Popular California Girl Baby Names From 1986

The Most Popular California Girl Baby Names in 1986

You're currently viewing the most popular girl baby names in 1986.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in California was Jessica. In total there were 207,539 girls born sharing 3,054 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1986 . 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	Jessica	1 in 35 (2.9%)	5,961
2	Ashley	1 in 47 (2.1%)	4,412
3	Jennifer	1 in 48 (2.1%)	4,306
4	Amanda	1 in 59 (1.7%)	3,491
5	Sarah	1 in 68 (1.5%)	3,033
6	Nicole	1 in 76 (1.3%)	2,727
7	Stephanie	1 in 77 (1.3%)	2,702
8	Melissa	1 in 85 (1.2%)	2,428
9	Elizabeth	1 in 87 (1.1%)	2,383
10	Christina	1 in 91 (1.1%)	2,277
11	Vanessa	1 in 100 (1%)	2,079
12	Michelle	1 in 105 (1%)	1,986
13	Heather	1 in 116 (0.9%)	1,782
14	Brittany	1 in 117 (0.9%)	1,767
15	Lauren	1 in 121 (0.8%)	1,722
16	Maria	1 in 124 (0.8%)	1,677
17	Megan	1 in 125 (0.8%)	1,662
18	Amber	1 in 125 (0.8%)	1,659
19	Danielle	1 in 127 (0.8%)	1,635
20	Crystal	1 in 129 (0.8%)	1,603
21	Rachel	1 in 135 (0.7%)	1,537
22	Laura	1 in 138 (0.7%)	1,503
23	Kimberly	1 in 141 (0.7%)	1,470
24	Tiffany	1 in 148 (0.7%)	1,406
25	Samantha	1 in 148 (0.7%)	1,402
26	Sara	1 in 164 (0.6%)	1,268
27	Erica	1 in 169 (0.6%)	1,225
28	Amy	1 in 172 (0.6%)	1,206
29	Rebecca	1 in 172 (0.6%)	1,206
30	Andrea	1 in 184 (0.5%)	1,125
31	Emily	1 in 190 (0.5%)	1,091
32	Natalie	1 in 193 (0.5%)	1,074
33	Monica	1 in 193 (0.5%)	1,073
34	Erin	1 in 196 (0.5%)	1,058
35	Katherine	1 in 199 (0.5%)	1,044
36	Veronica	1 in 206 (0.5%)	1,006
37	Angela	1 in 207 (0.5%)	1,005
38	Christine	1 in 214 (0.5%)	971
39	Kelly	1 in 215 (0.5%)	966
40	Diana	1 in 218 (0.5%)	952
41	Lisa	1 in 226 (0.4%)	917
42	Cynthia	1 in 227 (0.4%)	916
43	Jacqueline	1 in 228 (0.4%)	910
44	Nancy	1 in 234 (0.4%)	888
45	Mayra	1 in 239 (0.4%)	868
46	Jamie	1 in 240 (0.4%)	864
47	Alicia	1 in 246 (0.4%)	844
48	Shannon	1 in 258 (0.4%)	804
49	Courtney	1 in 262 (0.4%)	793
50	Erika	1 in 264 (0.4%)	785
51	Patricia	1 in 268 (0.4%)	774
52	Sandra	1 in 276 (0.4%)	752
53	Allison	1 in 278 (0.4%)	747
54	Victoria	1 in 284 (0.4%)	732
55	Kristen	1 in 286 (0.3%)	726
56	Whitney	1 in 289 (0.3%)	719
57	Brenda	1 in 304 (0.3%)	682
58	Katie	1 in 305 (0.3%)	680
59	Mary	1 in 309 (0.3%)	671
60	Kristina	1 in 310 (0.3%)	669
61	Angelica	1 in 329 (0.3%)	630
62	Cassandra	1 in 330 (0.3%)	629
63	Anna	1 in 331 (0.3%)	627
64	Kathryn	1 in 337 (0.3%)	616
65	Lindsey	1 in 338 (0.3%)	614
66	Valerie	1 in 341 (0.3%)	609
67	Lindsay	1 in 343 (0.3%)	605
68	Kristin	1 in 344 (0.3%)	603
69	Adriana	1 in 345 (0.3%)	602
70	Ana	1 in 357 (0.3%)	581
71	Krystal	1 in 358 (0.3%)	580
72	Monique	1 in 365 (0.3%)	569
73	Jenna	1 in 366 (0.3%)	567
74	Julie	1 in 366 (0.3%)	567
75	Alexandra	1 in 368 (0.3%)	564
76	Cristina	1 in 376 (0.3%)	552
77	Claudia	1 in 380 (0.3%)	546
78	Brittney	1 in 382 (0.3%)	543
79	Jasmine	1 in 389 (0.3%)	534
80	Denise	1 in 389 (0.3%)	533
81	April	1 in 420 (0.2%)	494
82	Cindy	1 in 425 (0.2%)	488
83	Linda	1 in 441 (0.2%)	471
84	Chelsea	1 in 448 (0.2%)	463
85	Desiree	1 in 459 (0.2%)	452
86	Joanna	1 in 466 (0.2%)	445
87	Catherine	1 in 473 (0.2%)	439
88	Leslie	1 in 474 (0.2%)	438
89	Julia	1 in 475 (0.2%)	437
90	Marissa	1 in 478 (0.2%)	434
91	Wendy	1 in 484 (0.2%)	429
92	Kathleen	1 in 488 (0.2%)	425
93	Yesenia	1 in 491 (0.2%)	423
94	Tara	1 in 497 (0.2%)	418
95	Alyssa	1 in 500 (0.2%)	415
96	Gabriela	1 in 503 (0.2%)	413
97	Natasha	1 in 515 (0.2%)	403
98	Caitlin	1 in 516 (0.2%)	402
99	Sabrina	1 in 516 (0.2%)	402
100	Karen	1 in 531 (0.2%)	391