State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1933 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 66,897 California births in 1933 across 1,094 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#42Carmenoutside the national top 200
#67Lupeoutside the national top 200
#81Carlosoutside the national top 200
#54Tony#171 nationally
#86Jesusoutside the national top 200
#89Dianaoutside the national top 200
#49Pat#160 nationally
#24Diane#134 nationally
#91Rauloutside the national top 200
#93Rudyoutside the national top 200
#96Rubenoutside the national top 200
#31Manuel#134 nationally

Girls

#1Barbara1,516US #3
#2Mary1,470US #1
#3Patricia962US #6
#4Betty763US #2
#5Joan730US #5
#6Shirley594US #9
#7Dorothy517US #4
#8Beverly514US #26
#9Margaret483US #7
#10Nancy479US #11
#11Gloria464US #31
#12Marilyn454US #16
#13Carol453US #20
#14Helen443US #8
#15Virginia441US #15
#16Dolores389US #21
#17Joyce378US #12
#18Donna345US #24
#19Jean311US #14
#20Frances306US #18
#21Janet294US #25
#22Alice291US #22
#23Ruth289US #13
#24Diane286US #134
#25Doris245US #10
#26Marlene244US #50
#27Carolyn239US #40
#28Lois239US #19
#29Phyllis236US #28
#30Sally228US #76
#31Joanne222US #56
#32Evelyn221US #30
#33Ann219US #34
#34Marjorie214US #41
#35Eleanor200US #38
#36Elizabeth190US #17
#37Irene190US #46
#38Marie181US #33
#39Norma178US #23
#40Rose170US #35
#41Josephine167US #62
#42Carmen163
#43Lorraine163US #54
#44Esther162US #88
#45Geraldine162US #42
#46Jacqueline161US #86
#47Louise157US #39
#48Maria157US #122
#49Pat155US #160
#50Martha152US #27
#51Darlene149US #96
#52June146US #45
#53Carole144US #107
#54Jane141US #47
#55Bonnie139US #68
#56Joann131US #72
#57Anna129US #29
#58Florence128US #49
#59Roberta128US #112
#60Anita123US #116
#61Marian122US #89
#62Janice121US #81
#63Lillian120US #51
#64Sylvia119US #84
#65Patsy117US #65
#66Arlene116US #74
#67Lupe116
#68Peggy115US #36
#69Elaine114US #61
#70Jeanne113US #125
#71Kathleen107US #77
#72Pauline106US #64
#73Juanita103US #63
#74Rita103US #53
#75Audrey100US #59
#76Charlotte98US #79
#77Grace98US #69
#78Mildred97US #32
#79Catherine95US #44
#80Sharon95US #178
#81Loretta94US #87
#82Margie89US #95
#83Rachel89US #161
#84Laura88US #91
#85Jennie87US #175
#86Bernice83US #83
#87Lucille83US #78
#88Connie82US #146
#89Diana81
#90Vivian81US #98
#91Beatrice80US #94
#92Marion80US #73
#93Theresa80US #70
#94Anne79US #85
#95Jeanette79US #103
#96Eva78US #101
#97Katherine77US #100
#98Kathryn77US #108
#99Julia76US #97
#100Kay76US #200

Boys

#1Robert2,135US #1
#2Richard1,547US #5
#3John1,450US #3
#4James1,239US #2
#5William1,186US #4
#6Donald1,158US #7
#7Charles727US #6
#8George672US #8
#9Ronald671US #12
#10David657US #13
#11Frank567US #16
#12Jack519US #17
#13Edward472US #11
#14Thomas459US #10
#15Joe426US #27
#16Kenneth392US #15
#17Paul384US #14
#18Raymond367US #19
#19Joseph321US #9
#20Don317US #54
#21Arthur295US #25
#22Gerald280US #22
#23Albert273US #30
#24Fred253US #34
#25Bill250US #59
#26Henry250US #24
#27Jerry248US #31
#28Norman238US #37
#29Ralph230US #29
#30Harold224US #18
#31Manuel223US #134
#32Walter221US #21
#33Bob212US #82
#34Lawrence206US #38
#35Harry196US #35
#36Gary194US #80
#37Louis191US #40
#38Ernest183US #50
#39Eugene178US #23
#40Roy175US #39
#41Larry174US #58
#42Peter173US #60
#43Daniel172US #42
#44Gilbert172US #104
#45Alfred170US #57
#46Michael162US #53
#47Carl160US #28
#48Ray160US #62
#49Jim159US #98
#50Stanley156US #55
#51Gordon146US #71
#52Howard144US #36
#53Roger142US #48
#54Tony140US #171
#55Jose137US #136
#56Douglas133US #81
#57Dick131US #144
#58Leonard126US #47
#59Leroy121US #56
#60Victor117US #116
#61Philip116US #70
#62Melvin114US #51
#63Wayne114US #52
#64Earl110US #41
#65Tom107US #117
#66Anthony105US #46
#67Edwin105US #77
#68Marvin103US #44
#69Eddie102US #93
#70Lee102US #79
#71Bruce100US #91
#72Billy99US #20
#73Dale97US #65
#74Jimmy96US #64
#75Johnny95US #90
#76Herbert94US #49
#77Gene93US #66
#78Clifford92US #86
#79Phillip92US #125
#80Franklin91US #33
#81Carlos88
#82Tommy88US #109
#83Clarence87US #43
#84Warren85US #99
#85Jimmie83US #72
#86Jesus82
#87Glenn81US #74
#88Lloyd81US #73
#89Alan79US #122
#90Leo77US #75
#91Raul77
#92Martin76US #89
#93Rudy75
#94Allen74US #84
#95Theodore74US #68
#96Ruben72
#97Russell72US #67
#98Mike71
#99Vincent67US #94
#100Ben66US #163

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑41Carole#53
↑36Gary#36
↑26Darlene#51
↑19Carlos#81
↑18Carolyn#27
↑18Sharon#80
↑16Jane#54
↑16Loretta#81

Falling

↓21Connie#88
↓20Mildred#78
↓18June#52
↓17Marion#92
↓16Eva#96
↓16Herbert#76
↓16Ruben#96
↓15Lloyd#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.