State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1916 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,501 California births in 1916 across 857 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#44Patricia#174 nationally
#72Pete#196 nationally
#81Caroloutside the national top 200
#86Carmenoutside the national top 200
#92Constanceoutside the national top 200
#67Jose#175 nationally
#27Manuel#133 nationally
#53Anita#151 nationally
#87Jeanne#176 nationally
#49Tony#132 nationally
#71Dolores#146 nationally
#55Lorraine#128 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,091US #1
#2Dorothy754US #3
#3Margaret585US #4
#4Helen584US #2
#5Ruth417US #5
#6Frances396US #9
#7Virginia388US #10
#8Evelyn298US #11
#9Alice293US #13
#10Elizabeth281US #8
#11Marie246US #12
#12Marjorie241US #37
#13Rose229US #15
#14Eleanor224US #27
#15Barbara223US #74
#16Josephine217US #21
#17Florence216US #14
#18Betty209US #44
#19Jean197US #45
#20Doris190US #32
#21Mildred189US #6
#22June173US #86
#23Grace167US #26
#24Louise167US #18
#25Lillian151US #16
#26Bernice148US #42
#27Edith147US #28
#28Thelma147US #29
#29Lois146US #43
#30Lucille145US #30
#31Anna139US #7
#32Gladys138US #22
#33Elsie133US #48
#34Jane132US #62
#35Irene130US #17
#36Esther129US #34
#37Catherine127US #20
#38Katherine127US #51
#39Marion120US #47
#40Edna118US #19
#41Marian114US #72
#42Ann113US #40
#43Hazel111US #31
#44Patricia105US #174
#45Gertrude97US #35
#46Pauline96US #33
#47Ethel95US #25
#48Martha90US #24
#49Kathryn88US #60
#50Marguerite88US #78
#51Clara87US #39
#52Phyllis86US #95
#53Anita85US #151
#54Beatrice85US #38
#55Lorraine83US #128
#56Vera83US #66
#57Geraldine82US #94
#58Agnes81US #50
#59Vivian81US #77
#60Emma78US #41
#61Ida76US #54
#62Charlotte75US #80
#63Ruby74US #23
#64Anne72US #53
#65Mabel72US #65
#66Norma72US #111
#67Jessie71US #68
#68Viola69US #59
#69Wilma69US #82
#70Audrey68US #119
#71Dolores67US #146
#72Ellen67US #87
#73Pearl67US #57
#74Eva66US #55
#75Myrtle66US #58
#76Jennie65US #79
#77Nellie65US #61
#78Julia63US #46
#79Juanita61US #90
#80Kathleen60US #104
#81Carol59
#82Laura59US #64
#83Genevieve58US #76
#84Muriel58US #134
#85Violet58US #83
#86Carmen57
#87Jeanne57US #176
#88Olga56US #126
#89Alma55US #70
#90Maxine54US #96
#91Winifred54US #148
#92Constance53
#93Elaine51US #161
#94Emily51US #100
#95Lucy51US #84
#96Bertha49US #49
#97Harriet49US #106
#98Inez49US #107
#99Lena48US #85
#100Rita48US #67

Boys

#1John1,086US #1
#2Robert903US #4
#3William902US #2
#4George646US #7
#5James593US #3
#6Charles474US #6
#7Frank466US #9
#8Joseph352US #5
#9Jack349US #26
#10Edward342US #8
#11Richard299US #15
#12Donald253US #20
#13Albert252US #17
#14Arthur236US #18
#15Walter236US #11
#16Henry231US #14
#17Paul227US #12
#18Harold225US #13
#19Raymond215US #16
#20Thomas209US #10
#21Joe208US #35
#22Harry200US #19
#23Fred167US #29
#24Ralph164US #21
#25Ernest161US #36
#26Louis160US #22
#27Manuel139US #133
#28David136US #28
#29Kenneth135US #27
#30Alfred130US #43
#31Carl130US #23
#32Roy125US #33
#33Lawrence123US #38
#34Francis119US #31
#35Clarence114US #24
#36Howard112US #25
#37Eugene110US #39
#38Norman107US #48
#39Earl105US #32
#40Stanley105US #34
#41Edwin97US #53
#42Elmer94US #45
#43Lloyd91US #58
#44Herbert89US #40
#45Peter88US #50
#46Daniel80US #55
#47Leonard77US #42
#48Philip77US #70
#49Tony76US #132
#50Leo71US #47
#51Vernon70US #75
#52Frederick69US #52
#53Victor65US #78
#54Melvin63US #57
#55Andrew62US #46
#56Chester62US #54
#57Theodore62US #65
#58Sam59US #74
#59Russell57US #51
#60Anthony56US #37
#61Gerald56US #76
#62Clifford55US #61
#63Samuel55US #41
#64Warren55US #102
#65Glenn54US #84
#66Ray53US #73
#67Jose52US #175
#68Bernard51US #49
#69Milton50US #72
#70Alvin49US #82
#71Martin48US #81
#72Pete47US #196
#73Lester46US #59
#74Clyde45US #62
#75Gordon45US #90
#76Leslie45US #112
#77Lewis45US #71
#78Marvin45US #66
#79Mike44US #125
#80Vincent43US #67
#81Edgar42US #88
#82Ben41US #119
#83Bill41US #147
#84Wilbur41US #94
#85Floyd39US #60
#86Leroy39US #63
#87Willard39US #69
#88Allen38US #101
#89Hugh37US #96
#90Don36US #160
#91Nicholas36US #107
#92Tom35US #139
#93Arnold34US #89
#94Everett33US #91
#95Herman33US #56
#96Michael33US #44
#97Woodrow33US #64
#98Alexander31US #99
#99Eddie31US #114
#100Phillip31US #166

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑26Marguerite#50
↑25Norma#66
↑24Kathryn#49
↑24Gerald#61
↑21June#22
↑18Jessie#67
↑16Mike#79
↑16Wilbur#84

Falling

↓49Lena#99
↓28Willard#87
↓27Eva#74
↓24Everett#94
↓22Juanita#79
↓20Genevieve#83
↓20Vincent#80
↓18Maxine#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.