State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1971 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 310,011 California births in 1971 across 3,282 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#85Francisco#199 nationally
#79Ruben#192 nationally
#58Jesus#170 nationally
#90Jorgeoutside the national top 200
#65Gabriel#173 nationally
#94Claudiaoutside the national top 200
#59Manuel#164 nationally
#99Leticiaoutside the national top 200
#99Armandooutside the national top 200
#69Ricardo#165 nationally
#62Mario#154 nationally
#91Sonia#183 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer5,456US #1
#2Michelle3,318US #2
#3Lisa2,938US #3
#4Kimberly2,245US #4
#5Maria1,643US #37
#6Julie1,539US #10
#7Heather1,521US #12
#8Shannon1,434US #21
#9Christina1,407US #30
#10Amy1,403US #5
#11Elizabeth1,403US #19
#12Angela1,377US #6
#13Laura1,358US #16
#14Christine1,353US #18
#15Stephanie1,352US #11
#16Cynthia1,342US #24
#17Melissa1,297US #7
#18Patricia1,189US #26
#19Sandra1,099US #31
#20Tina1,091US #20
#21Nicole1,076US #27
#22Mary1,056US #9
#23Rebecca1,021US #23
#24Karen1,013US #15
#25Tracy996US #13
#26Dawn978US #14
#27Monica936US #48
#28Denise892US #36
#29Andrea890US #35
#30Kelly866US #22
#31Susan861US #17
#32Tammy859US #8
#33Wendy844US #29
#34Gina768US #69
#35Teresa764US #34
#36Stacy747US #32
#37Deborah744US #33
#38Lori736US #25
#39Michele700US #39
#40Rachel658US #54
#41Carrie649US #55
#42Diana642US #82
#43Tiffany619US #62
#44Jessica591US #64
#45April584US #56
#46Dana579US #44
#47Veronica577US #110
#48Linda575US #42
#49Nancy574US #52
#50Kathleen559US #53
#51Tamara555US #80
#52Heidi550US #77
#53Erin545US #93
#54Anna539US #106
#55Renee533US #73
#56Stacey529US #41
#57Pamela525US #28
#58Danielle521US #99
#59Catherine519US #65
#60Brenda516US #43
#61Tanya514US #72
#62Alicia511US #105
#63Katherine497US #67
#64Kristin485US #71
#65Deanna478US #95
#66Donna476US #38
#67Sarah474US #58
#68Debra463US #57
#69Cindy462US #70
#70Tara457US #49
#71Theresa457US #61
#72Kristina456US #117
#73Robin442US #51
#74Victoria442US #97
#75Cheryl428US #50
#76Sharon427US #40
#77Melanie424US #66
#78Leslie418US #68
#79Barbara415US #47
#80Yolanda403US #98
#81Diane402US #83
#82Suzanne398US #88
#83Jill394US #59
#84Yvonne390US #148
#85Regina380US #90
#86Rhonda377US #46
#87Valerie374US #102
#88Paula364US #63
#89Jacqueline363US #75
#90Crystal362US #79
#91Sonia359US #183
#92Shelly357US #103
#93Kristen356US #87
#94Claudia354
#95Martha354US #147
#96Monique344US #161
#97Erica339US #108
#98Kristine337US #120
#99Leticia336
#100Jamie332US #118

Boys

#1Michael6,824US #1
#2David5,243US #3
#3Robert4,615US #5
#4John4,290US #4
#5Jason4,270US #8
#6James3,796US #2
#7Christopher3,709US #6
#8Richard2,694US #11
#9Brian2,491US #9
#10Daniel2,427US #20
#11Eric2,419US #18
#12Scott2,377US #10
#13Steven2,276US #16
#14William2,271US #7
#15Matthew2,269US #19
#16Jeffrey2,105US #12
#17Mark2,081US #13
#18Kevin2,003US #14
#19Joseph1,876US #15
#20Anthony1,805US #23
#21Paul1,701US #24
#22Thomas1,605US #17
#23Jose1,434US #55
#24Timothy1,405US #21
#25Sean1,311US #36
#26Charles1,284US #22
#27Aaron1,217US #41
#28Gregory1,215US #26
#29Kenneth1,126US #25
#30Edward1,052US #32
#31Stephen1,012US #27
#32Shawn996US #28
#33Chad933US #29
#34Andrew925US #33
#35Ronald890US #31
#36Todd878US #30
#37Patrick865US #35
#38Donald860US #34
#39Jeremy836US #45
#40Juan803US #81
#41Ryan801US #51
#42Gary779US #38
#43Frank736US #54
#44Jonathan735US #40
#45Raymond703US #52
#46George686US #42
#47Joshua679US #80
#48Peter670US #47
#49Carlos655US #88
#50Bryan637US #48
#51Craig634US #43
#52Adam629US #57
#53Douglas609US #39
#54Dennis565US #49
#55Keith561US #37
#56Erik552US #97
#57Larry549US #44
#58Jesus525US #170
#59Manuel523US #164
#60Victor491US #113
#61Troy479US #46
#62Mario476US #154
#63Jesse472US #107
#64Luis470US #138
#65Gabriel457US #173
#66Benjamin455US #69
#67Marc452US #70
#68Jeffery446US #53
#69Ricardo438US #165
#70Shane437US #60
#71Chris435US #68
#72Brandon431US #95
#73Justin430US #103
#74Derek428US #63
#75Jerry427US #50
#76Martin407US #105
#77Christian405US #122
#78Joe397US #101
#79Ruben392US #192
#80Samuel392US #66
#81Travis392US #61
#82Brent386US #73
#83Phillip385US #76
#84Danny380US #82
#85Francisco378US #199
#86Albert372US #119
#87Tony370US #62
#88Antonio363US #110
#89Miguel360US #180
#90Jorge359
#91Jon356US #78
#92Arthur349US #117
#93Roberto347US #183
#94Marcus344US #65
#95Alexander342US #134
#96Vincent340US #87
#97Joel336US #86
#98Lawrence332US #85
#99Armando331
#100Lance330US #98

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑54Chad#33
↑22Jessica#44
↑22Danielle#58
↑19April#45
↑18Joshua#47
↑17Tiffany#43
↑16Heidi#52
↑16Melanie#77

Falling

↓29Lance#100
↓28Jon#91
↓27Vincent#96
↓20Tony#87
↓18Jerry#75
↓17Theresa#71
↓16Barbara#79
↓16Joe#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.