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Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1944 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 164,360 California births in 1944 across 1,622 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#57Manuel#149 nationally
#89Penny#180 nationally
#100Michele#187 nationally
#71Pat#154 nationally
#82Vicki#161 nationally
#67Victoria#139 nationally
#90Julie#162 nationally
#80Tony#143 nationally
#88Craig#151 nationally
#53Kathy#110 nationally
#63Claudia#120 nationally
#55Bob#109 nationally

Girls

#1Linda3,003US #3
#2Mary2,975US #1
#3Patricia2,338US #4
#4Barbara2,186US #2
#5Carol2,089US #5
#6Sharon2,058US #8
#7Sandra1,646US #6
#8Susan1,596US #13
#9Judith1,383US #9
#10Nancy1,374US #7
#11Donna1,281US #17
#12Judy1,232US #12
#13Karen1,177US #16
#14Carolyn1,033US #11
#15Kathleen1,008US #20
#16Margaret942US #14
#17Diane927US #24
#18Pamela833US #44
#19Shirley789US #15
#20Gloria767US #25
#21Janet763US #21
#22Cheryl759US #36
#23Betty757US #10
#24Marilyn721US #27
#25Joan700US #22
#26Virginia661US #26
#27Janice620US #28
#28Joyce586US #18
#29Bonnie558US #34
#30Beverly542US #35
#31Diana518US #60
#32Carole480US #43
#33Elizabeth464US #23
#34Dorothy461US #19
#35Frances457US #33
#36Helen452US #31
#37Martha426US #29
#38Sally392US #59
#39Jean391US #37
#40Ann369US #39
#41Connie360US #51
#42Alice350US #38
#43Christine347US #75
#44Gail340US #56
#45Darlene325US #76
#46Ruth314US #32
#47Maria309US #80
#48Suzanne309US #78
#49Dolores308US #92
#50Roberta305US #70
#51Irene302US #91
#52Jo292US #61
#53Kathy292US #110
#54Phyllis289US #40
#55Charlotte288US #50
#56Rose287US #52
#57Marie286US #48
#58Catherine282US #49
#59Joanne282US #55
#60Jane281US #41
#61Peggy278US #45
#62Elaine277US #46
#63Claudia271US #120
#64Sue269US #62
#65Kathryn262US #68
#66Paula260US #82
#67Victoria257US #139
#68Anita256US #95
#69Lynn252US #116
#70Katherine249US #77
#71Pat248US #154
#72Louise244US #69
#73Rita239US #54
#74Dianne235US #90
#75Jacqueline233US #64
#76Joann229US #65
#77Sylvia224US #83
#78Lois221US #47
#79Marsha221US #111
#80Lynda216US #113
#81Norma215US #66
#82Vicki213US #161
#83Jeanne203US #108
#84Charlene201US #109
#85Sherry201US #100
#86Evelyn199US #57
#87Ellen198US #63
#88Wanda195US #58
#89Penny190US #180
#90Julie185US #162
#91Marcia185US #89
#92Brenda183US #30
#93Doris182US #42
#94Juanita181US #94
#95Sheila181US #103
#96Andrea174US #128
#97Marjorie174US #85
#98Geraldine173US #53
#99Anne170US #86
#100Michele167US #187

Boys

#1Robert4,631US #2
#2John4,223US #3
#3James3,907US #1
#4Richard3,556US #5
#5William2,895US #4
#6Michael2,796US #9
#7David2,590US #6
#8Ronald1,956US #10
#9Gary1,943US #15
#10Charles1,718US #7
#11Thomas1,562US #8
#12Donald1,481US #11
#13Larry1,370US #12
#14Dennis1,292US #20
#15George1,126US #14
#16Kenneth1,119US #16
#17Jerry951US #19
#18Paul944US #17
#19Frank902US #21
#20Edward852US #18
#21Stephen781US #28
#22Joseph701US #13
#23Daniel668US #25
#24Raymond668US #22
#25Steven644US #52
#26Jack642US #30
#27Jim596US #68
#28Joe563US #33
#29Roger543US #23
#30Mike538US #80
#31Gerald537US #24
#32Bill511US #66
#33Douglas480US #34
#34Arthur460US #29
#35Fred460US #47
#36Terry435US #43
#37Lawrence415US #32
#38Bruce411US #51
#39Don408US #72
#40Ralph407US #42
#41Peter391US #40
#42Wayne391US #37
#43Steve384US #89
#44Tom376US #87
#45Walter374US #26
#46Alan368US #55
#47Albert368US #44
#48Harold367US #27
#49Roy367US #39
#50Patrick354US #64
#51Carl346US #36
#52Danny346US #76
#53Henry338US #35
#54Anthony336US #46
#55Bob331US #109
#56Johnny317US #45
#57Manuel310US #149
#58Stanley294US #57
#59Eugene274US #48
#60Ronnie274US #69
#61Norman267US #58
#62Dale261US #61
#63Philip259US #60
#64Ray259US #86
#65Timothy259US #92
#66Louis257US #54
#67Jimmy255US #41
#68Howard245US #53
#69Phillip243US #83
#70Ernest241US #59
#71Mark241US #93
#72Harry229US #49
#73Leonard229US #56
#74Russell228US #63
#75Billy215US #38
#76Jeffrey211US #101
#77Eddie207US #79
#78Victor204US #107
#79Glenn203US #88
#80Tony203US #143
#81Melvin202US #67
#82Gilbert201US #127
#83Marvin200US #75
#84Alfred198US #82
#85Lee197US #85
#86Gene196US #95
#87Barry194US #84
#88Craig192US #151
#89Allen190US #77
#90Tommy190US #70
#91Jose187US #139
#92Jon183US #122
#93Gordon182US #105
#94Clifford179US #99
#95Martin179US #91
#96Dan178US #144
#97Keith176US #104
#98Brian171US #116
#99Frederick165US #73
#100Earl159US #65

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑33Claudia#63
↑26Christine#43
↑20Maria#47
↑18Eddie#77
↑16Cheryl#22
↑15Catherine#58
↑14Jane#60
↑14Sherry#85

Falling

↓21Norma#81
↓21Martin#95
↓20Joann#76
↓19Rita#73
↓19Geraldine#98
↓18Jacqueline#75
↓13Joanne#59
↓13Sheila#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.