State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1927 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 74,204 California births in 1927 across 1,236 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#38Carmen#199 nationally
#47Lupeoutside the national top 200
#46Jesus#195 nationally
#62Franciscooutside the national top 200
#66Antoniooutside the national top 200
#60Juan#192 nationally
#83Rubenoutside the national top 200
#84Salvadoroutside the national top 200
#40Tony#153 nationally
#88Consuelooutside the national top 200
#89Connieoutside the national top 200
#89Rauloutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,816US #1
#2Barbara1,410US #10
#3Betty1,333US #3
#4Dorothy919US #2
#5Patricia802US #18
#6Helen683US #4
#7Margaret613US #5
#8Shirley589US #9
#9Virginia576US #8
#10Gloria513US #22
#11Ruth500US #6
#12Beverly486US #57
#13Frances436US #12
#14Alice417US #17
#15Jean403US #14
#16Dolores379US #34
#17Doris375US #7
#18Evelyn349US #15
#19Lois347US #19
#20Maria342US #107
#21Marjorie319US #25
#22Marilyn302US #46
#23Phyllis285US #29
#24Elizabeth279US #13
#25Josephine279US #39
#26Lorraine277US #44
#27Joyce274US #35
#28Marie270US #20
#29June268US #43
#30Eleanor265US #33
#31Norma265US #26
#32Nancy261US #56
#33Rose261US #23
#34Esther259US #65
#35Mildred251US #11
#36Irene231US #21
#37Joan215US #41
#38Carmen212US #199
#39Florence204US #28
#40Jacqueline181US #115
#41Lucille175US #45
#42Anna172US #16
#43Marian172US #74
#44Lillian169US #32
#45Marion166US #51
#46Louise161US #27
#47Lupe159
#48Audrey158US #62
#49Geraldine158US #58
#50Grace154US #50
#51Carol148US #106
#52Jeanne148US #85
#53Ann142US #59
#54Sally141US #147
#55Pauline140US #42
#56Martha139US #24
#57Jane138US #60
#58Donna137US #70
#59Juanita136US #55
#60Bernice129US #49
#61Katherine127US #73
#62Roberta127US #122
#63Elaine126US #69
#64Eva126US #79
#65Charlotte125US #75
#66Peggy123US #96
#67Edna120US #40
#68Thelma118US #38
#69Catherine117US #31
#70Vivian117US #77
#71Rosie116US #152
#72Edith113US #48
#73Beatrice110US #67
#74Lucy110US #112
#75Anita108US #148
#76Carolyn108US #99
#77Violet108US #103
#78Jennie107US #135
#79Elsie104US #72
#80Julia102US #76
#81Laura102US #82
#82Ethel101US #47
#83Bonnie100US #100
#84Rita100US #54
#85Clara99US #63
#86Janet99US #111
#87Ellen98US #93
#88Consuelo97
#89Connie96
#90Vera96US #89
#91Kathleen95US #83
#92Gertrude92US #78
#93Maxine92US #87
#94Patsy91US #168
#95Emma89US #64
#96Gladys88US #37
#97Isabel87
#98Janice87US #159
#99Jessie85US #95
#100Kathryn85US #90

Boys

#1Robert2,490US #1
#2John1,615US #2
#3William1,465US #4
#4Richard1,260US #6
#5James1,171US #3
#6Donald1,047US #8
#7George940US #7
#8Charles810US #5
#9Frank735US #12
#10Jack712US #16
#11Edward542US #10
#12Raymond505US #15
#13David493US #21
#14Joe493US #30
#15Joseph448US #9
#16Paul421US #13
#17Kenneth420US #18
#18Thomas402US #11
#19Harold374US #14
#20Arthur372US #22
#21Henry364US #19
#22Albert360US #23
#23Manuel352US #116
#24Walter318US #17
#25Harry311US #25
#26Ralph311US #24
#27Eugene308US #20
#28Jose287US #112
#29Fred255US #35
#30Louis252US #29
#31Bill243US #69
#32Stanley242US #44
#33Ernest231US #41
#34Norman230US #39
#35Bob221US #100
#36Daniel218US #46
#37Roy218US #34
#38Gerald206US #38
#39Howard202US #28
#40Tony201US #153
#41Alfred199US #45
#42Lawrence197US #37
#43Ronald187US #63
#44Don178US #90
#45Earl166US #33
#46Jesus164US #195
#47Peter161US #59
#48Carl152US #26
#49Gilbert152US #99
#50Leonard150US #40
#51Herbert147US #42
#52Ray145US #60
#53Lloyd139US #58
#54Melvin133US #48
#55Gordon132US #74
#56Clarence129US #32
#57Victor121US #98
#58Jerry119US #93
#59Tom118US #138
#60Juan117US #192
#61Anthony116US #43
#62Francisco116
#63Jim113US #136
#64Francis110US #36
#65Warren109US #79
#66Antonio108
#67Leroy108US #51
#68Wayne106US #67
#69Marvin105US #47
#70Gene104US #72
#71Glenn104US #76
#72Philip104US #75
#73Edwin103US #57
#74Theodore102US #62
#75Clifford101US #65
#76Dick101US #186
#77Leo99US #55
#78Andrew95US #56
#79Wallace94US #96
#80Vernon93US #71
#81Alvin91US #66
#82Russell88US #54
#83Ruben86
#84Salvador86
#85Jimmie85US #108
#86Floyd83US #53
#87Frederick82US #64
#88Mike80US #180
#89Raul80
#90Vincent80US #77
#91Johnny79US #132
#92Ramon79
#93Samuel79US #49
#94Carlos78
#95Billy77US #31
#96Milton77US #88
#97Martin76US #87
#98Bruce74US #123
#99Dale74US #81
#100Douglas73US #104

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑25Lupe#47
↑22Donna#58
↑22Dick#76
↑20Rosie#71
↑19Tom#59
↑19Juan#60
↑17Carolyn#76
↑16Jerry#58

Falling

↓27Martin#97
↓25Gladys#96
↓21Russell#82
↓20Vera#90
↓19Edwin#73
↓18Samuel#93
↓17Martha#56
↓17Ethel#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.