State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1970 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 342,399 California births in 1970 across 3,322 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#81Gabrieloutside the national top 200
#80Ruben#198 nationally
#73Jesus#185 nationally
#60Manuel#170 nationally
#72Ricardo#172 nationally
#68Mario#159 nationally
#65Joshua#150 nationally
#75Luis#145 nationally
#96Monique#160 nationally
#98Yvette#162 nationally
#55Erin#111 nationally
#85Yvonne#141 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer4,695US #1
#2Michelle3,736US #4
#3Lisa3,705US #2
#4Kimberly2,702US #3
#5Julie1,883US #11
#6Maria1,712US #39
#7Laura1,680US #13
#8Shannon1,651US #22
#9Christine1,640US #14
#10Heather1,609US #19
#11Elizabeth1,570US #18
#12Stephanie1,549US #17
#13Cynthia1,533US #25
#14Angela1,524US #6
#15Christina1,514US #35
#16Melissa1,366US #7
#17Tracy1,353US #10
#18Amy1,343US #5
#19Patricia1,329US #24
#20Mary1,277US #9
#21Karen1,274US #12
#22Tina1,248US #21
#23Sandra1,235US #27
#24Nicole1,194US #30
#25Dawn1,158US #16
#26Kelly1,076US #20
#27Susan1,070US #15
#28Wendy1,062US #28
#29Denise1,049US #36
#30Tammy1,013US #8
#31Michele973US #31
#32Rebecca957US #29
#33Lori901US #23
#34Gina896US #61
#35Monica896US #56
#36Deborah886US #33
#37Teresa866US #34
#38Andrea849US #43
#39Stacy773US #42
#40Rachel753US #58
#41Linda706US #38
#42Kathleen683US #45
#43Diana663US #89
#44Nancy663US #50
#45Pamela656US #26
#46Tamara620US #79
#47Catherine608US #59
#48Renee608US #68
#49Stacey601US #48
#50Brenda600US #40
#51Deanna592US #90
#52Donna590US #32
#53Katherine587US #67
#54Theresa582US #53
#55Erin581US #111
#56Carrie580US #73
#57Kristin578US #63
#58Veronica578US #110
#59Dana577US #54
#60Tiffany571US #99
#61Victoria571US #85
#62Anna568US #102
#63Barbara563US #41
#64April557US #82
#65Cheryl550US #44
#66Jessica550US #98
#67Debra547US #47
#68Heidi532US #81
#69Alicia523US #118
#70Tanya522US #76
#71Diane509US #70
#72Robin508US #51
#73Kristina504US #125
#74Sharon502US #37
#75Jill494US #52
#76Cindy489US #72
#77Leslie480US #64
#78Sarah480US #65
#79Suzanne469US #87
#80Danielle456US #114
#81Ann454US #62
#82Rhonda453US #46
#83Regina449US #86
#84Kristen448US #83
#85Yvonne438US #141
#86Jacqueline423US #66
#87Yolanda423US #106
#88Paula405US #57
#89Holly394US #74
#90Kristine391US #109
#91Sabrina383US #107
#92Jamie382US #120
#93Melanie380US #91
#94Valerie379US #97
#95Tonya374US #49
#96Monique373US #160
#97Margaret372US #80
#98Yvette370US #162
#99Carol366US #71
#100Sheila364US #75

Boys

#1Michael8,199US #1
#2David6,374US #3
#3Robert5,665US #5
#4John5,182US #4
#5James4,610US #2
#6Jason4,050US #13
#7Christopher3,600US #6
#8Richard3,249US #10
#9Eric2,817US #18
#10Mark2,804US #9
#11Steven2,754US #15
#12Brian2,663US #8
#13William2,643US #7
#14Daniel2,574US #19
#15Jeffrey2,562US #11
#16Scott2,465US #12
#17Kevin2,351US #14
#18Joseph2,118US #16
#19Anthony2,106US #22
#20Matthew2,097US #24
#21Paul2,027US #23
#22Thomas1,915US #17
#23Timothy1,643US #20
#24Charles1,541US #21
#25Gregory1,512US #26
#26Sean1,484US #37
#27Kenneth1,414US #25
#28Jose1,364US #56
#29Edward1,184US #31
#30Ronald1,183US #29
#31Stephen1,164US #27
#32Andrew1,097US #32
#33Aaron1,064US #52
#34Donald1,043US #30
#35Shawn1,038US #34
#36Patrick1,031US #33
#37Todd1,025US #28
#38Gary948US #35
#39George873US #40
#40Frank824US #48
#41Craig820US #39
#42Douglas809US #36
#43Raymond800US #49
#44Peter750US #44
#45Juan744US #95
#46Jonathan691US #42
#47Carlos660US #98
#48Bryan655US #53
#49Dennis644US #46
#50Troy638US #41
#51Erik637US #101
#52Keith616US #38
#53Jeremy584US #70
#54Victor583US #106
#55Larry577US #43
#56Marc546US #60
#57Jerry542US #45
#58Adam525US #72
#59Chris517US #63
#60Manuel514US #170
#61Jeffery498US #50
#62Joe495US #90
#63Jon490US #68
#64Martin489US #93
#65Joshua482US #150
#66Derek481US #77
#67Tony481US #57
#68Mario459US #159
#69Vincent458US #79
#70Darren455US #75
#71Lance449US #76
#72Ricardo449US #172
#73Jesus447US #185
#74Benjamin446US #81
#75Luis436US #145
#76Phillip433US #73
#77Jesse426US #119
#78Brandon422US #131
#79Antonio418US #121
#80Ruben410US #198
#81Gabriel408
#82Steve407US #114
#83Johnny399US #65
#84Randy396US #59
#85Albert393US #107
#86Samuel393US #62
#87Chad392US #51
#88Danny392US #85
#89Bradley391US #47
#90Christian388US #127
#91Marcus388US #71
#92Brent385US #74
#93Mike385US #136
#94Travis382US #69
#95Joel380US #82
#96Lawrence375US #83
#97Jeff373US #116
#98Russell369US #58
#99Brett367US #99
#100Rodney366US #55

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑32Adam#58
↑25Carrie#56
↑24Kristina#73
↑22Rachel#40
↑18Jesse#77
↑17Derek#66
↑15Erin#55
↑15Kristin#57

Falling

↓30Mike#93
↓29Russell#98
↓29Rodney#100
↓25Jeff#97
↓22Lawrence#96
↓21Sharon#74
↓21Carol#99
↓20Debra#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.