Popular California Boy Baby Names From 1978

The Most Popular California Boy Baby Names in 1978

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1978.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in California was Michael. In total there were 168,815 boys born sharing 1,516 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1978 . 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 26 (3.8%)	6,491
2	David	1 in 37 (2.7%)	4,579
3	Jason	1 in 39 (2.6%)	4,305
4	Christopher	1 in 42 (2.4%)	4,061
5	Daniel	1 in 49 (2%)	3,427
6	Robert	1 in 51 (2%)	3,305
7	James	1 in 55 (1.8%)	3,059
8	Matthew	1 in 56 (1.8%)	3,032
9	John	1 in 58 (1.7%)	2,926
10	Brian	1 in 61 (1.6%)	2,767
11	Joshua	1 in 66 (1.5%)	2,548
12	Jose	1 in 67 (1.5%)	2,510
13	Joseph	1 in 69 (1.5%)	2,460
14	Ryan	1 in 69 (1.4%)	2,447
15	Anthony	1 in 83 (1.2%)	2,034
16	Eric	1 in 86 (1.2%)	1,955
17	Richard	1 in 87 (1.1%)	1,932
18	Steven	1 in 90 (1.1%)	1,874
19	Nicholas	1 in 96 (1%)	1,764
20	Kevin	1 in 100 (1%)	1,694
21	William	1 in 102 (1%)	1,662
22	Jeffrey	1 in 107 (0.9%)	1,579
23	Juan	1 in 114 (0.9%)	1,482
24	Andrew	1 in 115 (0.9%)	1,462
25	Jeremy	1 in 118 (0.9%)	1,435
26	Justin	1 in 121 (0.8%)	1,394
27	Timothy	1 in 126 (0.8%)	1,342
28	Mark	1 in 128 (0.8%)	1,318
29	Aaron	1 in 129 (0.8%)	1,309
30	Thomas	1 in 134 (0.7%)	1,259
31	Scott	1 in 135 (0.7%)	1,253
32	Paul	1 in 136 (0.7%)	1,240
33	Adam	1 in 139 (0.7%)	1,215
34	Jonathan	1 in 160 (0.6%)	1,055
35	Benjamin	1 in 165 (0.6%)	1,021
36	Charles	1 in 173 (0.6%)	974
37	Sean	1 in 176 (0.6%)	957
38	Gregory	1 in 178 (0.6%)	946
39	Brandon	1 in 183 (0.5%)	920
40	Carlos	1 in 184 (0.5%)	915
41	Jesse	1 in 195 (0.5%)	866
42	Nathan	1 in 200 (0.5%)	845
43	Kenneth	1 in 204 (0.5%)	828
44	Jesus	1 in 205 (0.5%)	824
45	Stephen	1 in 209 (0.5%)	807
46	Bryan	1 in 216 (0.5%)	780
47	Edward	1 in 217 (0.5%)	778
48	Gabriel	1 in 220 (0.5%)	766
49	Patrick	1 in 232 (0.4%)	728
50	Jacob	1 in 237 (0.4%)	713
51	Manuel	1 in 252 (0.4%)	670
52	Victor	1 in 253 (0.4%)	666
53	Miguel	1 in 263 (0.4%)	642
54	Jorge	1 in 264 (0.4%)	640
55	Mario	1 in 264 (0.4%)	640
56	Shawn	1 in 271 (0.4%)	624
57	Luis	1 in 272 (0.4%)	621
58	Ricardo	1 in 278 (0.4%)	608
59	Francisco	1 in 280 (0.4%)	603
60	Peter	1 in 282 (0.4%)	598
61	Shaun	1 in 300 (0.3%)	563
62	Erik	1 in 304 (0.3%)	555
63	Raymond	1 in 307 (0.3%)	549
64	Donald	1 in 317 (0.3%)	532
65	Chad	1 in 321 (0.3%)	526
66	Antonio	1 in 325 (0.3%)	520
67	Roberto	1 in 328 (0.3%)	514
68	Travis	1 in 328 (0.3%)	514
69	Ruben	1 in 333 (0.3%)	507
70	Samuel	1 in 333 (0.3%)	507
71	George	1 in 334 (0.3%)	505
72	Oscar	1 in 335 (0.3%)	504
73	Frank	1 in 338 (0.3%)	499
74	Ronald	1 in 342 (0.3%)	494
75	Alejandro	1 in 343 (0.3%)	492
76	Jaime	1 in 350 (0.3%)	483
77	Phillip	1 in 350 (0.3%)	482
78	Joel	1 in 354 (0.3%)	477
79	Alexander	1 in 368 (0.3%)	459
80	Fernando	1 in 373 (0.3%)	452
81	Javier	1 in 384 (0.3%)	440
82	Gary	1 in 385 (0.3%)	439
83	Sergio	1 in 399 (0.3%)	423
84	Adrian	1 in 406 (0.2%)	416
85	Eduardo	1 in 406 (0.2%)	416
86	Keith	1 in 414 (0.2%)	408
87	Todd	1 in 415 (0.2%)	407
88	Dustin	1 in 416 (0.2%)	406
89	Jeremiah	1 in 420 (0.2%)	402
90	Hector	1 in 441 (0.2%)	383
91	Douglas	1 in 442 (0.2%)	382
92	Kyle	1 in 450 (0.2%)	375
93	Cesar	1 in 454 (0.2%)	372
94	Shane	1 in 456 (0.2%)	370
95	Jared	1 in 457 (0.2%)	369
96	Vincent	1 in 459 (0.2%)	368
97	Salvador	1 in 477 (0.2%)	354
98	Raul	1 in 488 (0.2%)	346
99	Larry	1 in 489 (0.2%)	345
100	Armando	1 in 497 (0.2%)	340