State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1983 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 394,614 California births in 1983 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.

#64Daisyoutside the national top 200
#66Mayraoutside the national top 200
#69Claudia#195 nationally
#77Adrianaoutside the national top 200
#64Alejandro#187 nationally
#83Anaoutside the national top 200
#84Sergiooutside the national top 200
#70Angelica#186 nationally
#85Gabrielaoutside the national top 200
#91Evelynoutside the national top 200
#93Rauloutside the national top 200
#76Oscar#183 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer5,832US #1
#2Jessica4,509US #2
#3Nicole2,645US #7
#4Melissa2,622US #6
#5Sarah2,608US #5
#6Elizabeth2,381US #10
#7Michelle2,363US #13
#8Stephanie2,324US #8
#9Christina2,279US #16
#10Ashley2,257US #4
#11Amanda2,238US #3
#12Heather1,994US #9
#13Crystal1,890US #11
#14Maria1,779US #43
#15Vanessa1,541US #49
#16Amber1,536US #17
#17Kimberly1,465US #15
#18Tiffany1,444US #14
#19Laura1,346US #23
#20Rebecca1,340US #19
#21Megan1,338US #21
#22Amy1,320US #12
#23Danielle1,310US #29
#24Rachel1,290US #20
#25Erin1,287US #18
#26Lisa1,274US #27
#27Lauren1,222US #24
#28Erica1,185US #33
#29Veronica1,181US #68
#30Angela1,179US #22
#31Andrea1,162US #30
#32Cynthia1,134US #62
#33Monica1,072US #54
#34Sara1,041US #31
#35Kelly1,001US #26
#36Jamie978US #28
#37Shannon971US #38
#38Katherine959US #34
#39Emily946US #25
#40Christine920US #47
#41Natalie874US #52
#42Diana868US #69
#43Jacqueline864US #53
#44Patricia856US #60
#45Erika816US #80
#46Alicia759US #41
#47Nancy756US #114
#48Mary752US #32
#49Kristen744US #37
#50Sandra723US #88
#51Lindsay721US #36
#52Julie705US #46
#53April699US #39
#54Lindsey649US #35
#55Victoria630US #58
#56Valerie615US #74
#57Kristina614US #63
#58Kristin613US #42
#59Monique610US #117
#60Samantha605US #40
#61Anna595US #55
#62Courtney585US #44
#63Desiree581US #94
#64Daisy571
#65Kathryn558US #50
#66Mayra557
#67Linda549US #119
#68Brenda548US #120
#69Claudia518US #195
#70Angelica508US #186
#71Katie508US #45
#72Wendy495US #125
#73Holly485US #48
#74Cassandra479US #70
#75Karen479US #77
#76Tara476US #51
#77Adriana474
#78Alexis474US #83
#79Denise471US #109
#80Julia468US #85
#81Allison461US #59
#82Teresa457US #103
#83Ana443
#84Cristina441US #179
#85Gabriela427
#86Leslie421US #67
#87Catherine413US #66
#88Cindy413US #177
#89Brittany406US #64
#90Stacy406US #61
#91Evelyn399
#92Sabrina398US #111
#93Candice391US #84
#94Krystal389US #78
#95Kathleen388US #73
#96Renee384US #97
#97Jenny377US #132
#98Melanie376US #79
#99Marissa362US #170
#100Joanna361US #139

Boys

#1Michael7,397US #1
#2Christopher6,351US #2
#3David5,001US #4
#4Daniel4,750US #8
#5Matthew4,697US #3
#6Robert3,578US #10
#7Jason3,372US #7
#8Ryan3,349US #13
#9Joshua3,281US #5
#10Joseph3,097US #11
#11James3,066US #6
#12John3,026US #9
#13Jose2,838US #48
#14Brian2,655US #14
#15Andrew2,598US #15
#16Anthony2,485US #22
#17Jonathan2,463US #19
#18Justin2,427US #12
#19Eric2,312US #20
#20Nicholas2,283US #21
#21Steven2,253US #23
#22Richard2,186US #27
#23Brandon2,170US #17
#24William2,063US #16
#25Kevin1,926US #25
#26Adam1,924US #18
#27Jeffrey1,641US #28
#28Juan1,632US #62
#29Aaron1,485US #29
#30Sean1,405US #44
#31Thomas1,401US #24
#32Timothy1,365US #26
#33Mark1,362US #31
#34Paul1,351US #39
#35Kyle1,227US #34
#36Benjamin1,207US #32
#37Scott1,174US #38
#38Jeremy1,148US #30
#39Jesse1,143US #46
#40Carlos1,103US #75
#41Travis1,098US #41
#42Jacob1,067US #36
#43Patrick1,061US #37
#44Luis1,039US #88
#45Stephen999US #35
#46Charles985US #33
#47Jesus975US #108
#48Gregory951US #42
#49Bryan949US #47
#50Kenneth928US #45
#51Miguel906US #114
#52Nathan867US #40
#53Gabriel819US #89
#54Victor817US #95
#55Alexander773US #63
#56Manuel756US #145
#57Ricardo756US #121
#58Edward746US #55
#59Jorge746US #139
#60Dustin742US #43
#61Francisco742US #147
#62Peter690US #59
#63Samuel684US #54
#64Alejandro671US #187
#65Mario666US #115
#66Raymond659US #71
#67Erik636US #80
#68Derek610US #51
#69Antonio604US #76
#70Adrian591US #107
#71Joel578US #67
#72Ruben577US #174
#73Christian573US #112
#74Tyler565US #57
#75Roberto564US #152
#76Oscar557US #183
#77Ian555US #77
#78Frank554US #86
#79Zachary554US #50
#80Jared545US #56
#81Javier533US #181
#82George532US #65
#83Ronald514US #64
#84Sergio512
#85Fernando509US #190
#86Vincent506US #97
#87Donald500US #60
#88Marcus497US #58
#89Jaime490US #196
#90Hector484US #184
#91Shawn481US #53
#92Phillip468US #66
#93Raul460
#94Chad458US #49
#95Martin455US #122
#96Jordan442US #72
#97Evan441US #93
#98Keith436US #61
#99Armando424
#100Eduardo413

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑36Ashley#10
↑21Kyle#35
↑20Tyler#74
↑18Zachary#79
↑17Cynthia#32
↑13Desiree#63
↑13Karen#75
↑13Travis#41

Falling

↓21Evelyn#91
↓18Shawn#91
↓13Julia#80
↓12Melanie#98
↓11Adriana#77
↓11Candice#93
↓11Kathleen#95
↓11Chad#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.