State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1923 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 67,917 California births in 1923 across 1,194 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#34Carmenoutside the national top 200
#50Jesusoutside the national top 200
#71Juanoutside the national top 200
#72Lupeoutside the national top 200
#66Antonio#189 nationally
#82Salvadoroutside the national top 200
#83Consuelooutside the national top 200
#87Franciscooutside the national top 200
#39Tony#150 nationally
#94Peteoutside the national top 200
#96Isabeloutside the national top 200
#29Maria#133 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,829US #1
#2Betty1,169US #5
#3Dorothy1,167US #2
#4Barbara874US #33
#5Margaret806US #4
#6Helen736US #3
#7Virginia717US #7
#8Ruth577US #6
#9Frances529US #10
#10Patricia488US #56
#11Marjorie449US #16
#12Alice407US #15
#13Jean407US #19
#14Elizabeth393US #9
#15Evelyn365US #12
#16Marie357US #14
#17Doris356US #11
#18Shirley340US #26
#19Eleanor337US #28
#20June330US #42
#21Gloria323US #48
#22Josephine286US #30
#23Lois286US #27
#24Florence273US #18
#25Lorraine269US #57
#26Phyllis263US #45
#27Rose257US #23
#28Mildred250US #8
#29Maria226US #133
#30Norma223US #41
#31Lillian217US #20
#32Esther208US #47
#33Dolores202US #83
#34Carmen196
#35Lucille191US #35
#36Irene190US #17
#37Marian189US #65
#38Bernice183US #43
#39Grace182US #39
#40Thelma173US #31
#41Catherine172US #24
#42Anna170US #13
#43Louise170US #22
#44Jeanne167US #90
#45Geraldine165US #58
#46Beverly163US #144
#47Marilyn163US #118
#48Pauline162US #37
#49Martha159US #21
#50Jane156US #55
#51Katherine156US #60
#52Edith153US #36
#53Marion153US #44
#54Edna148US #32
#55Charlotte137US #77
#56Vivian133US #69
#57Nancy132US #75
#58Beatrice129US #46
#59Gladys128US #29
#60Hazel128US #40
#61Elsie127US #61
#62Ann126US #52
#63Anita122US #138
#64Laura122US #73
#65Juanita121US #51
#66Ethel118US #38
#67Jacqueline118US #165
#68Audrey116US #85
#69Maxine110US #76
#70Bette109US #148
#71Eva109US #66
#72Lupe105
#73Elaine103US #87
#74Ruby103US #25
#75Muriel101US #114
#76Rita101US #50
#77Kathleen96US #70
#78Kathryn96US #72
#79Gertrude95US #59
#80Jennie95US #107
#81Lucy95US #92
#82Carol94US #139
#83Consuelo94
#84Julia94US #62
#85Violet94US #86
#86Vera93US #82
#87Clara92US #49
#88Emma91US #53
#89Jessie91US #94
#90Wilma91US #74
#91Agnes87US #63
#92Nellie87US #88
#93Peggy86US #155
#94Anne83US #71
#95Joyce83US #104
#96Isabel82
#97Joan82US #117
#98Roberta82US #152
#99Sarah82US #54
#100Ellen81US #103

Boys

#1Robert2,259US #2
#2John1,673US #1
#3William1,616US #3
#4James1,060US #4
#5George970US #6
#6Richard880US #9
#7Donald753US #10
#8Frank710US #11
#9Charles700US #5
#10Jack655US #17
#11Edward540US #8
#12Joseph473US #7
#13Harold456US #13
#14Thomas429US #12
#15Raymond413US #15
#16Paul409US #14
#17Joe406US #35
#18Albert396US #20
#19David366US #24
#20Walter358US #16
#21Kenneth351US #21
#22Henry346US #18
#23Arthur339US #19
#24Harry336US #22
#25Manuel333US #114
#26Ralph309US #23
#27Fred273US #33
#28Eugene261US #25
#29Roy243US #32
#30Ernest232US #38
#31Louis229US #27
#32Alfred213US #42
#33Howard198US #26
#34Jose196US #127
#35Stanley180US #41
#36Carl173US #28
#37Lawrence172US #36
#38Norman156US #44
#39Tony152US #150
#40Earl151US #31
#41Bill143US #98
#42Peter143US #58
#43Clarence141US #29
#44Warren139US #43
#45Herbert127US #40
#46Leonard127US #37
#47Daniel125US #47
#48Gordon125US #76
#49Anthony124US #39
#50Jesus124
#51Ray122US #61
#52Edwin121US #56
#53Francis120US #34
#54Russell116US #52
#55Leo115US #49
#56Theodore115US #62
#57Clifford114US #65
#58Wallace114US #69
#59Lloyd112US #59
#60Bob110US #164
#61Frederick110US #60
#62Melvin110US #48
#63Philip108US #70
#64Gerald105US #54
#65Don104US #130
#66Antonio102US #189
#67Elmer99US #57
#68Victor99US #88
#69Vernon98US #67
#70Samuel97US #45
#71Juan94
#72Andrew92US #53
#73Tom92US #144
#74Glenn90US #84
#75Bernard88US #46
#76Martin87US #80
#77Gilbert86US #102
#78Marvin86US #51
#79Douglas85US #108
#80Vincent83US #72
#81Leroy82US #55
#82Salvador80
#83Mike76US #155
#84Bruce74US #135
#85Sam72US #89
#86Alvin70US #73
#87Francisco70
#88Benjamin69US #86
#89Leslie69US #112
#90Harvey68US #91
#91Milton68US #81
#92Chester67US #63
#93Wayne67US #75
#94Pete66
#95Wesley66US #125
#96Floyd65US #64
#97Lester65US #71
#98Leland64US #174
#99Carlos63
#100Jim63US #167

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑24Maria#29
↑24Jacqueline#67
↑21Laura#64
↑19Hazel#60
↑19Samuel#70
↑17Charlotte#55
↑17Wallace#58
↑17Bernard#75

Falling

↓27Milton#91
↓24Anne#94
↓20Floyd#96
↓19Jane#50
↓19Gladys#59
↓19Gerald#64
↓14Victor#68
↓14Leroy#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.