State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1922 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 61,002 California births in 1922 across 1,100 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#47Carmenoutside the national top 200
#56Jesusoutside the national top 200
#63Lupeoutside the national top 200
#74Antonio#200 nationally
#84Juanoutside the national top 200
#86Peteoutside the national top 200
#51Beverly#163 nationally
#91Jacquelineoutside the national top 200
#71Bob#179 nationally
#93Isabeloutside the national top 200
#94Salvadoroutside the national top 200
#95Carlosoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,733US #1
#2Dorothy1,067US #2
#3Betty954US #6
#4Margaret737US #4
#5Helen711US #3
#6Barbara708US #40
#7Virginia696US #7
#8Frances501US #10
#9Ruth491US #5
#10Marjorie434US #16
#11Elizabeth390US #9
#12Alice386US #15
#13Evelyn369US #13
#14Jean369US #20
#15Patricia361US #69
#16Doris351US #11
#17June345US #45
#18Marie327US #14
#19Florence298US #18
#20Josephine288US #27
#21Gloria286US #61
#22Eleanor280US #28
#23Mildred265US #8
#24Phyllis258US #53
#25Lorraine257US #56
#26Rose253US #23
#27Lois233US #35
#28Shirley231US #39
#29Lillian215US #19
#30Irene210US #17
#31Jane199US #55
#32Grace195US #38
#33Lucille195US #33
#34Louise190US #22
#35Esther181US #44
#36Catherine173US #24
#37Bernice172US #41
#38Marian169US #67
#39Dolores164US #104
#40Gladys164US #25
#41Geraldine163US #58
#42Norma161US #46
#43Anna155US #12
#44Jeanne152US #97
#45Katherine151US #54
#46Edith150US #34
#47Carmen149
#48Marion149US #42
#49Beatrice146US #43
#50Edna145US #29
#51Beverly144US #163
#52Thelma144US #31
#53Maria141US #132
#54Elsie129US #59
#55Martha126US #21
#56Pauline123US #36
#57Ann122US #49
#58Nancy121US #78
#59Juanita120US #57
#60Ethel115US #32
#61Marilyn114US #145
#62Elaine113US #102
#63Lupe113
#64Audrey109US #89
#65Vivian108US #74
#66Anita107US #141
#67Kathryn107US #73
#68Bette106US #160
#69Gertrude105US #48
#70Anne101US #66
#71Ruby101US #26
#72Charlotte100US #76
#73Eva98US #64
#74Julia98US #60
#75Clara95US #47
#76Muriel94US #112
#77Jessie93US #87
#78Rita93US #52
#79Hazel92US #37
#80Nellie92US #83
#81Vera91US #79
#82Genevieve90US #98
#83Marguerite88US #106
#84Violet88US #86
#85Laura87US #68
#86Kathleen86US #80
#87Jennie84US #105
#88Peggy83US #171
#89Viola83US #72
#90Lucy82US #93
#91Jacqueline81
#92Roberta81US #150
#93Isabel80
#94Ellen79US #95
#95Emma79US #50
#96Bertha76US #63
#97Pearl75US #71
#98Carol74US #158
#99Joan74US #127
#100Constance73US #149

Boys

#1Robert2,114US #2
#2John1,509US #1
#3William1,429US #3
#4George959US #6
#5James925US #4
#6Richard736US #9
#7Charles707US #5
#8Frank694US #10
#9Jack674US #18
#10Donald572US #12
#11Edward510US #8
#12Joseph466US #7
#13Harold387US #13
#14Thomas364US #11
#15Albert363US #20
#16Raymond358US #16
#17Arthur315US #19
#18David314US #24
#19Walter312US #15
#20Henry309US #17
#21Joe307US #35
#22Paul306US #14
#23Harry291US #22
#24Kenneth288US #21
#25Ralph258US #23
#26Manuel251US #119
#27Eugene240US #25
#28Fred221US #33
#29Howard219US #26
#30Ernest201US #37
#31Louis201US #27
#32Roy198US #32
#33Alfred178US #42
#34Stanley177US #41
#35Lawrence174US #36
#36Herbert173US #40
#37Carl166US #30
#38Tony162US #137
#39Warren160US #45
#40Jose151US #131
#41Clarence146US #29
#42Daniel143US #47
#43Earl140US #31
#44Francis125US #34
#45Gerald124US #58
#46Norman124US #44
#47Edwin123US #52
#48Leonard123US #38
#49Peter122US #57
#50Bill117US #104
#51Anthony115US #39
#52Melvin115US #50
#53Gordon110US #76
#54Victor105US #86
#55Leo103US #51
#56Jesus102
#57Theodore101US #62
#58Vernon101US #68
#59Elmer99US #54
#60Ray99US #65
#61Lloyd98US #59
#62Philip95US #70
#63Andrew94US #53
#64Milton94US #74
#65Glenn93US #79
#66Russell91US #49
#67Leroy86US #55
#68Clifford84US #63
#69Don83US #136
#70Frederick83US #60
#71Bob82US #179
#72Gilbert82US #100
#73Vincent80US #71
#74Antonio76US #200
#75Wallace76US #87
#76Floyd74US #61
#77Sam74US #84
#78Martin73US #80
#79Tom72US #145
#80Marvin70US #56
#81Bruce69US #142
#82Chester69US #64
#83Clyde68US #67
#84Juan68
#85Douglas67US #106
#86Pete67
#87Wesley67US #127
#88Lester66US #69
#89Samuel66US #43
#90Benjamin65US #82
#91Mike63US #163
#92Bernard62US #46
#93Lee61US #83
#94Salvador59
#95Carlos58
#96Harvey58US #88
#97Michael58US #48
#98Wayne57US #78
#99Allen55US #95
#100Alvin55US #73

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑32Kathryn#67
↑29Gloria#21
↑27Anne#70
↑23Floyd#76
↑22Lupe#63
↑19Beverly#51
↑19Leo#55
↑17Dolores#39

Falling

↓24Kathleen#86
↓18Pauline#56
↓17Constance#100
↓16Jennie#87
↓16Lloyd#61
↓16Alvin#100
↓15Hazel#79
↓14Viola#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.