Popular baby names in California, 1997

The most popular baby names in California in 1997 were Jessica for girls (3,218 babies) and Daniel for boys (4,453). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Daniel ranked #11 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 468,438 babies born in California in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1997

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: 213 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Nayeli: 119 babies, 4× the national rate
Lizette: 144 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Guadalupe: 677 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Alondra: 878 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Viviana: 204 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Marlene: 206 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Daisy: 1,029 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Susana: 162 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dulce: 148 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 449 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Osvaldo: 176 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ernesto: 353 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Freddy: 128 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Arturo: 434 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Moises: 265 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rodrigo: 224 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Alfonso: 215 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Noe: 186 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Alexis: 1,309 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Jessica	3,218	–	2
2	Jennifer	2,817	↑2	18
3	Ashley	2,633	↓1	3
4	Emily	2,539	↑1	1
5	Samantha	2,496	↑1	6
6	Sarah	2,172	↑1	4
7	Stephanie	2,171	↓4	23
8	Elizabeth	2,001	↑1	9
9	Vanessa	2,000	↓1	54
10	Alexis	1,953	↑1	8
11	Maria	1,847	↓1	38
12	Jasmine	1,795	–	24
13	Alyssa	1,735	↑3	15
14	Melissa	1,732	–	44
15	Hannah	1,637	↑3	5
16	Kimberly	1,583	↓3	49
17	Victoria	1,451	↑5	19
18	Taylor	1,424	↑2	7
19	Amanda	1,415	↓4	16
20	Lauren	1,371	↑7	14
21	Michelle	1,360	↓4	55
22	Natalie	1,356	↑1	48
23	Madison	1,350	↑11	10
24	Megan	1,332	–	11
25	Diana	1,275	↑13	97
26	Andrea	1,251	↓5	58
27	Brianna	1,242	↓1	17
28	Nicole	1,218	–	21
29	Jacqueline	1,189	↓4	77
30	Rachel	1,165	↓11	13
31	Sabrina	1,157	–	53
32	Kayla	1,113	–	12
33	Alexandra	1,083	↓4	30
34	Daisy	1,029	↓4	>100
35	Katherine	1,012	↑4	32
36	Rebecca	991	↓1	25
37	Julia	959	new	37
38	Danielle	947	↓1	34
39	Leslie	930	new	>100
40	Jocelyn	918	↑5	>100
41	Monica	914	–	79
42	Crystal	894	↑6	99
43	Cynthia	884	↓10	>100
44	Alondra	878	↑2	>100
45	Angelica	878	↓2	>100
46	Marissa	843	↓2	60
47	Alejandra	839	↑3	>100
48	Gabriela	831	↑1	>100
49	Brittany	825	↓7	20
50	Karina	824	↓14	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Daniel	4,453	–	11
2	Michael	4,311	↑1	1
3	Jose	4,157	↓1	32
4	Anthony	3,910	↑2	18
5	David	3,732	↓1	14
6	Christopher	3,723	↓1	4
7	Andrew	3,561	–	7
8	Matthew	3,260	↑1	3
9	Jonathan	3,252	↑1	21
10	Jacob	3,246	↑3	2
11	Joshua	3,109	↓3	5
12	Joseph	2,886	↓1	12
13	Brandon	2,846	↑2	8
14	Nicholas	2,635	–	6
15	Christian	2,604	↓3	25
16	Kevin	2,563	–	28
17	Luis	2,494	↑4	53
18	Ryan	2,375	–	16
19	Juan	2,355	↓2	54
20	Alexander	2,185	↓1	22
21	Justin	2,163	↓1	20
22	Jesus	2,015	↑3	71
23	Austin	1,950	↓1	9
24	Tyler	1,878	↓1	10
25	John	1,841	↑1	15
26	Angel	1,796	↑5	86
27	James	1,778	↑2	17
28	Robert	1,750	↓4	23
29	Carlos	1,746	↑1	67
30	Brian	1,689	↓2	37
31	Eric	1,653	↓4	35
32	Kyle	1,608	↑3	24
33	William	1,606	↓1	19
34	Samuel	1,591	↑2	27
35	Alejandro	1,563	↓1	99
36	Miguel	1,543	↓3	91
37	Zachary	1,470	↑1	13
38	Gabriel	1,464	↑2	57
39	Aaron	1,353	↓2	33
40	Jordan	1,330	↑7	26
41	Jason	1,325	↑5	41
42	Steven	1,316	↓3	40
43	Alexis	1,309	new	>100
44	Adrian	1,237	↑1	95
45	Benjamin	1,217	↓1	29
46	Bryan	1,210	↑4	69
47	Francisco	1,186	new	>100
48	Oscar	1,142	↑1	>100
49	Richard	1,142	↓7	51
50	Jorge	1,137	↓7	>100

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