State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1988 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 480,663 California births in 1988 across 5,170 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#54Mayra#192 nationally
#71Daisyoutside the national top 200
#79Karinaoutside the national top 200
#82Yeseniaoutside the national top 200
#84Claudiaoutside the national top 200
#83Eduardo#198 nationally
#75Adriana#189 nationally
#91Gabrielaoutside the national top 200
#72Cindy#179 nationally
#95Fernando#200 nationally
#71Edgar#173 nationally
#82Sergio#184 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica6,495US #1
#2Ashley4,761US #2
#3Jennifer3,875US #5
#4Amanda3,796US #3
#5Stephanie3,258US #7
#6Sarah3,011US #4
#7Elizabeth2,717US #10
#8Nicole2,602US #9
#9Melissa2,535US #16
#10Brittany2,422US #6
#11Vanessa2,312US #41
#12Michelle2,288US #21
#13Samantha2,210US #8
#14Christina2,207US #22
#15Lauren2,053US #11
#16Danielle1,837US #17
#17Tiffany1,753US #13
#18Megan1,700US #12
#19Heather1,695US #14
#20Amber1,605US #15
#21Maria1,604US #60
#22Crystal1,538US #28
#23Rachel1,492US #19
#24Laura1,375US #23
#25Emily1,359US #18
#26Rebecca1,345US #26
#27Kimberly1,312US #25
#28Katherine1,270US #27
#29Andrea1,256US #35
#30Erica1,255US #31
#31Sara1,179US #30
#32Diana1,169US #85
#33Natalie1,124US #63
#34Cynthia1,109US #79
#35Jacqueline1,079US #62
#36Amy1,064US #29
#37Alexandra1,061US #49
#38Chelsea1,024US #33
#39Courtney1,003US #24
#40Victoria1,002US #42
#41Monica996US #70
#42Lisa988US #43
#43Alyssa983US #47
#44Kayla978US #20
#45Christine974US #51
#46Angela965US #38
#47Veronica952US #83
#48Nancy897US #121
#49Kelly894US #32
#50Jasmine875US #53
#51Erika859US #76
#52Brenda856US #123
#53Alicia838US #50
#54Mayra809US #192
#55Jamie796US #45
#56Cassandra775US #59
#57Brittney759US #52
#58Erin747US #37
#59Allison742US #46
#60Angelica741US #109
#61Kristen723US #36
#62Caitlin717US #44
#63Anna714US #54
#64Mary709US #34
#65Katie697US #40
#66Patricia681US #77
#67Kathryn656US #55
#68Kristina654US #68
#69Sandra646US #128
#70Shannon642US #56
#71Daisy630
#72Cindy628US #179
#73Ana620US #170
#74Monique612US #135
#75Adriana605US #189
#76Julie593US #71
#77Lindsay583US #57
#78Brianna569US #96
#79Karina568
#80Denise564US #139
#81Lindsey564US #48
#82Yesenia552
#83Kristin549US #58
#84Claudia538
#85Kelsey533US #64
#86Leslie525US #94
#87Krystal520US #74
#88Marissa514US #101
#89Joanna511US #131
#90Desiree508US #127
#91Gabriela497
#92Valerie496US #103
#93Karen494US #111
#94Priscilla490US #156
#95Jenna488US #66
#96Julia486US #88
#97Bianca483US #108
#98Cristina471US #188
#99Sabrina471US #116
#100Evelyn460

Boys

#1Michael7,761US #1
#2Christopher6,465US #2
#3Daniel5,406US #8
#4David5,158US #6
#5Matthew4,855US #3
#6Andrew4,561US #5
#7Joshua3,943US #4
#8Robert3,640US #10
#9Anthony3,599US #18
#10Jose3,546US #49
#11Jonathan3,532US #15
#12Ryan3,389US #13
#13Justin3,287US #7
#14Joseph3,267US #12
#15James3,102US #9
#16Nicholas3,076US #14
#17John2,951US #11
#18Kevin2,870US #20
#19Eric2,656US #19
#20Brian2,577US #22
#21Steven2,476US #24
#22Brandon2,349US #17
#23Alexander2,265US #34
#24Kyle2,225US #21
#25Richard2,139US #32
#26William2,065US #16
#27Jason1,997US #27
#28Juan1,905US #68
#29Thomas1,792US #23
#30Aaron1,672US #31
#31Sean1,620US #38
#32Timothy1,609US #25
#33Jeffrey1,583US #36
#34Adam1,581US #26
#35Luis1,562US #75
#36Jacob1,550US #28
#37Mark1,360US #39
#38Carlos1,339US #80
#39Jesse1,308US #55
#40Tyler1,307US #33
#41Benjamin1,283US #30
#42Jesus1,272US #104
#43Paul1,257US #46
#44Jeremy1,240US #35
#45Zachary1,237US #29
#46Samuel1,222US #45
#47Scott1,204US #47
#48Patrick1,140US #42
#49Bryan1,126US #54
#50Miguel1,123US #111
#51Travis1,123US #41
#52Victor1,120US #89
#53Charles1,057US #37
#54Stephen1,052US #40
#55Jorge1,018US #122
#56Francisco983US #132
#57Kenneth978US #51
#58Ricardo966US #121
#59Nathan961US #44
#60Christian953US #86
#61Edward924US #62
#62Gregory908US #50
#63Adrian906US #101
#64Gabriel892US #102
#65Alex886US #58
#66Cody858US #43
#67Jordan831US #52
#68Mario829US #106
#69Manuel825US #139
#70Antonio810US #72
#71Edgar802US #173
#72Derek781US #53
#73Cameron774US #69
#74Raymond774US #84
#75Erik756US #92
#76Vincent756US #82
#77Peter750US #64
#78Alejandro746US #176
#79Oscar736US #160
#80Martin722US #117
#81George695US #78
#82Sergio686US #184
#83Eduardo680US #198
#84Dustin665US #48
#85Hector645US #170
#86Jared633US #60
#87Austin631US #63
#88Ian628US #77
#89Ruben627US #178
#90Joel625US #85
#91Javier624US #181
#92Shane616US #67
#93Angel609US #151
#94Trevor598US #87
#95Fernando591US #200
#96Frank590US #99
#97Roberto573US #168
#98Evan570US #74
#99Chad567US #65
#100Cory567US #59

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑24Cassandra#56
↑23Cameron#73
↑22Caitlin#62
↑19Alyssa#43
↑17Chelsea#38
↑16Jasmine#50
↑13Courtney#39
↑12Alexandra#37

Falling

↓36Yesenia#82
↓18Jenna#95
↓16Valerie#92
↓12Claudia#84
↓11Veronica#47
↓11Kelly#49
↓11Katie#65
↓11Shannon#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.