Most popular girls’ names in California, 1996

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jessica	3,839
2	Ashley	2,697
3	Stephanie	2,639
4	Jennifer	2,529
5	Emily	2,473
6	Samantha	2,468
7	Sarah	2,286
8	Vanessa	2,164
9	Elizabeth	2,160
10	Maria	2,146
11	Alexis	1,887
12	Jasmine	1,782
13	Kimberly	1,746
14	Melissa	1,731
15	Amanda	1,650
16	Alyssa	1,552
17	Michelle	1,511
18	Hannah	1,494
19	Rachel	1,452
20	Taylor	1,420
21	Andrea	1,373
22	Victoria	1,369
23	Natalie	1,352
24	Megan	1,337
25	Jacqueline	1,321

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Brianna	1,297
27	Lauren	1,269
28	Nicole	1,262
29	Alexandra	1,242
30	Daisy	1,199
31	Sabrina	1,191
32	Kayla	1,172
33	Cynthia	1,138
34	Madison	1,136
35	Rebecca	1,114
36	Karina	1,100
37	Danielle	1,069
38	Diana	1,062
39	Katherine	1,040
40	Brenda	1,002
41	Monica	990
42	Brittany	977
43	Angelica	945
44	Marissa	935
45	Jocelyn	921
46	Alondra	916
47	Christina	874
48	Crystal	869
49	Gabriela	859
50	Alejandra	852
51	Julia	843
52	Savannah	838
53	Amber	823
54	Sara	817
55	Courtney	809
56	Leslie	796
57	Karen	790
58	Ana	748
59	Tiffany	746
60	Nancy	743
61	Veronica	723
62	Briana	721
63	Laura	710
64	Adriana	707
65	Destiny	704
66	Mariah	698
67	Erika	688
68	Sierra	686
69	Olivia	683
70	Abigail	674
71	Haley	673
72	Yesenia	665
73	Sydney	661
74	Amy	658
75	Guadalupe	653
76	Cassandra	644
77	Evelyn	639
78	Anna	638
79	Alicia	617
80	Angela	616
81	Bianca	612
82	Emma	609
83	Jasmin	586
84	Kelly	583
85	Allison	575
86	Erica	573
87	Brooke	570
88	Valerie	565
89	Cindy	556
90	Sandra	553
90	Shelby	553
92	Breanna	545
93	Morgan	544
94	Ariana	543
95	Kaitlyn	535
96	Kelsey	527
97	Cheyenne	519
98	Karla	516
99	Sophia	512
100	Mary	500