Most popular boys’ names in California, 1969
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 8,246 |
| 2 | David | 6,567 |
| 3 | Robert | 6,021 |
| 4 | John | 5,325 |
| 5 | James | 4,549 |
| 6 | Richard | 3,355 |
| 7 | Christopher | 3,231 |
| 8 | Mark | 2,990 |
| 9 | Brian | 2,847 |
| 10 | Steven | 2,780 |
| 11 | Jason | 2,756 |
| 12 | Eric | 2,690 |
| 13 | William | 2,604 |
| 14 | Daniel | 2,597 |
| 15 | Scott | 2,559 |
| 16 | Jeffrey | 2,522 |
| 17 | Paul | 2,209 |
| 18 | Anthony | 2,143 |
| 19 | Thomas | 2,049 |
| 20 | Joseph | 2,005 |
| 21 | Kevin | 1,941 |
| 22 | Matthew | 1,933 |
| 23 | Timothy | 1,809 |
| 24 | Charles | 1,529 |
| 25 | Gregory | 1,517 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 26 | Sean | 1,485 |
| 27 | Kenneth | 1,475 |
| 28 | Ronald | 1,253 |
| 29 | Stephen | 1,195 |
| 30 | Edward | 1,169 |
| 31 | Jose | 1,157 |
| 32 | Todd | 1,152 |
| 33 | Patrick | 1,124 |
| 34 | Gary | 1,104 |
| 35 | Andrew | 1,095 |
| 36 | Donald | 1,056 |
| 37 | Douglas | 901 |
| 38 | Shawn | 882 |
| 39 | Frank | 869 |
| 40 | Aaron | 786 |
| 41 | Raymond | 781 |
| 42 | Craig | 771 |
| 43 | George | 769 |
| 44 | Keith | 734 |
| 45 | Peter | 724 |
| 46 | Dennis | 716 |
| 47 | Juan | 667 |
| 48 | Bryan | 656 |
| 49 | Larry | 651 |
| 50 | Jonathan | 614 |
| 51 | Troy | 609 |
| 52 | Carlos | 583 |
| 53 | Marc | 559 |
| 54 | Erik | 540 |
| 55 | Jeffery | 537 |
| 56 | Jerry | 520 |
| 57 | Victor | 518 |
| 58 | Martin | 517 |
| 59 | Manuel | 514 |
| 60 | Jon | 487 |
| 61 | Darren | 486 |
| 62 | Joe | 480 |
| 63 | Mike | 468 |
| 64 | Chris | 464 |
| 65 | Tony | 457 |
| 66 | Mario | 451 |
| 67 | Steve | 449 |
| 68 | Vincent | 446 |
| 69 | Russell | 438 |
| 70 | Danny | 430 |
| 71 | Rodney | 426 |
| 72 | Jeff | 424 |
| 73 | Jesus | 418 |
| 74 | Lawrence | 417 |
| 74 | Samuel | 417 |
| 76 | Bradley | 412 |
| 77 | Albert | 409 |
| 78 | Phillip | 408 |
| 79 | Randy | 404 |
| 80 | Benjamin | 399 |
| 81 | Ricardo | 396 |
| 82 | Dean | 384 |
| 83 | Derek | 380 |
| 84 | Lance | 379 |
| 85 | Alan | 376 |
| 86 | Corey | 374 |
| 86 | Luis | 374 |
| 88 | Arthur | 370 |
| 89 | Adam | 365 |
| 89 | Ruben | 365 |
| 91 | Roger | 361 |
| 92 | Gerald | 354 |
| 93 | Johnny | 350 |
| 94 | Philip | 346 |
| 95 | Jesse | 344 |
| 96 | Brent | 342 |
| 96 | Joel | 342 |
| 98 | Brett | 339 |
| 99 | Francisco | 336 |
| 100 | Miguel | 335 |