Popular California Boy Baby Names From 1972

The Most Popular California Boy Baby Names in 1972

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1972.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in California was Michael. In total there were 150,184 boys born sharing 1,381 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1972 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.

Rank	Name	How Unique?	Total births this year
1	Michael	1 in 24 (4.2%)	6,342
2	David	1 in 32 (3.1%)	4,635
3	Jason	1 in 37 (2.7%)	4,047
4	Christopher	1 in 37 (2.7%)	4,018
5	Robert	1 in 38 (2.6%)	3,970
6	John	1 in 42 (2.4%)	3,540
7	James	1 in 45 (2.2%)	3,344
8	Brian	1 in 51 (2%)	2,939
9	Daniel	1 in 60 (1.7%)	2,498
10	Richard	1 in 65 (1.5%)	2,317
11	Eric	1 in 65 (1.5%)	2,309
12	Matthew	1 in 67 (1.5%)	2,242
13	William	1 in 78 (1.3%)	1,930
14	Steven	1 in 79 (1.3%)	1,906
15	Jeffrey	1 in 82 (1.2%)	1,822
16	Scott	1 in 83 (1.2%)	1,813
17	Mark	1 in 83 (1.2%)	1,805
18	Joseph	1 in 85 (1.2%)	1,764
19	Anthony	1 in 90 (1.1%)	1,675
20	Kevin	1 in 93 (1.1%)	1,623
21	Jose	1 in 95 (1%)	1,575
22	Paul	1 in 100 (1%)	1,503
23	Thomas	1 in 112 (0.9%)	1,335
24	Timothy	1 in 120 (0.8%)	1,253
25	Ryan	1 in 130 (0.8%)	1,151
26	Aaron	1 in 134 (0.7%)	1,119
27	Gregory	1 in 136 (0.7%)	1,104
28	Sean	1 in 137 (0.7%)	1,095
29	Charles	1 in 140 (0.7%)	1,076
30	Edward	1 in 155 (0.6%)	967
31	Andrew	1 in 159 (0.6%)	943
32	Kenneth	1 in 159 (0.6%)	942
33	Chad	1 in 174 (0.6%)	865
34	Joshua	1 in 175 (0.6%)	859
35	Juan	1 in 183 (0.5%)	821
36	Shawn	1 in 190 (0.5%)	791
37	Jeremy	1 in 192 (0.5%)	782
38	Patrick	1 in 192 (0.5%)	781
39	Stephen	1 in 195 (0.5%)	770
40	Jonathan	1 in 197 (0.5%)	764
41	Ronald	1 in 206 (0.5%)	728
42	Todd	1 in 213 (0.5%)	704
43	Donald	1 in 218 (0.5%)	690
44	Carlos	1 in 219 (0.5%)	687
45	Justin	1 in 223 (0.4%)	672
46	Bryan	1 in 227 (0.4%)	663
47	Peter	1 in 230 (0.4%)	652
48	Raymond	1 in 240 (0.4%)	626
49	George	1 in 242 (0.4%)	621
50	Frank	1 in 245 (0.4%)	613
51	Adam	1 in 247 (0.4%)	609
52	Brandon	1 in 247 (0.4%)	608
53	Gary	1 in 248 (0.4%)	605
54	Keith	1 in 261 (0.4%)	576
55	Manuel	1 in 284 (0.4%)	528
56	Erik	1 in 288 (0.3%)	522
57	Douglas	1 in 293 (0.3%)	513
58	Jesus	1 in 296 (0.3%)	508
59	Jesse	1 in 296 (0.3%)	507
60	Craig	1 in 299 (0.3%)	502
61	Gabriel	1 in 300 (0.3%)	500
62	Benjamin	1 in 306 (0.3%)	490
63	Mario	1 in 306 (0.3%)	490
64	Luis	1 in 310 (0.3%)	484
65	Victor	1 in 320 (0.3%)	469
66	Ricardo	1 in 325 (0.3%)	462
67	Francisco	1 in 334 (0.3%)	449
68	Dennis	1 in 337 (0.3%)	445
69	Larry	1 in 349 (0.3%)	430
70	Ruben	1 in 350 (0.3%)	429
71	Miguel	1 in 356 (0.3%)	422
72	Jerry	1 in 364 (0.3%)	413
73	Christian	1 in 365 (0.3%)	411
74	Shane	1 in 365 (0.3%)	411
75	Antonio	1 in 375 (0.3%)	401
76	Nathan	1 in 380 (0.3%)	395
77	Samuel	1 in 390 (0.3%)	385
78	Joel	1 in 394 (0.3%)	381
79	Troy	1 in 394 (0.3%)	381
80	Derek	1 in 399 (0.3%)	376
81	Jorge	1 in 399 (0.3%)	376
82	Phillip	1 in 403 (0.2%)	373
83	Roberto	1 in 407 (0.2%)	369
84	Jeffery	1 in 418 (0.2%)	359
85	Joe	1 in 429 (0.2%)	350
86	Albert	1 in 438 (0.2%)	343
87	Marc	1 in 443 (0.2%)	339
88	Travis	1 in 454 (0.2%)	331
89	Martin	1 in 458 (0.2%)	328
90	Raul	1 in 461 (0.2%)	326
91	Brett	1 in 468 (0.2%)	321
92	Jaime	1 in 471 (0.2%)	319
93	Danny	1 in 472 (0.2%)	318
94	Brent	1 in 475 (0.2%)	316
95	Chris	1 in 477 (0.2%)	315
96	Alexander	1 in 480 (0.2%)	313
97	Tony	1 in 480 (0.2%)	313
98	Johnny	1 in 484 (0.2%)	310
99	Jon	1 in 494 (0.2%)	304
100	Vincent	1 in 511 (0.2%)	294