State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1991 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 549,361 California births in 1991 across 5,773 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#63Mayraoutside the national top 200
#58Daisy#186 nationally
#64Yesenia#189 nationally
#59Alejandra#182 nationally
#78Claudia#191 nationally
#90Cesaroutside the national top 200
#74Cindy#184 nationally
#98Albertooutside the national top 200
#100Wendyoutside the national top 200
#65Karina#165 nationally
#93Ruben#185 nationally
#55Gabriela#146 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica6,950US #2
#2Ashley4,233US #1
#3Stephanie4,008US #7
#4Jennifer3,579US #8
#5Amanda3,232US #4
#6Elizabeth3,127US #9
#7Samantha2,759US #5
#8Sarah2,746US #6
#9Melissa2,581US #20
#10Maria2,383US #45
#11Michelle2,311US #22
#12Brittany2,305US #3
#13Nicole2,234US #15
#14Vanessa2,185US #56
#15Lauren1,942US #13
#16Megan1,886US #11
#17Christina1,878US #31
#18Emily1,763US #10
#19Rachel1,664US #14
#20Danielle1,611US #17
#21Jasmine1,507US #24
#22Rebecca1,499US #21
#23Laura1,496US #35
#24Andrea1,488US #39
#25Alyssa1,455US #30
#26Kimberly1,445US #34
#27Kayla1,440US #12
#28Alexandra1,427US #36
#29Katherine1,405US #25
#30Chelsea1,345US #18
#31Crystal1,345US #41
#32Victoria1,343US #28
#33Amber1,290US #16
#34Jacqueline1,254US #70
#35Cynthia1,246US #93
#36Natalie1,227US #64
#37Diana1,221US #103
#38Ana1,182US #119
#39Nancy1,152US #125
#40Tiffany1,133US #27
#41Sara1,126US #37
#42Brenda1,109US #120
#43Erica1,061US #40
#44Monica1,047US #85
#45Kelsey1,043US #26
#46Taylor1,033US #32
#47Veronica1,019US #100
#48Erika1,013US #84
#49Courtney1,012US #19
#50Hannah1,007US #29
#51Heather992US #23
#52Amy984US #43
#53Alexis965US #47
#54Brianna962US #51
#55Gabriela950US #146
#56Shelby950US #33
#57Adriana920US #139
#58Daisy907US #186
#59Alejandra886US #182
#60Angelica884US #117
#61Angela860US #59
#62Julia853US #67
#63Mayra844
#64Yesenia835US #189
#65Karina826US #165
#66Cassandra824US #54
#67Marissa821US #81
#68Christine812US #73
#69Karen808US #122
#70Kelly785US #42
#71Alicia776US #63
#72Ariel747US #66
#73Sandra743US #143
#74Cindy734US #184
#75Bianca729US #89
#76Mary724US #38
#77Patricia700US #101
#78Claudia686US #191
#79Anna685US #46
#80Mariah682US #69
#81Alexandria671US #78
#82Brittney670US #58
#83Lisa655US #83
#84Allison654US #50
#85Erin639US #44
#86Leslie623US #124
#87Jamie619US #60
#88Caitlin610US #55
#89Catherine607US #72
#90Cristina606US #177
#91Monique594US #141
#92Briana592US #95
#93Olivia588US #61
#94Kathryn573US #57
#95Sabrina573US #115
#96Breanna563US #107
#97Katie563US #53
#98Kristina555US #87
#99Kristen548US #48
#100Wendy543

Boys

#1Michael7,576US #1
#2Christopher5,765US #2
#3Daniel5,477US #6
#4Jose5,038US #37
#5David4,857US #8
#6Matthew4,458US #3
#7Andrew4,297US #5
#8Joshua4,292US #4
#9Anthony4,198US #18
#10Jonathan4,110US #20
#11Kevin3,563US #23
#12Joseph3,556US #9
#13Ryan3,310US #11
#14Robert3,241US #13
#15Nicholas3,199US #12
#16James2,969US #7
#17Juan2,815US #60
#18Brandon2,801US #15
#19Eric2,768US #25
#20Alexander2,746US #26
#21John2,716US #10
#22Justin2,613US #14
#23Kyle2,525US #21
#24Luis2,449US #66
#25Steven2,435US #27
#26Jacob2,434US #17
#27Tyler2,345US #16
#28Christian2,192US #48
#29Jesus2,191US #80
#30Brian2,149US #30
#31William2,124US #19
#32Richard2,033US #34
#33Carlos1,995US #72
#34Aaron1,797US #31
#35Miguel1,701US #92
#36Zachary1,691US #22
#37Cody1,685US #24
#38Jordan1,607US #29
#39Thomas1,531US #28
#40Sean1,509US #40
#41Victor1,489US #85
#42Samuel1,444US #39
#43Jorge1,411US #112
#44Jason1,395US #49
#45Alejandro1,385US #118
#46Timothy1,383US #32
#47Jesse1,382US #51
#48Eduardo1,373US #129
#49Francisco1,352US #114
#50Jeffrey1,304US #45
#51Dylan1,283US #46
#52Bryan1,261US #61
#53Gabriel1,259US #82
#54Adrian1,237US #93
#55Adam1,230US #36
#56Benjamin1,230US #33
#57Edgar1,228US #142
#58Patrick1,223US #35
#59Oscar1,185US #134
#60Mark1,180US #47
#61Ricardo1,175US #117
#62Manuel1,118US #131
#63Nathan1,086US #42
#64Paul1,063US #53
#65Jeremy1,056US #43
#66Angel1,047US #123
#67Antonio1,009US #79
#68Erik1,001US #95
#69Edward989US #68
#70Alex957US #63
#71Cameron952US #62
#72Mario940US #127
#73Scott935US #57
#74Taylor934US #52
#75Sergio932US #165
#76Travis930US #44
#77Stephen927US #41
#78Martin925US #115
#79Charles913US #38
#80Austin911US #50
#81Omar894US #149
#82Fernando893US #169
#83Javier868US #150
#84Kenneth848US #54
#85Gregory841US #55
#86Trevor836US #69
#87Vincent832US #81
#88Roberto823US #153
#89Ivan811US #171
#90Cesar806
#91Hector798US #158
#92Raymond749US #97
#93Ruben732US #185
#94Peter716US #77
#95Joel698US #100
#96Ian686US #73
#97Derek682US #59
#98Alberto669
#99George654US #87
#100Edwin649US #163

On the move since 1990

Rising

↑28Ariel#72
↑27Julia#62
↑18Gabriela#55
↑13Taylor#46
↑13Alexis#53
↑11Angel#66
↑11Erik#68
↑10Marissa#67

Falling

↓20Travis#76
↓18Heather#51
↓18Kristen#99
↓17Kelly#70
↓17Brittney#82
↓16Alicia#71
↓16Lisa#83
↓14Kristina#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1990 rankings.