1,176	↑5	>100
39	Alejandra	1,151	↓1	>100
40	Christina	1,140	↓8	39
41	Laura	1,095	↓5	46
42	Cynthia	1,090	↓9	>100
43	Crystal	1,089	↓6	64
44	Marissa	1,014	↑5	53
45	Amber	1,011	↓6	21
46	Angelica	944	–	>100
47	Tiffany	936	new	35
48	Karina	919	new	>100
49	Sara	898	↑1	43
50	Ana	881	↓3	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Daniel	5,116	↑1	8
2	Michael	5,099	↓1	1
3	Jose	4,773	–	36
4	Christopher	4,267	–	2
5	David	4,064	–	13
6	Anthony	3,928	↑1	18
7	Andrew	3,783	↓1	10
8	Matthew	3,566	–	3
9	Joshua	3,559	–	4
10	Kevin	3,386	–	26
11	Jonathan	3,377	–	23
12	Brandon	3,319	↑3	6
13	Joseph	3,115	–	11
14	Jacob	2,954	↑4	7
15	Ryan	2,873	↓3	16
16	Nicholas	2,853	↓2	9
17	Juan	2,703	↑2	51
18	Christian	2,594	↓2	35
19	Alexander	2,574	↓2	22
20	Robert	2,472	–	21
21	Tyler	2,460	↑1	5
22	Luis	2,421	↓1	57
23	John	2,335	–	15
24	James	2,285	–	14
25	Justin	2,257	↑1	20
26	Jesus	2,128	↑1	79
27	Eric	2,073	↓2	30
28	Austin	2,008	↑10	17
29	Carlos	1,961	↑2	72
30	Kyle	1,927	↓1	24
31	Zachary	1,901	↑2	12
32	Brian	1,860	↓4	37
33	Steven	1,832	↓3	34
34	William	1,809	↓2	19
35	Aaron	1,716	↑1	28
36	Miguel	1,619	↓2	94
37	Alejandro	1,604	↓2	>100
38	Eduardo	1,589	↑7	>100
39	Angel	1,546	new	>100
40	Richard	1,545	↓3	41
41	Jason	1,451	↑6	46
42	Jesse	1,403	↑1	45
43	Jordan	1,400	↓1	29
44	Victor	1,398	↓4	93
45	Jorge	1,394	↓4	>100
46	Gabriel	1,373	new	68
47	Samuel	1,344	↓3	33
48	Thomas	1,341	–	27
49	Cody	1,316	↓10	25
50	Oscar	1,288	↓4	>100

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