State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1964 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 355,381 California births in 1964 across 2,902 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#99Rubenoutside the national top 200
#78Manuel#169 nationally
#99Shannon#170 nationally
#82Yolanda#147 nationally
#88Juan#148 nationally
#91Carlos#150 nationally
#81Sylvia#137 nationally
#87Sheri#138 nationally
#44Jose#94 nationally
#69Sean#118 nationally
#75Stacy#123 nationally
#84Yvonne#130 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa4,805US #1
#2Mary2,710US #2
#3Karen2,558US #4
#4Susan2,535US #3
#5Kimberly2,175US #6
#6Patricia2,137US #5
#7Laura2,131US #14
#8Cynthia2,097US #9
#9Julie2,054US #17
#10Linda1,861US #8
#11Michelle1,843US #23
#12Sandra1,801US #13
#13Deborah1,754US #12
#14Elizabeth1,700US #16
#15Denise1,574US #25
#16Lori1,564US #15
#17Maria1,556US #41
#18Jennifer1,516US #31
#19Kelly1,407US #35
#20Donna1,383US #7
#21Teresa1,365US #21
#22Pamela1,357US #11
#23Christine1,317US #28
#24Debra1,287US #24
#25Tammy1,273US #10
#26Robin1,248US #27
#27Kathleen1,239US #30
#28Nancy1,235US #26
#29Cheryl1,207US #29
#30Brenda1,143US #18
#31Tracy1,130US #40
#32Tina1,129US #34
#33Barbara1,082US #19
#34Sharon1,079US #20
#35Diane1,059US #32
#36Carol1,034US #36
#37Debbie1,005US #52
#38Diana993US #63
#39Cindy992US #47
#40Rebecca971US #46
#41Dawn936US #33
#42Angela928US #22
#43Kim907US #42
#44Stephanie906US #57
#45Wendy898US #55
#46Theresa868US #38
#47Jacqueline858US #37
#48Kathy858US #39
#49Christina806US #88
#50Catherine780US #54
#51Janet770US #48
#52Rhonda770US #43
#53Michele768US #58
#54Gina747US #79
#55Suzanne737US #67
#56Terri737US #62
#57Jill731US #61
#58Leslie730US #73
#59Laurie721US #59
#60Dana708US #70
#61Margaret698US #49
#62Valerie681US #66
#63Paula677US #45
#64Renee675US #71
#65Monica663US #90
#66Anna613US #97
#67Annette604US #68
#68Katherine599US #82
#69Sherry578US #50
#70Andrea566US #77
#71Sheila566US #51
#72Carolyn558US #56
#73Ann548US #60
#74Shelly531US #101
#75Stacy527US #123
#76Tamara522US #108
#77Melissa516US #53
#78Martha515US #95
#79Deanna508US #115
#80Heidi491US #124
#81Sylvia487US #137
#82Yolanda483US #147
#83Anne478US #76
#84Yvonne478US #130
#85Kathryn475US #84
#86Amy463US #44
#87Sheri458US #138
#88Colleen453US #94
#89Cathy452US #75
#90Stacey443US #126
#91Connie441US #64
#92Sherri439US #86
#93Carla436US #78
#94Regina435US #83
#95Victoria430US #129
#96Carrie429US #134
#97Gloria421US #104
#98Janice420US #69
#99Shannon409US #170
#100Veronica406US #133

Boys

#1Michael7,985US #1
#2David7,534US #3
#3John7,320US #2
#4Robert6,816US #5
#5James5,396US #4
#6Richard4,186US #8
#7Mark4,133US #6
#8William3,112US #7
#9Steven3,109US #12
#10Kevin2,650US #13
#11Scott2,581US #14
#12Daniel2,514US #19
#13Paul2,498US #16
#14Jeffrey2,345US #10
#15Thomas2,317US #9
#16Kenneth2,196US #18
#17Brian2,140US #20
#18Joseph2,077US #11
#19Eric1,945US #32
#20Ronald1,927US #24
#21Christopher1,901US #23
#22Gregory1,845US #22
#23Anthony1,822US #21
#24Timothy1,806US #15
#25Charles1,744US #17
#26Gary1,644US #26
#27Donald1,553US #25
#28Patrick1,377US #30
#29Edward1,368US #27
#30Todd1,306US #28
#31Stephen1,257US #29
#32Mike1,241US #47
#33Douglas1,137US #31
#34Frank1,060US #41
#35Matthew1,037US #43
#36Steve1,029US #51
#37George1,006US #33
#38Andrew1,000US #37
#39Raymond941US #44
#40Keith930US #34
#41Craig906US #48
#42Peter869US #39
#43Larry864US #36
#44Jose854US #94
#45Jeff831US #52
#46Dennis806US #42
#47Randy782US #38
#48Martin761US #63
#49Jerry759US #40
#50Danny708US #56
#51Chris702US #65
#52Tony692US #50
#53Joe677US #62
#54Jon652US #79
#55Victor646US #97
#56Alan620US #53
#57Vincent620US #64
#58Terry611US #35
#59Jeffery604US #45
#60Russell584US #58
#61Bryan563US #70
#62Lawrence559US #68
#63Roger556US #49
#64Greg545US #95
#65Phillip545US #67
#66Tim545US #82
#67Jim542US #101
#68Bruce539US #46
#69Sean536US #118
#70Troy534US #57
#71Shawn515US #88
#72Arthur508US #91
#73Carl483US #55
#74Dean483US #85
#75Rodney470US #59
#76Gerald460US #60
#77Tom457US #107
#78Manuel446US #169
#79Wayne438US #61
#80Curtis435US #75
#81Randall432US #66
#82Jack430US #99
#83Philip429US #76
#84Albert426US #100
#85Rick426US #121
#86Bill418US #126
#87Glenn415US #81
#88Juan412US #148
#89Bradley408US #77
#90Marc401US #113
#91Carlos399US #150
#92Dale397US #72
#93Adam383US #122
#94Henry375US #92
#95Jonathan375US #83
#96Johnny372US #74
#97Jay367US #84
#98Ricky366US #54
#99Ruben364
#100Darren363US #127

On the move since 1963

Rising

↑28Sean#69
↑26Jacqueline#47
↑20Dawn#41
↑20Heidi#80
↑16Rodney#75
↑15Shawn#71
↑11Christina#49
↑11Bryan#61

Falling

↓20Glenn#87
↓16Janice#98
↓16Rick#85
↓16Ricky#98
↓15Dale#92
↓13Laurie#59
↓13Bruce#68
↓12Connie#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1963 rankings.