State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1973 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 275,054 California births in 1973 across 3,193 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#69Leticiaoutside the national top 200
#51Claudia#176 nationally
#80Anaoutside the national top 200
#86Rosaoutside the national top 200
#86Javieroutside the national top 200
#87Jaimeoutside the national top 200
#89Eduardooutside the national top 200
#92Armandooutside the national top 200
#71Ruben#179 nationally
#66Francisco#171 nationally
#97Rauloutside the national top 200
#98Oscaroutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer5,649US #1
#2Michelle2,613US #3
#3Lisa2,082US #5
#4Maria1,750US #31
#5Kimberly1,717US #4
#6Heather1,675US #8
#7Amy1,613US #2
#8Melissa1,447US #6
#9Christina1,424US #16
#10Stephanie1,360US #9
#11Nicole1,322US #11
#12Elizabeth1,302US #13
#13Rebecca1,246US #10
#14Julie1,216US #12
#15Veronica1,104US #71
#16Cynthia1,100US #26
#17Laura1,090US #19
#18Shannon1,090US #22
#19Angela1,041US #7
#20Monica1,000US #40
#21Christine992US #17
#22Patricia911US #27
#23Sandra893US #39
#24Andrea827US #30
#25Mary795US #14
#26Jessica783US #34
#27Kelly725US #18
#28Dawn699US #21
#29Karen684US #23
#30Wendy680US #29
#31Sarah663US #35
#32Denise661US #38
#33Rachel657US #42
#34April645US #33
#35Tina634US #24
#36Tracy602US #20
#37Gina579US #83
#38Stacy571US #32
#39Michele570US #44
#40Danielle565US #49
#41Tammy544US #15
#42Tiffany544US #52
#43Lori541US #28
#44Teresa532US #45
#45Susan530US #25
#46Carrie515US #46
#47Diana510US #85
#48Alicia494US #91
#49Erin493US #79
#50Tanya484US #50
#51Claudia477US #176
#52Anna470US #86
#53Brandy465US #82
#54Nancy464US #77
#55Brenda455US #53
#56Tamara439US #66
#57Melanie431US #43
#58Katherine427US #64
#59Heidi426US #65
#60Deborah416US #56
#61Victoria403US #95
#62Kristen400US #58
#63Linda394US #61
#64Amanda393US #51
#65Stacey391US #41
#66Crystal387US #48
#67Kathleen387US #68
#68Kristina382US #97
#69Leticia382
#70Amber379US #130
#71Catherine376US #67
#72Renee370US #80
#73Sonia370US #174
#74Brandi369US #109
#75Theresa369US #69
#76Tara364US #37
#77Robin361US #60
#78Kristin359US #78
#79Melinda348US #72
#80Ana343
#81Sara341US #89
#82Dana340US #59
#83Yolanda338US #113
#84Holly336US #54
#85Erica335US #81
#86Rosa335
#87Monique318US #154
#88Erika316US #132
#89Valerie313US #96
#90Barbara309US #63
#91Suzanne304US #98
#92Pamela301US #47
#93Sylvia300US #193
#94Martha299US #158
#95Yvonne299US #159
#96Jill297US #62
#97Cheryl293US #74
#98Gloria293US #177
#99Leslie292US #75
#100Cindy289US #92

Boys

#1Michael5,876US #1
#2Jason4,408US #3
#3David4,175US #5
#4Christopher3,533US #2
#5Robert3,491US #7
#6John3,177US #6
#7James2,906US #4
#8Brian2,814US #8
#9Daniel2,751US #11
#10Matthew2,238US #10
#11Richard2,119US #16
#12Eric2,070US #13
#13Mark1,794US #15
#14William1,762US #9
#15Joseph1,720US #12
#16Jose1,707US #49
#17Jeffrey1,691US #17
#18Steven1,677US #20
#19Anthony1,587US #21
#20Scott1,531US #18
#21Kevin1,412US #14
#22Paul1,333US #24
#23Ryan1,295US #30
#24Joshua1,282US #42
#25Thomas1,208US #19
#26Aaron1,198US #34
#27Timothy1,158US #22
#28Gregory1,034US #26
#29Juan1,012US #67
#30Sean1,002US #36
#31Charles966US #23
#32Andrew954US #29
#33Jeremy923US #33
#34Kenneth875US #28
#35Jonathan827US #31
#36Shawn822US #27
#37Edward819US #39
#38Justin755US #51
#39Stephen749US #32
#40Chad724US #25
#41Adam712US #45
#42Bryan693US #43
#43Todd679US #35
#44Carlos677US #74
#45Patrick669US #37
#46Ronald638US #40
#47Donald620US #38
#48Brandon607US #58
#49Jesus604US #142
#50Raymond595US #60
#51Frank592US #61
#52George587US #46
#53Gary585US #44
#54Manuel564US #145
#55Luis555US #114
#56Peter543US #52
#57Gabriel541US #130
#58Nathan540US #63
#59Jesse523US #75
#60Benjamin517US #55
#61Keith512US #41
#62Mario503US #129
#63Victor503US #103
#64Erik474US #86
#65Ricardo468US #151
#66Francisco466US #171
#67Craig452US #48
#68Douglas443US #47
#69Dennis439US #56
#70Shane437US #54
#71Ruben422US #179
#72Miguel411US #163
#73Travis411US #53
#74Antonio394US #92
#75Larry389US #50
#76Jorge383US #178
#77Roberto383US #166
#78Joel377US #73
#79Samuel365US #66
#80Martin355US #108
#81Jerry350US #57
#82Joe350US #105
#83Christian348US #97
#84Phillip337US #71
#85Derek333US #69
#86Javier332
#87Jaime331
#88Hector328US #190
#89Eduardo325
#90Marc323US #81
#91Danny320US #83
#92Armando318
#93Jeffery317US #64
#94Jacob313US #122
#95Nicholas313US #85
#96Alexander303US #116
#97Raul300
#98Oscar299
#99Tony297US #78
#100Vincent297US #99

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑28Amber#70
↑22Claudia#51
↑20Melinda#79
↑18Nathan#58
↑16Sarah#31
↑15Veronica#15
↑15Sonia#73
↑15Brandi#74

Falling

↓22Cheryl#97
↓18Pamela#92
↓15Cindy#100
↓14Deborah#60
↓14Kathleen#67
↓14Suzanne#91
↓13Kristin#78
↓13Leslie#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.