Popular California Boy Baby Names From 1979

The Most Popular California Boy Baby Names in 1979

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1979.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in California was Michael. In total there were 179,672 boys born sharing 1,634 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1979 . 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 27 (3.7%)	6,581
2	David	1 in 37 (2.7%)	4,872
3	Christopher	1 in 38 (2.6%)	4,717
4	Jason	1 in 44 (2.3%)	4,064
5	Daniel	1 in 51 (2%)	3,554
6	Robert	1 in 52 (1.9%)	3,460
7	John	1 in 59 (1.7%)	3,021
8	Matthew	1 in 60 (1.7%)	3,007
9	James	1 in 60 (1.7%)	2,975
10	Joshua	1 in 62 (1.6%)	2,896
11	Ryan	1 in 62 (1.6%)	2,895
12	Jose	1 in 67 (1.5%)	2,681
13	Brian	1 in 67 (1.5%)	2,664
14	Joseph	1 in 69 (1.5%)	2,618
15	Nicholas	1 in 86 (1.2%)	2,082
16	Eric	1 in 86 (1.2%)	2,080
17	Anthony	1 in 87 (1.2%)	2,076
18	Richard	1 in 87 (1.1%)	2,059
19	Steven	1 in 98 (1%)	1,838
20	William	1 in 106 (0.9%)	1,697
21	Kevin	1 in 106 (0.9%)	1,688
22	Jeffrey	1 in 110 (0.9%)	1,630
23	Juan	1 in 112 (0.9%)	1,602
24	Justin	1 in 114 (0.9%)	1,579
25	Andrew	1 in 116 (0.9%)	1,551
26	Adam	1 in 124 (0.8%)	1,446
27	Jeremy	1 in 125 (0.8%)	1,434
28	Aaron	1 in 127 (0.8%)	1,416
29	Timothy	1 in 128 (0.8%)	1,409
30	Scott	1 in 135 (0.7%)	1,326
31	Jonathan	1 in 139 (0.7%)	1,294
32	Mark	1 in 141 (0.7%)	1,278
33	Paul	1 in 141 (0.7%)	1,271
34	Thomas	1 in 145 (0.7%)	1,237
35	Brandon	1 in 156 (0.6%)	1,150
36	Benjamin	1 in 161 (0.6%)	1,119
37	Carlos	1 in 163 (0.6%)	1,100
38	Charles	1 in 178 (0.6%)	1,008
39	Sean	1 in 189 (0.5%)	949
40	Jesus	1 in 190 (0.5%)	945
41	Nathan	1 in 192 (0.5%)	938
42	Jesse	1 in 204 (0.5%)	880
43	Jorge	1 in 210 (0.5%)	855
44	Patrick	1 in 210 (0.5%)	855
45	Gregory	1 in 217 (0.5%)	828
46	Kenneth	1 in 218 (0.5%)	823
47	Gabriel	1 in 220 (0.5%)	815
48	Edward	1 in 221 (0.5%)	814
49	Stephen	1 in 224 (0.4%)	801
50	Luis	1 in 226 (0.4%)	795
51	Jacob	1 in 230 (0.4%)	780
52	Erik	1 in 235 (0.4%)	763
53	Bryan	1 in 238 (0.4%)	755
54	Manuel	1 in 242 (0.4%)	741
55	Victor	1 in 254 (0.4%)	708
56	Miguel	1 in 259 (0.4%)	694
57	Francisco	1 in 262 (0.4%)	686
58	Ricardo	1 in 265 (0.4%)	678
59	Mario	1 in 270 (0.4%)	665
60	Peter	1 in 273 (0.4%)	658
61	Raymond	1 in 282 (0.4%)	638
62	Travis	1 in 283 (0.4%)	636
63	Samuel	1 in 286 (0.4%)	629
64	Antonio	1 in 295 (0.3%)	610
65	Alejandro	1 in 305 (0.3%)	589
66	Shawn	1 in 308 (0.3%)	583
67	Chad	1 in 310 (0.3%)	579
68	Roberto	1 in 318 (0.3%)	565
69	George	1 in 335 (0.3%)	536
70	Frank	1 in 336 (0.3%)	535
71	Jaime	1 in 342 (0.3%)	525
72	Oscar	1 in 342 (0.3%)	525
73	Ruben	1 in 355 (0.3%)	506
74	Ronald	1 in 359 (0.3%)	501
75	Donald	1 in 359 (0.3%)	500
76	Hector	1 in 367 (0.3%)	489
77	Joel	1 in 370 (0.3%)	486
78	Alexander	1 in 381 (0.3%)	471
79	Fernando	1 in 387 (0.3%)	464
80	Dustin	1 in 394 (0.3%)	456
81	Phillip	1 in 394 (0.3%)	456
82	Shaun	1 in 397 (0.3%)	453
83	Jared	1 in 398 (0.3%)	451
84	Kyle	1 in 413 (0.2%)	435
85	Adrian	1 in 415 (0.2%)	433
86	Keith	1 in 418 (0.2%)	430
87	Javier	1 in 420 (0.2%)	428
88	Gary	1 in 424 (0.2%)	424
89	Raul	1 in 424 (0.2%)	424
90	Armando	1 in 426 (0.2%)	422
91	Eduardo	1 in 443 (0.2%)	406
92	Zachary	1 in 446 (0.2%)	403
93	Jeremiah	1 in 457 (0.2%)	393
94	Douglas	1 in 467 (0.2%)	385
95	Vincent	1 in 474 (0.2%)	379
96	Sergio	1 in 475 (0.2%)	378
97	Cesar	1 in 477 (0.2%)	377
98	Shane	1 in 483 (0.2%)	372
99	Dennis	1 in 502 (0.2%)	358
100	Bradley	1 in 503 (0.2%)	357