State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1960 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 358,506 California births in 1960 across 2,751 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#88Manuel#186 nationally
#77Yolanda#172 nationally
#78Teri#171 nationally
#100Gilbert#175 nationally
#98Ron#170 nationally
#99Carlos#167 nationally
#87Christina#154 nationally
#81Carrie#139 nationally
#51Jose#107 nationally
#90Dana#141 nationally
#91Monica#140 nationally
#67Victoria#114 nationally

Girls

#1Karen3,168US #4
#2Susan3,146US #2
#3Lisa3,117US #6
#4Mary3,100US #1
#5Linda2,882US #3
#6Cynthia2,332US #9
#7Patricia2,319US #7
#8Sandra2,102US #11
#9Debra2,012US #8
#10Lori2,002US #20
#11Laura1,987US #25
#12Deborah1,924US #10
#13Julie1,872US #28
#14Donna1,856US #5
#15Debbie1,676US #24
#16Elizabeth1,673US #18
#17Cheryl1,623US #17
#18Nancy1,623US #15
#19Pamela1,613US #14
#20Teresa1,587US #19
#21Barbara1,584US #12
#22Denise1,576US #29
#23Diane1,432US #22
#24Kathy1,400US #21
#25Cindy1,391US #30
#26Kathleen1,386US #27
#27Kimberly1,360US #26
#28Carol1,358US #23
#29Sharon1,326US #16
#30Brenda1,303US #13
#31Michelle1,278US #39
#32Robin1,231US #33
#33Janet1,172US #32
#34Kelly1,171US #52
#35Maria1,140US #59
#36Kim1,135US #34
#37Diana1,079US #53
#38Tammy1,037US #31
#39Theresa1,012US #35
#40Laurie993US #37
#41Terri964US #49
#42Rebecca916US #38
#43Tina889US #45
#44Catherine877US #42
#45Jennifer871US #61
#46Margaret814US #36
#47Christine813US #40
#48Rhonda776US #44
#49Leslie752US #92
#50Cathy750US #46
#51Tracy740US #84
#52Carolyn698US #43
#53Annette682US #62
#54Valerie682US #65
#55Stephanie674US #91
#56Judy663US #48
#57Wendy657US #63
#58Janice654US #41
#59Renee653US #93
#60Katherine646US #81
#61Paula625US #55
#62Jill623US #76
#63Suzanne610US #78
#64Anna609US #104
#65Sherry586US #54
#66Gloria585US #79
#67Victoria582US #114
#68Dawn581US #57
#69Kathryn577US #82
#70Michele576US #89
#71Ann575US #51
#72Lynn571US #64
#73Vicki566US #73
#74Connie558US #47
#75Martha554US #83
#76Sylvia540US #121
#77Yolanda524US #172
#78Teri506US #171
#79Joyce488US #58
#80Angela483US #50
#81Carrie478US #139
#82Anita474US #87
#83Colleen471US #107
#84Tamara468US #124
#85Andrea465US #115
#86Terry463US #101
#87Christina460US #154
#88Beverly456US #60
#89Sheila455US #56
#90Dana453US #141
#91Monica443US #140
#92Yvonne443US #133
#93Peggy437US #69
#94Virginia434US #102
#95Bonnie421US #71
#96Ruth413US #97
#97Sandy411US #126
#98Anne409US #88
#99Darlene398US #75
#100Rose398US #98

Boys

#1David7,911US #1
#2Michael7,386US #2
#3John6,529US #4
#4Robert6,425US #5
#5Mark5,537US #6
#6James5,138US #3
#7Richard4,193US #8
#8Steven3,584US #10
#9William3,254US #7
#10Daniel2,543US #17
#11Thomas2,478US #9
#12Kevin2,407US #15
#13Paul2,209US #18
#14Kenneth2,191US #16
#15Jeffrey2,175US #14
#16Scott2,096US #23
#17Ronald2,082US #21
#18Brian2,040US #20
#19Timothy2,007US #11
#20Charles1,928US #13
#21Gary1,907US #22
#22Donald1,838US #19
#23Joseph1,774US #12
#24Gregory1,750US #24
#25Anthony1,713US #25
#26Mike1,703US #36
#27Christopher1,527US #29
#28Eric1,470US #44
#29Steve1,398US #43
#30Edward1,373US #26
#31Craig1,339US #41
#32Larry1,253US #28
#33Dennis1,251US #31
#34Stephen1,242US #27
#35Frank1,185US #40
#36Randy1,166US #32
#37Douglas1,149US #30
#38George1,104US #33
#39Jeff1,084US #49
#40Patrick991US #45
#41Raymond981US #46
#42Keith964US #35
#43Jerry915US #37
#44Peter907US #42
#45Jim882US #75
#46Joe834US #57
#47Bruce817US #39
#48Matthew811US #61
#49Chris810US #63
#50Danny787US #48
#51Jose756US #107
#52Tim753US #60
#53Andrew739US #51
#54Tony729US #52
#55Alan717US #50
#56Russell691US #56
#57Terry690US #34
#58Greg678US #83
#59Martin661US #77
#60Roger647US #47
#61Jon639US #97
#62Rick632US #101
#63Dale631US #54
#64Bill608US #95
#65Phillip607US #66
#66Tom605US #86
#67Victor604US #103
#68Ricky595US #38
#69Randall591US #59
#70Arthur574US #82
#71Carl567US #53
#72Lawrence547US #64
#73Jeffery516US #55
#74Bryan500US #88
#75Albert493US #93
#76Dan491US #111
#77Glenn480US #74
#78Wayne470US #58
#79Jack466US #85
#80Todd466US #71
#81Don462US #115
#82Gerald451US #62
#83Rodney450US #68
#84Bradley448US #90
#85Johnny447US #65
#86Vincent440US #98
#87Curtis438US #79
#88Manuel436US #186
#89Ralph426US #89
#90Dave416US #122
#91Bob413US #131
#92Darryl406US #96
#93Dean406US #94
#94Philip400US #76
#95Roy400US #80
#96Henry398US #84
#97Jay397US #78
#98Ron390US #170
#99Carlos374US #167
#100Gilbert364US #175

On the move since 1959

Rising

↑35Tracy#51
↑19Teri#78
↑17Bryan#74
↑15Bradley#84
↑14Andrew#53
↑13Glenn#77
↑10Sherry#65
↑10Carrie#81

Falling

↓19Peggy#93
↓19Anne#98
↓15Kathryn#69
↓14Dave#90
↓13Ricky#68
↓12Dale#63
↓12Henry#96
↓11Bonnie#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1959 rankings.