State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1962 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 360,485 California births in 1962 across 2,805 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#98Rubenoutside the national top 200
#91Manuel#193 nationally
#91Teri#181 nationally
#96Ron#178 nationally
#72Sheri#145 nationally
#92Yolanda#165 nationally
#95Carlos#157 nationally
#69Christina#124 nationally
#88Carrie#141 nationally
#66Dana#117 nationally
#53Jose#103 nationally
#83Yvonne#132 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa3,972US #1
#2Karen3,006US #4
#3Susan2,952US #3
#4Mary2,756US #2
#5Linda2,485US #5
#6Cynthia2,265US #8
#7Julie2,151US #22
#8Lori2,002US #11
#9Patricia1,995US #6
#10Deborah1,976US #9
#11Laura1,940US #21
#12Sandra1,921US #10
#13Kimberly1,821US #16
#14Donna1,670US #7
#15Teresa1,599US #18
#16Debra1,592US #15
#17Elizabeth1,589US #20
#18Pamela1,533US #13
#19Michelle1,532US #31
#20Denise1,529US #30
#21Debbie1,458US #32
#22Kelly1,450US #38
#23Nancy1,430US #19
#24Cheryl1,422US #24
#25Barbara1,356US #14
#26Maria1,342US #49
#27Kathleen1,341US #29
#28Robin1,332US #25
#29Kathy1,304US #27
#30Brenda1,300US #12
#31Sharon1,298US #17
#32Diane1,271US #26
#33Jennifer1,256US #41
#34Tina1,228US #33
#35Tammy1,224US #23
#36Cindy1,218US #34
#37Carol1,192US #28
#38Kim1,114US #37
#39Tracy1,019US #55
#40Diana987US #57
#41Christine982US #39
#42Janet976US #35
#43Theresa940US #40
#44Rebecca930US #47
#45Laurie922US #42
#46Terri901US #54
#47Suzanne795US #65
#48Leslie780US #80
#49Catherine777US #53
#50Rhonda774US #45
#51Margaret769US #43
#52Michele766US #59
#53Stephanie739US #70
#54Wendy728US #64
#55Renee697US #76
#56Carolyn696US #46
#57Angela666US #36
#58Valerie663US #67
#59Sherry638US #48
#60Cathy636US #62
#61Dawn631US #50
#62Jill613US #72
#63Annette609US #75
#64Anna595US #100
#65Katherine592US #84
#66Dana591US #117
#67Jacqueline590US #44
#68Gina575US #102
#69Christina561US #124
#70Connie559US #51
#71Judy539US #63
#72Sheri531US #145
#73Monica524US #115
#74Victoria523US #121
#75Gloria522US #90
#76Ann519US #56
#77Janice515US #58
#78Martha515US #87
#79Paula511US #60
#80Sheila509US #52
#81Kathryn506US #89
#82Tamara504US #119
#83Yvonne497US #132
#84Sylvia495US #131
#85Sherri481US #82
#86Lynn471US #71
#87Vicki469US #85
#88Carrie468US #141
#89Andrea464US #99
#90Melissa449US #68
#91Teri447US #181
#92Yolanda446US #165
#93Bonnie444US #79
#94Carla443US #78
#95Virginia436US #105
#96Shelly433US #130
#97Colleen431US #101
#98Deanna424US #138
#99Anita422US #81
#100Lorraine418US #147

Boys

#1David7,951US #2
#2Michael7,880US #1
#3John6,808US #3
#4Robert6,688US #5
#5James5,131US #4
#6Mark5,098US #6
#7Richard4,120US #8
#8Steven3,285US #12
#9William3,047US #7
#10Scott3,009US #11
#11Jeffrey2,544US #10
#12Daniel2,531US #17
#13Kevin2,507US #14
#14Thomas2,407US #9
#15Paul2,205US #19
#16Kenneth2,186US #18
#17Brian2,101US #20
#18Ronald1,998US #25
#19Gregory1,996US #21
#20Joseph1,977US #13
#21Gary1,897US #22
#22Charles1,870US #15
#23Anthony1,842US #24
#24Timothy1,835US #16
#25Christopher1,719US #26
#26Eric1,670US #33
#27Donald1,662US #23
#28Mike1,583US #39
#29Edward1,360US #29
#30Steve1,289US #46
#31Douglas1,246US #27
#32Stephen1,218US #28
#33Jeff1,167US #44
#34Frank1,098US #42
#35Todd1,095US #30
#36Craig1,062US #51
#37Patrick1,036US #40
#38Larry1,006US #31
#39George973US #32
#40Raymond961US #48
#41Randy955US #35
#42Keith921US #36
#43Dennis894US #37
#44Peter875US #43
#45Matthew827US #56
#46Chris826US #60
#47Andrew815US #49
#48Jerry811US #38
#49Joe790US #59
#50Danny774US #54
#51Bruce772US #41
#52Jim768US #85
#53Jose742US #103
#54Greg736US #77
#55Jon722US #84
#56Martin710US #74
#57Tony710US #52
#58Terry684US #34
#59Roger670US #47
#60Alan663US #53
#61Vincent659US #66
#62Jeffery638US #45
#63Glenn630US #55
#64Phillip595US #68
#65Russell595US #57
#66Dale584US #62
#67Tim584US #72
#68Tom574US #98
#69Victor571US #96
#70Troy559US #67
#71Lawrence532US #70
#72Ricky530US #50
#73Rick521US #110
#74Bill519US #108
#75Dean509US #86
#76Arthur505US #91
#77Carl495US #58
#78Gerald488US #65
#79Wayne487US #63
#80Darryl485US #83
#81Bryan476US #82
#82Jack466US #99
#83Rodney464US #76
#84Jay458US #80
#85Ralph446US #97
#86Johnny445US #69
#87Randall444US #64
#88Curtis438US #73
#89Dan430US #120
#90Albert421US #101
#91Manuel411US #193
#92Bradley410US #87
#93Henry409US #92
#94Philip407US #81
#95Carlos402US #157
#96Ron400US #178
#97Marc396US #122
#98Ruben396
#99Walter392US #79
#100Roy384US #90

On the move since 1961

Rising

↑23Gina#68
↑22Sheri#72
↑22Vincent#61
↑17Sherry#59
↑16Monica#73
↑15Todd#35
↑14Glenn#63
↑11Kelly#22

Falling

↓15Randall#87
↓13Paula#79
↓13Dan#89
↓12Vicki#87
↓9Jacqueline#67
↓9Janice#77
↓9Teri#91
↓9Yolanda#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1961 rankings.