Popular California Boy Baby Names From 1981

The Most Popular California Boy Baby Names in 1981

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1981.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in California was Michael. In total there were 200,717 boys born sharing 1,758 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1981 . 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 28 (3.6%)	7,147
2	Christopher	1 in 39 (2.6%)	5,173
3	David	1 in 41 (2.5%)	4,933
4	Daniel	1 in 46 (2.2%)	4,332
5	Matthew	1 in 52 (1.9%)	3,884
6	Robert	1 in 54 (1.9%)	3,733
7	Jason	1 in 54 (1.8%)	3,710
8	Joshua	1 in 59 (1.7%)	3,379
9	John	1 in 62 (1.6%)	3,212
10	Jose	1 in 63 (1.6%)	3,194
11	Ryan	1 in 63 (1.6%)	3,174
12	Joseph	1 in 66 (1.5%)	3,034
13	James	1 in 67 (1.5%)	3,017
14	Brian	1 in 77 (1.3%)	2,616
15	Justin	1 in 82 (1.2%)	2,447
16	Anthony	1 in 84 (1.2%)	2,382
17	Jonathan	1 in 89 (1.1%)	2,246
18	Richard	1 in 91 (1.1%)	2,194
19	Eric	1 in 95 (1.1%)	2,117
20	Nicholas	1 in 98 (1%)	2,056
21	Steven	1 in 102 (1%)	1,976
22	Brandon	1 in 105 (1%)	1,919
23	Andrew	1 in 107 (0.9%)	1,880
24	Juan	1 in 108 (0.9%)	1,853
25	William	1 in 112 (0.9%)	1,791
26	Jeffrey	1 in 118 (0.8%)	1,696
27	Kevin	1 in 119 (0.8%)	1,684
28	Adam	1 in 124 (0.8%)	1,623
29	Aaron	1 in 129 (0.8%)	1,560
30	Jeremy	1 in 137 (0.7%)	1,463
31	Timothy	1 in 142 (0.7%)	1,416
32	Paul	1 in 142 (0.7%)	1,411
33	Thomas	1 in 148 (0.7%)	1,360
34	Mark	1 in 155 (0.6%)	1,299
35	Sean	1 in 156 (0.6%)	1,284
36	Scott	1 in 159 (0.6%)	1,265
37	Jesse	1 in 161 (0.6%)	1,250
38	Benjamin	1 in 163 (0.6%)	1,234
39	Carlos	1 in 166 (0.6%)	1,206
40	Charles	1 in 187 (0.5%)	1,072
41	Jesus	1 in 193 (0.5%)	1,038
42	Luis	1 in 194 (0.5%)	1,036
43	Kenneth	1 in 212 (0.5%)	948
44	Patrick	1 in 212 (0.5%)	948
45	Jacob	1 in 213 (0.5%)	944
46	Nathan	1 in 213 (0.5%)	941
47	Miguel	1 in 219 (0.5%)	915
48	Gregory	1 in 235 (0.4%)	854
49	Jorge	1 in 239 (0.4%)	841
50	Francisco	1 in 241 (0.4%)	833
51	Ricardo	1 in 243 (0.4%)	825
52	Gabriel	1 in 245 (0.4%)	819
53	Bryan	1 in 247 (0.4%)	814
54	Edward	1 in 247 (0.4%)	814
55	Stephen	1 in 248 (0.4%)	809
56	Dustin	1 in 255 (0.4%)	788
57	Manuel	1 in 262 (0.4%)	765
58	Victor	1 in 270 (0.4%)	744
59	Mario	1 in 274 (0.4%)	733
60	Alexander	1 in 280 (0.4%)	718
61	Raymond	1 in 283 (0.4%)	709
62	Alejandro	1 in 284 (0.4%)	707
63	Samuel	1 in 302 (0.3%)	665
64	Travis	1 in 309 (0.3%)	650
65	Peter	1 in 316 (0.3%)	635
66	Antonio	1 in 321 (0.3%)	626
67	Erik	1 in 323 (0.3%)	621
68	Roberto	1 in 324 (0.3%)	619
69	Ronald	1 in 328 (0.3%)	612
70	Shawn	1 in 329 (0.3%)	610
71	Frank	1 in 332 (0.3%)	604
72	Joel	1 in 345 (0.3%)	581
73	George	1 in 346 (0.3%)	580
74	Kyle	1 in 348 (0.3%)	577
75	Jared	1 in 360 (0.3%)	557
76	Adrian	1 in 363 (0.3%)	553
77	Oscar	1 in 372 (0.3%)	539
78	Ruben	1 in 372 (0.3%)	539
79	Sergio	1 in 372 (0.3%)	539
80	Derek	1 in 374 (0.3%)	537
81	Jaime	1 in 374 (0.3%)	536
82	Chad	1 in 382 (0.3%)	525
83	Raul	1 in 389 (0.3%)	516
84	Donald	1 in 391 (0.3%)	514
85	Javier	1 in 399 (0.3%)	503
86	Fernando	1 in 402 (0.2%)	499
87	Hector	1 in 404 (0.2%)	497
88	Armando	1 in 405 (0.2%)	496
89	Christian	1 in 417 (0.2%)	481
90	Keith	1 in 427 (0.2%)	470
91	Vincent	1 in 431 (0.2%)	466
92	Cesar	1 in 443 (0.2%)	453
93	Phillip	1 in 445 (0.2%)	451
94	Gary	1 in 456 (0.2%)	440
95	Arturo	1 in 490 (0.2%)	410
96	Eduardo	1 in 497 (0.2%)	404
97	Martin	1 in 497 (0.2%)	404
98	Zachary	1 in 497 (0.2%)	404
99	Salvador	1 in 501 (0.2%)	401
100	Ian	1 in 507 (0.2%)	396