State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1968 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 321,027 California births in 1968 across 3,009 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#89Rubenoutside the national top 200
#85Jesus#192 nationally
#63Manuel#169 nationally
#100Franciscooutside the national top 200
#87Mario#186 nationally
#98Ricardo#187 nationally
#92Tiffany#178 nationally
#99Erin#174 nationally
#91Sylvia#164 nationally
#58Carlos#121 nationally
#65Erik#125 nationally
#53Juan#112 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa4,497US #1
#2Michelle3,833US #2
#3Jennifer2,908US #4
#4Kimberly2,639US #3
#5Laura1,980US #11
#6Julie1,791US #16
#7Christine1,631US #14
#8Karen1,537US #9
#9Patricia1,500US #15
#10Maria1,497US #41
#11Elizabeth1,488US #17
#12Kelly1,459US #12
#13Mary1,449US #6
#14Tina1,402US #18
#15Cynthia1,395US #19
#16Susan1,368US #10
#17Sandra1,339US #26
#18Stephanie1,335US #23
#19Angela1,267US #7
#20Christina1,261US #44
#21Melissa1,217US #5
#22Deborah1,120US #27
#23Michele1,112US #29
#24Wendy1,111US #31
#25Tammy1,098US #8
#26Denise1,096US #35
#27Tracy1,050US #25
#28Linda985US #28
#29Lori983US #22
#30Dawn970US #21
#31Teresa964US #30
#32Gina945US #58
#33Rebecca940US #33
#34Shannon932US #53
#35Kathleen816US #40
#36Amy800US #13
#37Nancy793US #39
#38Monica792US #68
#39Pamela776US #20
#40Andrea773US #48
#41Donna756US #24
#42Cheryl751US #37
#43Debra748US #38
#44Diana727US #71
#45Heather713US #62
#46Stacy713US #64
#47Barbara688US #36
#48Brenda682US #34
#49Jill669US #46
#50Theresa656US #47
#51Robin653US #43
#52Stacey629US #55
#53Sharon609US #32
#54Diane602US #51
#55Tamara587US #80
#56Rhonda582US #42
#57Renee581US #65
#58Catherine579US #56
#59Nicole550US #108
#60Carol543US #49
#61Veronica537US #112
#62Suzanne536US #69
#63Paula530US #45
#64Victoria524US #82
#65Katherine520US #75
#66Dana515US #70
#67Kim508US #57
#68Deanna497US #104
#69Anna496US #99
#70Leslie496US #66
#71Cindy493US #67
#72Jacqueline492US #50
#73Kristin481US #84
#74Carrie469US #86
#75Yolanda463US #93
#76Ann457US #54
#77Yvonne456US #125
#78Heidi452US #89
#79Rachel451US #92
#80Valerie450US #77
#81April445US #96
#82Tanya434US #106
#83Regina421US #81
#84Carolyn416US #61
#85Shelly411US #98
#86Alicia398US #126
#87Sheila389US #59
#88Margaret383US #63
#89Kristine382US #105
#90Yvette380US #144
#91Sylvia379US #164
#92Tiffany376US #178
#93Kristen374US #107
#94Laurie373US #79
#95Sherry373US #52
#96Annette372US #102
#97Janet370US #73
#98Martha370US #123
#99Erin368US #174
#100Sheri367US #119

Boys

#1Michael8,080US #1
#2David6,483US #2
#3Robert5,888US #5
#4John5,573US #3
#5James4,648US #4
#6Richard3,526US #8
#7Mark3,259US #7
#8Steven2,843US #15
#9Christopher2,840US #9
#10Brian2,694US #10
#11William2,680US #6
#12Daniel2,542US #18
#13Eric2,497US #22
#14Scott2,488US #14
#15Jeffrey2,418US #11
#16Paul2,261US #19
#17Timothy2,053US #13
#18Kevin2,043US #17
#19Anthony2,025US #21
#20Thomas1,980US #12
#21Joseph1,934US #16
#22Matthew1,760US #24
#23Kenneth1,556US #23
#24Sean1,478US #37
#25Charles1,460US #20
#26Gregory1,419US #26
#27Ronald1,357US #25
#28Stephen1,212US #27
#29Todd1,210US #28
#30Gary1,154US #32
#31Edward1,143US #31
#32Jose1,133US #58
#33Patrick1,125US #30
#34Donald1,113US #29
#35Jason1,093US #47
#36Andrew955US #34
#37Douglas879US #33
#38George853US #36
#39Frank847US #49
#40Craig790US #41
#41Peter785US #39
#42Shawn775US #43
#43Dennis737US #45
#44Keith721US #35
#45Raymond716US #50
#46Larry661US #38
#47Bryan632US #51
#48Jerry604US #44
#49Troy598US #40
#50Martin560US #68
#51Aaron558US #87
#52Mike540US #93
#53Juan535US #112
#54Chris514US #64
#55Jonathan513US #53
#56Tony510US #52
#57Jeffery507US #46
#58Carlos505US #121
#59Steve502US #89
#60Victor500US #101
#61Jon482US #65
#62Jeff479US #90
#63Manuel462US #169
#64Rodney457US #42
#65Erik456US #125
#66Danny453US #72
#67Darren453US #60
#68Randy449US #54
#69Marc440US #84
#70Joe439US #85
#71Russell433US #56
#72Vincent423US #73
#73Phillip415US #71
#74Roger397US #55
#75Dean393US #78
#76Johnny385US #69
#77Alan382US #74
#78Brett377US #105
#79Lawrence377US #67
#80Derek372US #122
#81Terry369US #48
#82Gerald368US #62
#83Joel361US #80
#84Arthur351US #98
#85Jesus345US #192
#86Albert344US #103
#87Mario344US #186
#88Philip343US #82
#89Ruben342
#90Bruce340US #61
#91Samuel339US #66
#92Bradley336US #57
#93Luis336US #152
#94Benjamin335US #99
#95Christian330US #151
#96Carl329US #59
#97Wayne328US #63
#98Ricardo325US #187
#99Jesse317US #135
#100Francisco313

On the move since 1967

Rising

↑23Carrie#74
↑22Shannon#34
↑20Heather#45
↑17Veronica#61
↑17Aaron#51
↑16Nicole#59
↑15Yolanda#75
↑15Rachel#79

Falling

↓18Vincent#72
↓17April#81
↓14Margaret#88
↓14Jesse#99
↓13Kim#67
↓12Valerie#80
↓12Sherry#95
↓11Anna#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1967 rankings.