State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1989 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 512,633 California births in 1989 across 5,496 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#60Mayra#191 nationally
#73Daisyoutside the national top 200
#79Yeseniaoutside the national top 200
#86Gabrielaoutside the national top 200
#71Karina#182 nationally
#91Cesaroutside the national top 200
#83Claudia#192 nationally
#83Fernando#187 nationally
#77Cindy#177 nationally
#81Sergio#174 nationally
#98Ivan#190 nationally
#65Eduardo#156 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica6,540US #1
#2Ashley4,510US #2
#3Amanda3,852US #4
#4Jennifer3,529US #7
#5Stephanie3,430US #8
#6Elizabeth3,065US #10
#7Brittany3,019US #3
#8Sarah2,997US #5
#9Samantha2,597US #6
#10Nicole2,498US #12
#11Melissa2,462US #19
#12Michelle2,352US #22
#13Vanessa2,327US #50
#14Lauren2,234US #9
#15Christina2,108US #23
#16Maria1,905US #56
#17Megan1,820US #11
#18Danielle1,743US #17
#19Rachel1,556US #18
#20Emily1,532US #13
#21Amber1,489US #14
#22Laura1,474US #25
#23Tiffany1,470US #16
#24Rebecca1,451US #24
#25Heather1,420US #15
#26Crystal1,390US #32
#27Kimberly1,381US #28
#28Alyssa1,377US #33
#29Katherine1,322US #26
#30Andrea1,299US #39
#31Alexandra1,244US #43
#32Diana1,212US #86
#33Natalie1,205US #62
#34Cynthia1,200US #84
#35Jasmine1,197US #30
#36Sara1,184US #29
#37Jacqueline1,163US #64
#38Kayla1,156US #20
#39Erica1,142US #34
#40Courtney1,135US #21
#41Chelsea1,127US #27
#42Veronica1,093US #85
#43Monica1,090US #68
#44Amy1,037US #35
#45Erika1,013US #73
#46Nancy1,003US #128
#47Victoria1,001US #44
#48Angela953US #47
#49Ana945US #131
#50Christine944US #59
#51Kelsey933US #31
#52Kelly919US #37
#53Lisa901US #55
#54Brenda893US #132
#55Cassandra855US #54
#56Brittney840US #41
#57Alicia839US #53
#58Adriana830US #135
#59Angelica814US #107
#60Mayra805US #191
#61Anna756US #51
#62Kristen751US #36
#63Allison729US #46
#64Sandra726US #129
#65Brianna720US #77
#66Erin719US #40
#67Jamie718US #52
#68Patricia712US #89
#69Hannah706US #42
#70Marissa703US #81
#71Karina699US #182
#72Caitlin693US #49
#73Daisy685
#74Mary682US #38
#75Kristina676US #65
#76Katie674US #45
#77Cindy666US #177
#78Karen663US #110
#79Yesenia651
#80Monique625US #139
#81Bianca624US #91
#82Kathryn608US #58
#83Claudia602US #192
#84Shannon597US #61
#85Lindsey593US #48
#86Gabriela560
#87Denise554US #145
#88Lindsay548US #63
#89Cristina539US #166
#90Alexis538US #92
#91Leslie529US #108
#92Joanna527US #142
#93Catherine525US #67
#94Krystal513US #82
#95Alexandria511US #104
#96Priscilla508US #164
#97Julie502US #78
#98Kristin499US #60
#99Desiree488US #127
#100Sabrina487US #116

Boys

#1Michael7,857US #1
#2Christopher6,488US #2
#3Daniel5,609US #6
#4David5,354US #5
#5Matthew4,744US #3
#6Andrew4,414US #7
#7Joshua4,289US #4
#8Jose4,179US #46
#9Anthony3,778US #16
#10Robert3,732US #10
#11Jonathan3,681US #17
#12Ryan3,563US #13
#13Joseph3,427US #11
#14Nicholas3,277US #14
#15Kevin3,157US #19
#16James3,100US #9
#17Justin3,042US #8
#18John2,974US #12
#19Eric2,669US #21
#20Steven2,519US #22
#21Kyle2,413US #20
#22Alexander2,318US #32
#23Brian2,315US #24
#24Richard2,258US #33
#25Brandon2,223US #18
#26William2,207US #15
#27Juan2,115US #63
#28Aaron1,814US #31
#29Thomas1,762US #23
#30Luis1,738US #73
#31Jacob1,726US #26
#32Jason1,696US #35
#33Sean1,644US #39
#34Adam1,641US #27
#35Timothy1,568US #28
#36Jeffrey1,565US #37
#37Carlos1,562US #77
#38Tyler1,516US #30
#39Jesus1,442US #103
#40Benjamin1,434US #29
#41Zachary1,411US #25
#42Jesse1,394US #50
#43Mark1,385US #42
#44Miguel1,264US #108
#45Samuel1,263US #47
#46Jeremy1,257US #34
#47Victor1,256US #89
#48Paul1,210US #49
#49Travis1,208US #41
#50Christian1,207US #78
#51Francisco1,195US #125
#52Patrick1,190US #38
#53Jorge1,166US #122
#54Bryan1,163US #56
#55Scott1,154US #51
#56Jordan1,134US #44
#57Edgar1,100US #147
#58Charles1,095US #36
#59Stephen1,089US #40
#60Ricardo1,068US #119
#61Nathan994US #43
#62Alejandro992US #148
#63Kenneth981US #53
#64Adrian966US #100
#65Eduardo926US #156
#66Edward919US #62
#67Alex914US #60
#68Antonio914US #76
#69Cameron914US #64
#70Gregory908US #52
#71Oscar908US #152
#72Cody904US #45
#73Manuel904US #139
#74Gabriel855US #110
#75Mario846US #116
#76Erik827US #95
#77Vincent818US #80
#78Derek809US #54
#79Martin775US #117
#80Roberto775US #149
#81Sergio775US #174
#82Peter773US #66
#83Fernando752US #187
#84Hector751US #167
#85Javier741US #166
#86Raymond741US #86
#87Angel736US #140
#88Ian707US #68
#89Austin694US #59
#90George685US #79
#91Cesar665
#92Taylor663US #72
#93Dustin656US #48
#94Trevor652US #83
#95Evan635US #69
#96Jared633US #57
#97Joel628US #88
#98Ivan623US #190
#99Ruben623US #186
#100Corey604US #55

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑34Kelsey#51
↑24Ana#49
↑18Marissa#70
↑18Eduardo#65
↑17Adriana#58
↑17Roberto#80
↑16Bianca#81
↑16Alejandro#62

Falling

↓21Julie#97
↓15Kathryn#82
↓15Kristin#98
↓14Shannon#84
↓12Jamie#67
↓12Raymond#86
↓11Lisa#53
↓11Katie#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.