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Top names in California

Name: Top baby names in California, 1910
Creator: Social Security Administration

The names most likely to appear on 1910 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,163 California births in 1910 across 360 distinct names.

Distinctively California

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say California more than they say America.

#58Anita#195 nationally
#66Jesusoutside the national top 200
#47Antonio#180 nationally
#76Geneoutside the national top 200
#80Patriciaoutside the national top 200
#82Carmenoutside the national top 200
#73Bert#190 nationally
#85Doloresoutside the national top 200
#40Tony#151 nationally
#91Ramonaoutside the national top 200
#79Muriel#187 nationally
#93Ronaldoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary295US #1
#2Helen239US #2
#3Dorothy220US #4
#4Margaret163US #3
#5Frances134US #11
#6Ruth128US #5
#7Evelyn126US #17
#8Alice118US #10
#9Virginia101US #29
#10Elizabeth93US #7
#11Florence93US #12
#12Marie90US #9
#13Mildred90US #8
#14Rose74US #16
#15Hazel68US #24
#16Louise67US #20
#17Josephine66US #30
#18Lucille66US #31
#19Grace65US #23
#20Gladys63US #15
#21Edna62US #18
#22Eleanor60US #55
#23Marjorie60US #68
#24Bernice59US #58
#25Thelma59US #25
#26Edith58US #35
#27Doris56US #64
#28Irene56US #21
#29Lillian55US #14
#30Catherine53US #22
#31Ethel52US #13
#32Anna51US #6
#33Ann47US #52
#34Esther44US #38
#35Marion43US #59
#36Katherine41US #57
#37Betty40US #69
#38Elsie40US #44
#39Gertrude39US #26
#40Mabel39US #46
#41Beatrice37US #36
#42Clara37US #32
#43Marian37US #106
#44Violet36US #89
#45Jean35US #77
#46Laura34US #53
#47Jessie32US #63
#48Lois32US #76
#49Marguerite32US #84
#50Mae31US #65
#51Myrtle30US #43
#52Pauline30US #42
#53Ruby30US #27
#54Emma29US #34
#55Eva29US #45
#56Genevieve29US #98
#57Sarah29US #40
#58Anita28US #195
#59Ida28US #47
#60Julia28US #49
#61Martha28US #28
#62Viola28US #48
#63Bertha27US #33
#64Charlotte26US #99
#65Pearl26US #39
#66Barbara25US #136
#67Juanita25US #115
#68Vera25US #71
#69Alma24US #61
#70Ellen24US #88
#71Kathleen24US #131
#72Kathryn24US #80
#73Lena24US #66
#74Maria24US #132
#75Agnes23US #41
#76Anne23US #67
#77Norma23US #159
#78Jennie22US #81
#79Muriel22US #187
#80Patricia22
#81Vivian22US #107
#82Carmen20
#83Isabel20US #176
#84Nellie20US #51
#85Dolores19
#86May19US #138
#87Ella18US #62
#88Emily18US #110
#89Geraldine18US #148
#90Henrietta18US #153
#91Ramona18
#92Adeline17US #172
#93Annie17US #19
#94Claire17
#95Jane17US #116
#96Lorraine17
#97Madeline17US #145
#98Maxine17US #171
#99Bessie16US #37
#100Georgia16US #91

Boys

#1John237US #1
#2William170US #3
#3James159US #2
#4Robert141US #4
#5George138US #5
#6Frank113US #8
#7Joseph101US #6
#8Charles99US #7
#9Edward80US #9
#10Jack60US #23
#11Richard56US #21
#12Raymond55US #19
#13Albert52US #14
#14Harold51US #18
#15Henry51US #10
#16Louis50US #24
#17Walter50US #13
#18Arthur48US #17
#19Thomas47US #12
#20Harry45US #16
#21Joe41US #25
#22Paul37US #15
#23Ernest36US #31
#24Fred36US #22
#25Donald33US #44
#26Clarence31US #20
#27Manuel31US #107
#28Francis30US #36
#29Alfred27US #38
#30Carl26US #26
#31Ralph26US #28
#32Roy26US #29
#33Lawrence24US #35
#34Anthony23US #37
#35Eugene23US #39
#36Howard23US #27
#37Kenneth22US #43
#38Elmer21US #48
#39Andrew20US #42
#40Tony20US #151
#41David19US #30
#42Earl19US #33
#43Leonard19US #46
#44Melvin19US #75
#45Victor19US #90
#46Ray18US #68
#47Antonio16US #180
#48Edwin16US #71
#49Jose16US #134
#50Samuel16US #32
#51Glenn15US #97
#52Stanley15US #47
#53Clifford14US #66
#54Frederick14US #69
#55Norman14US #63
#56Everett13US #88
#57Herbert13US #41
#58Lee13US #49
#59Lloyd13US #67
#60Michael13US #45
#61Clyde12US #57
#62Patrick12US #129
#63Peter12US #56
#64Philip12US #83
#65Daniel11US #53
#66Jesus11
#67Leon11US #81
#68Lewis11US #65
#69Milton11US #76
#70Sam11US #40
#71Theodore11US #54
#72Bernard10US #62
#73Bert10US #190
#74Cecil10US #77
#75Chester10US #61
#76Gene10
#77Herman10US #52
#78Leo10US #51
#79Leroy10US #50
#80Phillip10US #174
#81Vernon10US #94
#82Wilbur10US #104
#83Bill9US #124
#84Gilbert9US #116
#85Gordon9US #120
#86Mike9US #143
#87Allen8US #92
#88Ben8US #79
#89Gerald8US #105
#90Harvey8US #89
#91Juan8US #183
#92Lester8US #64
#93Ronald8
#94Ted8
#95Carlos7
#96Jerry7US #131
#97Leslie7US #102
#98Martin7US #86
#99Maurice7US #110
#100Vincent7US #99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880.