State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1986 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 435,997 California births in 1986 across 4,742 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#45Mayra#179 nationally
#68Adrianaoutside the national top 200
#77Claudia#195 nationally
#81Fernando#193 nationally
#93Yeseniaoutside the national top 200
#89Sergio#195 nationally
#96Gabrielaoutside the national top 200
#61Alejandro#165 nationally
#82Ruben#186 nationally
#82Cindy#185 nationally
#83Javier#184 nationally
#100Jaimeoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jessica5,965US #1
#2Ashley4,414US #2
#3Jennifer4,307US #4
#4Amanda3,493US #3
#5Sarah3,035US #5
#6Nicole2,727US #7
#7Stephanie2,706US #6
#8Melissa2,425US #12
#9Elizabeth2,385US #10
#10Christina2,278US #19
#11Vanessa2,081US #43
#12Michelle1,988US #23
#13Heather1,782US #9
#14Brittany1,767US #8
#15Lauren1,722US #14
#16Maria1,683US #49
#17Megan1,663US #11
#18Amber1,659US #13
#19Danielle1,634US #16
#20Crystal1,604US #25
#21Rachel1,538US #15
#22Laura1,503US #20
#23Kimberly1,470US #18
#24Tiffany1,404US #17
#25Samantha1,403US #21
#26Sara1,271US #27
#27Erica1,225US #31
#28Amy1,207US #22
#29Rebecca1,207US #26
#30Andrea1,125US #36
#31Emily1,091US #24
#32Natalie1,074US #52
#33Monica1,073US #59
#34Erin1,060US #30
#35Katherine1,044US #28
#36Veronica1,009US #77
#37Angela1,008US #33
#38Christine970US #47
#39Kelly965US #29
#40Diana955US #75
#41Lisa917US #40
#42Cynthia916US #81
#43Jacqueline911US #57
#44Nancy888US #116
#45Mayra868US #179
#46Jamie864US #34
#47Alicia845US #45
#48Shannon803US #44
#49Courtney793US #35
#50Erika785US #74
#51Patricia775US #66
#52Sandra754US #106
#53Allison748US #42
#54Victoria733US #54
#55Kristen726US #41
#56Whitney720US #32
#57Brenda682US #124
#58Katie680US #38
#59Mary671US #37
#60Kristina670US #62
#61Angelica631US #130
#62Cassandra630US #60
#63Anna627US #51
#64Kathryn616US #48
#65Lindsey615US #39
#66Valerie610US #76
#67Lindsay605US #46
#68Adriana603
#69Kristin602US #50
#70Ana583US #166
#71Krystal580US #61
#72Monique569US #136
#73Jenna568US #55
#74Julie567US #58
#75Alexandra565US #72
#76Cristina552US #163
#77Claudia546US #195
#78Brittney544US #65
#79Jasmine534US #95
#80Denise533US #128
#81April493US #53
#82Cindy488US #185
#83Linda472US #148
#84Chelsea463US #73
#85Desiree452US #141
#86Joanna445US #126
#87Catherine439US #67
#88Julia438US #88
#89Leslie438US #86
#90Marissa434US #115
#91Wendy430US #177
#92Kathleen425US #68
#93Yesenia425
#94Tara418US #56
#95Alyssa417US #85
#96Gabriela412
#97Natasha405US #70
#98Sabrina404US #120
#99Caitlin402US #69
#100Karen391US #100

Boys

#1Michael7,263US #1
#2Christopher6,453US #2
#3Daniel5,434US #6
#4David5,298US #5
#5Matthew4,698US #3
#6Andrew3,943US #8
#7Robert3,730US #9
#8Ryan3,507US #11
#9Joshua3,417US #4
#10Anthony3,115US #19
#11Jose3,073US #51
#12James3,046US #7
#13Joseph3,012US #12
#14Jonathan2,958US #16
#15John2,848US #10
#16Nicholas2,655US #17
#17Jason2,610US #18
#18Brandon2,521US #13
#19Eric2,457US #22
#20Steven2,423US #25
#21Kevin2,383US #21
#22Justin2,286US #14
#23Brian2,282US #20
#24Richard2,126US #29
#25Kyle2,074US #23
#26William2,018US #15
#27Juan1,807US #65
#28Jeffrey1,698US #32
#29Sean1,685US #37
#30Alexander1,646US #41
#31Thomas1,582US #26
#32Adam1,578US #24
#33Timothy1,568US #27
#34Aaron1,440US #33
#35Luis1,390US #79
#36Jeremy1,363US #28
#37Jacob1,328US #31
#38Mark1,321US #35
#39Benjamin1,313US #30
#40Carlos1,273US #76
#41Paul1,253US #45
#42Jesse1,213US #48
#43Patrick1,176US #39
#44Scott1,157US #44
#45Stephen1,093US #36
#46Bryan1,040US #47
#47Charles1,030US #34
#48Miguel1,030US #111
#49Tyler1,024US #40
#50Jesus1,015US #109
#51Gregory1,005US #46
#52Victor1,001US #88
#53Jorge955US #127
#54Kenneth926US #50
#55Samuel913US #52
#56Travis890US #49
#57Nathan886US #43
#58Zachary882US #38
#59Francisco838US #146
#60Edward823US #61
#61Alejandro795US #165
#62Christian785US #89
#63Manuel783US #143
#64Ricardo778US #124
#65Gabriel766US #95
#66Adrian765US #99
#67Peter742US #60
#68Mario732US #112
#69Antonio723US #73
#70Raymond719US #77
#71Oscar684US #169
#72Alex680US #64
#73Dustin676US #42
#74Jordan660US #53
#75Roberto626US #157
#76Joel621US #72
#77Derek611US #57
#78Shawn595US #55
#79Erik593US #92
#80George585US #74
#81Fernando571US #193
#82Ruben569US #186
#83Javier561US #184
#84Jared560US #58
#85Martin555US #119
#86Hector545US #181
#87Frank541US #91
#88Phillip539US #70
#89Sergio527US #195
#90Cody525US #56
#91Evan520US #81
#92Bradley518US #54
#93Chad514US #59
#94Angel503US #163
#95Brett501US #69
#96Ian496US #85
#97Marcus493US #63
#98Shane487US #67
#99Vincent484US #93
#100Jaime478

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑22Angelica#61
↑18Jasmine#79
↑15Samantha#25
↑14Martin#85
↑13Adriana#68
↑13Jordan#74
↑12Courtney#49
↑11Alejandro#61

Falling

↓23Joanna#86
↓18Tara#94
↓17Julie#74
↓14Jamie#46
↓11Cynthia#42
↓11Krystal#71
↓11Jenna#73
↓11Cindy#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.