State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1965 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 336,566 California births in 1965 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.

#73Manuel#176 nationally
#70Erik#145 nationally
#74Juan#140 nationally
#84Carlos#144 nationally
#90Heather#150 nationally
#94Yvette#154 nationally
#73Yvonne#132 nationally
#82Yolanda#139 nationally
#87Shannon#144 nationally
#77Sylvia#131 nationally
#100Carrie#152 nationally
#39Jose#89 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa4,926US #1
#2Karen2,715US #3
#3Kimberly2,537US #4
#4Mary2,237US #2
#5Julie2,024US #14
#6Patricia2,021US #6
#7Susan2,007US #5
#8Cynthia1,943US #9
#9Michelle1,931US #18
#10Laura1,730US #17
#11Elizabeth1,676US #16
#12Linda1,655US #8
#13Jennifer1,650US #20
#14Deborah1,614US #13
#15Sandra1,535US #15
#16Maria1,493US #46
#17Christine1,453US #21
#18Denise1,422US #28
#19Kelly1,374US #30
#20Donna1,273US #7
#21Teresa1,239US #24
#22Tammy1,219US #11
#23Lori1,216US #19
#24Tina1,202US #29
#25Wendy1,171US #39
#26Tracy1,164US #36
#27Stephanie1,161US #44
#28Debra1,153US #27
#29Pamela1,125US #12
#30Kathleen1,100US #34
#31Angela1,065US #10
#32Cheryl1,051US #31
#33Rebecca1,007US #41
#34Nancy1,002US #32
#35Robin973US #33
#36Brenda964US #23
#37Dawn962US #26
#38Diane948US #40
#39Sharon929US #22
#40Barbara922US #25
#41Kim921US #43
#42Diana867US #64
#43Christina851US #74
#44Cindy842US #53
#45Theresa835US #45
#46Carol814US #42
#47Rhonda800US #37
#48Michele796US #48
#49Gina789US #70
#50Monica768US #72
#51Jill767US #51
#52Catherine706US #57
#53Jacqueline690US #47
#54Suzanne664US #65
#55Melissa648US #38
#56Debbie647US #62
#57Laurie630US #60
#58Margaret617US #52
#59Andrea606US #63
#60Paula589US #49
#61Renee572US #68
#62Annette570US #71
#63Kathy570US #54
#64Janet569US #55
#65Leslie567US #75
#66Anna563US #96
#67Katherine563US #79
#68Valerie563US #67
#69Dana546US #78
#70Carolyn545US #58
#71Stacy535US #119
#72Sheila523US #50
#73Yvonne522US #132
#74Sherry517US #56
#75Stacey513US #84
#76Deanna507US #110
#77Sylvia500US #131
#78Amy494US #35
#79Shelly494US #98
#80Heidi486US #105
#81Terri486US #69
#82Yolanda486US #139
#83Tamara482US #104
#84Victoria455US #108
#85Martha454US #99
#86Ann453US #59
#87Shannon441US #144
#88Veronica428US #125
#89Kathryn425US #87
#90Heather405US #150
#91Regina395US #82
#92Gloria390US #109
#93Sheri390US #141
#94Yvette387US #154
#95Kristin386US #135
#96Kristine382US #120
#97Anne381US #77
#98Connie377US #61
#99Marie376US #106
#100Carrie367US #152

Boys

#1Michael7,838US #1
#2David6,817US #3
#3John6,367US #2
#4Robert6,244US #5
#5James5,054US #4
#6Richard3,982US #8
#7Mark3,595US #7
#8Steven3,024US #14
#9William2,802US #6
#10Daniel2,638US #17
#11Kevin2,423US #13
#12Paul2,369US #16
#13Christopher2,311US #18
#14Jeffrey2,263US #10
#15Scott2,259US #15
#16Eric2,242US #25
#17Brian2,230US #19
#18Thomas2,201US #9
#19Timothy2,077US #12
#20Joseph2,043US #11
#21Kenneth1,996US #21
#22Anthony1,927US #22
#23Ronald1,767US #24
#24Gregory1,668US #23
#25Charles1,609US #20
#26Gary1,440US #27
#27Donald1,389US #26
#28Edward1,278US #29
#29Patrick1,225US #31
#30Stephen1,205US #28
#31Todd1,194US #30
#32Matthew1,147US #36
#33Douglas976US #32
#34Mike958US #51
#35Andrew931US #37
#36Frank929US #43
#37George924US #34
#38Raymond924US #45
#39Jose916US #89
#40Sean879US #79
#41Craig877US #46
#42Peter875US #39
#43Rodney846US #33
#44Keith833US #35
#45Steve830US #55
#46Larry823US #38
#47Dennis801US #44
#48Jerry752US #41
#49Darren713US #52
#50Jeff683US #62
#51Randy672US #42
#52Martin655US #67
#53Vincent641US #61
#54Danny637US #56
#55Chris620US #60
#56Jon613US #78
#57Victor607US #98
#58Tony600US #48
#59Shawn599US #69
#60Joe594US #71
#61Bryan543US #63
#62Troy535US #53
#63Jeffery533US #47
#64Russell503US #58
#65Terry497US #40
#66Phillip486US #70
#67Lawrence481US #66
#68Bruce478US #50
#69Arthur464US #96
#70Erik463US #145
#71Roger460US #49
#72Gerald456US #64
#73Manuel456US #176
#74Juan451US #140
#75Alan447US #59
#76Dean447US #88
#77Jonathan440US #74
#78Jim433US #116
#79Tim428US #97
#80Johnny411US #76
#81Carl410US #54
#82Darryl408US #68
#83Marc405US #108
#84Carlos404US #144
#85Greg404US #105
#86Bradley397US #72
#87Darrin395US #102
#88Albert390US #100
#89Philip389US #87
#90Curtis388US #75
#91Wayne384US #65
#92Ralph382US #103
#93Jason381US #111
#94Ricky371US #57
#95Samuel371US #84
#96Aaron369US #130
#97Roy369US #95
#98Glenn361US #85
#99Jack361US #104
#100Rick361US #137

On the move since 1964

Rising

↑51Darren#49
↑32Rodney#43
↑29Sean#40
↑22Melissa#55
↑20Wendy#25
↑18Jonathan#77
↑17Stephanie#27
↑16Johnny#80

Falling

↓25Terri#81
↓21Greg#85
↓19Debbie#56
↓19Alan#75
↓17Jack#99
↓15Kathy#63
↓15Rick#100
↓14Anne#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1964 rankings.