Most popular girls’ names in California, 1997
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Jessica | 3,218 |
| 2 | Jennifer | 2,817 |
| 3 | Ashley | 2,633 |
| 4 | Emily | 2,539 |
| 5 | Samantha | 2,496 |
| 6 | Sarah | 2,172 |
| 7 | Stephanie | 2,171 |
| 8 | Elizabeth | 2,001 |
| 9 | Vanessa | 2,000 |
| 10 | Alexis | 1,953 |
| 11 | Maria | 1,847 |
| 12 | Jasmine | 1,795 |
| 13 | Alyssa | 1,735 |
| 14 | Melissa | 1,732 |
| 15 | Hannah | 1,637 |
| 16 | Kimberly | 1,583 |
| 17 | Victoria | 1,451 |
| 18 | Taylor | 1,424 |
| 19 | Amanda | 1,415 |
| 20 | Lauren | 1,371 |
| 21 | Michelle | 1,360 |
| 22 | Natalie | 1,356 |
| 23 | Madison | 1,350 |
| 24 | Megan | 1,332 |
| 25 | Diana | 1,275 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 26 | Andrea | 1,251 |
| 27 | Brianna | 1,242 |
| 28 | Nicole | 1,218 |
| 29 | Jacqueline | 1,189 |
| 30 | Rachel | 1,165 |
| 31 | Sabrina | 1,157 |
| 32 | Kayla | 1,113 |
| 33 | Alexandra | 1,083 |
| 34 | Daisy | 1,029 |
| 35 | Katherine | 1,012 |
| 36 | Rebecca | 991 |
| 37 | Julia | 959 |
| 38 | Danielle | 947 |
| 39 | Leslie | 930 |
| 40 | Jocelyn | 918 |
| 41 | Monica | 914 |
| 42 | Crystal | 894 |
| 43 | Cynthia | 884 |
| 44 | Alondra | 878 |
| 44 | Angelica | 878 |
| 46 | Marissa | 843 |
| 47 | Alejandra | 839 |
| 48 | Gabriela | 831 |
| 49 | Brittany | 825 |
| 50 | Karina | 824 |
| 51 | Brenda | 823 |
| 52 | Olivia | 796 |
| 53 | Sara | 782 |
| 54 | Destiny | 781 |
| 55 | Christina | 761 |
| 56 | Amber | 747 |
| 57 | Sophia | 726 |
| 58 | Abigail | 724 |
| 59 | Emma | 716 |
| 60 | Ana | 704 |
| 61 | Briana | 688 |
| 62 | Sydney | 684 |
| 63 | Karen | 683 |
| 64 | Adriana | 680 |
| 65 | Guadalupe | 677 |
| 66 | Sierra | 671 |
| 67 | Laura | 664 |
| 68 | Cassandra | 661 |
| 69 | Savannah | 637 |
| 70 | Haley | 633 |
| 71 | Veronica | 632 |
| 72 | Anna | 631 |
| 72 | Tiffany | 631 |
| 74 | Evelyn | 629 |
| 75 | Angela | 610 |
| 75 | Valerie | 610 |
| 77 | Amy | 609 |
| 78 | Alicia | 606 |
| 79 | Isabel | 597 |
| 80 | Mariah | 590 |
| 81 | Esmeralda | 586 |
| 82 | Bianca | 582 |
| 83 | Kelly | 569 |
| 84 | Allison | 565 |
| 85 | Yesenia | 563 |
| 86 | Morgan | 562 |
| 87 | Ariana | 551 |
| 88 | Nancy | 549 |
| 89 | Miranda | 547 |
| 90 | Erika | 546 |
| 91 | Jordan | 545 |
| 92 | Brooke | 540 |
| 93 | Karla | 537 |
| 94 | Courtney | 525 |
| 95 | Isabella | 518 |
| 96 | Breanna | 517 |
| 97 | Jasmin | 515 |
| 98 | Erica | 510 |
| 99 | Gabrielle | 503 |
| 100 | Madeline | 501 |