State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1975 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 290,530 California births in 1975 across 3,416 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#57Angelicaoutside the national top 200
#63Anaoutside the national top 200
#68Rosaoutside the national top 200
#55Claudia#180 nationally
#80Leticiaoutside the national top 200
#80Armandooutside the national top 200
#81Javier#200 nationally
#87Gerardooutside the national top 200
#88Fernandooutside the national top 200
#89Rauloutside the national top 200
#90Normaoutside the national top 200
#90Sergiooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer5,324US #1
#2Michelle2,338US #6
#3Amy2,227US #2
#4Maria1,984US #30
#5Heather1,961US #3
#6Melissa1,702US #4
#7Christina1,674US #12
#8Lisa1,635US #8
#9Kimberly1,498US #7
#10Elizabeth1,460US #15
#11Angela1,409US #5
#12Nicole1,355US #10
#13Stephanie1,323US #9
#14Jessica1,299US #13
#15Veronica1,262US #72
#16Rebecca1,139US #11
#17Sarah1,090US #17
#18Laura1,070US #20
#19Patricia1,029US #36
#20Monica1,022US #49
#21Julie1,008US #18
#22Shannon982US #21
#23Christine954US #22
#24Erin902US #38
#25Cynthia883US #40
#26Andrea878US #28
#27Sandra854US #51
#28Rachel837US #26
#29Kelly809US #16
#30Amanda767US #14
#31Amber747US #59
#32Mary729US #19
#33April714US #25
#34Karen685US #27
#35Wendy677US #33
#36Erica676US #63
#37Danielle630US #42
#38Tiffany617US #37
#39Alicia614US #76
#40Stacy614US #34
#41Carrie605US #29
#42Dawn585US #23
#43Tina546US #35
#44Tracy533US #24
#45Diana508US #100
#46Gina506US #84
#47Sara503US #54
#48Teresa503US #61
#49Susan496US #32
#50Denise495US #64
#51Nancy491US #82
#52Katherine489US #58
#53Michele484US #56
#54Anna479US #79
#55Claudia476US #180
#56Tanya474US #50
#57Angelica462
#58Emily445US #48
#59Erika443US #128
#60Brandy442US #57
#61Brenda434US #67
#62Melanie432US #52
#63Ana423
#64Crystal418US #43
#65Jamie402US #68
#66Megan395US #69
#67Lori394US #39
#68Rosa393
#69Victoria393US #105
#70Tammy392US #31
#71Linda390US #81
#72Valerie388US #92
#73Tamara386US #77
#74Heidi385US #66
#75Tara385US #41
#76Kristen384US #60
#77Sonia382US #177
#78Kristina379US #103
#79Stacey378US #44
#80Leticia372
#81Vanessa371US #115
#82Renee363US #87
#83Catherine353US #73
#84Deborah347US #86
#85Kristin346US #74
#86Leslie345US #71
#87Robin339US #65
#88Misty336US #47
#89Jill335US #46
#90Norma334
#91Martha327US #149
#92Kathleen322US #80
#93Brandi318US #88
#94Dana318US #62
#95Theresa317US #78
#96Jacqueline309US #90
#97Yolanda307US #107
#98Lorena305
#99Natalie305US #110
#100Holly300US #55

Boys

#1Michael6,216US #1
#2Jason4,384US #2
#3David4,139US #5
#4Christopher3,727US #3
#5Robert3,439US #6
#6Daniel2,889US #11
#7John2,844US #7
#8James2,835US #4
#9Matthew2,591US #9
#10Brian2,566US #8
#11Jose2,082US #48
#12Richard1,943US #16
#13Ryan1,879US #23
#14Joshua1,878US #26
#15Eric1,864US #13
#16Joseph1,850US #12
#17Jeffrey1,687US #14
#18Steven1,684US #18
#19William1,651US #10
#20Anthony1,638US #21
#21Scott1,490US #17
#22Mark1,466US #19
#23Juan1,301US #60
#24Kevin1,276US #15
#25Paul1,275US #29
#26Jeremy1,267US #24
#27Aaron1,232US #32
#28Thomas1,146US #20
#29Timothy1,130US #22
#30Andrew1,122US #28
#31Justin1,050US #37
#32Sean927US #40
#33Charles917US #25
#34Carlos889US #73
#35Jonathan880US #30
#36Gregory862US #33
#37Adam840US #38
#38Benjamin831US #36
#39Brandon767US #44
#40Kenneth760US #35
#41Stephen756US #34
#42Edward748US #41
#43Bryan723US #47
#44Jesus712US #134
#45Nathan702US #45
#46Shawn696US #31
#47Patrick682US #39
#48Jesse665US #64
#49Manuel657US #139
#50Chad650US #27
#51Luis615US #107
#52Francisco614US #152
#53Gabriel605US #106
#54Peter605US #54
#55Ronald580US #46
#56Victor575US #95
#57Donald568US #42
#58George567US #53
#59Raymond560US #63
#60Frank544US #66
#61Miguel544US #148
#62Jorge541US #157
#63Mario538US #125
#64Ricardo534US #143
#65Todd532US #43
#66Jacob521US #75
#67Joel498US #74
#68Ruben488US #172
#69Roberto485US #155
#70Antonio482US #77
#71Gary477US #50
#72Jaime462US #179
#73Samuel449US #61
#74Oscar448US #184
#75Keith436US #49
#76Travis433US #51
#77Erik431US #87
#78Dennis412US #59
#79Larry392US #56
#80Armando387
#81Javier386US #200
#82Hector377US #182
#83Douglas375US #55
#84Phillip375US #72
#85Shane374US #57
#86Alexander355US #105
#87Gerardo352
#88Fernando350
#89Raul349
#90Sergio345
#91Alejandro339
#92Craig335US #58
#93Adrian334US #133
#94Christian334US #103
#95Martin334US #119
#96Jerry332US #65
#97Nicholas321US #81
#98Salvador318
#99Eduardo311
#100Marcus308US #68

On the move since 1974

Rising

↑35Jamie#65
↑29Erica#36
↑26Amanda#30
↑22Rosa#68
↑18Emily#58
↑17Angelica#57
↑14Amber#31
↑13Nathan#45

Falling

↓25Heidi#74
↓22Deborah#84
↓19Tamara#73
↓19Kristen#76
↓18Holly#100
↓15Claudia#55
↓15Dana#94
↓14Leticia#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1974 rankings.