State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1957 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 340,054 California births in 1957 across 2,522 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#82Manuel#185 nationally
#77Yolanda#165 nationally
#88Gilbert#163 nationally
#60Jose#109 nationally
#78Bill#123 nationally
#83Greg#127 nationally
#63Jim#106 nationally
#81Dan#121 nationally
#71Stephanie#110 nationally
#39Leslie#77 nationally
#51Victoria#88 nationally
#73Jon#110 nationally

Girls

#1Susan3,632US #2
#2Linda3,549US #3
#3Mary3,462US #1
#4Cynthia3,359US #7
#5Debra3,317US #4
#6Karen3,305US #5
#7Deborah2,634US #6
#8Patricia2,536US #8
#9Nancy2,084US #11
#10Pamela1,948US #12
#11Kathleen1,908US #21
#12Cheryl1,833US #16
#13Julie1,816US #28
#14Sandra1,795US #15
#15Barbara1,772US #9
#16Cindy1,739US #19
#17Carol1,704US #18
#18Lisa1,681US #26
#19Diane1,638US #17
#20Sharon1,610US #14
#21Donna1,583US #10
#22Laura1,487US #31
#23Elizabeth1,479US #22
#24Denise1,459US #25
#25Lori1,358US #45
#26Janet1,354US #23
#27Debbie1,313US #27
#28Teresa1,308US #24
#29Kathy1,293US #20
#30Brenda1,167US #13
#31Robin1,143US #30
#32Kim1,080US #35
#33Diana1,025US #43
#34Catherine1,004US #37
#35Theresa957US #36
#36Rebecca950US #34
#37Margaret945US #29
#38Maria900US #71
#39Leslie885US #77
#40Laurie871US #73
#41Kimberly868US #42
#42Terri839US #68
#43Janice832US #32
#44Carolyn758US #33
#45Michelle752US #79
#46Judy736US #38
#47Christine726US #41
#48Cathy725US #39
#49Valerie721US #76
#50Vicki698US #51
#51Victoria692US #88
#52Paula663US #49
#53Kathryn653US #65
#54Gloria643US #66
#55Jennifer635US #87
#56Katherine635US #72
#57Martha619US #63
#58Virginia611US #75
#59Ann610US #44
#60Lynn601US #61
#61Rhonda601US #52
#62Gail585US #54
#63Tina569US #80
#64Terry564US #92
#65Joyce561US #40
#66Rose554US #69
#67Darlene542US #57
#68Connie540US #47
#69Sherry538US #55
#70Annette536US #97
#71Stephanie532US #110
#72Anna514US #105
#73Judith514US #53
#74Sylvia508US #109
#75Wendy487US #101
#76Bonnie480US #64
#77Yolanda479US #165
#78Anita477US #81
#79Suzanne474US #102
#80Joan471US #60
#81Shirley466US #46
#82Peggy458US #62
#83Beverly455US #48
#84Michele454US #99
#85Vickie452US #70
#86Renee444US #111
#87Jill430US #100
#88Roberta430US #121
#89Anne418US #86
#90Marie406US #98
#91Yvonne400US #124
#92Betty394US #50
#93Colleen394US #118
#94Elaine394US #96
#95Sheila391US #58
#96Sheryl388US #112
#97Lorraine385US #129
#98Ruth378US #84
#99Jean376US #67
#100Sally368US #115

Boys

#1Michael8,264US #1
#2David7,471US #3
#3Robert6,844US #4
#4John6,316US #5
#5James5,486US #2
#6Richard4,859US #8
#7Mark4,856US #7
#8Steven3,860US #10
#9William3,731US #6
#10Thomas2,811US #9
#11Daniel2,646US #16
#12Ronald2,436US #17
#13Gary2,342US #13
#14Paul2,258US #18
#15Kenneth2,233US #14
#16Donald2,225US #15
#17Charles2,146US #11
#18Gregory2,000US #23
#19Timothy1,897US #19
#20Kevin1,871US #20
#21Joseph1,845US #12
#22Jeffrey1,842US #21
#23Scott1,724US #32
#24Brian1,566US #26
#25Anthony1,542US #27
#26Stephen1,507US #24
#27Edward1,446US #25
#28Larry1,431US #22
#29Douglas1,349US #30
#30Dennis1,328US #28
#31Randy1,308US #31
#32George1,178US #29
#33Bruce1,144US #34
#34Steve1,138US #44
#35Frank1,137US #38
#36Christopher1,062US #43
#37Mike1,017US #53
#38Patrick975US #41
#39Raymond969US #39
#40Peter936US #37
#41Craig918US #55
#42Jerry904US #35
#43Keith897US #36
#44Eric840US #60
#45Terry786US #33
#46Lawrence764US #46
#47Danny759US #45
#48Joe708US #57
#49Alan699US #48
#50Russell692US #54
#51Dale686US #50
#52Rick675US #87
#53Arthur645US #66
#54Jeffery633US #52
#55Martin623US #69
#56Andrew612US #56
#57Gerald598US #51
#58Matthew590US #83
#59Jack588US #67
#60Jose584US #109
#61Ricky578US #40
#62Roger572US #42
#63Jim565US #106
#64Victor562US #98
#65Wayne556US #47
#66Phillip536US #79
#67Ralph528US #76
#68Rodney514US #70
#69Carl513US #49
#70Randall503US #59
#71Jeff500US #96
#72Glenn499US #62
#73Jon485US #110
#74Tony485US #71
#75Philip479US #68
#76Roy458US #65
#77Albert445US #84
#78Bill429US #123
#79Henry427US #75
#80Tom427US #116
#81Dan426US #121
#82Manuel425US #185
#83Greg407US #127
#84Johnny406US #61
#85Curtis403US #80
#86Micheal398US #85
#87Don394US #117
#88Gilbert392US #163
#89Vincent389US #97
#90Chris384US #120
#91Walter384US #58
#92Dean382US #93
#93Stanley374US #81
#94Ernest365US #101
#95Darrell361US #90
#96Leonard358US #94
#97Louis355US #86
#98Tim352US #119
#99Jay349US #88
#100Bradley344US #107

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑28Annette#70
↑27Jim#63
↑21Cindy#16
↑20Darlene#67
↑18Mike#37
↑15Julie#13
↑15Jennifer#55
↑14Leslie#39

Falling

↓22Stanley#93
↓15Katherine#56
↓14Beverly#83
↓14Walter#91
↓14Louis#97
↓13Darrell#95
↓13Jay#99
↓11Janice#43

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.