State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1954 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 297,104 California births in 1954 across 2,276 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#89Ruben#198 nationally
#70Yolanda#175 nationally
#73Manuel#169 nationally
#54Lori#121 nationally
#84Gilbert#148 nationally
#60Stephanie#123 nationally
#95Brad#154 nationally
#79Mike#130 nationally
#49Leslie#99 nationally
#57Jose#107 nationally
#98Irene#140 nationally
#59Terri#100 nationally

Girls

#1Linda4,154US #2
#2Susan3,934US #5
#3Debra3,784US #6
#4Deborah3,726US #3
#5Mary3,717US #1
#6Patricia3,303US #4
#7Karen2,665US #8
#8Cynthia2,462US #10
#9Pamela2,184US #12
#10Nancy2,100US #9
#11Kathleen2,098US #14
#12Barbara2,007US #7
#13Sandra1,930US #13
#14Carol1,684US #15
#15Donna1,628US #11
#16Diane1,573US #17
#17Sharon1,568US #16
#18Janet1,556US #19
#19Cheryl1,465US #22
#20Elizabeth1,259US #20
#21Denise1,251US #24
#22Rebecca1,065US #26
#23Margaret1,061US #21
#24Teresa1,026US #34
#25Robin1,025US #41
#26Catherine991US #32
#27Laura959US #45
#28Janice943US #25
#29Maria886US #65
#30Gloria802US #42
#31Brenda795US #18
#32Diana795US #57
#33Lisa795US #73
#34Paula784US #38
#35Kathy753US #23
#36Judy733US #29
#37Theresa724US #47
#38Marilyn718US #35
#39Gail715US #37
#40Judith713US #30
#41Julie707US #70
#42Kathryn695US #51
#43Katherine694US #64
#44Carolyn667US #27
#45Victoria651US #85
#46Vicki618US #50
#47Rose603US #54
#48Christine588US #43
#49Leslie588US #99
#50Joan583US #40
#51Joyce575US #28
#52Lynn575US #63
#53Beverly570US #31
#54Lori570US #121
#55Martha568US #46
#56Virginia564US #61
#57Suzanne553US #82
#58Laurie542US #98
#59Terri542US #100
#60Stephanie528US #123
#61Ann526US #44
#62Michelle525US #94
#63Valerie524US #87
#64Peggy520US #48
#65Sherry504US #62
#66Michele500US #89
#67Terry500US #88
#68Shirley493US #33
#69Connie489US #39
#70Yolanda480US #175
#71Sally463US #84
#72Cathy459US #59
#73Sheila449US #60
#74Elaine446US #74
#75Bonnie442US #52
#76Roberta441US #102
#77Wendy436US #95
#78Marie428US #79
#79Debbie427US #92
#80Jacqueline422US #68
#81Jo422US #53
#82Jane415US #49
#83Jennifer412US #108
#84Cindy411US #91
#85Ruth408US #66
#86Jean398US #56
#87Sylvia396US #101
#88Darlene394US #76
#89Vickie394US #69
#90Alice391US #81
#91Betty390US #36
#92Rhonda389US #71
#93Anna384US #105
#94Anita378US #96
#95Helen368US #72
#96Anne367US #80
#97Kim364US #134
#98Irene352US #140
#99Frances350US #83
#100Renee349US #132

Boys

#1Michael8,082US #1
#2Robert6,818US #2
#3David6,474US #5
#4John5,958US #4
#5James5,213US #3
#6Richard5,057US #7
#7Steven4,239US #11
#8William3,943US #6
#9Mark3,515US #12
#10Thomas2,912US #8
#11Gary2,849US #9
#12Daniel2,336US #18
#13Ronald2,173US #15
#14Charles2,136US #10
#15Paul2,123US #16
#16Donald2,119US #14
#17Kenneth1,919US #17
#18Stephen1,810US #20
#19Jeffrey1,658US #23
#20Gregory1,645US #25
#21Dennis1,627US #21
#22Joseph1,624US #13
#23Timothy1,564US #26
#24Larry1,363US #19
#25Edward1,336US #22
#26George1,262US #24
#27Bruce1,204US #30
#28Douglas1,145US #29
#29Scott1,121US #40
#30Anthony1,086US #32
#31Kevin1,062US #28
#32Frank1,025US #36
#33Patrick1,000US #38
#34Raymond963US #35
#35Randy902US #33
#36Craig901US #51
#37Terry852US #27
#38Brian785US #48
#39Lawrence782US #39
#40Peter765US #37
#41Christopher746US #64
#42Jerry738US #31
#43Alan657US #43
#44Arthur638US #52
#45Roger612US #34
#46Wayne612US #41
#47Danny611US #42
#48Jack596US #57
#49Keith581US #45
#50Gerald574US #44
#51Dale545US #50
#52Joe522US #67
#53Stanley515US #58
#54Carl505US #47
#55Steve501US #76
#56Ralph500US #61
#57Jose499US #107
#58Russell486US #69
#59Andrew480US #70
#60Philip480US #62
#61Glenn479US #63
#62Eric475US #89
#63Rodney471US #66
#64Randall462US #55
#65Rick461US #102
#66Martin456US #79
#67Henry447US #59
#68Albert440US #73
#69Phillip438US #75
#70Jon418US #111
#71Ricky418US #46
#72Walter418US #49
#73Manuel408US #169
#74Jeffery401US #90
#75Roy392US #56
#76Victor375US #103
#77Ernest371US #87
#78Barry370US #68
#79Mike365US #130
#80Johnny352US #54
#81Fred351US #93
#82Micheal345US #88
#83Bradley340US #106
#84Gilbert338US #148
#85Harold318US #60
#86Allen316US #82
#87Curtis316US #84
#88Leonard313US #85
#89Ruben310US #198
#90Louis303US #81
#91Frederick299US #83
#92Eugene296US #77
#93Samuel295US #71
#94Vincent289US #104
#95Brad278US #154
#96Howard278US #80
#97Jay275US #101
#98Dan271US #139
#99Matthew267US #124
#100Darrell263US #95

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑28Lisa#33
↑28Terri#59
↑26Stephanie#60
↑22Yolanda#70
↑19Elaine#74
↑17Jeffery#74
↑14Cindy#84
↑14Jon#70

Falling

↓25Betty#91
↓24Christine#48
↓23Shirley#68
↓22Anita#94
↓16Irene#98
↓16Louis#90
↓13Bonnie#75
↓13Jane#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.