State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1914 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,925 California births in 1914 across 701 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#64Patriciaoutside the national top 200
#72Anita#186 nationally
#82Pete#194 nationally
#89Jeanneoutside the national top 200
#90Carmenoutside the national top 200
#96Lelandoutside the national top 200
#32Manuel#128 nationally
#46Tony#138 nationally
#88Don#173 nationally
#78Jose#160 nationally
#75Dolores#155 nationally
#61June#132 nationally

Girls

#1Mary773US #1
#2Dorothy564US #3
#3Helen471US #2
#4Margaret394US #4
#5Ruth294US #5
#6Frances269US #9
#7Evelyn258US #11
#8Virginia247US #14
#9Elizabeth225US #8
#10Marie213US #10
#11Alice212US #12
#12Florence189US #13
#13Mildred186US #7
#14Barbara172US #82
#15Rose165US #15
#16Marjorie163US #45
#17Eleanor158US #28
#18Lillian149US #16
#19Josephine144US #23
#20Thelma129US #26
#21Jean127US #54
#22Louise126US #17
#23Betty118US #62
#24Doris116US #36
#25Edith111US #31
#26Grace110US #25
#27Irene106US #22
#28Gladys105US #20
#29Lois103US #51
#30Lucille103US #30
#31Bernice102US #43
#32Catherine102US #18
#33Hazel100US #29
#34Katherine100US #48
#35Esther98US #35
#36Anna95US #6
#37Edna94US #19
#38Elsie89US #46
#39Gertrude85US #32
#40Martha84US #27
#41Marion79US #50
#42Beatrice78US #38
#43Pauline77US #34
#44Ethel73US #21
#45Jane71US #71
#46Laura70US #59
#47Vivian69US #81
#48Ann65US #40
#49Emma65US #39
#50Marguerite65US #84
#51Anne62US #53
#52Ida62US #49
#53Marian61US #90
#54Geraldine58US #123
#55Alma57US #69
#56Juanita57US #94
#57Vera57US #68
#58Eva56US #52
#59Genevieve56US #76
#60Emily55US #98
#61June55US #132
#62Kathryn55US #63
#63Mabel55US #58
#64Patricia55
#65Phyllis55US #113
#66Charlotte54US #88
#67Muriel54US #133
#68Nellie53US #61
#69Viola53US #57
#70Ellen51US #86
#71Agnes50US #44
#72Anita49US #186
#73Bertha49US #41
#74Clara49US #37
#75Dolores49US #155
#76Lena49US #75
#77Pearl48US #56
#78Blanche47US #80
#79Norma47US #128
#80Jessie46US #64
#81Kathleen46US #110
#82Maxine46US #114
#83Ruby45US #24
#84Julia44US #42
#85Lorraine43US #152
#86Myrtle43US #60
#87Violet42US #83
#88Eileen41US #159
#89Jeanne40
#90Carmen39
#91Inez38US #101
#92Sarah37US #47
#93Olga36US #136
#94Wilma36US #95
#95Winifred35US #161
#96Jennie34US #77
#97Maria33US #135
#98Roberta33US #158
#99Leona32US #79
#100Madeline32US #116

Boys

#1John769US #1
#2William646US #2
#3Robert602US #4
#4George488US #6
#5James414US #3
#6Frank390US #9
#7Charles338US #7
#8Edward306US #8
#9Joseph287US #5
#10Jack229US #27
#11Richard202US #17
#12Albert201US #15
#13Walter191US #10
#14Henry178US #12
#15Thomas175US #11
#16Donald172US #23
#17Fred170US #28
#18Harold166US #14
#19Raymond154US #16
#20Paul151US #13
#21Harry150US #19
#22Arthur148US #18
#23Louis142US #20
#24Joe141US #34
#25Kenneth122US #30
#26David121US #29
#27Alfred118US #41
#28Ralph112US #21
#29Ernest109US #38
#30Lawrence98US #35
#31Roy96US #32
#32Manuel94US #128
#33Howard93US #26
#34Stanley92US #39
#35Carl89US #24
#36Francis84US #31
#37Eugene83US #43
#38Clarence82US #22
#39Earl75US #33
#40Elmer72US #46
#41Anthony68US #37
#42Edwin66US #53
#43Frederick65US #52
#44Andrew63US #44
#45Herbert63US #42
#46Tony62US #138
#47Norman60US #54
#48Russell60US #49
#49Leonard58US #45
#50Ray56US #74
#51Lloyd54US #66
#52Peter54US #48
#53Victor53US #76
#54Gordon48US #88
#55Leo48US #47
#56Philip48US #68
#57Martin47US #73
#58Melvin47US #59
#59Milton47US #69
#60Vincent47US #61
#61Daniel43US #55
#62Floyd42US #58
#63Theodore42US #64
#64Everett40US #90
#65Lester39US #57
#66Leroy38US #60
#67Clifford37US #62
#68Leslie37US #103
#69Samuel37US #36
#70Willard37US #92
#71Glenn36US #91
#72Warren36US #108
#73Bernard35US #50
#74Michael35US #40
#75Herman34US #51
#76Chester33US #56
#77Gerald33US #81
#78Jose33US #160
#79Gilbert32US #104
#80Vernon32US #83
#81Alvin31US #78
#82Pete30US #194
#83Benjamin29US #70
#84Sam29US #67
#85Angelo28US #146
#86Claude28US #93
#87Clyde28US #63
#88Don28US #173
#89Wallace28US #127
#90Tom27US #137
#91Wilbur27US #96
#92Harvey26US #95
#93Lee26US #84
#94Mike26US #129
#95Arnold25US #97
#96Leland24
#97Lewis24US #72
#98Oliver24US #122
#99Alexander23US #98
#100Marion23US #115

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑41Genevieve#59
↑34Emily#60
↑29Martin#57
↑26Leroy#66
↑22Bernard#73
↑21Geraldine#54
↑20Juanita#56
↑20Muriel#67

Falling

↓33Ruby#83
↓29Violet#87
↓28Maria#97
↓27Alvin#81
↓22Jennie#96
↓22Leland#96
↓21Edna#37
↓20Jessie#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.