Top 100 California Boy Baby Names in 1980

// These were the most popular boy baby names in California, in 1980.

The Most Popular California Boy Baby Names in 1980


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Topping the charts on position #1 this year in California was Michael. In total there were 192,159 boys born sharing 1,706 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1980 . 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
1Michael1 in 28 (3.6%)6,903
2David1 in 38 (2.6%)5,083
3Christopher1 in 40 (2.5%)4,783
4Daniel1 in 46 (2.2%)4,145
5Jason1 in 47 (2.1%)4,103
6Robert1 in 55 (1.8%)3,476
7Matthew1 in 57 (1.8%)3,380
8Joshua1 in 61 (1.6%)3,135
9James1 in 64 (1.6%)3,021
10John1 in 64 (1.6%)3,021
11Ryan1 in 64 (1.6%)2,991
12Jose1 in 65 (1.5%)2,974
13Joseph1 in 68 (1.5%)2,826
14Brian1 in 71 (1.4%)2,722
15Justin1 in 80 (1.2%)2,394
16Eric1 in 83 (1.2%)2,312
17Richard1 in 91 (1.1%)2,104
18Anthony1 in 92 (1.1%)2,098
19Nicholas1 in 92 (1.1%)2,089
20Steven1 in 103 (1%)1,870
21Juan1 in 109 (0.9%)1,764
22Andrew1 in 110 (0.9%)1,746
23Jonathan1 in 111 (0.9%)1,725
24William1 in 112 (0.9%)1,714
25Kevin1 in 117 (0.9%)1,640
26Jeffrey1 in 122 (0.8%)1,574
27Adam1 in 124 (0.8%)1,548
28Timothy1 in 132 (0.8%)1,452
29Jeremy1 in 133 (0.8%)1,447
30Aaron1 in 137 (0.7%)1,407
31Mark1 in 143 (0.7%)1,348
32Brandon1 in 143 (0.7%)1,345
33Scott1 in 145 (0.7%)1,327
34Paul1 in 148 (0.7%)1,296
35Thomas1 in 152 (0.7%)1,264
36Benjamin1 in 160 (0.6%)1,203
37Carlos1 in 170 (0.6%)1,129
38Charles1 in 181 (0.6%)1,064
39Sean1 in 181 (0.6%)1,061
40Luis1 in 182 (0.6%)1,058
41Jesus1 in 187 (0.5%)1,030
42Jesse1 in 191 (0.5%)1,005
43Jacob1 in 213 (0.5%)901
44Patrick1 in 213 (0.5%)901
45Gabriel1 in 219 (0.5%)878
46Nathan1 in 223 (0.4%)862
47Kenneth1 in 223 (0.4%)861
48Gregory1 in 225 (0.4%)854
49Jorge1 in 228 (0.4%)842
50Stephen1 in 230 (0.4%)836
51Bryan1 in 236 (0.4%)815
52Erik1 in 236 (0.4%)813
53Miguel1 in 240 (0.4%)801
54Edward1 in 241 (0.4%)797
55Ricardo1 in 246 (0.4%)781
56Manuel1 in 247 (0.4%)778
57Victor1 in 250 (0.4%)768
58Francisco1 in 265 (0.4%)724
59Mario1 in 269 (0.4%)714
60Raymond1 in 271 (0.4%)710
61Dustin1 in 273 (0.4%)705
62Peter1 in 282 (0.4%)682
63Travis1 in 284 (0.4%)676
64Antonio1 in 290 (0.3%)662
65Samuel1 in 293 (0.3%)656
66Roberto1 in 313 (0.3%)614
67George1 in 313 (0.3%)613
68Shawn1 in 320 (0.3%)601
69Alejandro1 in 320 (0.3%)600
70Derek1 in 325 (0.3%)592
71Jaime1 in 329 (0.3%)584
72Frank1 in 338 (0.3%)569
73Alexander1 in 342 (0.3%)562
74Ronald1 in 344 (0.3%)558
75Ruben1 in 347 (0.3%)554
76Joel1 in 354 (0.3%)543
77Chad1 in 355 (0.3%)541
78Donald1 in 368 (0.3%)522
79Jared1 in 373 (0.3%)515
80Oscar1 in 376 (0.3%)511
81Fernando1 in 378 (0.3%)509
82Hector1 in 382 (0.3%)503
83Raul1 in 391 (0.3%)491
84Phillip1 in 393 (0.3%)489
85Javier1 in 398 (0.3%)483
86Armando1 in 408 (0.2%)471
87Keith1 in 411 (0.2%)467
88Adrian1 in 417 (0.2%)461
89Eduardo1 in 420 (0.2%)458
90Sergio1 in 426 (0.2%)451
91Kyle1 in 436 (0.2%)441
92Vincent1 in 447 (0.2%)430
93Cesar1 in 458 (0.2%)420
94Gary1 in 469 (0.2%)410
95Ian1 in 472 (0.2%)407
96Salvador1 in 480 (0.2%)400
97Omar1 in 490 (0.2%)392
98Douglas1 in 491 (0.2%)391
99Jeremiah1 in 494 (0.2%)389
100Rafael1 in 495 (0.2%)388


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