State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1926 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 72,910 California births in 1926 across 1,240 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#38Carmenoutside the national top 200
#45Jesus#197 nationally
#55Antonio#194 nationally
#72Lupeoutside the national top 200
#79Juanoutside the national top 200
#88Ramonaoutside the national top 200
#47Tony#157 nationally
#91Salvadoroutside the national top 200
#92Carlosoutside the national top 200
#93Ramonoutside the national top 200
#94Isabeloutside the national top 200
#96Rubenoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,721US #1
#2Betty1,359US #3
#3Barbara1,306US #16
#4Dorothy975US #2
#5Margaret725US #5
#6Helen718US #4
#7Patricia718US #23
#8Virginia625US #8
#9Ruth585US #6
#10Shirley499US #14
#11Gloria495US #20
#12Frances440US #10
#13Jean419US #12
#14Alice393US #17
#15Doris366US #7
#16Beverly362US #74
#17Marjorie362US #22
#18Lois352US #19
#19Evelyn344US #13
#20June334US #40
#21Marie305US #18
#22Dolores303US #49
#23Elizabeth302US #11
#24Maria300US #115
#25Norma280US #29
#26Josephine263US #37
#27Marilyn261US #65
#28Eleanor259US #32
#29Rose254US #25
#30Phyllis250US #33
#31Joyce248US #44
#32Irene240US #21
#33Lorraine240US #53
#34Nancy236US #57
#35Esther229US #62
#36Mildred229US #9
#37Lillian225US #28
#38Carmen203
#39Martha194US #24
#40Florence192US #26
#41Louise175US #27
#42Marian173US #70
#43Jacqueline171US #119
#44Lucille168US #43
#45Joan165US #51
#46Grace159US #46
#47Anna158US #15
#48Geraldine156US #54
#49Pauline156US #39
#50Audrey154US #60
#51Marion154US #47
#52Bernice153US #45
#53Carol151US #113
#54Juanita146US #52
#55Jane136US #56
#56Catherine134US #31
#57Elaine134US #68
#58Edith130US #42
#59Jeanne128US #88
#60Charlotte123US #78
#61Katherine121US #72
#62Sally121US #160
#63Beatrice120US #58
#64Elsie119US #69
#65Ethel118US #41
#66Peggy118US #104
#67Ann115US #55
#68Roberta115US #135
#69Lucy112US #106
#70Vera111US #84
#71Gladys110US #35
#72Lupe110
#73Edna109US #38
#74Thelma109US #36
#75Julia105US #75
#76Ruby105US #30
#77Eva104US #79
#78Maxine103US #85
#79Vivian102US #80
#80Donna101US #90
#81Kathleen100US #83
#82Anita99US #150
#83Nellie98US #102
#84Rita97US #50
#85Clara96US #61
#86Hazel96US #48
#87Laura95US #81
#88Ramona94
#89Jennie92US #132
#90Jessie91US #93
#91Rosie91US #156
#92Bonnie90US #105
#93Carolyn89US #114
#94Isabel86
#95Kathryn85US #87
#96Wanda85US #66
#97Ellen84US #100
#98Angelina83
#99Bertha83US #76
#100Consuelo83

Boys

#1Robert2,485US #1
#2John1,648US #2
#3William1,492US #4
#4Richard1,331US #7
#5James1,124US #3
#6Donald982US #9
#7George951US #6
#8Charles796US #5
#9Frank725US #12
#10Jack670US #16
#11Edward578US #10
#12Raymond480US #15
#13Joe436US #33
#14David433US #22
#15Paul428US #13
#16Albert419US #21
#17Thomas408US #11
#18Joseph407US #8
#19Arthur403US #20
#20Kenneth391US #18
#21Walter360US #17
#22Harold346US #14
#23Henry338US #19
#24Manuel319US #120
#25Ralph303US #24
#26Eugene299US #23
#27Fred276US #31
#28Harry266US #25
#29Ernest249US #37
#30Louis246US #30
#31Bill218US #74
#32Stanley216US #43
#33Roy215US #34
#34Jose209US #125
#35Alfred208US #45
#36Bob208US #102
#37Norman204US #39
#38Howard196US #27
#39Peter195US #58
#40Gerald184US #41
#41Lawrence184US #36
#42Daniel182US #46
#43Carl180US #26
#44Don173US #96
#45Jesus170US #197
#46Earl162US #32
#47Tony160US #157
#48Ronald157US #88
#49Gordon151US #76
#50Leonard150US #38
#51Ray144US #57
#52Clarence141US #29
#53Herbert136US #44
#54Edwin130US #55
#55Antonio126US #194
#56Melvin126US #47
#57Anthony118US #42
#58Gilbert117US #101
#59Leroy116US #51
#60Lloyd116US #60
#61Russell116US #52
#62Jim115US #143
#63Francis109US #35
#64Gene109US #91
#65Victor109US #94
#66Theodore108US #63
#67Clifford106US #62
#68Glenn106US #75
#69Vernon105US #66
#70Martin104US #80
#71Philip103US #70
#72Wayne103US #68
#73Andrew102US #59
#74Jerry101US #97
#75Samuel96US #48
#76Marvin95US #50
#77Warren94US #71
#78Tom93US #138
#79Juan92
#80Wallace92US #95
#81Johnny91US #136
#82Leo90US #54
#83Mike90US #170
#84Douglas88US #103
#85Elmer88US #61
#86Floyd87US #53
#87Frederick86US #64
#88Billy85US #40
#89Bruce85US #127
#90Benjamin84US #98
#91Salvador84
#92Carlos83
#93Ramon83
#94Milton81US #83
#95Rudolph81US #111
#96Ruben80
#97Lee78US #85
#98Dick75
#99Vincent75US #77
#100Leland74US #186

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑47Ronald#48
↑30Ethel#65
↑23Julia#75
↑22Charlotte#60
↑20Antonio#55
↑20Jim#62
↑15Audrey#50
↑15Wayne#72

Falling

↓19Anita#82
↓19Warren#77
↓19Leo#82
↓18Thelma#74
↓16Katherine#61
↓16Kathryn#95
↓15Laura#87
↓15Wallace#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.