State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1990 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 552,697 California births in 1990 across 5,819 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#68Alejandraoutside the national top 200
#63Mayra#195 nationally
#62Daisy#193 nationally
#74Karina#189 nationally
#83Claudia#197 nationally
#76Cindy#187 nationally
#89Cesar#200 nationally
#92Wendyoutside the national top 200
#73Gabriela#181 nationally
#52Yesenia#156 nationally
#99Evelynoutside the national top 200
#100Rauloutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jessica6,635US #1
#2Ashley4,534US #2
#3Stephanie4,004US #7
#4Amanda3,857US #4
#5Jennifer3,610US #8
#6Elizabeth3,172US #9
#7Sarah2,846US #6
#8Brittany2,737US #3
#9Samantha2,720US #5
#10Michelle2,453US #22
#11Melissa2,443US #20
#12Nicole2,350US #13
#13Maria2,319US #47
#14Vanessa2,229US #56
#15Lauren2,185US #10
#16Megan2,008US #11
#17Christina1,952US #25
#18Emily1,734US #12
#19Danielle1,698US #18
#20Alyssa1,665US #27
#21Rebecca1,581US #21
#22Rachel1,572US #16
#23Laura1,555US #29
#24Amber1,451US #15
#25Andrea1,450US #40
#26Kayla1,422US #14
#27Kimberly1,419US #31
#28Crystal1,370US #39
#29Katherine1,355US #26
#30Jasmine1,350US #28
#31Tiffany1,333US #23
#32Alexandra1,326US #37
#33Heather1,290US #19
#34Diana1,285US #98
#35Chelsea1,256US #24
#36Cynthia1,243US #88
#37Natalie1,236US #63
#38Jacqueline1,221US #67
#39Victoria1,214US #33
#40Courtney1,188US #17
#41Erica1,186US #36
#42Ana1,127US #124
#43Erika1,114US #74
#44Brenda1,103US #123
#45Veronica1,100US #96
#46Sara1,099US #34
#47Monica1,064US #76
#48Nancy1,034US #131
#49Amy994US #38
#50Angela959US #52
#51Brianna946US #61
#52Yesenia934US #156
#53Kelly929US #41
#54Kelsey921US #32
#55Alicia907US #54
#56Hannah901US #30
#57Cassandra889US #49
#58Christine889US #62
#59Taylor881US #46
#60Adriana880US #144
#61Sandra869US #134
#62Daisy865US #193
#63Mayra852US #195
#64Angelica848US #119
#65Brittney840US #44
#66Alexis827US #66
#67Lisa769US #64
#68Alejandra768
#69Anna759US #45
#70Karen759US #120
#71Bianca758US #84
#72Erin739US #43
#73Gabriela729US #181
#74Karina725US #189
#75Patricia721US #97
#76Cindy720US #187
#77Marissa715US #87
#78Jamie712US #55
#79Caitlin703US #50
#80Allison698US #48
#81Kristen689US #42
#82Mary678US #35
#83Claudia654US #197
#84Kristina652US #77
#85Joanna635US #138
#86Cristina630US #165
#87Monique628US #133
#88Kathryn620US #57
#89Julia601US #83
#90Denise579US #152
#91Leslie579US #115
#92Wendy578
#93Katie575US #53
#94Catherine568US #71
#95Breanna565US #113
#96Olivia564US #72
#97Lindsey563US #51
#98Briana560US #109
#99Evelyn560
#100Ariel541US #94

Boys

#1Michael8,247US #1
#2Christopher6,620US #2
#3Daniel5,771US #5
#4David5,349US #6
#5Jose4,914US #41
#6Matthew4,884US #3
#7Andrew4,547US #7
#8Joshua4,301US #4
#9Jonathan4,118US #17
#10Anthony4,022US #15
#11Ryan3,630US #11
#12Robert3,591US #13
#13Joseph3,580US #10
#14Nicholas3,469US #14
#15Kevin3,315US #23
#16James3,114US #8
#17Justin3,035US #9
#18Eric2,980US #24
#19John2,895US #12
#20Juan2,738US #61
#21Steven2,661US #25
#22Kyle2,648US #18
#23Alexander2,567US #28
#24Brian2,339US #27
#25Luis2,291US #66
#26William2,208US #16
#27Brandon2,168US #19
#28Jacob2,115US #20
#29Richard2,078US #35
#30Tyler2,004US #21
#31Carlos1,966US #75
#32Jesus1,885US #90
#33Thomas1,805US #26
#34Christian1,803US #60
#35Aaron1,783US #34
#36Sean1,737US #37
#37Jordan1,687US #29
#38Zachary1,629US #22
#39Miguel1,601US #101
#40Victor1,600US #82
#41Jason1,557US #46
#42Adam1,550US #32
#43Timothy1,549US #30
#44Cody1,492US #31
#45Jesse1,468US #48
#46Jeffrey1,441US #43
#47Francisco1,412US #115
#48Benjamin1,383US #33
#49Samuel1,376US #45
#50Jorge1,329US #116
#51Alejandro1,280US #125
#52Mark1,261US #47
#53Bryan1,260US #57
#54Edgar1,228US #143
#55Patrick1,208US #36
#56Travis1,181US #42
#57Eduardo1,146US #149
#58Paul1,145US #49
#59Oscar1,130US #135
#60Ricardo1,128US #120
#61Adrian1,126US #94
#62Jeremy1,096US #40
#63Gabriel1,087US #100
#64Stephen1,066US #39
#65Nathan1,061US #44
#66Charles1,043US #38
#67Manuel1,042US #134
#68Edward1,016US #68
#69Antonio1,015US #77
#70Cameron1,000US #62
#71Scott998US #53
#72Martin997US #113
#73Kenneth993US #52
#74Alex967US #59
#75Mario957US #119
#76Sergio935US #161
#77Angel904US #133
#78Gregory900US #51
#79Erik894US #96
#80Vincent892US #78
#81Hector850US #156
#82Fernando834US #179
#83Taylor834US #64
#84Austin824US #55
#85Trevor823US #76
#86Omar806US #158
#87Javier802US #157
#88Raymond784US #92
#89Cesar777US #200
#90Roberto776US #150
#91Ruben769US #178
#92Derek752US #54
#93Ian736US #70
#94Joel734US #95
#95Ivan717US #177
#96George705US #79
#97Peter697US #74
#98Evan671US #71
#99Julio655US #194
#100Raul653

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑28Cody#44
↑27Yesenia#52
↑24Alexis#66
↑19Jordan#37
↑16Christian#34
↑14Brianna#51
↑13Hannah#56
↑13Gabriela#73

Falling

↓19Kristen#81
↓17Allison#80
↓17Katie#93
↓16Jeremy#62
↓16Scott#71
↓15Peter#97
↓14Lisa#67
↓14Derek#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.