State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1992 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 541,120 California births in 1992 across 5,842 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#66Mayra#200 nationally
#56Daisy#187 nationally
#58Yesenia#175 nationally
#67Cindy#183 nationally
#87Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#77Claudia#190 nationally
#91Evelynoutside the national top 200
#87Cesar#195 nationally
#94Wendyoutside the national top 200
#42Alejandra#148 nationally
#99Rauloutside the national top 200
#59Karina#159 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica6,344US #2
#2Ashley3,968US #1
#3Stephanie3,782US #8
#4Jennifer3,382US #11
#5Elizabeth2,893US #9
#6Amanda2,796US #3
#7Sarah2,714US #5
#8Samantha2,527US #6
#9Michelle2,373US #25
#10Nicole2,361US #14
#11Maria2,350US #45
#12Melissa2,297US #24
#13Vanessa2,182US #55
#14Emily1,871US #7
#15Lauren1,827US #12
#16Brittany1,824US #4
#17Megan1,641US #10
#18Danielle1,638US #18
#19Andrea1,582US #39
#20Chelsea1,563US #15
#21Christina1,536US #33
#22Rachel1,530US #16
#23Alexandra1,464US #29
#24Rebecca1,437US #20
#25Katherine1,429US #27
#26Jasmine1,422US #28
#27Kimberly1,401US #35
#28Victoria1,397US #22
#29Taylor1,378US #17
#30Alyssa1,357US #30
#31Monica1,353US #77
#32Kayla1,301US #13
#33Laura1,280US #38
#34Brenda1,278US #119
#35Jacqueline1,274US #76
#36Natalie1,258US #61
#37Crystal1,244US #50
#38Diana1,234US #101
#39Cynthia1,226US #92
#40Amber1,167US #19
#41Gabriela1,109US #138
#42Alejandra1,099US #148
#43Sara1,081US #37
#44Angelica1,034US #100
#45Veronica1,029US #95
#46Ana1,020US #137
#47Hannah1,008US #26
#48Alexis1,007US #40
#49Tiffany1,003US #32
#50Brianna993US #43
#51Erika987US #80
#52Nancy977US #142
#53Karen952US #121
#54Kelsey928US #23
#55Erica912US #44
#56Daisy911US #187
#57Courtney905US #21
#58Yesenia889US #175
#59Karina886US #159
#60Marissa871US #72
#61Adriana854US #141
#62Amy850US #51
#63Heather847US #31
#64Cassandra809US #52
#65Kelly802US #47
#66Mayra786US #200
#67Cindy755US #183
#68Angela753US #69
#69Shelby753US #34
#70Julia744US #70
#71Sandra710US #153
#72Mary708US #36
#73Bianca707US #97
#74Christine704US #82
#75Alicia699US #71
#76Alexandria696US #73
#77Claudia691US #190
#78Kaitlyn682US #42
#79Briana679US #79
#80Olivia669US #58
#81Anna649US #49
#82Allison647US #48
#83Patricia634US #111
#84Leslie628US #133
#85Jocelyn601US #164
#86Erin596US #46
#87Guadalupe595
#88Shannon594US #66
#89Monique590US #152
#90Breanna583US #94
#91Evelyn581
#92Mariah580US #74
#93Priscilla578US #179
#94Wendy576
#95Brittney573US #68
#96Jamie570US #75
#97Sabrina567US #112
#98Morgan559US #41
#99Cristina553US #185
#100Haley552US #56

Boys

#1Michael6,637US #1
#2Daniel5,364US #7
#3Christopher5,236US #2
#4Jose5,065US #37
#5David4,842US #10
#6Andrew4,151US #5
#7Matthew4,075US #3
#8Anthony4,040US #19
#9Jonathan3,902US #21
#10Joshua3,763US #4
#11Kevin3,546US #25
#12Joseph3,271US #11
#13Ryan3,149US #13
#14Brandon3,143US #6
#15Nicholas3,100US #12
#16Robert2,872US #17
#17Juan2,859US #56
#18Christian2,850US #35
#19Alexander2,813US #23
#20James2,715US #9
#21John2,623US #14
#22Eric2,530US #26
#23Jacob2,528US #15
#24Tyler2,516US #8
#25Luis2,471US #64
#26Justin2,388US #18
#27Kyle2,323US #22
#28Jesus2,238US #78
#29Steven2,197US #29
#30Brian2,192US #31
#31William2,068US #20
#32Carlos1,973US #69
#33Zachary1,933US #16
#34Miguel1,826US #90
#35Richard1,807US #41
#36Aaron1,721US #30
#37Cody1,670US #24
#38Dylan1,664US #28
#39Alejandro1,562US #113
#40Victor1,552US #87
#41Jorge1,547US #109
#42Jesse1,507US #50
#43Samuel1,469US #40
#44Bryan1,465US #57
#45Sean1,457US #42
#46Jason1,420US #46
#47Jordan1,406US #32
#48Francisco1,389US #117
#49Thomas1,388US #27
#50Benjamin1,327US #33
#51Adam1,322US #36
#52Eduardo1,302US #132
#53Angel1,289US #114
#54Adrian1,251US #96
#55Timothy1,250US #34
#56Ricardo1,242US #115
#57Oscar1,237US #131
#58Gabriel1,236US #86
#59Patrick1,209US #39
#60Manuel1,124US #130
#61Austin1,109US #38
#62Edgar1,101US #148
#63Alex1,070US #54
#64Mark1,069US #49
#65Jeffrey1,052US #51
#66Nathan1,002US #44
#67Sergio970US #157
#68Paul956US #55
#69Mario947US #128
#70Cameron942US #53
#71Ivan941US #151
#72Omar937US #144
#73Martin932US #118
#74Erik926US #98
#75Antonio909US #85
#76Edward908US #70
#77Trevor898US #63
#78Javier882US #152
#79Fernando878US #169
#80Jeremy873US #47
#81Roberto846US #158
#82Charles839US #43
#83Taylor828US #52
#84Travis828US #48
#85Stephen827US #45
#86Hector826US #156
#87Cesar820US #195
#88Ruben784US #178
#89Scott781US #61
#90Vincent738US #92
#91Ian730US #68
#92Kenneth727US #59
#93Raymond701US #104
#94Pedro689US #188
#95Andres688US #186
#96Alan682US #129
#97Joel680US #100
#98Gregory678US #60
#99Raul674
#100Evan667US #66

On the move since 1991

Rising

↑19Austin#61
↑18Ivan#71
↑17Taylor#29
↑17Alejandra#42
↑16Angelica#44
↑16Karen#53
↑14Gabriela#41
↑13Monica#31

Falling

↓16Scott#89
↓15Jeffrey#65
↓15Jeremy#80
↓13Nancy#52
↓13Shelby#69
↓13Brittney#95
↓13Gregory#98
↓12Erica#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1991 rankings.