Popular California Girl Baby Names From 1979

The Most Popular California Girl Baby Names in 1979

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

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in California was Jennifer. In total there were 163,247 girls born sharing 2,513 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 girl that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of girl 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	Jennifer	1 in 30 (3.3%)	5,461
2	Melissa	1 in 54 (1.8%)	3,005
3	Jessica	1 in 64 (1.6%)	2,541
4	Michelle	1 in 67 (1.5%)	2,428
5	Nicole	1 in 74 (1.4%)	2,212
6	Sarah	1 in 77 (1.3%)	2,117
7	Maria	1 in 80 (1.2%)	2,028
8	Christina	1 in 81 (1.2%)	2,007
9	Elizabeth	1 in 85 (1.2%)	1,927
10	Lisa	1 in 93 (1.1%)	1,750
11	Heather	1 in 101 (1%)	1,615
12	Amanda	1 in 101 (1%)	1,611
13	Angela	1 in 109 (0.9%)	1,501
14	Stephanie	1 in 117 (0.9%)	1,392
15	Kimberly	1 in 118 (0.8%)	1,378
16	Amy	1 in 119 (0.8%)	1,375
17	Amber	1 in 120 (0.8%)	1,359
18	Monica	1 in 132 (0.8%)	1,238
19	Rebecca	1 in 132 (0.8%)	1,234
20	Laura	1 in 134 (0.7%)	1,217
21	Veronica	1 in 135 (0.7%)	1,207
22	Kelly	1 in 142 (0.7%)	1,149
23	Andrea	1 in 143 (0.7%)	1,141
24	Jamie	1 in 152 (0.7%)	1,075
25	Erin	1 in 159 (0.6%)	1,027
26	Crystal	1 in 164 (0.6%)	996
27	Shannon	1 in 165 (0.6%)	991
28	Sara	1 in 172 (0.6%)	950
29	Rachel	1 in 175 (0.6%)	933
30	Erica	1 in 178 (0.6%)	919
31	Christine	1 in 179 (0.6%)	912
32	Julie	1 in 184 (0.5%)	889
33	Patricia	1 in 184 (0.5%)	887
34	Vanessa	1 in 188 (0.5%)	868
35	Tiffany	1 in 196 (0.5%)	833
36	April	1 in 196 (0.5%)	832
37	Danielle	1 in 197 (0.5%)	829
38	Sandra	1 in 201 (0.5%)	813
39	Mary	1 in 203 (0.5%)	806
40	Cynthia	1 in 204 (0.5%)	800
41	Alicia	1 in 206 (0.5%)	794
42	Megan	1 in 219 (0.5%)	745
43	Katherine	1 in 248 (0.4%)	659
44	Emily	1 in 248 (0.4%)	657
45	Nancy	1 in 255 (0.4%)	640
46	Diana	1 in 258 (0.4%)	632
47	Erika	1 in 260 (0.4%)	629
48	Natalie	1 in 266 (0.4%)	614
49	Wendy	1 in 279 (0.4%)	585
50	Anna	1 in 310 (0.3%)	526
51	Claudia	1 in 321 (0.3%)	509
52	Kristina	1 in 325 (0.3%)	502
53	Karen	1 in 332 (0.3%)	491
54	Valerie	1 in 342 (0.3%)	477
55	Desiree	1 in 353 (0.3%)	463
56	Monique	1 in 353 (0.3%)	463
57	Brandy	1 in 354 (0.3%)	461
58	Angelica	1 in 356 (0.3%)	458
59	Kathryn	1 in 367 (0.3%)	445
60	Gina	1 in 372 (0.3%)	439
61	Stacy	1 in 376 (0.3%)	434
62	Teresa	1 in 376 (0.3%)	434
63	Gabriela	1 in 378 (0.3%)	432
64	Tracy	1 in 379 (0.3%)	431
65	Carrie	1 in 380 (0.3%)	430
66	Sonia	1 in 384 (0.3%)	425
67	Brenda	1 in 388 (0.3%)	421
68	Jacqueline	1 in 389 (0.3%)	420
69	Adriana	1 in 391 (0.3%)	418
70	Lauren	1 in 391 (0.3%)	418
71	Denise	1 in 397 (0.3%)	411
72	Susan	1 in 399 (0.3%)	409
73	Leslie	1 in 406 (0.2%)	402
74	Leticia	1 in 407 (0.2%)	401
75	Tara	1 in 408 (0.2%)	400
76	Melanie	1 in 411 (0.2%)	397
77	Ana	1 in 422 (0.2%)	387
78	Dawn	1 in 423 (0.2%)	386
79	Julia	1 in 424 (0.2%)	385
80	Sabrina	1 in 424 (0.2%)	385
81	Kristen	1 in 425 (0.2%)	384
82	Samantha	1 in 425 (0.2%)	384
83	Linda	1 in 426 (0.2%)	383
84	Kristin	1 in 430 (0.2%)	380
85	Rosa	1 in 436 (0.2%)	374
86	Victoria	1 in 436 (0.2%)	374
87	Misty	1 in 444 (0.2%)	368
88	Jaime	1 in 446 (0.2%)	366
89	Stacey	1 in 450 (0.2%)	363
90	Tina	1 in 450 (0.2%)	363
91	Cindy	1 in 451 (0.2%)	362
92	Allison	1 in 455 (0.2%)	359
93	Courtney	1 in 457 (0.2%)	357
94	Holly	1 in 466 (0.2%)	350
95	Renee	1 in 466 (0.2%)	350
96	Katie	1 in 475 (0.2%)	344
97	Catherine	1 in 479 (0.2%)	341
98	Tanya	1 in 487 (0.2%)	335
99	Heidi	1 in 490 (0.2%)	333
100	Lorena	1 in 492 (0.2%)	332