Most popular boys’ names in California, 1973
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 5,875 |
| 2 | Jason | 4,409 |
| 3 | David | 4,175 |
| 4 | Christopher | 3,533 |
| 5 | Robert | 3,491 |
| 6 | John | 3,175 |
| 7 | James | 2,905 |
| 8 | Brian | 2,813 |
| 9 | Daniel | 2,751 |
| 10 | Matthew | 2,238 |
| 11 | Richard | 2,119 |
| 12 | Eric | 2,070 |
| 13 | Mark | 1,794 |
| 14 | William | 1,762 |
| 15 | Joseph | 1,720 |
| 16 | Jose | 1,707 |
| 17 | Jeffrey | 1,691 |
| 18 | Steven | 1,677 |
| 19 | Anthony | 1,587 |
| 20 | Scott | 1,531 |
| 21 | Kevin | 1,411 |
| 22 | Paul | 1,333 |
| 23 | Ryan | 1,295 |
| 24 | Joshua | 1,282 |
| 25 | Thomas | 1,208 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Aaron | 1,198 |
| 27 | Timothy | 1,158 |
| 28 | Gregory | 1,034 |
| 29 | Juan | 1,012 |
| 30 | Sean | 1,002 |
| 31 | Charles | 967 |
| 32 | Andrew | 954 |
| 33 | Jeremy | 923 |
| 34 | Kenneth | 875 |
| 35 | Jonathan | 827 |
| 36 | Shawn | 822 |
| 37 | Edward | 819 |
| 38 | Justin | 755 |
| 39 | Stephen | 749 |
| 40 | Chad | 724 |
| 41 | Adam | 712 |
| 42 | Bryan | 693 |
| 43 | Todd | 680 |
| 44 | Carlos | 677 |
| 45 | Patrick | 669 |
| 46 | Ronald | 638 |
| 47 | Donald | 620 |
| 48 | Brandon | 607 |
| 49 | Jesus | 604 |
| 50 | Raymond | 595 |
| 51 | Frank | 592 |
| 52 | George | 587 |
| 53 | Gary | 585 |
| 54 | Manuel | 563 |
| 55 | Luis | 555 |
| 56 | Peter | 543 |
| 57 | Gabriel | 541 |
| 58 | Nathan | 540 |
| 59 | Jesse | 523 |
| 60 | Benjamin | 517 |
| 61 | Keith | 512 |
| 62 | Mario | 503 |
| 62 | Victor | 503 |
| 64 | Erik | 474 |
| 65 | Ricardo | 468 |
| 66 | Francisco | 466 |
| 67 | Craig | 452 |
| 68 | Douglas | 443 |
| 69 | Dennis | 439 |
| 70 | Shane | 437 |
| 71 | Ruben | 422 |
| 72 | Travis | 412 |
| 73 | Miguel | 411 |
| 74 | Antonio | 394 |
| 75 | Larry | 389 |
| 76 | Jorge | 383 |
| 76 | Roberto | 383 |
| 78 | Joel | 377 |
| 79 | Samuel | 365 |
| 80 | Martin | 355 |
| 81 | Jerry | 350 |
| 81 | Joe | 350 |
| 83 | Christian | 348 |
| 84 | Phillip | 337 |
| 85 | Derek | 333 |
| 86 | Javier | 332 |
| 87 | Jaime | 331 |
| 88 | Hector | 328 |
| 89 | Eduardo | 325 |
| 90 | Marc | 323 |
| 91 | Danny | 320 |
| 92 | Armando | 318 |
| 93 | Jeffery | 317 |
| 94 | Jacob | 313 |
| 94 | Nicholas | 313 |
| 96 | Alexander | 303 |
| 97 | Raul | 300 |
| 98 | Oscar | 299 |
| 99 | Vincent | 298 |
| 100 | Tony | 297 |