Popular baby names in California, 1996

The most popular baby names in California in 1996 were Jessica for girls (3,839 babies) and Daniel for boys (4,705). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Daniel ranked #11 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 483,331 babies born in California in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1996

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

Girls

Sarahi: 117 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jocelyne: 249 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Nayeli: 124 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Guadalupe: 653 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Noemi: 192 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Viviana: 241 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lizbeth: 217 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Roxana: 125 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Daisy: 1,199 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marlene: 245 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 456 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Osvaldo: 219 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ignacio: 129 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Moises: 276 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gustavo: 421 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Eduardo: 1,383 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gerardo: 691 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Alfonso: 229 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Alvaro: 143 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Arturo: 467 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Jessica	3,839	–	2
2	Ashley	2,697	–	3
3	Stephanie	2,639	–	20
4	Jennifer	2,529	–	19
5	Emily	2,473	↑1	1
6	Samantha	2,468	↓1	5
7	Sarah	2,286	–	4
8	Vanessa	2,164	↑3	60
9	Elizabeth	2,160	↓1	10
10	Maria	2,146	–	37
11	Alexis	1,887	↑3	8
12	Jasmine	1,782	↑3	28
13	Kimberly	1,746	↓1	41
14	Melissa	1,731	↓1	42
15	Amanda	1,650	↓6	13
16	Alyssa	1,552	↑6	23
17	Michelle	1,511	–	47
18	Hannah	1,494	↑5	7
19	Rachel	1,452	–	9
20	Taylor	1,420	↓4	6
21	Andrea	1,373	↑4	61
22	Victoria	1,369	↑4	18
23	Natalie	1,352	↑6	46
24	Megan	1,337	↓6	12
25	Jacqueline	1,321	↑5	69
26	Brianna	1,297	↑1	17
27	Lauren	1,269	↓7	16
28	Nicole	1,262	↓7	22
29	Alexandra	1,242	↓5	26
30	Daisy	1,199	↑9	>100
31	Sabrina	1,191	new	58
32	Kayla	1,172	↓1	11
33	Cynthia	1,138	↑12	>100
34	Madison	1,136	↑10	15
35	Rebecca	1,114	–	24
36	Karina	1,100	↓2	>100
37	Danielle	1,069	↓9	29
38	Diana	1,062	↓5	>100
39	Katherine	1,040	↓3	31
40	Brenda	1,002	↓3	>100
41	Monica	990	↓3	82
42	Brittany	977	↓10	14
43	Angelica	945	↑4	97
44	Marissa	935	↓3	59
45	Jocelyn	921	↑5	>100
46	Alondra	916	new	>100
47	Christina	874	↓5	57
48	Crystal	869	↑1	92
49	Gabriela	859	↓6	>100
50	Alejandra	852	↓2	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Daniel	4,705	–	11
2	Jose	4,646	↑1	32
3	Michael	4,353	↓1	1
4	David	4,000	↑1	13
5	Christopher	3,944	↓1	4
6	Anthony	3,899	–	19
7	Andrew	3,580	–	10
8	Joshua	3,372	↑1	5
9	Matthew	3,372	↓1	2
10	Jonathan	3,367	–	21
11	Joseph	3,046	↑1	12
12	Christian	2,999	↑3	24
13	Jacob	2,987	↓2	3
14	Nicholas	2,863	–	6
15	Brandon	2,841	↑1	8
16	Kevin	2,831	↓3	26
17	Juan	2,566	↑1	52
18	Ryan	2,469	↓1	16
19	Alexander	2,292	–	22
20	Justin	2,290	–	20
21	Luis	2,263	↑2	57
22	Austin	2,129	↑2	9
23	Tyler	2,107	↓2	7
24	Robert	2,060	↓2	23
25	Jesus	2,020	↑1	74
26	John	1,954	↓1	15
27	Eric	1,940	–	35
28	Brian	1,870	↑2	36
29	James	1,848	↓1	17
30	Carlos	1,832	↓1	67
31	Angel	1,680	↑5	>100
32	William	1,675	–	18
33	Miguel	1,564	↑4	91
34	Alejandro	1,562	↑5	>100
35	Kyle	1,554	↓4	25
36	Samuel	1,545	↑7	30
37	Aaron	1,537	↓2	34
38	Zachary	1,536	↓5	14
39	Steven	1,471	↓5	38
40	Gabriel	1,454	↑1	61
41	Eduardo	1,383	↓3	>100
42	Richard	1,334	↓2	45
43	Jorge	1,328	↑3	>100
44	Benjamin	1,305	new	29
45	Adrian	1,293	↑3	92
46	Jason	1,283	↓2	41
47	Jordan	1,279	↓2	27
48	Victor	1,257	↓6	100
49	Oscar	1,224	new	>100
50	Bryan	1,201	↓3	66

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