Most popular boys’ names in California, 1977
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 6,318 |
| 2 | David | 4,425 |
| 2 | Jason | 4,425 |
| 4 | Christopher | 3,955 |
| 5 | Robert | 3,363 |
| 6 | Daniel | 3,328 |
| 7 | Brian | 2,940 |
| 8 | James | 2,933 |
| 9 | Matthew | 2,876 |
| 10 | John | 2,818 |
| 11 | Ryan | 2,487 |
| 12 | Joshua | 2,440 |
| 13 | Jose | 2,326 |
| 14 | Joseph | 2,301 |
| 15 | Richard | 2,095 |
| 16 | Eric | 2,031 |
| 17 | Anthony | 1,881 |
| 18 | Kevin | 1,836 |
| 19 | Steven | 1,681 |
| 20 | Jeremy | 1,664 |
| 21 | William | 1,657 |
| 22 | Jeffrey | 1,655 |
| 23 | Juan | 1,402 |
| 24 | Scott | 1,381 |
| 25 | Andrew | 1,366 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 26 | Mark | 1,327 |
| 27 | Aaron | 1,323 |
| 28 | Timothy | 1,296 |
| 29 | Paul | 1,286 |
| 30 | Justin | 1,265 |
| 31 | Thomas | 1,186 |
| 32 | Jonathan | 1,088 |
| 33 | Benjamin | 1,074 |
| 34 | Sean | 1,022 |
| 35 | Charles | 1,020 |
| 36 | Carlos | 958 |
| 37 | Adam | 947 |
| 38 | Brandon | 906 |
| 39 | Bryan | 905 |
| 40 | Gregory | 903 |
| 41 | Nathan | 867 |
| 42 | Jesse | 822 |
| 43 | Gabriel | 815 |
| 44 | Kenneth | 782 |
| 45 | Jesus | 779 |
| 46 | Stephen | 772 |
| 47 | Edward | 751 |
| 48 | Shawn | 712 |
| 49 | Luis | 703 |
| 50 | Jacob | 688 |
| 51 | Manuel | 676 |
| 52 | Nicholas | 675 |
| 53 | Patrick | 668 |
| 54 | Jorge | 643 |
| 55 | Victor | 626 |
| 56 | Miguel | 615 |
| 57 | Raymond | 585 |
| 58 | Francisco | 584 |
| 59 | Mario | 581 |
| 60 | Peter | 577 |
| 61 | Ricardo | 569 |
| 62 | George | 543 |
| 63 | Samuel | 538 |
| 64 | Donald | 535 |
| 64 | Ronald | 535 |
| 66 | Roberto | 532 |
| 67 | Antonio | 523 |
| 68 | Travis | 518 |
| 69 | Frank | 517 |
| 70 | Chad | 516 |
| 71 | Jaime | 502 |
| 72 | Oscar | 481 |
| 73 | Alejandro | 471 |
| 74 | Joel | 470 |
| 75 | Ruben | 469 |
| 76 | Todd | 468 |
| 77 | Fernando | 459 |
| 78 | Gary | 441 |
| 79 | Keith | 434 |
| 80 | Jeremiah | 428 |
| 81 | Erik | 426 |
| 82 | Phillip | 421 |
| 83 | Alexander | 416 |
| 84 | Jared | 414 |
| 85 | Shane | 413 |
| 86 | Adrian | 404 |
| 87 | Eduardo | 396 |
| 88 | Douglas | 393 |
| 89 | Dustin | 390 |
| 90 | Raul | 377 |
| 91 | Javier | 376 |
| 92 | Hector | 371 |
| 93 | Armando | 370 |
| 94 | Cesar | 367 |
| 95 | Larry | 364 |
| 96 | Dennis | 362 |
| 97 | Salvador | 342 |
| 98 | Arthur | 341 |
| 99 | Vincent | 340 |
| 100 | Sergio | 336 |