State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1982 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 390,580 California births in 1982 across 4,245 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#66Adrianaoutside the national top 200
#60Claudia#190 nationally
#70Evelyn#197 nationally
#73Ana#200 nationally
#84Sergiooutside the national top 200
#69Angelica#183 nationally
#89Rosaoutside the national top 200
#85Cristina#196 nationally
#91Leticiaoutside the national top 200
#64Alejandro#173 nationally
#92Rauloutside the national top 200
#93Eduardooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer5,813US #1
#2Jessica4,252US #2
#3Sarah2,792US #4
#4Melissa2,733US #5
#5Michelle2,464US #11
#6Nicole2,406US #6
#7Elizabeth2,312US #8
#8Amanda2,236US #3
#9Christina2,146US #19
#10Maria2,095US #42
#11Stephanie1,982US #7
#12Crystal1,862US #9
#13Vanessa1,755US #49
#14Amber1,612US #18
#15Tiffany1,553US #13
#16Heather1,531US #12
#17Amy1,412US #10
#18Kimberly1,388US #14
#19Rebecca1,374US #15
#20Lisa1,337US #23
#21Laura1,334US #22
#22Erin1,304US #20
#23Veronica1,282US #69
#24Andrea1,241US #27
#25Angela1,231US #16
#26Monica1,227US #52
#27Rachel1,188US #21
#28Danielle1,171US #31
#29Sara1,119US #28
#30Kelly1,101US #25
#31Erica1,067US #35
#32Lauren1,033US #26
#33Megan982US #34
#34Shannon969US #38
#35Emily963US #24
#36Jamie960US #29
#37Christine890US #46
#38Katherine868US #36
#39Natalie865US #51
#40Kristen861US #33
#41Patricia850US #59
#42Diana841US #63
#43Mary837US #30
#44Sandra836US #80
#45Nancy833US #106
#46Ashley820US #17
#47April816US #32
#48Kristin794US #37
#49Cynthia785US #64
#50Jacqueline771US #54
#51Julie769US #41
#52Erika734US #81
#53Alicia720US #53
#54Lindsay664US #39
#55Monique654US #116
#56Victoria620US #66
#57Valerie618US #75
#58Anna594US #56
#59Courtney583US #43
#60Claudia567US #190
#61Lindsey565US #40
#62Samantha563US #44
#63Kathryn538US #48
#64Katie536US #45
#65Linda535US #107
#66Adriana532
#67Julia521US #84
#68Kristina521US #70
#69Angelica512US #183
#70Evelyn502US #197
#71Cassandra498US #62
#72Wendy497US #105
#73Ana494US #200
#74Brenda491US #118
#75Denise489US #100
#76Desiree480US #142
#77Tara469US #47
#78Teresa462US #102
#79Leslie457US #60
#80Alexis446US #93
#81Allison445US #58
#82Candice433US #78
#83Catherine421US #73
#84Kathleen410US #77
#85Cristina398US #196
#86Melanie392US #65
#87Susan391US #76
#88Karen389US #68
#89Rosa388
#90Renee383US #101
#91Leticia380
#92Cindy379US #167
#93Brandy374US #50
#94Brandi371US #55
#95Jenny361US #121
#96Gina352US #124
#97Nichole351US #99
#98Natasha349US #71
#99Carrie345US #57
#100Leah340US #79

Boys

#1Michael7,161US #1
#2Christopher6,067US #2
#3David5,128US #5
#4Daniel4,597US #10
#5Matthew4,132US #3
#6Robert3,660US #9
#7Jason3,600US #4
#8Joshua3,225US #7
#9James3,209US #6
#10John3,131US #8
#11Ryan3,109US #13
#12Jose3,098US #46
#13Joseph3,057US #11
#14Brian2,702US #14
#15Justin2,582US #12
#16Anthony2,493US #21
#17Jonathan2,486US #16
#18Andrew2,333US #17
#19Richard2,235US #27
#20Nicholas2,226US #22
#21Eric2,093US #20
#22Steven2,087US #26
#23William1,976US #15
#24Brandon1,926US #18
#25Kevin1,840US #25
#26Juan1,712US #61
#27Adam1,709US #19
#28Jeffrey1,635US #29
#29Aaron1,420US #30
#30Thomas1,415US #23
#31Timothy1,407US #24
#32Sean1,366US #44
#33Mark1,328US #32
#34Paul1,326US #35
#35Scott1,259US #34
#36Jesse1,256US #43
#37Carlos1,242US #71
#38Jeremy1,226US #28
#39Benjamin1,165US #33
#40Luis1,096US #90
#41Miguel1,041US #110
#42Jesus1,039US #111
#43Charles1,028US #31
#44Jacob974US #41
#45Patrick969US #37
#46Gregory950US #40
#47Bryan917US #49
#48Kenneth906US #45
#49Nathan897US #36
#50Stephen857US #38
#51Jorge842US #139
#52Gabriel838US #88
#53Victor829US #99
#54Travis827US #39
#55Ricardo783US #121
#56Kyle780US #47
#57Edward767US #53
#58Alexander766US #65
#59Manuel755US #136
#60Samuel718US #56
#61Mario706US #109
#62Dustin696US #42
#63Francisco677US #155
#64Alejandro675US #173
#65Peter673US #57
#66Raymond669US #70
#67Roberto620US #150
#68Antonio616US #76
#69Erik608US #80
#70Christian590US #114
#71Frank576US #81
#72George576US #62
#73Shawn575US #52
#74Ronald572US #60
#75Jared569US #54
#76Adrian562US #117
#77Derek561US #50
#78Joel551US #69
#79Oscar541US #175
#80Fernando536US #185
#81Ruben535US #177
#82Vincent527US #103
#83Chad521US #48
#84Sergio519
#85Hector508US #172
#86Ian506US #83
#87Jaime502US #187
#88Donald490US #58
#89Javier476US #193
#90Phillip476US #67
#91Keith462US #59
#92Raul446
#93Eduardo428
#94Tyler427US #66
#95Martin415US #126
#96Armando413
#97Zachary413US #55
#98Cesar410
#99Salvador409
#100Jordan398US #85

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑28Lindsey#61
↑19Christian#70
↑18Ashley#46
↑18Kyle#56
↑15Vanessa#13
↑14Lindsay#54
↑14Ian#86
↑13Victoria#56

Falling

↓18Denise#75
↓17Julie#51
↓16Wendy#72
↓14Angelica#69
↓14Ana#73
↓13Karen#88
↓13Francisco#63
↓12Brandy#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.