Popular California Boy Baby Names From 1988

The Most Popular California Boy Baby Names in 1988

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1988.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in California was Michael. In total there were 251,989 boys born sharing 2,246 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1988 . 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 32 (3.1%)	7,754
2	Christopher	1 in 39 (2.6%)	6,459
3	Daniel	1 in 47 (2.1%)	5,403
4	David	1 in 49 (2%)	5,150
5	Matthew	1 in 52 (1.9%)	4,850
6	Andrew	1 in 55 (1.8%)	4,558
7	Joshua	1 in 64 (1.6%)	3,941
8	Robert	1 in 69 (1.4%)	3,638
9	Anthony	1 in 70 (1.4%)	3,596
10	Jose	1 in 71 (1.4%)	3,544
11	Jonathan	1 in 71 (1.4%)	3,531
12	Ryan	1 in 74 (1.3%)	3,389
13	Justin	1 in 77 (1.3%)	3,282
14	Joseph	1 in 77 (1.3%)	3,262
15	James	1 in 81 (1.2%)	3,099
16	Nicholas	1 in 82 (1.2%)	3,075
17	John	1 in 86 (1.2%)	2,940
18	Kevin	1 in 88 (1.1%)	2,865
19	Eric	1 in 95 (1.1%)	2,650
20	Brian	1 in 98 (1%)	2,577
21	Steven	1 in 102 (1%)	2,476
22	Brandon	1 in 108 (0.9%)	2,344
23	Alexander	1 in 111 (0.9%)	2,267
24	Kyle	1 in 113 (0.9%)	2,222
25	Richard	1 in 118 (0.8%)	2,136
26	William	1 in 122 (0.8%)	2,061
27	Jason	1 in 126 (0.8%)	1,997
28	Juan	1 in 132 (0.8%)	1,902
29	Thomas	1 in 141 (0.7%)	1,792
30	Aaron	1 in 151 (0.7%)	1,671
31	Sean	1 in 156 (0.6%)	1,618
32	Timothy	1 in 157 (0.6%)	1,606
33	Jeffrey	1 in 159 (0.6%)	1,582
34	Adam	1 in 160 (0.6%)	1,579
35	Luis	1 in 161 (0.6%)	1,561
36	Jacob	1 in 163 (0.6%)	1,547
37	Mark	1 in 186 (0.5%)	1,358
38	Carlos	1 in 188 (0.5%)	1,338
39	Jesse	1 in 193 (0.5%)	1,307
40	Tyler	1 in 193 (0.5%)	1,306
41	Benjamin	1 in 196 (0.5%)	1,283
42	Jesus	1 in 198 (0.5%)	1,271
43	Paul	1 in 201 (0.5%)	1,255
44	Jeremy	1 in 204 (0.5%)	1,238
45	Zachary	1 in 204 (0.5%)	1,238
46	Samuel	1 in 206 (0.5%)	1,221
47	Scott	1 in 210 (0.5%)	1,199
48	Patrick	1 in 221 (0.5%)	1,138
49	Bryan	1 in 224 (0.4%)	1,125
50	Travis	1 in 224 (0.4%)	1,123
51	Miguel	1 in 225 (0.4%)	1,122
52	Victor	1 in 225 (0.4%)	1,119
53	Charles	1 in 239 (0.4%)	1,056
54	Stephen	1 in 240 (0.4%)	1,052
55	Jorge	1 in 248 (0.4%)	1,017
56	Francisco	1 in 256 (0.4%)	983
57	Kenneth	1 in 258 (0.4%)	978
58	Ricardo	1 in 261 (0.4%)	966
59	Nathan	1 in 263 (0.4%)	958
60	Christian	1 in 265 (0.4%)	950
61	Edward	1 in 273 (0.4%)	924
62	Gregory	1 in 277 (0.4%)	909
63	Adrian	1 in 279 (0.4%)	904
64	Gabriel	1 in 283 (0.4%)	891
65	Alex	1 in 285 (0.4%)	885
66	Cody	1 in 293 (0.3%)	859
67	Jordan	1 in 304 (0.3%)	830
68	Mario	1 in 304 (0.3%)	828
69	Manuel	1 in 305 (0.3%)	825
70	Antonio	1 in 311 (0.3%)	810
71	Edgar	1 in 314 (0.3%)	803
72	Derek	1 in 323 (0.3%)	780
73	Cameron	1 in 326 (0.3%)	774
74	Raymond	1 in 326 (0.3%)	773
75	Vincent	1 in 334 (0.3%)	755
76	Erik	1 in 334 (0.3%)	754
77	Peter	1 in 336 (0.3%)	750
78	Alejandro	1 in 338 (0.3%)	746
79	Oscar	1 in 343 (0.3%)	735
80	Martin	1 in 350 (0.3%)	720
81	George	1 in 363 (0.3%)	695
82	Sergio	1 in 368 (0.3%)	685
83	Eduardo	1 in 371 (0.3%)	680
84	Dustin	1 in 379 (0.3%)	665
85	Hector	1 in 391 (0.3%)	644
86	Jared	1 in 397 (0.3%)	634
87	Austin	1 in 399 (0.3%)	631
88	Ian	1 in 402 (0.2%)	627
89	Ruben	1 in 402 (0.2%)	627
90	Javier	1 in 403 (0.2%)	625
91	Joel	1 in 403 (0.2%)	625
92	Shane	1 in 410 (0.2%)	615
93	Angel	1 in 414 (0.2%)	609
94	Trevor	1 in 422 (0.2%)	597
95	Fernando	1 in 427 (0.2%)	590
96	Frank	1 in 429 (0.2%)	587
97	Roberto	1 in 440 (0.2%)	573
98	Evan	1 in 442 (0.2%)	570
99	Cory	1 in 445 (0.2%)	566
100	Chad	1 in 446 (0.2%)	565