State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1919 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,119 California births in 1919 across 961 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#65Jesusoutside the national top 200
#73Carmenoutside the national top 200
#77Lupeoutside the national top 200
#89Antoniooutside the national top 200
#90Peteoutside the national top 200
#89Isabel#196 nationally
#94Salvadoroutside the national top 200
#98Juanoutside the national top 200
#100Betteoutside the national top 200
#38Tony#136 nationally
#99Leland#192 nationally
#26Manuel#118 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,205US #1
#2Dorothy870US #3
#3Helen657US #2
#4Margaret612US #4
#5Ruth456US #5
#6Virginia451US #7
#7Frances421US #9
#8Betty417US #15
#9Barbara414US #60
#10Evelyn359US #11
#11Alice321US #13
#12Marie290US #12
#13Mildred283US #6
#14Jean278US #37
#15Elizabeth277US #8
#16Florence257US #14
#17Doris254US #18
#18Marjorie250US #33
#19Rose230US #19
#20Eleanor229US #30
#21Josephine212US #26
#22Lois204US #40
#23June200US #64
#24Esther189US #38
#25Lorraine186US #62
#26Patricia185US #114
#27Lillian172US #17
#28Grace169US #34
#29Lucille161US #27
#30Louise155US #20
#31Jane150US #53
#32Bernice143US #42
#33Catherine143US #23
#34Irene143US #16
#35Phyllis139US #84
#36Thelma136US #31
#37Anna134US #10
#38Marian134US #82
#39Edith132US #29
#40Gladys131US #21
#41Elsie127US #47
#42Hazel127US #32
#43Martha125US #25
#44Geraldine123US #68
#45Marion122US #44
#46Edna121US #22
#47Jeanne115US #130
#48Norma115US #83
#49Violet113US #74
#50Vivian108US #72
#51Katherine107US #51
#52Maria106US #138
#53Ethel104US #28
#54Ann100US #49
#55Pauline100US #36
#56Anita93US #146
#57Eva93US #55
#58Dolores90US #124
#59Clara89US #43
#60Juanita89US #73
#61Charlotte88US #79
#62Ruby88US #24
#63Anne87US #63
#64Vera87US #65
#65Beatrice86US #41
#66Rita86US #54
#67Pearl85US #56
#68Gertrude84US #39
#69Lucy84US #91
#70Ellen82US #92
#71Alma81US #76
#72Shirley80US #89
#73Carmen79
#74Emma79US #45
#75Kathryn78US #66
#76Genevieve77US #88
#77Lupe76
#78Audrey74US #115
#79Ida74US #57
#80Laura74US #71
#81Mabel74US #78
#82Emily73US #105
#83Jennie73US #93
#84Agnes71US #50
#85Muriel70US #133
#86Nancy67US #100
#87Jessie66US #75
#88Maxine66US #85
#89Isabel65US #196
#90Wilma65US #86
#91Julia63US #48
#92Myrtle63US #67
#93Roberta63US #144
#94Kathleen61US #101
#95Lena61US #94
#96Marguerite61US #96
#97Viola61US #58
#98Bertha59US #52
#99Nellie58US #69
#100Bette57

Boys

#1Robert1,347US #4
#2John1,159US #1
#3William1,000US #2
#4George736US #6
#5James655US #3
#6Frank589US #9
#7Charles524US #5
#8Richard438US #12
#9Jack422US #21
#10Edward417US #8
#11Joseph363US #7
#12Donald328US #17
#13Raymond321US #14
#14Joe310US #35
#15Albert282US #18
#16Arthur274US #19
#17Harold264US #13
#18Thomas263US #10
#19Walter257US #11
#20Harry236US #20
#21Paul226US #15
#22Henry210US #16
#23Fred195US #30
#24David194US #27
#25Kenneth191US #26
#26Manuel190US #118
#27Ralph182US #22
#28Eugene177US #33
#29Roy173US #32
#30Ernest170US #36
#31Alfred168US #42
#32Lawrence149US #38
#33Louis146US #28
#34Carl145US #29
#35Stanley142US #37
#36Howard140US #24
#37Norman116US #48
#38Tony115US #136
#39Earl111US #31
#40Elmer103US #44
#41Clarence102US #25
#42Edwin102US #52
#43Francis100US #34
#44Herbert97US #40
#45Melvin95US #56
#46Leonard93US #39
#47Peter92US #57
#48Daniel90US #51
#49Anthony88US #41
#50Lloyd87US #58
#51Clifford85US #60
#52Jose85US #141
#53Ray85US #69
#54Vernon81US #65
#55Victor78US #68
#56Andrew75US #47
#57Leo75US #49
#58Leroy74US #55
#59Frederick72US #64
#60Theodore72US #54
#61Douglas69US #121
#62Glenn69US #84
#63Vincent68US #72
#64Gordon67US #86
#65Jesus66
#66Milton66US #73
#67Benjamin64US #79
#68Russell63US #50
#69Gilbert62US #102
#70Philip62US #71
#71Tom60US #140
#72Warren60US #83
#73Floyd58US #59
#74Lester57US #62
#75Bill56US #130
#76Don54US #145
#77Clyde51US #67
#78Harvey51US #85
#79Lee51US #82
#80Martin51US #81
#81Marvin51US #63
#82Mike51US #132
#83Sam51US #75
#84Chester49US #53
#85Gerald49US #70
#86Leslie48US #105
#87Bernard47US #45
#88Michael47US #46
#89Antonio46
#90Pete46
#91Wallace46US #107
#92Wayne44US #90
#93Maurice43US #108
#94Salvador43
#95Alvin42US #76
#96Samuel42US #43
#97Bruce41US #151
#98Juan40
#99Leland40US #192
#100Phillip40US #177

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑32Pearl#67
↑31Benjamin#67
↑24Maria#52
↑24Juanita#60
↑24Alma#71
↑21Jesus#65
↑19Ruby#62
↑19Anne#63

Falling

↓30Julia#91
↓27Gerald#85
↓23Marguerite#96
↓23Samuel#96
↓20Chester#84
↓19Ida#79
↓19Wilma#90
↓19Viola#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.