Popular baby names in California, 1995

The most popular baby names in California in 1995 were Jessica for girls (4,622 babies) and Daniel for boys (5,007). Daniel ranked #9 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 494,659 babies born in California in 1995 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1995

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

Girls

Jocelyne: 210 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Guadalupe: 631 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Noemi: 202 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lizette: 158 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Esmeralda: 312 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Viviana: 249 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lizbeth: 239 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Susana: 197 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Yadira: 189 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Daisy: 1,047 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 477 babies, 4× the national rate
Eduardo: 1,536 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rodrigo: 297 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Moises: 278 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Humberto: 173 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Osvaldo: 143 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gustavo: 425 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ernesto: 356 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Joaquin: 144 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Fernando: 847 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1995

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Jessica	4,622	–	1
2	Ashley	2,903	–	2
3	Stephanie	2,858	–	16
4	Jennifer	2,696	–	18
5	Samantha	2,425	–	4
6	Emily	2,341	↑3	3
7	Sarah	2,273	–	5
8	Elizabeth	2,246	↓2	10
9	Amanda	2,027	↓1	9
10	Maria	2,001	↑2	44
11	Vanessa	1,983	–	63
12	Kimberly	1,775	↑1	37
13	Melissa	1,771	↑2	35
14	Alexis	1,705	↑4	14
15	Jasmine	1,664	↓1	25
16	Taylor	1,620	↑1	6
17	Michelle	1,600	↓1	41
18	Megan	1,471	↑4	13
19	Rachel	1,457	↑2	12
20	Lauren	1,438	↓1	15
21	Nicole	1,438	↓11	19
22	Alyssa	1,372	↑2	27
23	Hannah	1,363	↑9	7
24	Alexandra	1,361	↑2	26
25	Andrea	1,360	–	55
26	Victoria	1,355	↓3	20
27	Brianna	1,344	↑3	21
28	Danielle	1,275	↓8	24
29	Natalie	1,273	↑5	51
30	Jacqueline	1,249	↓1	70
31	Kayla	1,217	–	11
32	Brittany	1,207	↓4	8
33	Diana	1,154	↓6	>100
34	Karina	1,134	↑14	>100
35	Rebecca	1,121	↓2	28
36	Katherine	1,076	↓1	30
37	Brenda	1,072	–	>100
38	Monica	1,067	↓2	87
39	Daisy	1,047	new	>100
40	Selena	1,028	new	91
41	Marissa	1,011	↑3	53
42	Christina	1,001	↓2	45
43	Gabriela	991	↓5	>100
44	Madison	980	new	29
45	Cynthia	975	↓3	>100
46	Amber	973	↓1	22
47	Angelica	962	↓1	>100
48	Alejandra	948	↓9	>100
49	Crystal	941	↓6	80
50	Jocelyn	921	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Daniel	5,007	–	9
2	Michael	4,784	–	1
3	Jose	4,571	–	35
4	Christopher	4,098	–	3
5	David	4,031	–	16
6	Anthony	3,951	–	19
7	Andrew	3,685	–	11
8	Matthew	3,540	–	2
9	Joshua	3,507	–	5
10	Jonathan	3,252	↑1	23
11	Jacob	3,151	↑3	4
12	Joseph	3,140	↑1	12
13	Kevin	3,098	↓3	25
14	Nicholas	3,004	↑2	7
15	Christian	2,814	↑3	28
16	Brandon	2,811	↓4	8
17	Ryan	2,695	↓2	15
18	Juan	2,516	↓1	50
19	Alexander	2,506	–	21
20	Justin	2,461	↑5	18
21	Tyler	2,416	–	6
22	Robert	2,258	↓2	22
23	Luis	2,207	↓1	59
24	Austin	2,181	↑4	10
25	John	2,088	↓2	13
26	Jesus	2,079	–	76
27	Eric	2,042	–	32
28	James	2,013	↓4	17
29	Carlos	1,994	–	68
30	Brian	1,838	↑2	36
31	Kyle	1,739	↓1	24
32	William	1,702	↑2	20
33	Zachary	1,688	↓2	14
34	Steven	1,664	↓1	37
35	Aaron	1,622	–	30
36	Angel	1,604	↑3	>100
37	Miguel	1,538	↓1	94
38	Eduardo	1,536	–	>100
39	Alejandro	1,482	↓2	>100
40	Richard	1,472	–	42
41	Gabriel	1,455	↑5	65
42	Victor	1,454	↑2	90
43	Samuel	1,420	↑4	33
44	Jason	1,385	↓3	41
45	Jordan	1,363	↓2	29
46	Jorge	1,342	↓1	>100
47	Bryan	1,293	new	70
48	Adrian	1,262	new	96
49	Thomas	1,245	↓1	27
50	Jesse	1,235	↓8	46

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