State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1976 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 302,555 California births in 1976 across 3,527 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#59Angelica#200 nationally
#48Claudia#182 nationally
#67Leticiaoutside the national top 200
#70Anaoutside the national top 200
#71Alejandrooutside the national top 200
#79Rosaoutside the national top 200
#80Armandooutside the national top 200
#81Eduardooutside the national top 200
#85Raul#199 nationally
#87Sergiooutside the national top 200
#88Normaoutside the national top 200
#88Javieroutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer5,569US #1
#2Amy2,218US #2
#3Michelle2,121US #6
#4Maria1,924US #34
#5Melissa1,901US #3
#6Heather1,856US #4
#7Jessica1,794US #8
#8Lisa1,729US #9
#9Christina1,684US #14
#10Elizabeth1,631US #16
#11Nicole1,484US #13
#12Sarah1,438US #15
#13Angela1,404US #5
#14Kimberly1,293US #7
#15Rebecca1,253US #12
#16Stephanie1,242US #11
#17Shannon1,218US #17
#18Veronica1,201US #68
#19Laura1,189US #20
#20Monica1,129US #45
#21Jamie1,083US #18
#22Julie1,003US #21
#23Amanda950US #10
#24Christine911US #26
#25Kelly908US #19
#26Erin907US #24
#27Andrea904US #25
#28Amber892US #49
#29Sara886US #27
#30Sandra880US #59
#31Patricia853US #43
#32Rachel818US #23
#33Cynthia769US #44
#34Erica754US #54
#35Jaime753US #29
#36Danielle751US #33
#37Mary720US #22
#38Wendy705US #39
#39Tiffany669US #32
#40Carrie644US #28
#41April638US #30
#42Karen613US #31
#43Dawn569US #35
#44Alicia555US #71
#45Stacy527US #38
#46Diana514US #101
#47Nancy513US #87
#48Claudia503US #182
#49Anna494US #78
#50Teresa493US #66
#51Emily489US #50
#52Crystal483US #36
#53Katherine474US #57
#54Brandy467US #55
#55Susan456US #40
#56Tracy455US #37
#57Denise454US #69
#58Melanie453US #53
#59Angelica452US #200
#60Sonia452US #165
#61Tina450US #48
#62Gina446US #94
#63Erika442US #112
#64Michele437US #63
#65Valerie436US #83
#66Victoria435US #92
#67Leticia432
#68Vanessa430US #106
#69Brenda423US #77
#70Ana410
#71Natalie409US #80
#72Megan407US #62
#73Renee406US #86
#74Heidi400US #70
#75Linda390US #90
#76Tanya390US #61
#77Misty386US #46
#78Stacey368US #51
#79Rosa365
#80Kristin363US #74
#81Leslie362US #65
#82Holly360US #56
#83Jacqueline356US #99
#84Kristina352US #97
#85Tamara348US #91
#86Tara345US #42
#87Lori344US #47
#88Norma337
#89Brandi336US #79
#90Catherine335US #72
#91Allison329US #67
#92Tammy328US #41
#93Christy325US #60
#94Kristen318US #73
#95Yolanda317US #117
#96Guadalupe312
#97Dana310US #64
#98Kathleen305US #82
#99Theresa305US #89
#100Martha304US #161

Boys

#1Michael6,181US #1
#2David4,349US #4
#3Jason4,347US #2
#4Christopher3,760US #3
#5Robert3,364US #7
#6Daniel3,161US #10
#7James2,850US #5
#8John2,831US #6
#9Matthew2,742US #9
#10Brian2,676US #8
#11Jose2,351US #44
#12Joseph2,092US #12
#13Eric2,057US #13
#14Joshua2,032US #18
#15Ryan2,026US #16
#16Richard1,924US #19
#17Anthony1,750US #22
#18Steven1,744US #20
#19William1,646US #11
#20Juan1,604US #58
#21Jeffrey1,576US #17
#22Jeremy1,534US #14
#23Kevin1,509US #15
#24Mark1,388US #25
#25Scott1,356US #24
#26Aaron1,322US #30
#27Paul1,284US #28
#28Timothy1,267US #21
#29Thomas1,149US #23
#30Andrew1,119US #27
#31Justin1,096US #33
#32Benjamin975US #32
#33Sean961US #42
#34Adam950US #36
#35Jonathan934US #31
#36Charles925US #26
#37Gregory913US #35
#38Carlos884US #70
#39Brandon849US #40
#40Gabriel838US #81
#41Nathan821US #39
#42Edward814US #45
#43Stephen802US #37
#44Kenneth787US #38
#45Bryan760US #43
#46Jesus756US #129
#47Jesse751US #55
#48Shawn706US #34
#49Luis678US #110
#50Manuel666US #140
#51Jorge631US #152
#52Patrick629US #41
#53Francisco626US #157
#54Miguel607US #143
#55Chad592US #29
#56Jacob588US #63
#57Ronald585US #49
#58Victor584US #100
#59Ricardo577US #141
#60Raymond548US #65
#61Mario546US #130
#62Peter546US #54
#63Samuel536US #59
#64George533US #53
#65Antonio517US #71
#66Donald508US #47
#67Roberto497US #156
#68Frank487US #68
#69Keith482US #48
#70Ruben479US #171
#71Alejandro472
#72Travis464US #46
#73Gary459US #52
#74Todd459US #50
#75Jaime456US #168
#76Joel450US #72
#77Erik447US #94
#78Oscar425US #183
#79Douglas412US #56
#80Armando402
#81Eduardo395
#82Jeremiah387US #93
#83Shane384US #57
#84Hector381US #180
#85Raul379US #199
#86Alexander378US #107
#87Sergio377
#88Javier370
#89Larry367US #60
#90Phillip356US #69
#91Nicholas348US #77
#92Salvador341
#93Craig339US #61
#94Dustin337US #82
#95Martin337US #118
#96Cesar336
#97Gerardo331
#98Adrian326US #124
#99Dennis325US #66
#100Fernando323

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑44Jamie#21
↑28Natalie#71
↑20Alejandro#71
↑18Sara#29
↑18Holly#82
↑18Eduardo#81
↑17Sonia#60
↑13Leticia#67

Falling

↓22Tammy#92
↓21Dennis#99
↓20Tanya#76
↓20Lori#87
↓18Tina#61
↓18Kristen#94
↓16Gina#62
↓12Patricia#31

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.