State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1928 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 74,263 California births in 1928 across 1,237 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#35Carmen#199 nationally
#57Rubenoutside the national top 200
#58Lupeoutside the national top 200
#45Jesus#184 nationally
#54Antonio#190 nationally
#76Rauloutside the national top 200
#77Consuelooutside the national top 200
#69Mike#187 nationally
#84Salvadoroutside the national top 200
#46Tony#160 nationally
#56Juan#170 nationally
#87Franciscooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,785US #1
#2Barbara1,463US #8
#3Betty1,222US #2
#4Dorothy883US #3
#5Patricia829US #11
#6Helen634US #4
#7Shirley613US #10
#8Virginia607US #9
#9Margaret573US #5
#10Beverly524US #46
#11Gloria520US #25
#12Dolores505US #20
#13Alice426US #19
#14Ruth423US #6
#15Frances392US #13
#16Doris378US #7
#17Jean371US #12
#18Lois357US #18
#19Maria349US #105
#20Marilyn337US #38
#21Joan318US #27
#22Joyce308US #30
#23Marjorie307US #29
#24Evelyn296US #17
#25Elizabeth275US #14
#26Esther269US #66
#27Nancy266US #43
#28Phyllis263US #26
#29Lorraine261US #39
#30Norma261US #23
#31Josephine260US #42
#32Eleanor251US #36
#33Marie249US #21
#34Rose242US #24
#35Carmen236US #199
#36June225US #44
#37Irene220US #28
#38Mildred202US #15
#39Jacqueline198US #97
#40Carol193US #77
#41Geraldine193US #50
#42Lucille180US #51
#43Florence178US #32
#44Lillian177US #35
#45Sally175US #128
#46Donna166US #61
#47Marian165US #71
#48Anna163US #16
#49Martha161US #22
#50Marion160US #47
#51Louise152US #31
#52Ramona150US #117
#53Janet148US #95
#54Grace142US #52
#55Elaine141US #68
#56Juanita139US #58
#57Anita135US #137
#58Lupe135
#59Bernice134US #53
#60Beatrice133US #70
#61Roberta131US #127
#62Edith128US #56
#63Audrey127US #60
#64Pauline127US #48
#65Peggy124US #76
#66Jane121US #62
#67Ann118US #54
#68Jeanne118US #90
#69Catherine117US #33
#70Charlotte116US #72
#71Vera115US #92
#72Elsie111US #73
#73Maxine110US #84
#74Thelma109US #40
#75Ruby108US #34
#76Carolyn107US #91
#77Consuelo103
#78Rosie100US #156
#79Jennie99US #143
#80Katherine99US #75
#81Kathleen97US #82
#82Patsy97US #145
#83Eva96US #79
#84Lucy96US #112
#85Laura95US #83
#86Vivian95US #78
#87Joanne94US #142
#88Dora91US #144
#89Pat89
#90Bonnie87US #89
#91Ethel86US #55
#92Rita86US #57
#93Colleen85US #185
#94Connie84
#95Hazel84US #59
#96Violet83US #113
#97Julia82US #80
#98Edna80US #45
#99Ellen80US #98
#100Elvira80

Boys

#1Robert2,385US #1
#2John1,510US #2
#3Richard1,501US #6
#4William1,367US #4
#5Donald1,171US #7
#6James1,121US #3
#7George901US #8
#8Charles797US #5
#9Frank720US #12
#10Jack653US #15
#11David525US #19
#12Joe485US #30
#13Edward478US #10
#14Raymond474US #16
#15Thomas420US #11
#16Paul418US #13
#17Kenneth416US #17
#18Joseph376US #9
#19Manuel372US #111
#20Albert370US #23
#21Arthur368US #22
#22Harold357US #14
#23Henry327US #21
#24Jose325US #108
#25Walter298US #18
#26Bill283US #64
#27Eugene276US #20
#28Ralph271US #24
#29Don252US #84
#30Fred250US #36
#31Bob240US #95
#32Harry237US #26
#33Roy237US #34
#34Ronald236US #50
#35Stanley232US #45
#36Norman227US #39
#37Alfred225US #33
#38Ernest216US #43
#39Louis215US #32
#40Herbert201US #25
#41Daniel200US #47
#42Howard195US #31
#43Gilbert192US #96
#44Gerald183US #41
#45Jesus173US #184
#46Tony172US #160
#47Jerry162US #79
#48Lawrence147US #38
#49Earl145US #37
#50Ray145US #57
#51Leonard143US #42
#52Carl139US #28
#53Peter138US #56
#54Antonio133US #190
#55Melvin130US #48
#56Juan126US #170
#57Ruben125
#58Billy124US #27
#59Clarence124US #35
#60Jim119US #137
#61Lloyd116US #59
#62Leroy115US #51
#63Victor115US #99
#64Clifford114US #68
#65Gene114US #62
#66Douglas113US #102
#67Glenn113US #76
#68Gordon113US #77
#69Mike113US #187
#70Dick112US #172
#71Tom106US #135
#72Marvin104US #46
#73Philip103US #73
#74Warren103US #85
#75Wayne103US #69
#76Raul101
#77Anthony100US #44
#78Bruce99US #112
#79Francis96US #40
#80Edwin95US #58
#81Theodore95US #66
#82Martin94US #83
#83Leo93US #61
#84Salvador93
#85Johnny92US #117
#86Russell91US #55
#87Francisco90
#88Carlos89
#89Pedro89
#90Vernon89US #70
#91Floyd88US #54
#92Ramon88US #200
#93Michael86US #53
#94Milton86US #92
#95Alvin78US #72
#96Andrew78US #60
#97Samuel77US #52
#98Dale76US #75
#99Lee76US #87
#100Benjamin74US #106

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑37Billy#58
↑34Douglas#66
↑33Janet#53
↑26Ruben#57
↑20Maxine#73
↑20Bruce#78
↑19Vera#71
↑19Mike#69

Falling

↓31Edna#98
↓25Francisco#87
↓19Katherine#80
↓19Eva#83
↓19Violet#96
↓18Andrew#96
↓17Julia#97
↓16Jeanne#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.