State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1967 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 318,822 California births in 1967 across 2,919 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#59Manuel#170 nationally
#94Jesusoutside the national top 200
#93Ruben#197 nationally
#84Mario#187 nationally
#99Tiffany#192 nationally
#85Sylvia#156 nationally
#64Erik#133 nationally
#71Carlos#129 nationally
#65Juan#121 nationally
#100Luis#156 nationally
#77Yvonne#128 nationally
#85Jesse#135 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa4,622US #1
#2Michelle3,712US #3
#3Kimberly2,855US #2
#4Julie1,981US #16
#5Jennifer1,902US #10
#6Karen1,748US #6
#7Susan1,644US #5
#8Cynthia1,640US #18
#9Laura1,639US #15
#10Mary1,619US #4
#11Patricia1,617US #11
#12Elizabeth1,571US #13
#13Christine1,527US #14
#14Maria1,484US #42
#15Stephanie1,442US #25
#16Sandra1,407US #20
#17Tina1,342US #21
#18Denise1,291US #34
#19Kelly1,260US #23
#20Deborah1,214US #22
#21Tammy1,143US #8
#22Wendy1,140US #32
#23Tracy1,126US #29
#24Lori1,119US #24
#25Angela1,098US #7
#26Linda1,058US #26
#27Christina1,053US #53
#28Gina1,041US #54
#29Michele1,033US #36
#30Teresa1,014US #28
#31Melissa980US #9
#32Dawn963US #27
#33Rebecca932US #39
#34Nancy931US #37
#35Cheryl899US #35
#36Pamela876US #17
#37Kathleen858US #40
#38Donna854US #19
#39Debra818US #38
#40Diana811US #65
#41Amy808US #12
#42Andrea807US #48
#43Monica782US #70
#44Barbara750US #33
#45Diane747US #44
#46Brenda730US #31
#47Theresa697US #43
#48Sharon694US #30
#49Catherine669US #55
#50Stacy664US #74
#51Rhonda657US #41
#52Jill655US #50
#53Renee633US #62
#54Kim626US #49
#55Suzanne616US #63
#56Shannon587US #101
#57Carol578US #47
#58Anna577US #91
#59Robin577US #45
#60Tamara575US #86
#61Stacey573US #69
#62Cindy571US #59
#63Leslie557US #66
#64April534US #79
#65Heather532US #87
#66Paula519US #46
#67Dana515US #71
#68Valerie506US #73
#69Heidi499US #88
#70Jacqueline496US #52
#71Victoria488US #93
#72Deanna486US #104
#73Katherine473US #76
#74Margaret454US #58
#75Nicole454US #122
#76Kathy451US #64
#77Yvonne451US #128
#78Veronica449US #108
#79Ann442US #57
#80Yvette442US #125
#81Carolyn440US #60
#82Kristin434US #97
#83Sherry431US #51
#84Laurie426US #72
#85Sylvia423US #156
#86Sheila419US #56
#87Annette418US #85
#88Debbie415US #90
#89Shelly414US #94
#90Yolanda412US #120
#91Janet406US #61
#92Kathryn401US #92
#93Terri398US #77
#94Rachel396US #105
#95Regina395US #80
#96Martha394US #117
#97Carrie391US #107
#98Kristen383US #124
#99Tiffany372US #192
#100Sheri371US #115

Boys

#1Michael8,132US #1
#2David6,929US #2
#3John5,650US #4
#4Robert5,576US #5
#5James4,684US #3
#6Richard3,634US #8
#7Mark3,255US #7
#8Steven2,889US #14
#9William2,745US #6
#10Christopher2,668US #9
#11Eric2,555US #23
#12Brian2,500US #10
#13Daniel2,480US #19
#14Scott2,343US #16
#15Jeffrey2,268US #13
#16Paul2,198US #18
#17Anthony2,122US #21
#18Kevin2,104US #17
#19Timothy2,040US #11
#20Thomas1,994US #12
#21Joseph1,979US #15
#22Kenneth1,677US #22
#23Ronald1,545US #24
#24Charles1,475US #20
#25Matthew1,424US #28
#26Gregory1,384US #25
#27Sean1,308US #44
#28Stephen1,231US #26
#29Donald1,224US #27
#30Patrick1,168US #30
#31Gary1,135US #32
#32Edward1,125US #31
#33Todd1,117US #29
#34Jose954US #64
#35Andrew947US #35
#36Douglas881US #33
#37Frank835US #45
#38Jason818US #54
#39George782US #36
#40Peter765US #39
#41Raymond764US #48
#42Craig748US #46
#43Dennis718US #43
#44Keith712US #34
#45Larry696US #38
#46Shawn691US #51
#47Troy667US #40
#48Mike658US #84
#49Jerry627US #41
#50Bryan618US #52
#51Martin581US #80
#52Steve550US #79
#53Rodney525US #37
#54Vincent515US #65
#55Chris513US #60
#56Jeffery513US #47
#57Victor512US #97
#58Jon510US #71
#59Manuel500US #170
#60Tony489US #50
#61Danny488US #68
#62Darren488US #63
#63Randy484US #49
#64Erik483US #133
#65Juan483US #121
#66Joe477US #85
#67Jonathan475US #56
#68Aaron467US #106
#69Jeff467US #88
#70Lawrence465US #67
#71Carlos455US #129
#72Roger437US #53
#73Phillip423US #73
#74Arthur418US #94
#75Russell414US #58
#76Derek396US #123
#77Terry395US #42
#78Albert389US #98
#79Dean386US #78
#80Gerald385US #59
#81Marc384US #101
#82Alan382US #61
#83Bruce375US #55
#84Mario371US #187
#85Jesse362US #135
#86Carl355US #57
#87Brett351US #111
#88Johnny351US #70
#89Samuel351US #69
#90Philip347US #82
#91Wayne347US #62
#92Glenn346US #91
#93Ruben345US #197
#94Jesus342
#95Joel339US #90
#96Curtis332US #77
#97Henry332US #93
#98Bradley331US #66
#99Tim329US #116
#100Luis323US #156

On the move since 1966

Rising

↑32April#64
↑24Tamara#60
↑22Heather#65
↑18Jason#38
↑17Amy#41
↑15Yvette#80
↑14Melissa#31
↑12Stacy#50

Falling

↓24Janet#91
↓20Debbie#88
↓15Jacqueline#70
↓15Jeff#69
↓13Shelly#89
↓12Terri#93
↓12Bruce#83
↓12Tim#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1966 rankings.