State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1958 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 337,694 California births in 1958 across 2,547 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#78Manuel#178 nationally
#70Yolanda#166 nationally
#99Ron#176 nationally
#90Christina#165 nationally
#95Gilbert#169 nationally
#94Carlos#165 nationally
#93Dana#162 nationally
#60Jose#118 nationally
#59Kelly#108 nationally
#60Victoria#109 nationally
#68Jon#117 nationally
#72Sylvia#114 nationally

Girls

#1Susan3,504US #2
#2Karen3,234US #4
#3Mary3,162US #1
#4Linda3,103US #3
#5Cynthia2,673US #8
#6Debra2,660US #6
#7Patricia2,629US #5
#8Lisa2,313US #19
#9Julie2,208US #23
#10Deborah2,202US #7
#11Cheryl1,832US #13
#12Pamela1,815US #11
#13Kathleen1,785US #21
#14Nancy1,772US #12
#15Lori1,754US #30
#16Sandra1,750US #15
#17Kathy1,696US #14
#18Barbara1,671US #9
#19Debbie1,657US #24
#20Diane1,636US #18
#21Elizabeth1,624US #22
#22Laura1,604US #29
#23Donna1,558US #10
#24Carol1,545US #20
#25Denise1,465US #27
#26Cindy1,435US #25
#27Sharon1,343US #17
#28Teresa1,291US #26
#29Janet1,202US #28
#30Diana1,143US #45
#31Brenda1,048US #16
#32Robin1,043US #32
#33Kim1,005US #40
#34Theresa997US #33
#35Michelle990US #56
#36Catherine954US #38
#37Maria953US #65
#38Rebecca929US #41
#39Margaret879US #31
#40Terri876US #51
#41Kimberly861US #39
#42Laurie837US #70
#43Cathy836US #34
#44Christine833US #43
#45Leslie821US #79
#46Tammy746US #44
#47Jennifer739US #81
#48Janice726US #35
#49Judy722US #36
#50Tina701US #71
#51Valerie696US #64
#52Carolyn690US #37
#53Kathryn686US #58
#54Katherine683US #74
#55Rhonda667US #48
#56Paula653US #53
#57Peggy638US #42
#58Vicki633US #57
#59Kelly613US #108
#60Victoria573US #109
#61Lynn565US #60
#62Martha560US #69
#63Gloria555US #77
#64Annette551US #76
#65Darlene550US #49
#66Ann538US #47
#67Renee530US #105
#68Virginia526US #85
#69Terry521US #89
#70Yolanda519US #166
#71Connie510US #50
#72Sylvia505US #114
#73Anna502US #103
#74Stephanie497US #113
#75Joyce483US #46
#76Wendy471US #107
#77Michele470US #92
#78Anita465US #82
#79Shirley458US #52
#80Bonnie455US #63
#81Jill449US #98
#82Suzanne441US #104
#83Rose426US #78
#84Gail422US #72
#85Beverly420US #55
#86Judith418US #62
#87Elaine414US #101
#88Joan404US #68
#89Ruth399US #90
#90Christina397US #165
#91Anne392US #87
#92Tamara392US #127
#93Dana388US #162
#94Dawn387US #84
#95Helen386US #100
#96Sherry383US #67
#97Colleen382US #116
#98Lorraine380US #136
#99Vickie379US #75
#100Joanne376US #80

Boys

#1Michael7,626US #1
#2David7,460US #2
#3Robert6,704US #4
#4John6,081US #5
#5James5,319US #3
#6Mark4,785US #7
#7Richard4,613US #8
#8Steven3,486US #10
#9William3,418US #6
#10Thomas2,624US #9
#11Daniel2,496US #16
#12Ronald2,219US #19
#13Paul2,186US #15
#14Gary2,070US #17
#15Kenneth2,046US #14
#16Timothy2,005US #13
#17Donald2,004US #18
#18Charles1,992US #11
#19Scott1,899US #25
#20Kevin1,889US #20
#21Jeffrey1,841US #21
#22Gregory1,751US #23
#23Joseph1,643US #12
#24Brian1,642US #24
#25Anthony1,513US #27
#26Larry1,457US #22
#27Mike1,438US #40
#28Stephen1,387US #26
#29Steve1,321US #44
#30Dennis1,312US #29
#31Edward1,295US #28
#32Douglas1,181US #30
#33Randy1,154US #32
#34George1,127US #31
#35Frank1,123US #38
#36Christopher1,105US #39
#37Patrick1,043US #42
#38Eric1,009US #50
#39Bruce969US #36
#40Raymond917US #43
#41Craig907US #53
#42Keith891US #37
#43Jerry890US #35
#44Peter857US #41
#45Rick762US #77
#46Joe751US #56
#47Danny736US #45
#48Terry734US #33
#49Matthew723US #60
#50Ricky722US #34
#51Russell693US #54
#52Jeff691US #68
#53Alan685US #49
#54Dale680US #46
#55Jim680US #87
#56Arthur643US #72
#57Andrew621US #55
#58Martin620US #71
#59Lawrence617US #52
#60Jose578US #118
#61Bill563US #99
#62Tom561US #96
#63Chris556US #93
#64Tony554US #57
#65Wayne553US #48
#66Tim548US #74
#67Jack521US #80
#68Jon520US #117
#69Ralph506US #78
#70Rodney504US #65
#71Roger504US #47
#72Phillip499US #81
#73Gerald496US #58
#74Greg495US #105
#75Randall495US #62
#76Jeffery480US #59
#77Philip480US #67
#78Manuel474US #178
#79Victor471US #107
#80Dan465US #109
#81Carl456US #51
#82Roy456US #75
#83Glenn451US #76
#84Albert446US #89
#85Don439US #112
#86Vincent434US #98
#87Henry416US #83
#88Jay407US #86
#89Dean405US #97
#90Curtis391US #82
#91Dave391US #126
#92Johnny391US #61
#93Darrell389US #90
#94Carlos384US #165
#95Gilbert375US #169
#96Leonard374US #102
#97Bradley362US #108
#98Bryan360US #101
#99Ron355US #176
#100Micheal354US #91

On the move since 1957

Rising

↑32Tim#66
↑27Chris#63
↑25Peggy#57
↑19Renee#67
↑19Jeff#52
↑18Tom#62
↑17Bill#61
↑13Tina#50

Falling

↓27Sherry#96
↓22Gail#84
↓22Jeffery#76
↓17Rose#83
↓16Gerald#73
↓15Victor#79
↓14Vickie#99
↓14Micheal#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1957 rankings.