State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1985 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 425,631 California births in 1985 across 4,539 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#54Mayraoutside the national top 200
#73Claudia#193 nationally
#81Adrianaoutside the national top 200
#87Daisyoutside the national top 200
#81Sergio#194 nationally
#75Ana#183 nationally
#72Alejandro#179 nationally
#86Fernando#193 nationally
#94Evelynoutside the national top 200
#97Eduardooutside the national top 200
#71Cindy#174 nationally
#98Gabrielaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jessica5,536US #1
#2Jennifer4,965US #3
#3Ashley3,929US #2
#4Amanda3,168US #4
#5Nicole2,891US #7
#6Stephanie2,620US #6
#7Melissa2,500US #11
#8Elizabeth2,496US #9
#9Christina2,453US #12
#10Sarah2,413US #5
#11Michelle2,102US #22
#12Vanessa2,096US #42
#13Heather1,880US #8
#14Megan1,866US #10
#15Maria1,697US #52
#16Laura1,687US #14
#17Amber1,644US #16
#18Crystal1,643US #21
#19Danielle1,641US #18
#20Rachel1,527US #13
#21Lauren1,500US #15
#22Brittany1,423US #17
#23Kimberly1,406US #19
#24Tiffany1,327US #23
#25Amy1,240US #20
#26Rebecca1,230US #25
#27Andrea1,167US #33
#28Sara1,133US #30
#29Erica1,130US #34
#30Veronica1,128US #72
#31Cynthia1,106US #66
#32Jamie1,097US #27
#33Natalie1,081US #58
#34Erin1,078US #26
#35Lisa1,038US #36
#36Monica1,027US #61
#37Angela1,011US #31
#38Katherine1,005US #32
#39Emily992US #24
#40Samantha985US #29
#41Nancy967US #108
#42Kelly962US #28
#43Christine950US #44
#44Diana895US #74
#45Jacqueline891US #60
#46Shannon872US #41
#47Kristen805US #38
#48Alicia793US #45
#49Erika764US #80
#50Patricia743US #64
#51Victoria720US #59
#52Allison709US #46
#53Mary705US #35
#54Mayra704
#55Sandra687US #105
#56Brenda684US #122
#57Julie684US #55
#58Kristina681US #57
#59Lindsay678US #40
#60Krystal675US #53
#61Courtney651US #43
#62Jenna641US #50
#63Joanna628US #99
#64Lindsey622US #37
#65Valerie620US #71
#66Katie618US #39
#67Cassandra605US #62
#68Anna604US #54
#69Kristin588US #49
#70Kathryn584US #48
#71Cindy553US #174
#72April545US #47
#73Claudia539US #193
#74Monique539US #140
#75Ana525US #183
#76Tara517US #51
#77Linda511US #137
#78Denise510US #120
#79Desiree501US #126
#80Cristina498US #171
#81Adriana496
#82Wendy496US #162
#83Angelica484US #176
#84Alexandra478US #92
#85Holly461US #56
#86Julia453US #85
#87Daisy451
#88Kathleen434US #68
#89Priscilla430US #167
#90Catherine428US #65
#91Chelsea423US #75
#92Leslie419US #76
#93Karen418US #87
#94Evelyn409
#95Stacy407US #67
#96Candice399US #86
#97Jasmine393US #103
#98Gabriela378
#99Sabrina372US #129
#100Teresa371US #132

Boys

#1Michael7,216US #1
#2Christopher6,722US #2
#3Daniel5,458US #5
#4David5,255US #6
#5Matthew4,513US #3
#6Robert3,699US #8
#7Joshua3,664US #4
#8Ryan3,576US #12
#9Andrew3,415US #11
#10James3,224US #7
#11Anthony3,127US #20
#12Jose3,120US #49
#13Joseph3,054US #10
#14John3,026US #9
#15Jonathan2,935US #17
#16Jason2,704US #14
#17Brandon2,701US #13
#18Nicholas2,634US #19
#19Brian2,558US #18
#20Eric2,509US #21
#21Steven2,486US #24
#22Justin2,255US #15
#23Kevin2,230US #23
#24Richard2,213US #28
#25William2,052US #16
#26Adam1,736US #22
#27Kyle1,718US #27
#28Juan1,690US #65
#29Jeffrey1,670US #29
#30Sean1,582US #38
#31Thomas1,559US #25
#32Timothy1,537US #26
#33Aaron1,438US #33
#34Alexander1,399US #50
#35Mark1,366US #32
#36Carlos1,275US #74
#37Paul1,248US #42
#38Luis1,236US #85
#39Benjamin1,170US #31
#40Patrick1,167US #37
#41Jesus1,130US #108
#42Scott1,100US #44
#43Jacob1,092US #35
#44Jesse1,084US #51
#45Jeremy1,072US #30
#46Charles1,058US #34
#47Stephen1,036US #36
#48Bryan1,034US #48
#49Gregory1,008US #45
#50Miguel1,008US #113
#51Victor1,000US #88
#52Tyler967US #43
#53Kenneth963US #47
#54Nathan941US #40
#55Jorge938US #125
#56Travis894US #46
#57Francisco882US #140
#58Samuel866US #54
#59Zachary853US #39
#60Edward804US #59
#61Gabriel803US #92
#62Manuel798US #143
#63Ricardo763US #131
#64Peter762US #60
#65Adrian746US #93
#66Dustin738US #41
#67Antonio727US #73
#68Oscar702US #169
#69Mario698US #117
#70Raymond675US #75
#71Christian656US #101
#72Alejandro648US #179
#73Joel635US #67
#74Alex617US #80
#75Shawn610US #55
#76Erik604US #87
#77Hector589US #178
#78Roberto585US #159
#79Derek577US #56
#80Cody575US #52
#81Sergio575US #194
#82Jared563US #58
#83Frank558US #90
#84Ruben554US #180
#85Ian540US #78
#86Fernando538US #193
#87Jordan538US #62
#88Marcus530US #61
#89Javier525US #182
#90George520US #72
#91Vincent515US #95
#92Phillip512US #69
#93Chad506US #57
#94Bradley488US #53
#95Keith487US #64
#96Ronald476US #71
#97Eduardo464
#98Cesar463
#99Martin460US #132
#100Raul450

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑31Krystal#60
↑30Brittany#22
↑22Alex#74
↑19Cindy#71
↑18Samantha#40
↑14Hector#77
↑12Jordan#87
↑11Jamie#32

Falling

↓22Daisy#87
↓16Kristin#69
↓13Candice#96
↓11Lindsay#59
↓11Vincent#91
↓10Lindsey#64
↓10April#72
↓10Raymond#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.