State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1915 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 35,835 California births in 1915 across 824 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#48Patricia#189 nationally
#93Antoniooutside the national top 200
#27Manuel#134 nationally
#92Angelina#199 nationally
#60Anita#164 nationally
#98Jeanne#198 nationally
#49Lorraine#141 nationally
#82Jose#174 nationally
#94Leland#185 nationally
#44Tony#130 nationally
#99Isabel#177 nationally
#89Douglas#158 nationally

Girls

#1Mary998US #1
#2Dorothy717US #3
#3Helen602US #2
#4Margaret535US #4
#5Ruth395US #5
#6Virginia345US #12
#7Frances332US #9
#8Evelyn326US #10
#9Alice282US #13
#10Elizabeth271US #8
#11Marie255US #11
#12Florence228US #14
#13Josephine220US #22
#14Eleanor219US #28
#15Barbara217US #83
#16Rose208US #16
#17Mildred196US #6
#18Marjorie189US #39
#19Betty181US #53
#20Louise174US #18
#21Bernice163US #42
#22Lillian159US #15
#23Jean158US #48
#24Grace155US #27
#25Lois153US #47
#26Doris152US #34
#27Edith148US #31
#28Esther148US #33
#29Irene146US #17
#30Hazel143US #26
#31Jane137US #69
#32Lucille130US #29
#33Marion127US #50
#34Anna125US #7
#35Catherine125US #19
#36Katherine125US #49
#37Thelma124US #30
#38Gladys113US #21
#39Edna112US #20
#40Ann110US #43
#41Marian109US #86
#42Martha107US #25
#43June105US #96
#44Pauline101US #32
#45Ethel100US #23
#46Elsie99US #41
#47Eva97US #55
#48Patricia94US #189
#49Lorraine93US #141
#50Lena88US #77
#51Phyllis88US #100
#52Gertrude87US #35
#53Vivian87US #78
#54Charlotte86US #81
#55Emma86US #40
#56Clara82US #38
#57Juanita82US #92
#58Ruby81US #24
#59Beatrice76US #37
#60Anita73US #164
#61Vera72US #65
#62Ellen71US #88
#63Genevieve71US #76
#64Anne70US #52
#65Laura70US #61
#66Geraldine68US #108
#67Ida67US #54
#68Violet67US #82
#69Kathleen65US #104
#70Pearl65US #56
#71Agnes64US #45
#72Maxine64US #98
#73Kathryn63US #60
#74Julia62US #44
#75Viola62US #59
#76Marguerite61US #85
#77Annie59US #36
#78Jennie59US #73
#79Mabel59US #62
#80Harriet58US #112
#81Maria58US #146
#82Wilma57US #80
#83Emily56US #99
#84Muriel56US #134
#85Jessie55US #66
#86Inez54US #101
#87Myrtle54US #58
#88Alma53US #70
#89Bertha53US #46
#90Nellie53US #63
#91Norma53US #118
#92Angelina52US #199
#93Winifred52US #143
#94Janet51US #158
#95Madeline51US #121
#96Theresa51US #93
#97Eileen50US #132
#98Jeanne50US #198
#99Isabel49US #177
#100Lucy47US #79

Boys

#1John1,033US #1
#2William886US #2
#3Robert840US #4
#4George631US #6
#5James530US #3
#6Frank523US #9
#7Charles448US #7
#8Joseph366US #5
#9Edward344US #8
#10Jack296US #27
#11Albert286US #17
#12Richard286US #15
#13Harold241US #12
#14Arthur240US #18
#15Walter231US #11
#16Thomas227US #10
#17Donald223US #20
#18Henry211US #14
#19Joe199US #38
#20Paul196US #13
#21Fred192US #26
#22Harry191US #19
#23Raymond179US #16
#24Louis168US #23
#25Ralph155US #21
#26Ernest153US #35
#27Manuel134US #134
#28Kenneth132US #28
#29David130US #31
#30Alfred126US #42
#31Roy126US #32
#32Carl125US #22
#33Lawrence119US #37
#34Howard116US #25
#35Francis115US #29
#36Peter106US #49
#37Eugene103US #41
#38Stanley97US #34
#39Herbert94US #40
#40Edwin93US #53
#41Melvin91US #60
#42Clarence88US #24
#43Elmer86US #45
#44Tony86US #130
#45Earl85US #33
#46Norman83US #50
#47Anthony74US #36
#48Lloyd74US #62
#49Leo73US #47
#50Leonard71US #44
#51Victor70US #74
#52Andrew68US #46
#53Philip67US #69
#54Daniel66US #55
#55Frederick66US #52
#56Theodore66US #64
#57Vernon66US #80
#58Ray58US #67
#59Willard58US #58
#60Vincent57US #65
#61Chester56US #54
#62Russell55US #51
#63Alvin53US #81
#64Samuel52US #39
#65Bernard51US #48
#66Clifford51US #61
#67Martin48US #79
#68Gordon47US #90
#69Sam47US #68
#70Everett46US #89
#71Leroy46US #66
#72Lester46US #57
#73Milton46US #73
#74Warren46US #105
#75Gilbert45US #100
#76Glenn44US #87
#77Lewis43US #70
#78Tom43US #142
#79Michael42US #43
#80Benjamin41US #71
#81Herman40US #56
#82Jose40US #174
#83Leslie39US #106
#84Cecil38US #76
#85Gerald37US #78
#86Floyd36US #59
#87Marvin36US #72
#88Ben35US #113
#89Douglas35US #158
#90Marion35US #112
#91Allen34US #99
#92Wayne34US #97
#93Antonio33
#94Leland33US #185
#95Mike33US #129
#96Arnold31US #91
#97Harvey31US #95
#98Lee31US #84
#99Leon31US #82
#100Wilbur31US #92

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑36Lorraine#49
↑26Lena#50
↑25Ruby#58
↑23Vernon#57
↑20Lewis#77
↑19Violet#68
↑18June#43
↑18Clara#56

Falling

↓33Alma#88
↓26Marguerite#76
↓24Floyd#86
↓23Emily#83
↓22Nellie#90
↓19Laura#65
↓17Thelma#37
↓17Beatrice#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.