State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1961 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 364,059 California births in 1961 across 2,830 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#85Manuel#187 nationally
#82Teri#173 nationally
#83Yolanda#167 nationally
#92Ron#170 nationally
#94Sheri#168 nationally
#69Christina#132 nationally
#70Dana#128 nationally
#85Carrie#139 nationally
#60Jose#107 nationally
#80Yvonne#127 nationally
#89Monica#136 nationally
#78Sylvia#124 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa3,767US #2
#2Susan3,133US #3
#3Karen3,041US #5
#4Linda2,743US #4
#5Mary2,716US #1
#6Sandra2,184US #9
#7Patricia2,149US #6
#8Julie2,136US #23
#9Cynthia2,132US #8
#10Lori2,090US #14
#11Laura2,045US #21
#12Deborah1,830US #10
#13Elizabeth1,762US #19
#14Donna1,664US #7
#15Debra1,648US #13
#16Denise1,597US #30
#17Pamela1,568US #15
#18Cheryl1,565US #20
#19Nancy1,560US #16
#20Debbie1,546US #31
#21Teresa1,545US #18
#22Kathleen1,478US #29
#23Kimberly1,469US #22
#24Barbara1,468US #12
#25Michelle1,449US #34
#26Diane1,405US #26
#27Robin1,369US #27
#28Sharon1,368US #17
#29Brenda1,361US #11
#30Cindy1,355US #33
#31Kathy1,284US #25
#32Carol1,282US #24
#33Kelly1,243US #45
#34Maria1,190US #57
#35Janet1,188US #32
#36Jennifer1,174US #47
#37Tammy1,136US #28
#38Diana1,135US #56
#39Kim1,081US #36
#40Tina1,045US #41
#41Rebecca1,023US #44
#42Theresa994US #35
#43Laurie972US #43
#44Terri937US #51
#45Christine913US #39
#46Catherine871US #48
#47Tracy868US #64
#48Rhonda847US #46
#49Margaret803US #40
#50Leslie799US #84
#51Michele763US #63
#52Valerie761US #67
#53Wendy749US #61
#54Stephanie747US #78
#55Carolyn723US #42
#56Suzanne710US #68
#57Cathy688US #55
#58Jacqueline673US #37
#59Angela657US #38
#60Annette630US #73
#61Katherine619US #86
#62Dawn604US #49
#63Jill600US #74
#64Renee597US #79
#65Judy585US #58
#66Paula575US #60
#67Connie565US #50
#68Janice564US #52
#69Christina549US #132
#70Dana543US #128
#71Martha543US #81
#72Anna536US #100
#73Gloria530US #82
#74Ann526US #54
#75Vicki525US #76
#76Sherry516US #53
#77Victoria516US #114
#78Sylvia511US #124
#79Lynn503US #71
#80Yvonne497US #127
#81Kathryn483US #93
#82Teri480US #173
#83Yolanda479US #167
#84Sheila458US #59
#85Carrie450US #139
#86Tamara448US #125
#87Virginia442US #103
#88Andrea441US #110
#89Monica441US #136
#90Bonnie439US #75
#91Gina439US #117
#92Colleen437US #106
#93Anne416US #90
#94Sheri414US #168
#95Terry414US #108
#96Joyce413US #62
#97Ruth410US #96
#98Anita396US #91
#99Rose383US #111
#100Regina382US #98

Boys

#1David8,123US #2
#2Michael7,929US #1
#3John6,845US #3
#4Robert6,626US #5
#5Mark5,516US #6
#6James5,177US #4
#7Richard4,009US #8
#8Steven3,423US #10
#9William3,152US #7
#10Daniel2,622US #17
#11Kevin2,527US #14
#12Thomas2,404US #9
#13Scott2,319US #19
#14Jeffrey2,314US #11
#15Paul2,235US #18
#16Kenneth2,160US #16
#17Ronald2,058US #24
#18Brian2,053US #20
#19Charles1,943US #13
#20Gary1,858US #21
#21Timothy1,849US #15
#22Gregory1,837US #23
#23Donald1,834US #22
#24Joseph1,831US #12
#25Mike1,801US #36
#26Anthony1,783US #25
#27Christopher1,679US #26
#28Eric1,481US #38
#29Steve1,437US #45
#30Edward1,285US #29
#31Douglas1,251US #28
#32Craig1,228US #43
#33Stephen1,222US #27
#34Frank1,178US #41
#35Larry1,169US #30
#36Jeff1,152US #49
#37Patrick1,129US #39
#38George1,092US #31
#39Dennis1,081US #34
#40Raymond1,028US #48
#41Randy1,020US #33
#42Chris977US #57
#43Keith939US #35
#44Peter923US #42
#45Jerry883US #37
#46Jim873US #78
#47Bruce870US #40
#48Matthew838US #59
#49Joe812US #60
#50Todd804US #46
#51Danny791US #54
#52Tony769US #53
#53Andrew756US #52
#54Roger708US #47
#55Alan705US #51
#56Terry682US #32
#57Russell678US #55
#58Martin674US #73
#59Greg670US #77
#60Jose654US #107
#61Tim653US #65
#62Tom634US #88
#63Jon631US #93
#64Jeffery614US #50
#65Phillip611US #69
#66Lawrence576US #67
#67Dale573US #58
#68Victor568US #99
#69Rick559US #108
#70Ricky550US #44
#71Dean534US #84
#72Randall527US #63
#73Gerald525US #62
#74Arthur521US #85
#75Bill511US #104
#76Dan507US #115
#77Glenn505US #64
#78Bryan499US #82
#79Troy494US #100
#80Wayne477US #61
#81Carl470US #56
#82Darryl469US #80
#83Vincent458US #98
#84Jack457US #90
#85Manuel455US #187
#86Rodney453US #72
#87Curtis446US #75
#88Albert441US #97
#89Ralph439US #95
#90Jay427US #81
#91Bradley426US #87
#92Ron425US #170
#93Don424US #121
#94Roy423US #83
#95Philip417US #79
#96Johnny415US #70
#97Henry414US #92
#98Dave412US #130
#99Jimmy402US #71
#100Marc401US #133

On the move since 1960

Rising

↑30Todd#50
↑22Dean#71
↑21Angela#59
↑20Dana#70
↑19Michele#51
↑18Christina#69
↑12Yvonne#80
↑10Darryl#82

Falling

↓17Joyce#96
↓16Anita#98
↓13Albert#88
↓12Kathryn#81
↓12Don#93
↓11Sherry#76
↓11Bill#75
↓11Johnny#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1960 rankings.