State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1974 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 286,945 California births in 1974 across 3,299 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#66Leticiaoutside the national top 200
#67Anaoutside the national top 200
#40Claudia#167 nationally
#74Angelicaoutside the national top 200
#79Javieroutside the national top 200
#82Jaimeoutside the national top 200
#84Alejandrooutside the national top 200
#88Armandooutside the national top 200
#77Oscar#189 nationally
#89Rauloutside the national top 200
#90Rosaoutside the national top 200
#93Normaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer5,673US #1
#2Michelle2,592US #3
#3Maria1,922US #31
#4Heather1,920US #4
#5Amy1,855US #2
#6Lisa1,838US #8
#7Kimberly1,674US #6
#8Melissa1,520US #7
#9Christina1,465US #16
#10Elizabeth1,453US #12
#11Stephanie1,408US #9
#12Angela1,276US #5
#13Veronica1,224US #71
#14Nicole1,204US #11
#15Rebecca1,199US #10
#16Julie1,133US #14
#17Jessica1,130US #17
#18Shannon1,127US #18
#19Laura1,051US #21
#20Monica1,026US #43
#21Patricia998US #29
#22Cynthia997US #33
#23Sandra988US #44
#24Sarah984US #20
#25Christine977US #19
#26Andrea866US #35
#27Kelly833US #15
#28Rachel771US #36
#29April759US #28
#30Mary743US #13
#31Wendy688US #32
#32Erin681US #47
#33Tiffany644US #41
#34Tina642US #25
#35Dawn626US #22
#36Danielle615US #40
#37Denise608US #53
#38Karen607US #26
#39Tracy582US #23
#40Claudia579US #167
#41Gina560US #84
#42Stacy558US #38
#43Diana555US #87
#44Susan552US #27
#45Amber542US #92
#46Carrie539US #42
#47Teresa538US #52
#48Alicia537US #90
#49Heidi502US #60
#50Nancy502US #78
#51Tanya502US #46
#52Michele494US #50
#53Anna490US #82
#54Tamara482US #64
#55Lori480US #30
#56Amanda479US #34
#57Kristen472US #45
#58Sara458US #61
#59Katherine453US #62
#60Melanie453US #51
#61Brenda440US #59
#62Deborah430US #68
#63Linda421US #75
#64Tammy421US #24
#65Erica414US #74
#66Leticia413
#67Ana409
#68Sonia398US #172
#69Brandy396US #80
#70Renee396US #85
#71Stacey395US #48
#72Crystal392US #49
#73Valerie389US #93
#74Angelica388
#75Catherine381US #73
#76Emily380US #69
#77Kristin376US #72
#78Kristina375US #101
#79Dana373US #55
#80Victoria372US #104
#81Vanessa368US #122
#82Holly365US #56
#83Kathleen362US #76
#84Martha359US #150
#85Tara354US #39
#86Leslie351US #65
#87Theresa344US #79
#88Jacqueline343US #83
#89Yolanda337US #112
#90Rosa336
#91Robin332US #63
#92Cindy331US #103
#93Norma319
#94Melinda312US #81
#95Jill311US #58
#96Brandi310US #106
#97Deanna306US #115
#98Lorena304
#99Yvonne300US #173
#100Jamie299US #97

Boys

#1Michael6,060US #1
#2Jason4,780US #2
#3David4,346US #4
#4Christopher3,767US #3
#5Robert3,453US #7
#6John3,019US #6
#7Brian2,938US #8
#8Daniel2,912US #11
#9James2,892US #5
#10Matthew2,530US #9
#11Eric1,973US #13
#12Richard1,957US #17
#13Jose1,940US #47
#14Joseph1,809US #12
#15Jeffrey1,772US #15
#16Steven1,766US #19
#17William1,724US #10
#18Joshua1,663US #29
#19Mark1,650US #16
#20Anthony1,647US #21
#21Ryan1,545US #25
#22Scott1,545US #18
#23Kevin1,422US #14
#24Aaron1,277US #32
#25Paul1,248US #27
#26Jeremy1,208US #24
#27Thomas1,168US #20
#28Juan1,161US #64
#29Timothy1,141US #22
#30Andrew1,018US #28
#31Sean974US #37
#32Charles958US #23
#33Justin958US #43
#34Gregory890US #31
#35Shawn859US #30
#36Adam832US #36
#37Jonathan819US #33
#38Kenneth819US #34
#39Carlos808US #71
#40Edward779US #40
#41Stephen762US #35
#42Bryan742US #45
#43Benjamin682US #46
#44Jesus673US #133
#45Chad657US #26
#46Patrick654US #38
#47Brandon652US #51
#48Manuel615US #142
#49Luis611US #106
#50Ronald611US #42
#51George603US #49
#52Jesse602US #67
#53Raymond601US #62
#54Gabriel591US #117
#55Peter585US #50
#56Victor576US #96
#57Donald572US #41
#58Nathan567US #52
#59Ricardo562US #140
#60Todd550US #39
#61Francisco549US #160
#62Gary519US #48
#63Frank513US #65
#64Mario497US #128
#65Keith490US #44
#66Jorge487US #168
#67Miguel487US #147
#68Samuel485US #60
#69Ruben479US #172
#70Erik442US #90
#71Antonio434US #82
#72Roberto414US #161
#73Shane414US #56
#74Douglas413US #53
#75Joel411US #75
#76Jacob408US #88
#77Oscar401US #189
#78Travis398US #54
#79Javier397
#80Dennis386US #59
#81Phillip376US #70
#82Jaime371
#83Alexander369US #112
#84Alejandro368
#85Hector367US #185
#86Craig364US #57
#87Larry362US #55
#88Armando361
#89Raul359
#90Martin347US #109
#91Joe341US #113
#92Christian325US #103
#93Marcus316US #73
#94Salvador316
#95Nicholas315US #80
#96Sergio315
#97Jerry312US #61
#98Adrian310US #138
#99Marc304US #85
#100Derek302US #74

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑25Amber#45
↑23Sara#58
↑21Oscar#77
↑20Erica#65
↑18Jacob#76
↑17Erin#32
↑17Benjamin#43
↑16Valerie#73

Falling

↓23Tammy#64
↓22Brandi#96
↓19Victoria#80
↓19Craig#86
↓17Todd#60
↓16Brandy#69
↓16Kathleen#83
↓16Jerry#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.