State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1977 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 315,010 California births in 1977 across 3,637 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#57Claudiaoutside the national top 200
#62Anaoutside the national top 200
#64Leticiaoutside the national top 200
#67Angelicaoutside the national top 200
#73Alejandrooutside the national top 200
#75Rosaoutside the national top 200
#72Sonia#197 nationally
#77Fernandooutside the national top 200
#87Eduardooutside the national top 200
#90Rauloutside the national top 200
#91Adrianaoutside the national top 200
#91Javieroutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer5,543US #1
#2Michelle2,238US #7
#3Jessica2,227US #4
#4Melissa2,191US #2
#5Sarah1,897US #11
#6Maria1,867US #36
#7Heather1,806US #5
#8Elizabeth1,762US #13
#9Christina1,756US #16
#10Lisa1,735US #12
#11Amy1,621US #3
#12Nicole1,596US #15
#13Angela1,378US #6
#14Kimberly1,376US #8
#15Stephanie1,335US #14
#16Kelly1,299US #10
#17Monica1,196US #39
#18Veronica1,179US #73
#19Rebecca1,156US #17
#20Shannon1,136US #19
#21Jamie1,134US #18
#22Amanda1,099US #9
#23Laura1,084US #20
#24Andrea1,062US #24
#25Amber1,005US #33
#26Julie992US #22
#27Erin943US #23
#28Sara942US #27
#29Rachel878US #26
#30Patricia858US #47
#31Christine847US #30
#32Sandra843US #61
#33Cynthia811US #48
#34Erica773US #38
#35Danielle761US #31
#36Mary709US #21
#37April700US #29
#38Wendy688US #49
#39Tiffany649US #34
#40Crystal640US #25
#41Alicia636US #60
#42Vanessa598US #90
#43Karen597US #32
#44Nancy597US #89
#45Carrie594US #28
#46Katherine566US #44
#47Jaime546US #46
#48Diana534US #100
#49Emily533US #37
#50Sabrina499US #63
#51Anna497US #74
#52Stacy486US #42
#53Erika483US #103
#54Gina471US #88
#55Megan471US #54
#56Natalie451US #69
#57Claudia445
#58Brandy443US #51
#59Susan437US #45
#60Denise433US #78
#61Dawn429US #43
#62Ana424
#63Tara416US #35
#64Leticia413
#65Teresa413US #79
#66Melanie412US #53
#67Angelica408
#68Tracy405US #50
#69Brenda397US #91
#70Misty397US #40
#71Valerie396US #86
#72Sonia391US #197
#73Michele390US #77
#74Kristina389US #83
#75Rosa375
#76Jill372US #41
#77Leslie372US #65
#78Tamara372US #93
#79Stacey370US #56
#80Tina370US #58
#81Tanya363US #67
#82Holly356US #52
#83Summer356US #119
#84Heidi355US #81
#85Kathleen354US #80
#86Victoria353US #107
#87Jacqueline345US #92
#88Renee345US #87
#89Linda342US #99
#90Allison339US #66
#91Adriana338
#92Catherine338US #75
#93Kristy332US #68
#94Kristin327US #82
#95Kristen323US #72
#96Monique321US #161
#97Kathryn317US #70
#98Shawna307US #139
#99Cindy301US #132
#100Jenny300US #108

Boys

#1Michael6,318US #1
#2David4,425US #4
#3Jason4,425US #2
#4Christopher3,955US #3
#5Robert3,363US #6
#6Daniel3,329US #11
#7Brian2,941US #8
#8James2,934US #5
#9Matthew2,876US #9
#10John2,818US #7
#11Ryan2,487US #16
#12Joshua2,441US #14
#13Jose2,326US #45
#14Joseph2,301US #10
#15Richard2,095US #20
#16Eric2,031US #17
#17Anthony1,881US #21
#18Kevin1,837US #13
#19Steven1,683US #23
#20Jeremy1,664US #15
#21William1,657US #12
#22Jeffrey1,655US #19
#23Juan1,402US #63
#24Scott1,381US #27
#25Andrew1,366US #24
#26Mark1,327US #25
#27Aaron1,323US #32
#28Timothy1,296US #18
#29Paul1,286US #31
#30Justin1,265US #30
#31Thomas1,186US #22
#32Jonathan1,088US #28
#33Benjamin1,074US #29
#34Sean1,022US #43
#35Charles1,020US #26
#36Carlos958US #74
#37Adam947US #33
#38Brandon906US #41
#39Bryan905US #42
#40Gregory903US #35
#41Nathan867US #36
#42Jesse822US #54
#43Gabriel815US #87
#44Kenneth782US #39
#45Jesus779US #132
#46Stephen772US #38
#47Edward751US #47
#48Shawn712US #37
#49Luis703US #108
#50Jacob688US #56
#51Manuel676US #146
#52Nicholas675US #51
#53Patrick668US #40
#54Jorge643US #154
#55Victor627US #104
#56Miguel615US #145
#57Raymond585US #65
#58Francisco584US #159
#59Mario581US #129
#60Peter577US #55
#61Ricardo569US #147
#62George543US #57
#63Samuel538US #60
#64Donald535US #46
#65Ronald535US #53
#66Roberto532US #151
#67Antonio523US #77
#68Travis518US #44
#69Frank517US #71
#70Chad516US #34
#71Jaime502US #174
#72Oscar481US #181
#73Alejandro471
#74Joel470US #73
#75Ruben469US #173
#76Todd468US #50
#77Fernando459
#78Gary441US #58
#79Keith434US #48
#80Jeremiah428US #69
#81Erik426US #94
#82Phillip421US #70
#83Alexander416US #96
#84Jared414US #76
#85Shane413US #61
#86Adrian404US #121
#87Eduardo396
#88Douglas393US #59
#89Dustin390US #81
#90Raul377
#91Javier376
#92Hector371US #199
#93Armando370
#94Cesar367
#95Larry364US #62
#96Dennis362US #68
#97Salvador342
#98Arthur341US #135
#99Vincent340US #110
#100Sergio336

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑39Nicholas#52
↑26Vanessa#42
↑23Tara#63
↑23Fernando#77
↑17Megan#55
↑15Natalie#56
↑13Kathleen#85
↑12Crystal#40

Falling

↓20Victoria#86
↓19Tina#80
↓18Dawn#61
↓15Teresa#65
↓15Renee#88
↓15Chad#70
↓14Linda#89
↓14Kristin#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.