State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1913 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,094 California births in 1913 across 609 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#74Leland#200 nationally
#86Carmenoutside the national top 200
#77Patricia#190 nationally
#88Pete#199 nationally
#85Anita#193 nationally
#90Bert#197 nationally
#66June#163 nationally
#88Isabel#177 nationally
#59Tony#147 nationally
#78Dolores#165 nationally
#39Manuel#125 nationally
#84Shirley#169 nationally

Girls

#1Mary584US #1
#2Dorothy510US #3
#3Helen376US #2
#4Margaret356US #4
#5Ruth243US #5
#6Frances231US #9
#7Virginia223US #15
#8Elizabeth210US #8
#9Alice202US #11
#10Marie199US #10
#11Evelyn187US #12
#12Mildred151US #6
#13Florence149US #13
#14Rose146US #14
#15Marjorie137US #48
#16Edna125US #18
#17Eleanor122US #34
#18Josephine117US #24
#19Barbara112US #94
#20Bernice110US #45
#21Louise110US #17
#22Lillian108US #16
#23Katherine102US #54
#24Thelma101US #26
#25Grace99US #25
#26Edith97US #29
#27Hazel93US #27
#28Jean93US #60
#29Esther92US #32
#30Doris89US #44
#31Irene87US #21
#32Anna86US #7
#33Betty85US #67
#34Catherine83US #22
#35Lois83US #59
#36Martha83US #28
#37Jane81US #81
#38Ann78US #46
#39Lucille77US #31
#40Ethel74US #20
#41Gladys74US #19
#42Gertrude73US #33
#43Pauline73US #35
#44Eva71US #50
#45Elsie70US #40
#46Marion66US #51
#47Vivian65US #83
#48Beatrice63US #37
#49Marian62US #93
#50Ruby59US #23
#51Vera59US #68
#52Charlotte58US #87
#53Kathryn57US #66
#54Emma56US #38
#55Agnes55US #41
#56Clara55US #36
#57Lena54US #73
#58Violet54US #82
#59Marguerite53US #78
#60Jessie50US #61
#61Laura48US #62
#62Alma47US #64
#63Bertha47US #39
#64Ellen47US #88
#65Mabel47US #56
#66June46US #163
#67Viola46US #52
#68Anne45US #57
#69Maria45US #133
#70Phyllis45US #122
#71Ida44US #49
#72Julia44US #42
#73Pearl43US #55
#74Jennie42US #80
#75Geraldine41US #121
#76Juanita41US #95
#77Patricia41US #190
#78Dolores40US #165
#79Theresa39US #97
#80Lorraine38US #160
#81Lucy38US #77
#82Myrtle37US #53
#83Nellie37US #58
#84Shirley37US #169
#85Anita36US #193
#86Carmen36
#87Muriel36US #137
#88Isabel35US #177
#89Madeline35US #117
#90Maxine35US #119
#91Alberta34US #108
#92Blanche34US #76
#93Ella33US #70
#94Emily33US #99
#95Kathleen33US #110
#96Nancy33US #102
#97Velma33US #89
#98Wilma33US #92
#99Winifred33US #157
#100Genevieve32US #84

Boys

#1John614US #1
#2William528US #2
#3Robert462US #4
#4George401US #6
#5Frank337US #9
#6James321US #3
#7Charles284US #7
#8Edward225US #8
#9Joseph210US #5
#10Jack166US #28
#11Richard165US #19
#12Arthur156US #17
#13Thomas152US #10
#14Walter152US #11
#15Albert140US #16
#16Harry140US #15
#17Harold136US #13
#18Fred133US #27
#19Raymond130US #18
#20Henry129US #12
#21Paul122US #14
#22Donald120US #25
#23Ralph107US #22
#24Carl101US #23
#25Joe99US #37
#26Louis98US #20
#27Howard88US #26
#28Alfred87US #42
#29Kenneth83US #33
#30Lawrence81US #35
#31Roy79US #32
#32Francis76US #30
#33Earl75US #31
#34Ernest73US #34
#35Eugene71US #43
#36Clarence70US #21
#37David63US #29
#38Herbert62US #39
#39Manuel60US #125
#40Anthony57US #38
#41Lloyd56US #67
#42Edwin54US #55
#43Norman54US #57
#44Stanley51US #41
#45Daniel50US #54
#46Ray50US #73
#47Vincent48US #66
#48Peter47US #51
#49Elmer42US #45
#50Frederick42US #49
#51Leonard42US #46
#52Theodore42US #60
#53Samuel40US #36
#54Alvin39US #82
#55Gordon38US #94
#56Glenn37US #85
#57Leo37US #48
#58Philip37US #69
#59Tony37US #147
#60Lester36US #59
#61Vernon36US #83
#62Andrew35US #47
#63Chester35US #56
#64Clifford35US #68
#65Milton35US #71
#66Russell35US #50
#67Melvin34US #61
#68Gerald33US #84
#69Leslie31US #105
#70Victor31US #80
#71Warren30US #109
#72Sam27US #65
#73Floyd26US #58
#74Leland26US #200
#75Marvin26US #77
#76Herman25US #53
#77Arnold24US #92
#78Everett24US #97
#79Lee24US #78
#80Maurice24US #95
#81Michael24US #40
#82Wesley24US #133
#83Angelo23US #153
#84Ben23US #108
#85Edgar23US #87
#86Martin23US #75
#87Mike23US #145
#88Pete23US #199
#89Rudolph23US #139
#90Bert22US #197
#91Jose22US #161
#92Leroy22US #63
#93Cecil21US #74
#94Clyde21US #64
#95Bernard20US #52
#96Bruce20US #175
#97Harvey20US #93
#98Lewis20US #72
#99Patrick20US #148
#100Marion19US #111

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑34Jessie#60
↑33Jane#37
↑33Vincent#47
↑32Alvin#54
↑31Vera#51
↑23Warren#71
↑20Gerald#68
↑19June#66

Falling

↓56Genevieve#100
↓31Clyde#94
↓30Isabel#88
↓25Anita#85
↓24Nellie#83
↓24Lewis#98
↓22Jose#91
↓21Kathleen#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.