State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1963 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 361,885 California births in 1963 across 2,837 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#75Manuel#182 nationally
#99Mariooutside the national top 200
#98Teri#192 nationally
#85Carlos#156 nationally
#89Yolanda#157 nationally
#78Sheri#136 nationally
#97Sean#151 nationally
#86Yvonne#137 nationally
#50Jose#98 nationally
#80Sylvia#128 nationally
#81Stacy#129 nationally
#60Christina#107 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa4,939US #1
#2Susan2,839US #3
#3Karen2,799US #4
#4Mary2,611US #2
#5Linda2,218US #5
#6Laura2,095US #16
#7Cynthia2,085US #10
#8Julie2,057US #22
#9Patricia2,034US #7
#10Lori2,009US #8
#11Sandra1,952US #9
#12Kimberly1,881US #11
#13Deborah1,852US #13
#14Elizabeth1,727US #20
#15Michelle1,690US #26
#16Teresa1,584US #18
#17Kelly1,571US #32
#18Denise1,541US #27
#19Tammy1,539US #12
#20Maria1,532US #43
#21Donna1,531US #6
#22Pamela1,478US #14
#23Debra1,430US #21
#24Jennifer1,385US #36
#25Nancy1,333US #23
#26Cheryl1,296US #24
#27Kathleen1,282US #28
#28Robin1,242US #25
#29Debbie1,214US #41
#30Tina1,212US #35
#31Christine1,209US #29
#32Barbara1,181US #17
#33Sharon1,164US #19
#34Diane1,163US #31
#35Brenda1,159US #15
#36Cindy1,154US #37
#37Tracy1,081US #48
#38Kim1,020US #39
#39Kathy1,017US #34
#40Rebecca1,013US #44
#41Diana995US #62
#42Carol993US #33
#43Theresa974US #38
#44Wendy851US #60
#45Janet850US #40
#46Laurie845US #47
#47Terri827US #58
#48Stephanie825US #64
#49Catherine787US #53
#50Angela775US #30
#51Michele774US #59
#52Leslie767US #72
#53Suzanne756US #65
#54Rhonda748US #45
#55Gina734US #79
#56Paula707US #42
#57Margaret700US #46
#58Valerie676US #69
#59Renee667US #74
#60Christina639US #107
#61Dawn626US #52
#62Dana617US #88
#63Annette608US #71
#64Katherine603US #87
#65Jill602US #68
#66Sherry591US #49
#67Monica573US #110
#68Carolyn561US #56
#69Anna557US #102
#70Martha557US #90
#71Ann554US #57
#72Melissa540US #61
#73Jacqueline539US #51
#74Andrea528US #89
#75Sheila526US #50
#76Tamara524US #111
#77Shelly512US #117
#78Sheri509US #136
#79Connie508US #55
#80Sylvia505US #128
#81Stacy488US #129
#82Janice483US #63
#83Cathy481US #67
#84Judy479US #70
#85Sherri479US #78
#86Yvonne474US #137
#87Deanna461US #133
#88Gloria454US #96
#89Yolanda450US #157
#90Victoria449US #130
#91Kathryn441US #93
#92Stacey434US #127
#93Colleen431US #98
#94Virginia424US #103
#95Vicki423US #100
#96Amy422US #54
#97Anita422US #77
#98Teri420US #192
#99Carrie419US #143
#100Heidi416US #140

Boys

#1Michael7,825US #1
#2David7,603US #3
#3John7,036US #2
#4Robert6,830US #5
#5James5,096US #4
#6Mark4,835US #6
#7Richard4,325US #8
#8William3,139US #7
#9Steven3,115US #14
#10Scott2,904US #12
#11Kevin2,757US #11
#12Daniel2,686US #19
#13Jeffrey2,543US #10
#14Thomas2,384US #9
#15Paul2,341US #17
#16Brian2,302US #20
#17Kenneth2,174US #18
#18Ronald2,048US #23
#19Gregory2,014US #21
#20Joseph1,979US #13
#21Charles1,922US #16
#22Anthony1,863US #22
#23Timothy1,833US #15
#24Gary1,830US #24
#25Christopher1,818US #26
#26Eric1,755US #31
#27Donald1,596US #25
#28Mike1,482US #44
#29Edward1,393US #27
#30Todd1,272US #30
#31Steve1,220US #49
#32Stephen1,192US #29
#33Douglas1,146US #28
#34Patrick1,134US #35
#35Frank1,077US #41
#36Craig1,002US #51
#37George999US #34
#38Larry979US #36
#39Keith977US #33
#40Raymond972US #45
#41Jeff959US #48
#42Matthew895US #50
#43Peter895US #40
#44Andrew893US #42
#45Randy851US #37
#46Dennis835US #39
#47Jerry827US #38
#48Martin797US #62
#49Chris785US #59
#50Jose784US #98
#51Joe755US #58
#52Danny729US #55
#53Vincent727US #61
#54Tony714US #52
#55Bruce706US #43
#56Terry705US #32
#57Greg694US #81
#58Jim691US #92
#59Jon655US #84
#60Alan619US #56
#61Russell595US #57
#62Roger588US #53
#63Victor588US #97
#64Phillip582US #70
#65Jeffery579US #46
#66Troy569US #66
#67Glenn555US #64
#68Tom542US #103
#69Rick524US #111
#70Tim523US #79
#71Lawrence522US #68
#72Bryan518US #73
#73Dean512US #86
#74Arthur507US #91
#75Manuel489US #182
#76Carl488US #54
#77Dale477US #69
#78Randall466US #65
#79Gerald464US #60
#80Curtis457US #72
#81Bill448US #113
#82Ricky447US #47
#83Darryl446US #80
#84Albert445US #100
#85Carlos443US #156
#86Shawn436US #108
#87Bradley435US #82
#88Jack429US #102
#89Johnny429US #71
#90Wayne424US #63
#91Rodney422US #76
#92Jonathan419US #88
#93Philip416US #83
#94Ralph403US #99
#95Dan393US #124
#96Jay386US #85
#97Sean381US #151
#98Henry379US #94
#99Mario376
#100Roy375US #89

On the move since 1962

Rising

↑23Paula#56
↑19Shelly#77
↑18Melissa#72
↑16Tammy#19
↑16Manuel#75
↑15Andrea#74
↑13Gina#55
↑11Deanna#87

Falling

↓23Cathy#83
↓16Victoria#90
↓13Judy#84
↓13Gloria#88
↓12Carolyn#68
↓12Jay#96
↓11Carrie#99
↓11Dale#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1962 rankings.