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Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1925 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 73,492 California births in 1925 across 1,246 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#36Carmenoutside the national top 200
#45Jesus#192 nationally
#73Lupeoutside the national top 200
#75Antoniooutside the national top 200
#69Juan#194 nationally
#76Salvadoroutside the national top 200
#41Tony#158 nationally
#85Angelina#197 nationally
#92Carlosoutside the national top 200
#97Consuelooutside the national top 200
#99Dickoutside the national top 200
#100Isabeloutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,890US #1
#2Betty1,529US #3
#3Barbara1,073US #22
#4Dorothy1,053US #2
#5Helen757US #4
#6Virginia754US #7
#7Margaret727US #5
#8Patricia727US #28
#9Ruth589US #6
#10Gloria545US #20
#11Frances506US #11
#12Shirley484US #17
#13Jean457US #14
#14Alice410US #15
#15Doris405US #8
#16Marjorie402US #21
#17June369US #39
#18Lois367US #18
#19Evelyn356US #12
#20Elizabeth321US #10
#21Maria302US #115
#22Lorraine298US #51
#23Marie295US #16
#24Eleanor286US #31
#25Josephine276US #36
#26Phyllis274US #40
#27Beverly252US #105
#28Mildred251US #9
#29Norma236US #34
#30Rose235US #26
#31Dolores234US #64
#32Florence234US #24
#33Irene225US #19
#34Marilyn222US #83
#35Esther219US #56
#36Carmen213
#37Marian210US #67
#38Lillian203US #25
#39Nancy202US #60
#40Lucille197US #41
#41Louise193US #27
#42Anna186US #13
#43Joyce184US #59
#44Martha181US #23
#45Katherine179US #61
#46Jeanne177US #89
#47Jane175US #53
#48Jacqueline171US #135
#49Geraldine164US #54
#50Grace164US #44
#51Marion162US #47
#52Pauline156US #38
#53Carol153US #119
#54Beatrice152US #50
#55Catherine149US #29
#56Thelma147US #35
#57Joan144US #66
#58Bernice143US #46
#59Edith142US #42
#60Ann141US #52
#61Juanita137US #49
#62Peggy130US #117
#63Anita128US #146
#64Eva128US #71
#65Audrey124US #78
#66Elaine124US #73
#67Maxine121US #79
#68Gladys119US #33
#69Roberta119US #147
#70Elsie118US #63
#71Edna117US #37
#72Laura114US #75
#73Lupe110
#74Sally110US #173
#75Violet108US #92
#76Vivian108US #76
#77Vera106US #86
#78Lucy105US #102
#79Kathryn104US #88
#80Rita104US #48
#81Bette103US #155
#82Charlotte103US #77
#83Hazel103US #45
#84Kathleen102US #81
#85Angelina100US #197
#86Janet100US #111
#87Jennie98US #121
#88Ruby97US #30
#89Emma93US #57
#90Janice92US #157
#91Anne91US #85
#92Wilma90US #62
#93Donna87US #110
#94Dora87US #136
#95Ethel87US #43
#96Carolyn86US #127
#97Consuelo86
#98Julia86US #65
#99Clara85US #55
#100Isabel85

Boys

#1Robert2,508US #1
#2John1,702US #2
#3William1,589US #3
#4James1,251US #4
#5Richard1,153US #8
#6George1,042US #6
#7Donald863US #10
#8Charles794US #5
#9Frank772US #12
#10Jack752US #17
#11Edward598US #9
#12Joseph446US #7
#13Thomas437US #11
#14David430US #22
#15Raymond424US #15
#16Harold422US #14
#17Joe419US #34
#18Arthur413US #20
#19Kenneth400US #19
#20Paul398US #13
#21Manuel370US #114
#22Albert354US #21
#23Henry330US #18
#24Walter327US #16
#25Ralph317US #25
#26Harry293US #23
#27Eugene279US #24
#28Fred258US #33
#29Ernest249US #37
#30Roy249US #32
#31Alfred237US #43
#32Bill224US #84
#33Louis224US #29
#34Stanley222US #40
#35Howard218US #26
#36Norman205US #41
#37Daniel193US #44
#38Jose192US #125
#39Lawrence180US #36
#40Earl171US #31
#41Tony170US #158
#42Carl164US #28
#43Bob156US #129
#44Gerald156US #45
#45Jesus156US #192
#46Peter152US #60
#47Herbert148US #42
#48Ray148US #64
#49Leonard147US #38
#50Clarence140US #30
#51Melvin137US #50
#52Anthony131US #39
#53Edwin131US #57
#54Gordon128US #72
#55Lloyd126US #62
#56Don125US #106
#57Gilbert122US #105
#58Warren118US #66
#59Theodore116US #63
#60Francis112US #35
#61Victor112US #89
#62Glenn111US #77
#63Leo106US #54
#64Vernon106US #67
#65Wallace106US #92
#66Leroy104US #52
#67Philip103US #75
#68Tom102US #138
#69Juan101US #194
#70Elmer100US #61
#71Russell98US #53
#72Alvin97US #70
#73Andrew97US #56
#74Clifford97US #59
#75Antonio94
#76Salvador92
#77Gene89US #112
#78Douglas88US #103
#79Martin88US #83
#80Calvin84US #47
#81Marvin84US #51
#82Jim83US #147
#83Samuel81US #46
#84Mike80US #164
#85Milton80US #80
#86Vincent80US #71
#87Wayne80US #74
#88Leslie77US #119
#89Floyd76US #58
#90Frederick76US #65
#91Sam76US #91
#92Carlos75
#93Leland75US #173
#94Lee74US #82
#95Ronald74US #104
#96Wesley74US #135
#97Benjamin72US #93
#98Dale71US #86
#99Dick71
#100Francisco70

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑28Roberta#69
↑24Katherine#45
↑24Wallace#65
↑21Joan#57
↑20Nancy#39
↑19Joyce#43
↑15Thelma#56
↑14Bill#32

Falling

↓29Ethel#95
↓19Julia#98
↓17Frederick#90
↓16Warren#58
↓16Marvin#81
↓15Edna#71
↓14Grace#50
↓14Andrew#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.