State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1945 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 171,773 California births in 1945 across 1,684 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#98Tonioutside the national top 200
#62Manuel#150 nationally
#96Penny#183 nationally
#84Julie#155 nationally
#85Pat#154 nationally
#44Bob#107 nationally
#46Victoria#106 nationally
#42Kathy#101 nationally
#75Craig#134 nationally
#77Gilbert#130 nationally
#79Tony#129 nationally
#78Claudia#127 nationally

Girls

#1Linda3,191US #2
#2Mary3,019US #1
#3Patricia2,314US #4
#4Barbara2,222US #3
#5Carol2,138US #5
#6Susan1,991US #10
#7Sharon1,905US #8
#8Sandra1,653US #6
#9Nancy1,392US #7
#10Donna1,307US #17
#11Karen1,288US #16
#12Judith1,275US #9
#13Judy1,201US #13
#14Kathleen1,180US #19
#15Diane1,074US #22
#16Carolyn971US #12
#17Margaret936US #15
#18Gloria839US #23
#19Pamela833US #42
#20Janet811US #20
#21Cheryl801US #32
#22Shirley789US #14
#23Betty710US #11
#24Janice710US #24
#25Virginia702US #28
#26Marilyn689US #27
#27Diana672US #43
#28Joyce612US #18
#29Joan591US #25
#30Bonnie532US #35
#31Elizabeth466US #26
#32Beverly461US #37
#33Dorothy461US #21
#34Frances446US #34
#35Martha428US #30
#36Helen419US #31
#37Ann404US #39
#38Carole395US #51
#39Gail390US #52
#40Christine380US #62
#41Connie374US #47
#42Kathy373US #101
#43Jean371US #38
#44Jane365US #36
#45Alice360US #41
#46Victoria360US #106
#47Sally346US #64
#48Suzanne340US #68
#49Catherine327US #50
#50Darlene327US #71
#51Peggy327US #45
#52Phyllis323US #40
#53Maria322US #86
#54Sue322US #66
#55Kathryn317US #65
#56Joanne316US #53
#57Paula305US #67
#58Lynn304US #102
#59Irene302US #97
#60Elaine299US #44
#61Ruth293US #33
#62Rose291US #54
#63Marie285US #49
#64Dolores282US #103
#65Jacqueline281US #63
#66Roberta275US #75
#67Sylvia269US #83
#68Jo268US #60
#69Vicki261US #117
#70Laura257US #77
#71Katherine256US #82
#72Rosemary247US #79
#73Jeanne243US #98
#74Charlotte242US #55
#75Dianne242US #72
#76Anita238US #100
#77Lynda232US #111
#78Claudia229US #127
#79Brenda227US #29
#80Norma227US #74
#81Charlene222US #114
#82Sherry222US #104
#83Evelyn219US #57
#84Julie219US #155
#85Pat219US #154
#86Anne213US #81
#87Marsha210US #113
#88Sheila210US #89
#89Cynthia206US #90
#90Louise202US #78
#91Marcia200US #88
#92Joann196US #80
#93Geraldine193US #56
#94Rita192US #59
#95Doris191US #46
#96Penny186US #183
#97Kay185US #91
#98Toni185
#99Ellen184US #61
#100Leslie182US #142

Boys

#1Robert4,976US #2
#2John4,353US #3
#3James3,964US #1
#4Richard3,725US #5
#5Michael3,202US #9
#6William2,879US #4
#7David2,824US #6
#8Gary1,893US #13
#9Ronald1,677US #10
#10Charles1,564US #7
#11Thomas1,559US #8
#12Dennis1,438US #19
#13Larry1,389US #11
#14Donald1,347US #12
#15Kenneth1,138US #16
#16George1,105US #15
#17Paul1,065US #17
#18Stephen922US #26
#19Edward896US #18
#20Jerry873US #20
#21Frank846US #21
#22Joseph791US #14
#23Steven754US #43
#24Daniel737US #24
#25Mike651US #69
#26Jack650US #32
#27Raymond633US #23
#28Joe614US #36
#29Jim581US #68
#30Roger566US #22
#31Bill547US #66
#32Douglas544US #29
#33Terry544US #33
#34Steve522US #79
#35Gerald500US #25
#36Bruce471US #48
#37Peter467US #38
#38Arthur454US #34
#39Wayne444US #35
#40Lawrence438US #30
#41Don416US #73
#42Alan413US #52
#43Tom399US #89
#44Bob398US #107
#45Fred387US #51
#46Danny382US #56
#47Ralph382US #44
#48Anthony368US #46
#49Patrick365US #63
#50Harold363US #28
#51Henry358US #37
#52Timothy352US #70
#53Roy342US #40
#54Walter331US #27
#55Carl330US #39
#56Albert328US #49
#57Mark327US #72
#58Philip296US #58
#59Gregory295US #96
#60Stanley292US #59
#61Dale288US #61
#62Manuel287US #150
#63Russell286US #64
#64Louis282US #55
#65Johnny281US #45
#66Victor278US #95
#67Phillip270US #85
#68Harry269US #47
#69Eugene267US #50
#70Jimmy263US #41
#71Norman259US #65
#72Ronnie253US #67
#73Ernest250US #60
#74Leonard244US #57
#75Craig243US #134
#76Jeffrey243US #91
#77Gilbert226US #130
#78Dan224US #127
#79Tony224US #129
#80Jon221US #112
#81Barry213US #84
#82Howard213US #54
#83Ray212US #92
#84Alfred208US #88
#85Allen207US #74
#86Rodney205US #105
#87Tommy197US #75
#88Jose196US #132
#89Martin192US #90
#90Brian187US #113
#91Keith187US #108
#92Gordon186US #109
#93Billy185US #42
#94Eddie184US #81
#95Lee182US #87
#96Clifford178US #99
#97Melvin175US #78
#98Glenn170US #93
#99Gene166US #100
#100Andrew164US #86

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑21Victoria#46
↑18Dan#78
↑16Jane#44
↑14Mark#57
↑13Vicki#69
↑13Brenda#79
↑13Anne#86
↑13Timothy#52

Falling

↓21Rita#94
↓19Charlotte#74
↓19Ray#83
↓19Glenn#98
↓18Louise#90
↓18Billy#93
↓17Eddie#94
↓16Roberta#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.