Most popular girls’ names in California, 1998

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jessica	2,847
2	Ashley	2,721
3	Emily	2,671
4	Samantha	2,668
5	Jennifer	2,561
6	Sarah	2,139
7	Alexis	2,074
8	Vanessa	1,973
9	Alyssa	1,962
10	Stephanie	1,951
11	Elizabeth	1,942
12	Jasmine	1,711
13	Hannah	1,692
14	Maria	1,650
15	Natalie	1,531
16	Madison	1,439
17	Victoria	1,430
18	Kimberly	1,401
19	Taylor	1,376
20	Melissa	1,360
21	Brianna	1,332
22	Amanda	1,331
23	Diana	1,324
24	Michelle	1,285
25	Nicole	1,284

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Andrea	1,258
27	Lauren	1,250
28	Megan	1,127
29	Alexandra	1,100
30	Rachel	1,095
31	Kayla	1,092
32	Julia	1,072
33	Leslie	1,043
34	Daisy	1,030
35	Emma	1,018
36	Katherine	994
37	Esmeralda	960
38	Destiny	954
39	Jacqueline	900
40	Jocelyn	897
41	Danielle	879
42	Rebecca	877
43	Sabrina	875
44	Abigail	841
45	Cynthia	839
46	Angelica	830
47	Crystal	827
48	Alejandra	826
49	Karina	817
50	Sophia	808
51	Monica	806
52	Olivia	805
53	Brenda	786
54	Gabriela	771
55	Brittany	735
55	Sara	735
57	Isabella	731
58	Amber	724
59	Adriana	720
60	Marissa	709
61	Isabel	707
62	Briana	692
63	Savannah	668
64	Sierra	656
65	Tiffany	654
66	Sydney	653
67	Alondra	652
68	Karen	651
68	Mariah	651
70	Allison	638
71	Evelyn	633
72	Guadalupe	625
73	Valerie	608
74	Christina	601
75	Laura	600
76	Ana	595
77	Cassandra	592
78	Ariana	587
79	Veronica	577
80	Kaitlyn	575
81	Madeline	574
82	Jordan	565
83	Alicia	563
84	Angela	562
85	Haley	556
86	Amy	548
87	Grace	543
88	Erika	538
89	Jasmin	534
90	Nancy	526
91	Morgan	524
92	Anna	521
93	Brooke	511
94	Karla	509
95	Giselle	508
96	Kelly	498
97	Breanna	488
98	Claire	479
99	Gabrielle	477
100	Chloe	474