Most popular girls’ names in California, 1972

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	6,065
2	Michelle	2,881
3	Lisa	2,430
4	Kimberly	1,914
5	Maria	1,666
6	Nicole	1,546
7	Heather	1,517
8	Amy	1,462
9	Christina	1,404
9	Julie	1,404
11	Stephanie	1,403
12	Elizabeth	1,364
13	Melissa	1,288
14	Cynthia	1,284
15	Angela	1,239
16	Laura	1,213
17	Shannon	1,198
18	Christine	1,172
19	Rebecca	1,109
20	Patricia	1,026
21	Sandra	1,024
22	Monica	1,010
23	Tina	941
24	Mary	927
25	Andrea	844

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Karen	808
27	Denise	804
28	Tracy	789
29	Kelly	771
30	Veronica	762
31	Dawn	743
32	Rachel	727
33	Wendy	720
34	Tammy	704
35	Michele	703
36	Jessica	699
37	Teresa	661
38	Susan	651
39	Lori	604
40	Tiffany	603
41	April	598
42	Stacy	590
43	Gina	588
44	Tanya	569
45	Diana	558
46	Deborah	542
47	Sarah	540
48	Danielle	539
49	Anna	536
50	Carrie	535
51	Brenda	523
52	Linda	502
53	Kathleen	485
54	Nancy	481
55	Heidi	469
56	Katherine	467
57	Alicia	460
58	Tamara	456
59	Melanie	444
60	Renee	438
61	Erin	424
62	Catherine	422
63	Stacey	410
63	Theresa	410
65	Kristin	400
65	Tara	400
67	Deanna	398
68	Victoria	393
69	Leticia	389
70	Robin	388
71	Dana	386
72	Kristina	383
73	Claudia	380
74	Pamela	374
75	Cheryl	371
76	Crystal	362
77	Suzanne	358
78	Erica	353
79	Yolanda	341
80	Rosa	337
81	Barbara	333
82	Erika	332
82	Monique	332
84	Donna	330
85	Cindy	329
85	Leslie	329
87	Gloria	326
88	Sonia	322
89	Brandi	321
90	Jill	319
91	Debra	318
91	Yvonne	318
93	Christy	316
93	Sharon	316
95	Valerie	313
96	Regina	311
97	Jacqueline	310
98	Amber	306
99	Melinda	304
100	Martha	303