State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1993 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 524,996 California births in 1993 across 5,836 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#64Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#70Mayraoutside the national top 200
#63Yesenia#191 nationally
#58Daisy#185 nationally
#62Cindy#176 nationally
#90Evelynoutside the national top 200
#91Jazminoutside the national top 200
#38Alejandra#147 nationally
#93Wendyoutside the national top 200
#97Gerardooutside the national top 200
#71Cesar#172 nationally
#80Fernando#179 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica5,552US #1
#2Ashley3,590US #2
#3Stephanie3,401US #10
#4Jennifer3,003US #15
#5Elizabeth2,626US #9
#6Sarah2,550US #3
#7Samantha2,544US #4
#8Amanda2,398US #8
#9Maria2,225US #45
#10Vanessa2,212US #55
#11Nicole2,201US #13
#12Michelle2,169US #31
#13Melissa2,135US #30
#14Emily2,095US #5
#15Jasmine1,894US #23
#16Taylor1,877US #7
#17Lauren1,742US #12
#18Brittany1,596US #6
#19Rachel1,570US #14
#20Victoria1,552US #19
#21Danielle1,545US #18
#22Alexandra1,526US #28
#23Alyssa1,481US #26
#24Andrea1,476US #44
#25Kimberly1,450US #39
#26Megan1,447US #11
#27Alexis1,419US #27
#28Rebecca1,360US #22
#29Katherine1,300US #29
#30Diana1,299US #94
#31Christina1,284US #35
#32Brenda1,283US #114
#33Cynthia1,235US #95
#34Jacqueline1,213US #74
#35Kayla1,190US #16
#36Laura1,173US #43
#37Crystal1,165US #57
#38Alejandra1,155US #147
#39Amber1,145US #17
#40Natalie1,135US #62
#41Brianna1,116US #32
#42Hannah1,106US #21
#43Gabriela1,074US #134
#44Monica1,074US #86
#45Karen987US #116
#46Angelica980US #98
#47Ana948US #136
#48Erika945US #85
#49Marissa937US #59
#50Sara929US #40
#51Courtney926US #20
#52Chelsea917US #25
#53Veronica916US #103
#54Tiffany912US #33
#55Kelsey901US #24
#56Karina897US #143
#57Erica857US #49
#58Daisy828US #185
#59Nancy817US #156
#60Adriana814US #151
#61Amy755US #65
#62Cindy737US #176
#63Yesenia736US #191
#64Guadalupe728
#65Cassandra726US #66
#66Briana723US #71
#67Heather701US #38
#68Kelly701US #51
#69Bianca700US #101
#70Mayra700
#71Allison678US #41
#72Shelby671US #37
#73Julia670US #72
#74Jocelyn668US #162
#75Breanna646US #83
#76Sandra646US #168
#77Mary638US #36
#78Alexandria635US #69
#79Angela634US #73
#80Leslie634US #138
#81Sabrina633US #97
#82Anna619US #47
#83Kassandra617US #120
#84Shannon615US #53
#85Haley613US #42
#86Olivia599US #50
#87Alicia597US #76
#88Claudia597US #183
#89Christine590US #90
#90Evelyn587
#91Jazmin584
#92Catherine575US #75
#93Wendy575
#94Morgan567US #34
#95Patricia563US #125
#96Kaitlyn554US #46
#97Brooke541US #52
#98Priscilla541US #182
#99Jasmin528US #186
#100Erin525US #48

Boys

#1Michael5,847US #1
#2Daniel5,229US #7
#3Jose5,023US #36
#4Christopher4,670US #2
#5David4,407US #11
#6Andrew3,943US #10
#7Anthony3,878US #19
#8Matthew3,812US #3
#9Joshua3,711US #4
#10Kevin3,608US #25
#11Jonathan3,578US #22
#12Ryan3,147US #13
#13Joseph3,125US #12
#14Nicholas3,095US #8
#15Brandon3,038US #6
#16Christian2,827US #35
#17Alexander2,825US #21
#18Jacob2,774US #9
#19Juan2,714US #55
#20Robert2,668US #17
#21Luis2,563US #58
#22Tyler2,498US #5
#23John2,457US #16
#24James2,374US #14
#25Eric2,190US #29
#26Justin2,141US #20
#27Jesus2,094US #80
#28Brian2,021US #34
#29Kyle2,017US #23
#30Carlos2,000US #72
#31Steven2,000US #31
#32William1,996US #18
#33Zachary1,923US #15
#34Miguel1,842US #88
#35Alejandro1,717US #103
#36Aaron1,662US #30
#37Richard1,635US #40
#38Austin1,581US #26
#39Cody1,569US #24
#40Victor1,478US #91
#41Jorge1,466US #107
#42Jordan1,458US #28
#43Jesse1,439US #48
#44Samuel1,413US #37
#45Eduardo1,406US #125
#46Oscar1,368US #123
#47Jason1,350US #45
#48Thomas1,350US #27
#49Sean1,346US #42
#50Francisco1,341US #119
#51Bryan1,274US #61
#52Gabriel1,253US #86
#53Angel1,243US #115
#54Adrian1,217US #99
#55Dylan1,217US #33
#56Benjamin1,215US #32
#57Ricardo1,191US #120
#58Adam1,172US #39
#59Timothy1,119US #38
#60Edgar1,112US #148
#61Alex1,073US #52
#62Mark1,068US #49
#63Manuel1,041US #142
#64Nathan1,029US #41
#65Jeffrey1,022US #53
#66Omar981US #140
#67Patrick963US #43
#68Jeremy958US #46
#69Antonio916US #89
#70Mario915US #138
#71Cesar902US #172
#72Javier887US #150
#73Erik883US #105
#74Sergio881US #160
#75Martin875US #124
#76Paul868US #56
#77Ivan867US #157
#78Andres859US #152
#79Cameron852US #54
#80Fernando849US #179
#81Hector848US #158
#82Edward838US #78
#83Charles825US #44
#84Cristian822US #180
#85Roberto804US #155
#86Ruben764US #184
#87Stephen764US #47
#88Taylor745US #51
#89Trevor737US #64
#90Kenneth724US #60
#91Connor722US #57
#92Travis721US #50
#93Raymond714US #108
#94Pedro675US #189
#95Vincent671US #100
#96Ian661US #70
#97Gerardo659
#98Alan638US #132
#99Scott638US #69
#100Evan633US #62

On the move since 1992

Rising

↑23Guadalupe#64
↑23Austin#38
↑21Alexis#27
↑17Andres#78
↑16Sabrina#81
↑16Cesar#71
↑15Breanna#75
↑15Haley#85

Falling

↓32Chelsea#52
↓18Kaitlyn#96
↓17Dylan#55
↓15Christine#89
↓14Erin#100
↓13Monica#44
↓12Alicia#87
↓12Patricia#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1992 rankings.