State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1932 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 69,521 California births in 1932 across 1,118 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#39Carmenoutside the national top 200
#63Lupeoutside the national top 200
#52Pat#177 nationally
#76Jesusoutside the national top 200
#80Rubenoutside the national top 200
#84Rudyoutside the national top 200
#54Tony#170 nationally
#29Diane#142 nationally
#88Dianaoutside the national top 200
#93Rauloutside the national top 200
#23Manuel#129 nationally
#95Mikeoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Barbara1,656US #3
#2Mary1,498US #1
#3Patricia1,009US #6
#4Betty875US #2
#5Joan779US #5
#6Shirley607US #9
#7Dorothy606US #4
#8Beverly598US #28
#9Margaret540US #7
#10Marilyn518US #16
#11Helen485US #8
#12Gloria482US #25
#13Nancy479US #13
#14Dolores435US #18
#15Virginia426US #14
#16Joyce406US #12
#17Carol367US #32
#18Alice354US #21
#19Frances316US #19
#20Donna313US #29
#21Ruth307US #11
#22Jean305US #15
#23Lois295US #20
#24Doris254US #10
#25Joanne250US #62
#26Norma236US #22
#27Janet234US #35
#28Evelyn229US #23
#29Diane228US #142
#30Eleanor224US #45
#31Sally224US #84
#32Marjorie214US #37
#33Marlene213US #78
#34June211US #44
#35Phyllis210US #30
#36Rose210US #33
#37Irene204US #43
#38Elizabeth203US #17
#39Carmen201
#40Josephine201US #57
#41Marie201US #31
#42Ann197US #34
#43Esther186US #82
#44Lorraine181US #55
#45Carolyn180US #46
#46Geraldine173US #42
#47Maria168US #120
#48Jacqueline160US #85
#49Anita155US #116
#50Louise145US #36
#51Martha143US #27
#52Pat143US #177
#53Marian137US #86
#54Joann136US #79
#55Peggy135US #40
#56Bonnie134US #64
#57Florence134US #47
#58Mildred132US #26
#59Janice129US #94
#60Lillian129US #48
#61Anna128US #24
#62Roberta126US #109
#63Lupe123
#64Patsy122US #77
#65Elaine120US #68
#66Kathleen120US #83
#67Connie116US #153
#68Charlotte114US #74
#69Juanita113US #58
#70Jane112US #49
#71Catherine107US #39
#72Jeanne107US #112
#73Grace105US #72
#74Audrey103US #61
#75Marion103US #73
#76Rita103US #53
#77Darlene102US #122
#78Arlene100US #80
#79Sylvia98US #96
#80Eva97US #98
#81Lucille97US #63
#82Edith95US #69
#83Jeanette94US #106
#84Pauline94US #59
#85Clara93US #70
#86Julia93US #92
#87Constance91US #99
#88Diana91
#89Yvonne89US #160
#90Beatrice88US #87
#91Rachel88US #156
#92Wanda88US #52
#93Anne82US #81
#94Carole81US #151
#95Rosie81US #152
#96Katherine80US #95
#97Loretta78US #89
#98Sharon78
#99Thelma78US #51
#100Theresa78US #60

Boys

#1Robert2,308US #1
#2John1,622US #3
#3Richard1,575US #5
#4William1,242US #4
#5James1,197US #2
#6Donald1,191US #7
#7Charles848US #6
#8George708US #8
#9Ronald649US #16
#10David631US #12
#11Frank628US #15
#12Jack519US #17
#13Edward510US #11
#14Kenneth448US #14
#15Joe445US #29
#16Raymond428US #19
#17Thomas413US #10
#18Paul343US #13
#19Joseph337US #9
#20Albert295US #26
#21Don294US #55
#22Arthur281US #25
#23Manuel277US #129
#24Ralph270US #27
#25Harold263US #18
#26Henry262US #23
#27Gerald260US #24
#28Bill251US #58
#29Bob250US #79
#30Jerry249US #34
#31Walter241US #21
#32Eugene228US #22
#33Fred228US #33
#34Norman212US #37
#35Gilbert206US #97
#36Daniel205US #42
#37Ernest189US #47
#38Harry186US #32
#39Louis186US #39
#40Stanley183US #52
#41Lawrence175US #35
#42Carl174US #28
#43Roy171US #38
#44Jose169US #131
#45Alfred168US #49
#46Ray162US #59
#47Peter152US #62
#48Leonard146US #48
#49Dick145US #149
#50Jim143US #104
#51Howard141US #36
#52Michael140US #54
#53Larry134US #65
#54Tony132US #170
#55Tom128US #116
#56Gordon122US #81
#57Roger121US #50
#58Philip120US #70
#59Anthony116US #45
#60Herbert116US #44
#61Billy115US #20
#62Eddie115US #91
#63Jimmy113US #76
#64Marvin113US #46
#65Earl112US #41
#66Bruce111US #98
#67Leroy111US #53
#68Victor111US #110
#69Douglas108US #85
#70Wayne106US #57
#71Clarence103US #40
#72Gary103US #136
#73Lloyd103US #71
#74Melvin103US #51
#75Gene102US #64
#76Jesus97
#77Johnny95US #96
#78Glenn92US #77
#79Edwin88US #72
#80Ruben88
#81Lee87US #86
#82Russell87US #63
#83Dale86US #61
#84Rudy86
#85Tommy85US #109
#86Jimmie82US #75
#87Bobby78US #30
#88Clifford78US #84
#89Warren78US #102
#90Phillip77US #134
#91Ted77US #147
#92Vernon77US #78
#93Raul76
#94Theodore76US #67
#95Mike75
#96Leo74US #74
#97Wallace74US #117
#98Milton73US #106
#99Stephen73US #124
#100Carlos72

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑34Kathleen#66
↑25Tom#55
↑24Diane#29
↑20Gene#75
↑18Pat#52
↑16Janice#59
↑15Michael#52
↑14Edith#82

Falling

↓25Katherine#96
↓21Theodore#94
↓20Maria#47
↓19Douglas#69
↓19Leo#96
↓18Jane#70
↓18Beatrice#90
↓16Jesus#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.