State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1934 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 69,786 California births in 1934 across 1,119 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#46Carmenoutside the national top 200
#70Lupeoutside the national top 200
#77Dianaoutside the national top 200
#79Carlosoutside the national top 200
#84Rudyoutside the national top 200
#49Pat#162 nationally
#55Tony#168 nationally
#80Mike#193 nationally
#92Jesusoutside the national top 200
#95Rauloutside the national top 200
#96Jackieoutside the national top 200
#28Manuel#131 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,590US #1
#2Barbara1,479US #3
#3Patricia1,018US #6
#4Shirley1,006US #4
#5Joan731US #7
#6Betty703US #2
#7Carol559US #14
#8Nancy554US #10
#9Dorothy516US #5
#10Margaret483US #8
#11Helen481US #9
#12Beverly476US #22
#13Marilyn433US #17
#14Gloria420US #30
#15Virginia418US #15
#16Donna400US #23
#17Joyce377US #12
#18Dolores359US #26
#19Janet343US #21
#20Jean328US #16
#21Ruth316US #13
#22Diane302US #124
#23Alice297US #25
#24Frances284US #19
#25Joanne268US #45
#26Sally250US #62
#27Arlene238US #53
#28Ann235US #32
#29Carolyn227US #33
#30Elizabeth227US #18
#31Lois222US #20
#32Doris218US #11
#33Norma210US #24
#34Evelyn209US #29
#35Irene206US #49
#36Marjorie199US #41
#37Marlene196US #57
#38Eleanor194US #44
#39Phyllis193US #28
#40Lorraine183US #56
#41Darlene177US #90
#42Marie176US #34
#43Josephine172US #60
#44June167US #46
#45Louise165US #40
#46Carmen162
#47Joann160US #50
#48Esther158US #91
#49Pat158US #162
#50Rose156US #37
#51Geraldine153US #43
#52Elaine149US #54
#53Carole148US #89
#54Martha147US #27
#55Sylvia147US #70
#56Jacqueline146US #80
#57Maria141US #115
#58Kathleen139US #74
#59Sandra139US #93
#60Janice138US #68
#61Anna137US #31
#62Sharon136US #150
#63Charlotte134US #72
#64Anita132US #130
#65Peggy132US #36
#66Bonnie129US #58
#67Marian123US #97
#68Connie117US #145
#69Pauline115US #71
#70Lupe114
#71Patsy113US #59
#72Jane109US #48
#73Lillian107US #52
#74Roberta106US #104
#75Yvonne103US #137
#76Beatrice102US #99
#77Diana102
#78Susan101US #138
#79Rita100US #63
#80Catherine99US #42
#81Grace99US #79
#82Juanita99US #64
#83Jeanne98US #131
#84Rosie98US #160
#85Jo97US #75
#86Audrey95US #69
#87Katherine94US #101
#88Florence92US #61
#89Anne91US #88
#90Laura90US #96
#91Linda84US #182
#92Loretta82US #83
#93Margie82US #103
#94Judith80US #94
#95Theresa80US #77
#96Jackie76
#97Jessie76US #129
#98Marion76US #86
#99Lucille75US #84
#100Rachel75US #163

Boys

#1Robert2,198US #1
#2Richard1,775US #5
#3John1,479US #3
#4James1,267US #2
#5William1,218US #4
#6Donald1,182US #6
#7Charles748US #7
#8Ronald720US #11
#9George687US #8
#10David647US #12
#11Frank606US #16
#12Jack486US #17
#13Edward434US #13
#14Paul411US #14
#15Joe407US #26
#16Thomas404US #9
#17Raymond388US #19
#18Kenneth385US #15
#19Don349US #50
#20Joseph333US #10
#21Gary287US #60
#22Fred284US #33
#23Jerry284US #25
#24Arthur280US #29
#25Bill267US #59
#26Albert266US #32
#27Gerald261US #22
#28Manuel258US #131
#29Ralph254US #31
#30Bob249US #75
#31Norman238US #38
#32Walter235US #21
#33Henry233US #27
#34Harold231US #18
#35Daniel229US #42
#36Larry223US #43
#37Michael215US #47
#38Roger207US #39
#39Jim201US #90
#40Carl199US #28
#41Lawrence199US #34
#42Peter199US #61
#43Louis195US #40
#44Harry193US #36
#45Eugene190US #24
#46Ernest184US #51
#47Ray176US #63
#48Gilbert175US #106
#49Alfred164US #64
#50Douglas154US #72
#51Stanley153US #58
#52Gordon150US #71
#53Roy146US #35
#54Bruce143US #78
#55Tony142US #168
#56Howard139US #37
#57Tom138US #112
#58Johnny129US #83
#59Wayne128US #48
#60Leonard127US #53
#61Philip126US #69
#62Jose122US #133
#63Earl121US #41
#64Dick120US #138
#65Leroy120US #54
#66Marvin117US #44
#67Dale114US #62
#68Gene113US #67
#69Anthony111US #52
#70Eddie111US #92
#71Melvin109US #55
#72Warren109US #96
#73Clifford107US #85
#74Billy101US #20
#75Jimmy101US #56
#76Dennis100US #95
#77Patrick97US #109
#78Victor96US #122
#79Carlos95
#80Mike95US #193
#81Edwin94US #80
#82Ted94US #146
#83Tommy94US #98
#84Rudy93
#85Glenn90US #81
#86Lloyd90US #82
#87Herbert88US #57
#88Martin88US #91
#89Theodore88US #74
#90Phillip87US #113
#91Alan86US #124
#92Jesus86
#93Lee84US #79
#94Andrew81US #76
#95Raul79
#96Russell79US #70
#97Vincent78US #101
#98Franklin76US #46
#99Ronnie74US #179
#100Allen73US #88

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑39Arlene#27
↑20Connie#68
↑18Sharon#62
↑18Mike#80
↑17Elaine#52
↑17Bruce#54
↑17Johnny#58
↑15Beatrice#76

Falling

↓30Florence#88
↓23Lee#93
↓18Jane#72
↓18Victor#78
↓18Franklin#98
↓17Rachel#100
↓15Roberta#74
↓14Edwin#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.