State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1912 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,946 California births in 1912 across 554 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#77Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#60Anita#182 nationally
#75Patricia#195 nationally
#58Isabel#175 nationally
#84Claireoutside the national top 200
#85Juneoutside the national top 200
#93Eileenoutside the national top 200
#95Antoniooutside the national top 200
#96Carmenoutside the national top 200
#35Manuel#137 nationally
#99Peteoutside the national top 200
#77Lorraine#176 nationally

Girls

#1Mary534US #1
#2Dorothy406US #3
#3Helen321US #2
#4Margaret280US #4
#5Ruth221US #5
#6Frances184US #9
#7Alice181US #11
#8Virginia175US #20
#9Evelyn174US #13
#10Elizabeth172US #8
#11Marie157US #10
#12Mildred146US #6
#13Florence141US #12
#14Rose127US #15
#15Josephine107US #28
#16Edith103US #31
#17Grace102US #24
#18Edna100US #16
#19Marjorie98US #56
#20Eleanor95US #39
#21Doris93US #48
#22Louise93US #17
#23Gladys87US #19
#24Lucille86US #32
#25Hazel85US #25
#26Lillian82US #14
#27Irene80US #22
#28Anna76US #7
#29Bernice76US #51
#30Ethel76US #18
#31Esther73US #33
#32Barbara72US #102
#33Gertrude72US #30
#34Katherine72US #53
#35Thelma72US #26
#36Lois71US #63
#37Catherine70US #21
#38Elsie63US #42
#39Jean62US #64
#40Betty60US #66
#41Marion59US #55
#42Emma56US #35
#43Laura56US #57
#44Genevieve53US #92
#45Pauline53US #38
#46Clara52US #34
#47Marguerite52US #79
#48Martha52US #29
#49Ann51US #47
#50Mabel50US #46
#51Beatrice49US #37
#52Ruby47US #23
#53Marian46US #93
#54Agnes43US #40
#55Vivian43US #84
#56Charlotte42US #91
#57Eva42US #49
#58Isabel42US #175
#59Nellie40US #59
#60Anita39US #182
#61Anne39US #58
#62Bertha39US #36
#63Viola39US #52
#64Kathryn38US #71
#65Maria38US #133
#66Julia37US #44
#67Lena37US #72
#68Alma36US #62
#69Geraldine36US #122
#70Jane36US #89
#71Maxine36US #134
#72Ellen35US #86
#73Georgia35US #101
#74Kathleen35US #118
#75Patricia35US #195
#76Juanita34US #103
#77Lorraine34US #176
#78Roberta34US #157
#79Emily33US #105
#80Phyllis33US #140
#81Ida32US #45
#82Vera32US #68
#83Verna32US #126
#84Claire31
#85June31
#86Madeline31US #124
#87Dolores30US #185
#88Myrtle30US #50
#89Pearl30US #54
#90Velma30US #88
#91Jennie29US #81
#92Sarah29US #41
#93Eileen28
#94Jessie28US #65
#95Winifred28US #162
#96Carmen27
#97Olive27US #131
#98Victoria27US #150
#99Blanche26US #75
#100Harriet26US #113

Boys

#1John501US #1
#2William412US #2
#3Robert350US #4
#4George307US #6
#5James257US #3
#6Frank253US #9
#7Charles222US #7
#8Joseph204US #5
#9Edward180US #8
#10Jack144US #28
#11Richard141US #19
#12Albert136US #17
#13Harold124US #13
#14Walter120US #11
#15Thomas117US #10
#16Donald113US #27
#17Raymond111US #18
#18Henry108US #12
#19Fred107US #26
#20Paul107US #14
#21Harry100US #16
#22Joe94US #36
#23Arthur87US #15
#24Kenneth81US #33
#25Alfred80US #40
#26Louis80US #20
#27Ernest76US #32
#28Howard76US #25
#29Ralph72US #23
#30Carl68US #24
#31Clarence67US #21
#32David56US #29
#33Edwin56US #54
#34Lawrence56US #38
#35Manuel54US #137
#36Herbert51US #39
#37Stanley51US #43
#38Earl50US #34
#39Francis50US #35
#40Eugene48US #41
#41Peter47US #48
#42Roy46US #31
#43Philip42US #69
#44Leonard39US #45
#45Ray39US #77
#46Theodore37US #52
#47Norman36US #61
#48Anthony35US #37
#49Frederick35US #51
#50Daniel34US #53
#51Glenn34US #84
#52Leo34US #49
#53Floyd33US #59
#54Lloyd33US #70
#55Vernon33US #90
#56Victor33US #81
#57Wilbur33US #92
#58Elmer32US #47
#59Leslie30US #108
#60Melvin29US #71
#61Tony29US #153
#62Andrew28US #44
#63Clyde27US #65
#64Gordon27US #93
#65Russell27US #56
#66Lester26US #58
#67Samuel24US #30
#68Herman23US #50
#69Jose23US #163
#70Martin23US #75
#71Michael23US #42
#72Clifford22US #62
#73Gilbert21US #115
#74Lewis21US #68
#75Maurice21US #95
#76Chester20US #55
#77Laurence20
#78Milton20US #64
#79Tom20US #124
#80Vincent20US #72
#81Leroy19US #66
#82Sam19US #63
#83Willard19US #105
#84Benjamin18US #67
#85Bernard18US #60
#86Alvin17US #86
#87Everett17US #96
#88Gerald17US #87
#89Marion17US #112
#90Mike17US #144
#91Phillip17US #189
#92Rudolph17US #141
#93Sidney17US #80
#94Warren17US #107
#95Antonio16
#96Claude16US #89
#97Lee16US #78
#98Leon16US #79
#99Pete16
#100Wesley16US #134

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑40Charlotte#56
↑37Glenn#51
↑31Laura#43
↑31Isabel#58
↑27Genevieve#44
↑24Georgia#73
↑23Theodore#46
↑20Edith#16

Falling

↓36Jennie#91
↓35Ida#81
↓32Vera#82
↓32Alvin#86
↓30Jane#70
↓30Dolores#87
↓29Sam#82
↓28Jessie#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.