State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1984 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 404,982 California births in 1984 across 4,323 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#55Mayraoutside the national top 200
#65Daisyoutside the national top 200
#75Claudia#198 nationally
#74Ana#193 nationally
#77Alejandro#190 nationally
#78Fernando#191 nationally
#79Sergio#192 nationally
#85Angelica#194 nationally
#92Adrianaoutside the national top 200
#74Oscar#178 nationally
#97Cesaroutside the national top 200
#98Gabrielaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer5,521US #1
#2Jessica5,009US #2
#3Ashley2,967US #3
#4Nicole2,671US #7
#5Melissa2,557US #8
#6Sarah2,505US #5
#7Stephanie2,458US #6
#8Amanda2,295US #4
#9Elizabeth2,293US #10
#10Michelle2,234US #17
#11Christina2,193US #20
#12Heather2,014US #9
#13Vanessa1,929US #45
#14Crystal1,840US #12
#15Maria1,639US #50
#16Megan1,611US #11
#17Danielle1,587US #16
#18Amber1,554US #18
#19Tiffany1,508US #14
#20Laura1,450US #19
#21Rachel1,435US #15
#22Kimberly1,391US #22
#23Lauren1,382US #21
#24Amy1,294US #13
#25Rebecca1,253US #23
#26Andrea1,239US #28
#27Cynthia1,193US #62
#28Lisa1,189US #29
#29Erin1,143US #25
#30Veronica1,125US #70
#31Angela1,115US #26
#32Erica1,072US #34
#33Natalie1,050US #55
#34Monica1,024US #58
#35Kelly995US #27
#36Christine977US #43
#37Emily968US #24
#38Sara967US #32
#39Katherine947US #30
#40Shannon945US #37
#41Jacqueline927US #56
#42Diana885US #72
#43Jamie883US #31
#44Alicia849US #40
#45Erika835US #81
#46Nancy807US #113
#47Kristen758US #38
#48Lindsay756US #36
#49Mary756US #33
#50Patricia741US #66
#51Julie701US #52
#52Brittany698US #41
#53Kristin692US #47
#54Lindsey690US #35
#55Mayra676
#56Sandra670US #94
#57Courtney664US #46
#58Samantha650US #39
#59Victoria640US #59
#60Brenda628US #112
#61Joanna622US #88
#62April614US #42
#63Allison606US #51
#64Jenna596US #54
#65Daisy591
#66Cassandra584US #63
#67Anna577US #57
#68Kristina577US #68
#69Kathryn574US #48
#70Valerie573US #76
#71Katie537US #44
#72Linda524US #119
#73Monique524US #130
#74Ana518US #193
#75Claudia508US #198
#76Denise502US #115
#77Tara501US #49
#78Julia487US #87
#79Alexandra486US #96
#80Desiree485US #128
#81Wendy469US #146
#82Alexis447US #89
#83Candice446US #86
#84Kathleen444US #71
#85Angelica443US #194
#86Leslie441US #75
#87Holly439US #53
#88Catherine436US #69
#89Cristina425US #190
#90Cindy419US #179
#91Krystal419US #74
#92Adriana415
#93Karen415US #82
#94Teresa413US #117
#95Melanie377US #85
#96Chelsea375US #84
#97Sabrina374US #122
#98Gabriela363
#99Stacy363US #67
#100Gina353US #109

Boys

#1Michael7,480US #1
#2Christopher6,486US #2
#3David5,116US #5
#4Daniel5,023US #6
#5Matthew4,675US #3
#6Robert3,527US #9
#7Joshua3,406US #4
#8Ryan3,398US #12
#9James3,163US #7
#10John3,082US #8
#11Joseph3,018US #10
#12Jason2,984US #11
#13Jose2,909US #49
#14Anthony2,846US #21
#15Andrew2,735US #14
#16Brian2,718US #17
#17Jonathan2,609US #19
#18Nicholas2,452US #20
#19Justin2,375US #13
#20Brandon2,352US #15
#21Eric2,347US #22
#22Steven2,267US #23
#23Richard2,146US #27
#24Adam2,058US #18
#25Kevin1,968US #24
#26William1,960US #16
#27Jeffrey1,583US #28
#28Juan1,569US #64
#29Timothy1,507US #26
#30Thomas1,503US #25
#31Aaron1,494US #29
#32Sean1,477US #43
#33Mark1,382US #32
#34Kyle1,360US #34
#35Paul1,309US #40
#36Carlos1,216US #74
#37Patrick1,144US #36
#38Scott1,135US #39
#39Jacob1,098US #37
#40Benjamin1,074US #30
#41Luis1,070US #88
#42Stephen1,056US #35
#43Jesus1,053US #109
#44Jesse1,044US #50
#45Alexander1,034US #54
#46Gregory1,020US #44
#47Travis1,015US #42
#48Miguel991US #113
#49Jeremy986US #31
#50Bryan950US #48
#51Kenneth941US #46
#52Charles934US #33
#53Victor908US #90
#54Nathan898US #38
#55Gabriel857US #87
#56Tyler829US #47
#57Jorge805US #144
#58Edward798US #58
#59Ricardo792US #122
#60Raymond734US #73
#61Dustin725US #41
#62Samuel723US #55
#63Peter720US #60
#64Francisco718US #151
#65Zachary716US #45
#66Manuel705US #146
#67Adrian670US #107
#68Joel666US #66
#69Erik664US #84
#70Christian642US #104
#71Antonio636US #77
#72Derek635US #52
#73Mario631US #116
#74Oscar598US #178
#75Roberto587US #162
#76Frank555US #86
#77Alejandro551US #190
#78Fernando548US #191
#79Sergio548US #192
#80Vincent537US #95
#81Javier536US #181
#82Jared532US #59
#83Ian527US #78
#84Ruben526US #183
#85Shawn524US #56
#86Keith523US #61
#87Ronald523US #67
#88Marcus506US #57
#89Chad504US #51
#90George497US #68
#91Hector483US #185
#92Phillip481US #70
#93Martin478US #126
#94Donald467US #63
#95Bradley453US #53
#96Alex452US #93
#97Cesar445
#98Eduardo442
#99Jordan442US #65
#100Raul442

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑39Joanna#61
↑37Brittany#52
↑18Allison#63
↑18Tyler#56
↑14Zachary#65
↑12Keith#86
↑11Mayra#55
↑11Kathleen#84

Falling

↓18Karen#93
↓17Desiree#80
↓15Angelica#85
↓15Adriana#92
↓14Valerie#70
↓14Monique#73
↓14Holly#87
↓13Gabriela#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.