State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1966 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 319,439 California births in 1966 across 2,836 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#90Ruben#200 nationally
#67Manuel#175 nationally
#89Mario#190 nationally
#76Erik#145 nationally
#72Carlos#138 nationally
#64Juan#129 nationally
#81Jim#136 nationally
#66Shannon#120 nationally
#94Sylvia#146 nationally
#82Yolanda#131 nationally
#95Yvette#143 nationally
#83Yvonne#129 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa4,929US #1
#2Michelle3,299US #4
#3Kimberly2,809US #2
#4Karen2,066US #5
#5Jennifer1,919US #10
#6Julie1,880US #13
#7Mary1,855US #3
#8Susan1,826US #6
#9Cynthia1,781US #11
#10Patricia1,705US #7
#11Laura1,641US #19
#12Elizabeth1,547US #16
#13Christine1,494US #20
#14Sandra1,493US #17
#15Deborah1,469US #14
#16Maria1,416US #44
#17Tina1,282US #23
#18Kelly1,274US #26
#19Denise1,270US #32
#20Linda1,222US #18
#21Tammy1,168US #8
#22Teresa1,152US #29
#23Tracy1,140US #31
#24Stephanie1,127US #38
#25Lori1,087US #21
#26Angela1,059US #9
#27Michele1,037US #36
#28Kathleen1,036US #37
#29Nancy1,003US #33
#30Donna998US #12
#31Gina991US #58
#32Wendy972US #41
#33Debra958US #35
#34Cheryl950US #34
#35Dawn927US #24
#36Rebecca921US #40
#37Christina892US #67
#38Pamela892US #15
#39Barbara870US #27
#40Brenda834US #25
#41Sharon826US #28
#42Diana821US #64
#43Diane771US #45
#44Kim757US #43
#45Melissa755US #22
#46Monica755US #75
#47Andrea719US #52
#48Jill708US #49
#49Catherine704US #54
#50Theresa681US #46
#51Robin676US #42
#52Rhonda664US #39
#53Suzanne656US #62
#54Cindy653US #56
#55Jacqueline645US #47
#56Carol622US #48
#57Dana617US #68
#58Amy616US #30
#59Leslie614US #71
#60Anna586US #95
#61Renee581US #66
#62Stacy556US #91
#63Paula546US #50
#64Margaret544US #55
#65Stacey529US #76
#66Shannon516US #120
#67Janet507US #57
#68Debbie504US #73
#69Victoria486US #103
#70Heidi482US #87
#71Katherine479US #78
#72Kathy478US #59
#73Sherry472US #53
#74Carolyn464US #60
#75Deanna464US #105
#76Shelly464US #89
#77Veronica464US #113
#78Valerie455US #74
#79Laurie454US #63
#80Sheila452US #51
#81Terri448US #72
#82Yolanda435US #131
#83Yvonne435US #129
#84Tamara433US #98
#85Ann426US #61
#86Kristine424US #104
#87Heather422US #125
#88Martha420US #106
#89Kristin416US #107
#90Kathryn409US #86
#91Annette408US #79
#92Sheri401US #134
#93Regina397US #82
#94Sylvia395US #146
#95Yvette389US #143
#96April379US #108
#97Jamie376US #138
#98Gloria373US #127
#99Carrie355US #142
#100Anne353US #83

Boys

#1Michael7,686US #1
#2David6,759US #2
#3Robert5,890US #5
#4John5,755US #4
#5James4,909US #3
#6Richard3,717US #8
#7Mark3,302US #7
#8Steven2,993US #13
#9William2,669US #6
#10Christopher2,551US #12
#11Daniel2,532US #19
#12Brian2,396US #14
#13Jeffrey2,382US #9
#14Paul2,286US #18
#15Scott2,220US #16
#16Eric2,203US #25
#17Kevin2,123US #17
#18Timothy2,085US #11
#19Anthony1,986US #22
#20Thomas1,963US #10
#21Joseph1,929US #15
#22Kenneth1,758US #21
#23Ronald1,683US #24
#24Charles1,529US #20
#25Gregory1,512US #23
#26Gary1,298US #28
#27Stephen1,244US #26
#28Matthew1,236US #34
#29Edward1,224US #30
#30Sean1,203US #50
#31Donald1,179US #27
#32Todd1,143US #29
#33Patrick1,140US #31
#34Andrew980US #36
#35Jose922US #79
#36Douglas907US #33
#37Frank902US #43
#38Keith881US #32
#39George823US #37
#40Raymond806US #47
#41Craig798US #46
#42Mike731US #69
#43Rodney708US #35
#44Peter704US #39
#45Shawn702US #54
#46Dennis693US #44
#47Steve668US #67
#48Larry659US #38
#49Jerry641US #41
#50Martin630US #78
#51Bryan581US #52
#52Troy572US #48
#53Chris569US #55
#54Jeff567US #72
#55Randy561US #45
#56Jason560US #89
#57Vincent554US #58
#58Joe551US #74
#59Tony547US #49
#60Darren535US #63
#61Jeffery534US #42
#62Jon517US #76
#63Victor511US #101
#64Juan481US #129
#65Danny474US #62
#66Phillip465US #71
#67Manuel458US #175
#68Roger449US #51
#69Dean434US #84
#70Jonathan432US #65
#71Bruce430US #53
#72Carlos430US #138
#73Arthur427US #96
#74Lawrence427US #66
#75Russell427US #61
#76Erik426US #145
#77Terry410US #40
#78Gerald407US #60
#79Aaron392US #117
#80Johnny388US #73
#81Jim384US #136
#82Albert374US #100
#83Marc373US #105
#84Alan361US #57
#85Curtis359US #75
#86Samuel359US #81
#87Tim358US #103
#88Carl356US #56
#89Mario355US #190
#90Ruben355US #200
#91Wayne353US #59
#92Brett348US #118
#93Bradley345US #68
#94Glenn338US #90
#95Henry338US #92
#96Jesse336US #132
#97Dale335US #85
#98Greg334US #126
#99Philip333US #86
#100Adam332US #123

On the move since 1965

Rising

↑37Jason#56
↑21Michele#27
↑21Shannon#66
↑20Amy#58
↑18Gina#31
↑17Aaron#79
↑15Victoria#69
↑14Shawn#45

Falling

↓29Annette#91
↓22Laurie#79
↓17Sylvia#94
↓16Robin#51
↓13Greg#98
↓12Debbie#68
↓12Terry#77
↓11Darren#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1965 rankings.