State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1987 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 453,857 California births in 1987 across 4,820 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#44Mayra#182 nationally
#72Claudiaoutside the national top 200
#74Cindy#194 nationally
#85Adrianaoutside the national top 200
#89Gabrielaoutside the national top 200
#79Sergio#189 nationally
#95Fernandooutside the national top 200
#68Edgar#169 nationally
#70Ana#169 nationally
#75Alejandro#173 nationally
#84Ruben#180 nationally
#90Cristina#185 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica6,848US #1
#2Ashley4,978US #2
#3Jennifer4,285US #4
#4Amanda3,874US #3
#5Stephanie3,094US #6
#6Sarah2,933US #5
#7Nicole2,547US #8
#8Melissa2,534US #13
#9Elizabeth2,402US #10
#10Christina2,173US #20
#11Michelle2,118US #21
#12Vanessa2,046US #43
#13Brittany1,944US #7
#14Danielle1,903US #14
#15Heather1,794US #9
#16Samantha1,790US #11
#17Lauren1,712US #16
#18Megan1,666US #12
#19Amber1,548US #15
#20Maria1,535US #53
#21Laura1,512US #22
#22Rachel1,495US #17
#23Tiffany1,470US #18
#24Crystal1,444US #26
#25Kimberly1,441US #23
#26Rebecca1,207US #25
#27Emily1,178US #19
#28Erica1,169US #31
#29Andrea1,117US #36
#30Katherine1,108US #28
#31Amy1,100US #24
#32Sara1,086US #29
#33Diana1,074US #85
#34Natalie1,062US #56
#35Monica1,043US #64
#36Veronica997US #80
#37Angela984US #35
#38Kelly981US #30
#39Christine965US #48
#40Lisa961US #40
#41Jacqueline946US #54
#42Cynthia944US #84
#43Erika919US #75
#44Mayra877US #182
#45Nancy860US #126
#46Yesenia860US #137
#47Victoria839US #50
#48Alicia820US #46
#49Alexandra810US #59
#50Erin799US #34
#51Jamie783US #39
#52Courtney782US #33
#53Allison772US #44
#54Katie765US #38
#55Chelsea747US #47
#56Kayla738US #27
#57Patricia730US #76
#58Brenda701US #129
#59Shannon699US #45
#60Kristina688US #62
#61Sandra687US #115
#62Alyssa679US #60
#63Kristen666US #42
#64Mary648US #37
#65Anna645US #52
#66Jasmine618US #79
#67Brittney608US #61
#68Angelica607US #106
#69Whitney607US #32
#70Ana595US #169
#71Lindsay593US #49
#72Claudia583
#73Lindsey573US #41
#74Cindy565US #194
#75Kathryn565US #51
#76Valerie556US #93
#77Jenna549US #57
#78Julie548US #65
#79Monique544US #130
#80Cassandra533US #68
#81Kristin532US #55
#82Krystal529US #70
#83April528US #58
#84Caitlin518US #63
#85Adriana516
#86Linda496US #142
#87Denise486US #132
#88Desiree485US #124
#89Gabriela482
#90Cristina476US #185
#91Leslie469US #89
#92Sabrina469US #110
#93Marissa467US #109
#94Kelsey453US #67
#95Julia452US #86
#96Kathleen445US #72
#97Natasha442US #73
#98Priscilla434US #168
#99Joanna428US #133
#100Hannah425US #66

Boys

#1Michael7,453US #1
#2Christopher6,515US #2
#3Daniel5,410US #7
#4David5,304US #5
#5Matthew4,696US #3
#6Andrew4,380US #6
#7Joshua3,765US #4
#8Robert3,557US #10
#9Anthony3,435US #17
#10Ryan3,425US #13
#11Jose3,312US #48
#12Joseph3,130US #12
#13Jonathan3,107US #18
#14John3,002US #11
#15Justin2,944US #9
#16James2,920US #8
#17Kevin2,736US #19
#18Eric2,699US #21
#19Nicholas2,670US #16
#20Jason2,420US #23
#21Brian2,414US #20
#22Steven2,364US #25
#23Brandon2,289US #14
#24Kyle2,200US #22
#25Richard2,128US #30
#26William2,069US #15
#27Alexander1,940US #37
#28Juan1,780US #66
#29Jeffrey1,672US #32
#30Thomas1,650US #24
#31Sean1,649US #40
#32Timothy1,601US #26
#33Adam1,578US #27
#34Aaron1,490US #34
#35Luis1,374US #82
#36Jacob1,346US #31
#37Benjamin1,332US #28
#38Mark1,321US #36
#39Jeremy1,283US #29
#40Carlos1,273US #74
#41Scott1,239US #43
#42Paul1,228US #46
#43Jesse1,194US #55
#44Bryan1,170US #51
#45Jesus1,146US #104
#46Samuel1,139US #50
#47Tyler1,133US #39
#48Travis1,102US #42
#49Patrick1,078US #41
#50Miguel1,063US #110
#51Stephen1,052US #38
#52Zachary1,036US #33
#53Charles1,028US #35
#54Gregory980US #47
#55Kenneth965US #53
#56Victor939US #91
#57Francisco930US #135
#58Nathan924US #45
#59Jorge909US #129
#60Edward885US #61
#61Jordan848US #52
#62Manuel837US #138
#63Gabriel828US #98
#64Adrian815US #102
#65Derek801US #54
#66Christian798US #90
#67Alex792US #60
#68Edgar784US #169
#69Antonio781US #72
#70Ricardo777US #131
#71Mario764US #108
#72Peter748US #64
#73Raymond718US #79
#74Dustin711US #44
#75Alejandro704US #173
#76Cody700US #49
#77Oscar694US #163
#78Erik657US #94
#79Sergio642US #189
#80Joel617US #75
#81Hector616US #172
#82Martin611US #118
#83Vincent603US #95
#84Ruben600US #180
#85Frank592US #97
#86Ian583US #81
#87Roberto583US #167
#88Javier578US #179
#89Jared562US #58
#90George561US #77
#91Shane556US #65
#92Bradley547US #56
#93Angel543US #165
#94Chad542US #63
#95Fernando541
#96Cameron531US #96
#97Shawn528US #59
#98Cory527US #62
#99Phillip512US #68
#100Brett510US #71

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑47Yesenia#46
↑33Alyssa#62
↑29Chelsea#55
↑26Alexandra#49
↑16Vincent#83
↑15Caitlin#84
↑14Cody#76
↑13Jasmine#66

Falling

↓19Shawn#97
↓18Cassandra#80
↓17Adriana#85
↓16Erin#50
↓14Cristina#90
↓14Alejandro#75
↓14Fernando#95
↓13Whitney#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.