State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1924 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 74,449 California births in 1924 across 1,247 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#40Carmenoutside the national top 200
#41Jesusoutside the national top 200
#76Antoniooutside the national top 200
#79Salvadoroutside the national top 200
#82Lupeoutside the national top 200
#74Juan#190 nationally
#43Tony#156 nationally
#91Isabeloutside the national top 200
#92Carlosoutside the national top 200
#93Consuelooutside the national top 200
#98Franciscooutside the national top 200
#100Louieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,958US #1
#2Betty1,464US #4
#3Dorothy1,173US #2
#4Barbara1,014US #28
#5Helen820US #3
#6Margaret818US #5
#7Virginia785US #7
#8Patricia655US #35
#9Ruth617US #6
#10Frances495US #10
#11Marjorie463US #17
#12Jean460US #16
#13Doris445US #9
#14Alice440US #15
#15Shirley418US #19
#16Evelyn386US #12
#17Elizabeth383US #11
#18Lois374US #22
#19Gloria366US #41
#20June356US #45
#21Eleanor319US #29
#22Marie315US #14
#23Mildred314US #8
#24Lorraine303US #52
#25Josephine298US #34
#26Florence287US #20
#27Phyllis286US #44
#28Maria273US #119
#29Rose254US #25
#30Norma246US #40
#31Irene232US #18
#32Esther230US #51
#33Beverly225US #121
#34Lillian215US #23
#35Marian211US #64
#36Grace210US #43
#37Lucille210US #37
#38Louise205US #24
#39Marilyn198US #101
#40Carmen195
#41Marion194US #46
#42Geraldine192US #58
#43Dolores191US #75
#44Jane187US #53
#45Bernice171US #47
#46Jeanne170US #90
#47Anna167US #13
#48Catherine166US #27
#49Martha166US #21
#50Jacqueline158US #148
#51Beatrice155US #50
#52Edith153US #36
#53Pauline151US #38
#54Eva150US #66
#55Elaine147US #73
#56Edna143US #31
#57Juanita141US #48
#58Carol138US #132
#59Nancy138US #69
#60Anita137US #142
#61Audrey134US #84
#62Joyce133US #83
#63Vivian133US #71
#64Gladys132US #30
#65Ann129US #55
#66Ethel129US #39
#67Vera129US #85
#68Maxine128US #77
#69Katherine126US #59
#70Elsie125US #61
#71Thelma125US #33
#72Laura124US #72
#73Peggy124US #133
#74Kathleen122US #76
#75Ruby117US #26
#76Lucy114US #98
#77Charlotte113US #80
#78Joan113US #95
#79Julia111US #62
#80Violet111US #88
#81Rita108US #49
#82Lupe107
#83Jessie106US #91
#84Kathryn106US #81
#85Jennie105US #111
#86Hazel104US #42
#87Ida102US #70
#88Carolyn101US #127
#89Bette100US #151
#90Viola97US #82
#91Isabel95
#92Clara94US #56
#93Consuelo94
#94Emma94US #57
#95Dora92US #139
#96Eileen92US #93
#97Roberta92US #147
#98Gertrude91US #60
#99Emily90US #136
#100Rosemary90US #106

Boys

#1Robert2,584US #1
#2John1,731US #2
#3William1,594US #3
#4James1,208US #4
#5George1,058US #6
#6Richard1,016US #8
#7Frank787US #12
#8Donald773US #10
#9Charles767US #5
#10Jack755US #17
#11Edward546US #9
#12Joseph469US #7
#13Joe451US #35
#14Raymond448US #15
#15Harold430US #13
#16David424US #24
#17Albert423US #21
#18Thomas401US #11
#19Kenneth391US #19
#20Arthur386US #20
#21Paul377US #14
#22Manuel375US #108
#23Henry371US #18
#24Walter360US #16
#25Ralph323US #23
#26Harry285US #22
#27Fred279US #32
#28Ernest260US #37
#29Eugene258US #25
#30Louis242US #28
#31Roy241US #31
#32Lawrence237US #36
#33Alfred221US #43
#34Jose220US #128
#35Howard208US #26
#36Stanley198US #40
#37Earl188US #33
#38Clarence182US #29
#39Norman174US #42
#40Carl173US #27
#41Jesus166
#42Warren162US #58
#43Tony157US #156
#44Daniel155US #47
#45Leonard150US #38
#46Bill149US #92
#47Gordon149US #75
#48Ray148US #60
#49Edwin146US #55
#50Peter146US #59
#51Melvin142US #48
#52Lloyd139US #61
#53Glenn135US #79
#54Bob130US #142
#55Gerald126US #49
#56Herbert124US #41
#57Anthony122US #39
#58Russell122US #52
#59Andrew113US #56
#60Clifford113US #64
#61Leo111US #51
#62Don110US #125
#63Francis109US #34
#64Gilbert109US #100
#65Marvin108US #50
#66Theodore108US #65
#67Elmer105US #57
#68Victor103US #90
#69Philip99US #71
#70Leroy96US #53
#71Vernon93US #68
#72Alvin92US #73
#73Frederick92US #62
#74Juan92US #190
#75Douglas91US #105
#76Antonio89
#77Calvin89US #44
#78Tom89US #149
#79Salvador88
#80Wayne86US #74
#81Milton84US #81
#82Samuel82US #45
#83Benjamin81US #89
#84Jim80US #160
#85Martin80US #82
#86Mike80US #164
#87Vincent78US #78
#88Lee77US #83
#89Wallace77US #87
#90Floyd76US #66
#91Leslie76US #107
#92Carlos73
#93Clyde72US #69
#94Bernard71US #46
#95Bruce71US #133
#96Lester70US #72
#97Lewis70US #77
#98Francisco69
#99Jerry68US #123
#100Louie68

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑33Joyce#62
↑24Carol#58
↑21Glenn#53
↑20Peggy#73
↑19Vera#67
↑19Joan#78
↑18Elaine#55
↑17Jacqueline#50

Falling

↓31Thelma#71
↓31Wallace#89
↓26Hazel#86
↓22Charlotte#77
↓19Bette#89
↓19Gertrude#98
↓19Bernard#94
↓18Katherine#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.