Most popular boys’ names in California, 1976
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 6,180 |
| 2 | David | 4,348 |
| 3 | Jason | 4,347 |
| 4 | Christopher | 3,759 |
| 5 | Robert | 3,364 |
| 6 | Daniel | 3,161 |
| 7 | James | 2,850 |
| 8 | John | 2,832 |
| 9 | Matthew | 2,742 |
| 10 | Brian | 2,676 |
| 11 | Jose | 2,351 |
| 12 | Joseph | 2,092 |
| 13 | Eric | 2,057 |
| 14 | Joshua | 2,032 |
| 15 | Ryan | 2,026 |
| 16 | Richard | 1,925 |
| 17 | Anthony | 1,750 |
| 18 | Steven | 1,745 |
| 19 | William | 1,645 |
| 20 | Juan | 1,604 |
| 21 | Jeffrey | 1,576 |
| 22 | Jeremy | 1,534 |
| 23 | Kevin | 1,509 |
| 24 | Mark | 1,388 |
| 25 | Scott | 1,356 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Aaron | 1,322 |
| 27 | Paul | 1,284 |
| 28 | Timothy | 1,267 |
| 29 | Thomas | 1,150 |
| 30 | Andrew | 1,119 |
| 31 | Justin | 1,096 |
| 32 | Benjamin | 975 |
| 33 | Sean | 961 |
| 34 | Adam | 950 |
| 35 | Jonathan | 932 |
| 36 | Charles | 925 |
| 37 | Gregory | 913 |
| 38 | Carlos | 884 |
| 39 | Brandon | 849 |
| 40 | Gabriel | 838 |
| 41 | Nathan | 821 |
| 42 | Edward | 814 |
| 43 | Stephen | 802 |
| 44 | Kenneth | 787 |
| 45 | Bryan | 760 |
| 46 | Jesus | 757 |
| 47 | Jesse | 751 |
| 48 | Shawn | 706 |
| 49 | Luis | 678 |
| 50 | Manuel | 666 |
| 51 | Jorge | 631 |
| 52 | Patrick | 629 |
| 53 | Francisco | 627 |
| 54 | Miguel | 607 |
| 55 | Chad | 592 |
| 56 | Jacob | 588 |
| 57 | Ronald | 585 |
| 58 | Victor | 584 |
| 59 | Ricardo | 577 |
| 60 | Raymond | 548 |
| 61 | Mario | 546 |
| 61 | Peter | 546 |
| 63 | Samuel | 536 |
| 64 | George | 533 |
| 65 | Antonio | 517 |
| 66 | Donald | 507 |
| 67 | Roberto | 497 |
| 68 | Frank | 487 |
| 69 | Keith | 482 |
| 70 | Ruben | 479 |
| 71 | Alejandro | 472 |
| 72 | Travis | 464 |
| 73 | Gary | 459 |
| 73 | Todd | 459 |
| 75 | Jaime | 456 |
| 76 | Joel | 450 |
| 77 | Erik | 447 |
| 78 | Oscar | 425 |
| 79 | Douglas | 412 |
| 80 | Armando | 402 |
| 81 | Eduardo | 395 |
| 82 | Jeremiah | 387 |
| 83 | Shane | 384 |
| 84 | Hector | 381 |
| 85 | Raul | 379 |
| 86 | Alexander | 378 |
| 87 | Sergio | 377 |
| 88 | Javier | 370 |
| 89 | Larry | 367 |
| 90 | Phillip | 356 |
| 91 | Nicholas | 348 |
| 92 | Salvador | 341 |
| 93 | Craig | 339 |
| 94 | Dustin | 337 |
| 94 | Martin | 337 |
| 96 | Cesar | 336 |
| 97 | Gerardo | 331 |
| 98 | Adrian | 326 |
| 99 | Dennis | 325 |
| 100 | Fernando | 323 |