State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1935 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 71,609 California births in 1935 across 1,131 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#48Carmenoutside the national top 200
#73Lupeoutside the national top 200
#81Rubenoutside the national top 200
#84Claudiaoutside the national top 200
#85Rudyoutside the national top 200
#51Tony#162 nationally
#92Carlosoutside the national top 200
#76Mike#184 nationally
#93Dianaoutside the national top 200
#35Manuel#137 nationally
#100Peteoutside the national top 200
#54Pat#150 nationally

Girls

#1Barbara1,522US #3
#2Mary1,484US #1
#3Shirley1,167US #2
#4Patricia1,116US #5
#5Joan702US #7
#6Carol669US #11
#7Betty662US #4
#8Nancy549US #9
#9Marilyn518US #14
#10Beverly476US #20
#11Margaret472US #8
#12Dorothy439US #6
#13Donna427US #23
#14Virginia426US #16
#15Helen425US #10
#16Dolores380US #26
#17Gloria375US #32
#18Frances364US #19
#19Janet329US #22
#20Diane303US #109
#21Joyce298US #12
#22Jean279US #18
#23Ruth266US #15
#24Joanne265US #44
#25Alice264US #25
#26Marlene259US #39
#27Sally240US #58
#28Carolyn238US #28
#29Darlene232US #91
#30Sandra227US #50
#31Lois224US #21
#32Norma210US #29
#33Ann208US #30
#34Phyllis207US #27
#35Elizabeth205US #17
#36Doris204US #13
#37Sharon204US #96
#38Janice201US #47
#39Roberta199US #77
#40Marjorie192US #46
#41Rose187US #37
#42Evelyn185US #31
#43Arlene184US #59
#44Eleanor182US #48
#45Irene181US #52
#46Marie180US #33
#47Martha175US #24
#48Carmen170
#49Esther163US #94
#50Geraldine162US #40
#51Jacqueline158US #79
#52Carole156US #93
#53Josephine154US #75
#54Pat154US #150
#55Joann152US #53
#56Kathleen150US #71
#57Maria149US #117
#58Sylvia145US #60
#59Jane142US #43
#60Yvonne139US #98
#61Elaine138US #51
#62Lorraine136US #68
#63June133US #55
#64Louise132US #45
#65Bonnie131US #62
#66Juanita131US #72
#67Judith127US #54
#68Anita124US #119
#69Susan118US #126
#70Anna114US #34
#71Marian114US #105
#72Loretta110US #69
#73Lupe109
#74Charlotte107US #65
#75Connie106US #140
#76Judy105US #143
#77Sheila104US #151
#78Lillian102US #66
#79Grace101US #83
#80Patsy99US #56
#81Anne98US #84
#82Jo98US #73
#83Lucille98US #85
#84Claudia97
#85Peggy95US #36
#86Audrey94US #64
#87Katherine92US #103
#88Florence91US #74
#89Rachel91US #164
#90Gail90US #127
#91Pauline90US #80
#92Jeanette88US #104
#93Diana87
#94Rita85US #63
#95Catherine83US #42
#96Beatrice82US #107
#97Linda82US #165
#98Karen80US #172
#99Rosie80US #166
#100Wanda80US #49

Boys

#1Robert2,262US #1
#2Richard1,739US #5
#3John1,533US #3
#4James1,286US #2
#5William1,251US #4
#6Donald1,138US #7
#7Charles772US #6
#8Ronald756US #12
#9David709US #11
#10George675US #8
#11Frank585US #16
#12Jack470US #18
#13Joe449US #25
#14Thomas444US #9
#15Edward440US #13
#16Raymond416US #17
#17Gary412US #44
#18Paul405US #14
#19Kenneth378US #15
#20Joseph350US #10
#21Jerry344US #22
#22Don324US #51
#23Gerald310US #21
#24Albert281US #31
#25Fred281US #34
#26Michael276US #41
#27Bill275US #60
#28Bob274US #81
#29Arthur269US #29
#30Henry266US #27
#31Walter259US #23
#32Ralph254US #32
#33Larry244US #33
#34Norman244US #38
#35Manuel237US #137
#36Harold231US #20
#37Roger221US #36
#38Lawrence210US #35
#39Daniel203US #43
#40Stanley198US #56
#41Ernest197US #55
#42Eugene196US #26
#43Roy187US #40
#44Jim180US #90
#45Louis180US #42
#46Peter180US #59
#47Gilbert174US #111
#48Carl173US #28
#49Alfred172US #63
#50Harry171US #37
#51Tony170US #162
#52Douglas167US #75
#53Howard151US #39
#54Dennis148US #72
#55Tom147US #110
#56Ray142US #64
#57Wayne137US #49
#58Leonard136US #54
#59Philip136US #65
#60Leroy134US #50
#61Bruce132US #77
#62Victor129US #116
#63Anthony126US #52
#64Dale123US #61
#65Gene122US #66
#66Johnny122US #74
#67Warren122US #97
#68Marvin121US #45
#69Gordon120US #70
#70Jimmy117US #47
#71Jose117US #135
#72Dick114US #142
#73Glenn113US #78
#74Eddie110US #87
#75Phillip108US #107
#76Mike107US #184
#77Melvin106US #57
#78Russell105US #68
#79Ted105US #144
#80Earl103US #46
#81Ruben97
#82Clifford96US #88
#83Alan93US #122
#84Lee93US #80
#85Rudy90
#86Martin87US #93
#87Allen86US #83
#88Billy84US #19
#89Lloyd82US #84
#90Stephen82US #113
#91Tommy82US #95
#92Carlos81
#93Clarence81US #48
#94Floyd81US #76
#95Edwin80US #89
#96Patrick79US #112
#97Herbert77US #58
#98Ronnie77US #164
#99Andrew75US #85
#100Pete73

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑35Roberta#39
↑29Sandra#30
↑27Judith#67
↑25Sharon#37
↑22Janice#38
↑22Dennis#54
↑20Loretta#72
↑18Russell#78

Falling

↓22Lorraine#62
↓22Pauline#91
↓20Peggy#85
↓20Beatrice#96
↓19June#63
↓19Louise#64
↓19Patrick#96
↓17Gordon#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.