State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1947 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 232,316 California births in 1947 across 1,962 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#77Yolanda#194 nationally
#66Manuel#156 nationally
#88Greg#171 nationally
#97Pat#164 nationally
#95Toni#155 nationally
#97Dave#155 nationally
#63Cathy#119 nationally
#68Julie#124 nationally
#63Bob#115 nationally
#83Terry#135 nationally
#84Jose#136 nationally
#95Gilbert#146 nationally

Girls

#1Linda6,759US #1
#2Mary3,459US #2
#3Patricia3,145US #3
#4Susan2,831US #8
#5Barbara2,700US #4
#6Sharon2,202US #9
#7Carol2,201US #6
#8Sandra2,167US #5
#9Nancy2,133US #7
#10Kathleen1,999US #11
#11Donna1,688US #10
#12Karen1,613US #13
#13Judy1,335US #14
#14Pamela1,304US #28
#15Diane1,289US #18
#16Judith1,227US #12
#17Margaret1,136US #16
#18Janet1,107US #23
#19Cheryl1,093US #24
#20Carolyn1,042US #15
#21Janice983US #22
#22Christine926US #45
#23Shirley907US #19
#24Gloria896US #27
#25Marilyn851US #29
#26Cynthia747US #33
#27Virginia715US #34
#28Joyce704US #20
#29Diana697US #48
#30Beverly695US #31
#31Elizabeth651US #25
#32Kathy646US #64
#33Bonnie642US #35
#34Betty635US #17
#35Joan635US #30
#36Gail552US #49
#37Catherine544US #46
#38Dorothy526US #26
#39Martha524US #32
#40Frances498US #39
#41Lynda494US #77
#42Suzanne493US #53
#43Maria489US #79
#44Connie476US #43
#45Kathryn474US #55
#46Paula474US #54
#47Ann465US #41
#48Peggy461US #42
#49Helen459US #38
#50Laura447US #74
#51Alice442US #47
#52Jean438US #40
#53Lynn437US #75
#54Phyllis437US #37
#55Jane429US #36
#56Jo415US #51
#57Sally406US #70
#58Katherine392US #76
#59Darlene390US #71
#60Brenda388US #21
#61Sue382US #69
#62Joanne381US #56
#63Cathy379US #119
#64Marsha372US #88
#65Sherry369US #67
#66Vicki367US #101
#67Deborah365US #62
#68Julie352US #124
#69Ruth350US #44
#70Sheila350US #73
#71Dolores348US #111
#72Irene343US #107
#73Rose340US #65
#74Roberta339US #90
#75Elaine335US #50
#76Marie333US #57
#77Yolanda333US #194
#78Victoria328US #123
#79Janis326US #108
#80Rebecca324US #52
#81Claudia320US #122
#82Jeanne320US #86
#83Terry320US #135
#84Sylvia319US #97
#85Teresa318US #121
#86Rita312US #60
#87Anita311US #94
#88Jacqueline305US #59
#89Charlene298US #105
#90Ellen298US #61
#91Charlotte297US #68
#92Carole295US #102
#93Norma290US #82
#94Yvonne283US #117
#95Toni272US #155
#96Leslie269US #132
#97Pat268US #164
#98Theresa261US #85
#99Gayle258US #127
#100Louise258US #99

Boys

#1Robert6,180US #2
#2John5,847US #3
#3Michael4,782US #7
#4James4,758US #1
#5Richard4,515US #5
#6David4,062US #6
#7William3,611US #4
#8Ronald2,501US #11
#9Gary2,264US #12
#10Larry2,225US #10
#11Thomas2,176US #8
#12Dennis1,979US #17
#13Charles1,976US #9
#14Donald1,763US #13
#15Steven1,733US #24
#16Kenneth1,503US #15
#17Paul1,460US #18
#18Stephen1,350US #21
#19George1,335US #16
#20Daniel1,099US #22
#21Frank1,057US #23
#22Edward1,042US #19
#23Gregory1,026US #33
#24Joseph1,020US #14
#25Jerry943US #20
#26Mike905US #65
#27Bruce890US #29
#28Steve851US #58
#29Terry787US #26
#30Raymond775US #27
#31Mark764US #47
#32Jack742US #37
#33Douglas717US #31
#34Joe712US #43
#35Jim709US #77
#36Timothy701US #52
#37Patrick644US #53
#38Bill638US #76
#39Roger621US #25
#40Lawrence620US #32
#41Danny602US #39
#42Gerald599US #28
#43Wayne583US #30
#44Peter576US #36
#45Alan569US #45
#46Anthony536US #41
#47Arthur534US #38
#48Tom532US #87
#49Fred518US #56
#50Ralph491US #50
#51Craig482US #93
#52Jeffrey474US #66
#53Philip452US #57
#54Carl437US #40
#55Albert427US #55
#56Don425US #86
#57Walter424US #34
#58Stanley420US #67
#59Dale419US #63
#60Henry412US #46
#61Harold411US #35
#62Johnny378US #49
#63Bob374US #115
#64Dan367US #109
#65Phillip367US #74
#66Manuel361US #156
#67Glenn356US #70
#68Russell355US #69
#69Roy347US #48
#70Barry339US #68
#71Brian322US #95
#72Howard319US #62
#73Ronnie319US #61
#74Ernest318US #75
#75Louis318US #64
#76Harry313US #54
#77Jimmy313US #44
#78Christopher309US #127
#79Norman308US #81
#80Leonard306US #71
#81Allen302US #73
#82Eugene301US #59
#83Ray301US #97
#84Jose291US #136
#85Tony278US #126
#86Randy276US #116
#87Tommy270US #79
#88Greg269US #171
#89Lee269US #92
#90Rodney269US #94
#91Keith261US #91
#92Andrew253US #82
#93Martin253US #90
#94Eddie252US #80
#95Gilbert251US #146
#96Alfred247US #96
#97Dave236US #155
#98Clifford235US #101
#99Jon235US #123
#100Scott229US #139

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑48Lynda#41
↑31Cathy#63
↑22Rose#73
↑20Julie#68
↑19Brian#71
↑18Janis#79
↑18Rebecca#80
↑17Brenda#60

Falling

↓36Carole#92
↓19Anita#87
↓17Jacqueline#88
↓17Gilbert#95
↓15Roy#69
↓14Ruth#69
↓12Jean#52
↓12Pat#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.