Most popular boys’ names in California, 1971
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 6,824 |
| 2 | David | 5,242 |
| 3 | Robert | 4,615 |
| 4 | John | 4,290 |
| 5 | Jason | 4,269 |
| 6 | James | 3,796 |
| 7 | Christopher | 3,708 |
| 8 | Richard | 2,694 |
| 9 | Brian | 2,491 |
| 10 | Daniel | 2,427 |
| 11 | Eric | 2,420 |
| 12 | Scott | 2,377 |
| 13 | Steven | 2,278 |
| 14 | William | 2,271 |
| 15 | Matthew | 2,268 |
| 16 | Jeffrey | 2,105 |
| 17 | Mark | 2,080 |
| 18 | Kevin | 2,004 |
| 19 | Joseph | 1,877 |
| 20 | Anthony | 1,805 |
| 21 | Paul | 1,702 |
| 22 | Thomas | 1,605 |
| 23 | Jose | 1,434 |
| 24 | Timothy | 1,405 |
| 25 | Sean | 1,310 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Charles | 1,284 |
| 27 | Aaron | 1,218 |
| 28 | Gregory | 1,215 |
| 29 | Kenneth | 1,126 |
| 30 | Edward | 1,052 |
| 31 | Stephen | 1,012 |
| 32 | Shawn | 996 |
| 33 | Chad | 932 |
| 34 | Andrew | 925 |
| 35 | Ronald | 890 |
| 36 | Todd | 878 |
| 37 | Patrick | 865 |
| 38 | Donald | 860 |
| 39 | Jeremy | 836 |
| 40 | Juan | 803 |
| 41 | Ryan | 801 |
| 42 | Gary | 779 |
| 43 | Frank | 736 |
| 44 | Jonathan | 735 |
| 45 | Raymond | 703 |
| 46 | George | 686 |
| 47 | Joshua | 679 |
| 48 | Peter | 670 |
| 49 | Carlos | 655 |
| 50 | Bryan | 637 |
| 51 | Craig | 634 |
| 52 | Adam | 629 |
| 53 | Douglas | 609 |
| 54 | Dennis | 565 |
| 55 | Keith | 561 |
| 56 | Erik | 552 |
| 57 | Larry | 549 |
| 58 | Jesus | 525 |
| 59 | Manuel | 524 |
| 60 | Victor | 491 |
| 61 | Troy | 479 |
| 62 | Mario | 476 |
| 63 | Jesse | 472 |
| 64 | Luis | 470 |
| 65 | Gabriel | 457 |
| 66 | Benjamin | 455 |
| 67 | Marc | 452 |
| 68 | Jeffery | 446 |
| 69 | Ricardo | 437 |
| 69 | Shane | 437 |
| 71 | Chris | 435 |
| 72 | Brandon | 431 |
| 73 | Justin | 430 |
| 74 | Derek | 428 |
| 75 | Jerry | 427 |
| 76 | Martin | 407 |
| 77 | Christian | 405 |
| 78 | Joe | 397 |
| 79 | Ruben | 392 |
| 79 | Samuel | 392 |
| 79 | Travis | 392 |
| 82 | Brent | 386 |
| 83 | Phillip | 385 |
| 84 | Danny | 380 |
| 85 | Francisco | 379 |
| 86 | Albert | 372 |
| 87 | Tony | 370 |
| 88 | Antonio | 363 |
| 89 | Miguel | 360 |
| 90 | Jorge | 359 |
| 91 | Jon | 356 |
| 92 | Arthur | 349 |
| 93 | Roberto | 347 |
| 94 | Marcus | 344 |
| 95 | Alexander | 341 |
| 96 | Vincent | 340 |
| 97 | Joel | 336 |
| 98 | Lawrence | 332 |
| 99 | Armando | 331 |
| 100 | Lance | 330 |