Popular baby names in California, 1998

The most popular baby names in California in 1998 were Jessica for girls (2,847 babies) and Daniel for boys (4,319). Jessica ranked #8 nationally for girls. Daniel ranked #12 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 464,339 babies born in California in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1998

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: 130 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Yvette: 184 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lizette: 163 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Arlene: 144 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Guadalupe: 625 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Viviana: 245 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marlene: 194 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Nataly: 131 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Berenice: 127 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Susana: 143 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 402 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Moises: 315 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ulises: 156 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Agustin: 124 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Eduardo: 1,035 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Alfonso: 202 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Angel: 1,920 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ernesto: 325 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Fernando: 818 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sergio: 765 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Jessica	2,847	–	8
2	Ashley	2,721	↑1	5
3	Emily	2,671	↑1	1
4	Samantha	2,668	↑1	3
5	Jennifer	2,561	↓3	20
6	Sarah	2,139	–	4
7	Alexis	2,074	↑3	6
8	Vanessa	1,973	↑1	52
9	Alyssa	1,962	↑4	11
10	Stephanie	1,951	↓3	29
11	Elizabeth	1,942	↓3	10
12	Jasmine	1,711	–	26
13	Hannah	1,692	↑2	2
14	Maria	1,650	↓3	43
15	Natalie	1,531	↑7	40
16	Madison	1,439	↑7	9
17	Victoria	1,430	–	16
18	Kimberly	1,401	↓2	54
19	Taylor	1,376	↓1	7
20	Melissa	1,360	↓6	59
21	Brianna	1,332	↑6	17
22	Amanda	1,331	↓3	19
23	Diana	1,324	↑2	83
24	Michelle	1,285	↓3	55
25	Nicole	1,284	↑3	24
26	Andrea	1,258	–	61
27	Lauren	1,250	↓7	14
28	Megan	1,127	↓4	13
29	Alexandra	1,100	↑4	27
30	Rachel	1,095	–	15
31	Kayla	1,092	↑1	12
32	Julia	1,072	↑5	32
33	Leslie	1,043	↑6	>100
34	Daisy	1,030	–	>100
35	Emma	1,018	new	22
36	Katherine	994	↓1	33
37	Esmeralda	960	new	>100
38	Destiny	954	new	34
39	Jacqueline	900	↓10	95
40	Jocelyn	897	–	>100
41	Danielle	879	↓3	41
42	Rebecca	877	↓6	30
43	Sabrina	875	↓12	68
44	Abigail	841	new	18
45	Cynthia	839	↓2	>100
46	Angelica	830	↓1	>100
47	Crystal	827	↓5	>100
48	Alejandra	826	↓1	>100
49	Karina	817	↑1	>100
50	Sophia	808	new	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Daniel	4,319	–	12
2	Jose	4,281	↑1	33
3	Michael	4,132	↓1	1
4	Anthony	3,884	–	19
5	Jacob	3,568	↑5	2
6	David	3,478	↓1	13
7	Matthew	3,456	↑1	3
8	Andrew	3,434	↓1	9
9	Christopher	3,387	↓3	5
10	Joshua	3,255	↑1	4
11	Jonathan	3,078	↓2	21
12	Joseph	2,952	–	11
13	Nicholas	2,757	↑1	6
14	Brandon	2,733	↓1	7
15	Ryan	2,432	↑3	17
16	Juan	2,370	↑3	52
17	Christian	2,353	↓2	26
18	Luis	2,299	↓1	53
19	Alexander	2,229	↑1	22
20	Kevin	2,229	↓4	32
21	Justin	2,096	–	20
22	Angel	1,920	↑4	81
23	Jesus	1,908	↓1	76
24	Tyler	1,819	–	8
25	Robert	1,795	↑3	23
26	John	1,731	↓1	15
27	Carlos	1,699	↑2	69
28	Adrian	1,684	↑16	71
29	James	1,663	↓2	18
30	William	1,616	↑3	14
31	Kyle	1,614	↑1	24
32	Gabriel	1,593	↑6	54
33	Eric	1,587	↓2	39
34	Austin	1,576	↓11	10
35	Brian	1,547	↓5	41
36	Samuel	1,494	↓2	28
37	Alejandro	1,461	↓2	95
38	Jason	1,449	↑3	40
39	Miguel	1,438	↓3	90
40	Zachary	1,405	↓3	16
41	Aaron	1,387	↓2	37
42	Jordan	1,385	↓2	27
43	Noah	1,368	new	29
44	Nathan	1,326	new	34
45	Bryan	1,271	↑1	74
46	Dylan	1,263	new	25
47	Steven	1,257	↓5	46
48	Jorge	1,240	↑2	>100
49	Benjamin	1,198	↓4	30
50	Oscar	1,140	↓2	>100

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