State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1994 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 509,348 California births in 1994 across 5,793 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#63Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#60Yesenia#186 nationally
#55Daisy#177 nationally
#80Cindy#196 nationally
#85Mayraoutside the national top 200
#93Evelynoutside the national top 200
#90Priscilla#197 nationally
#39Alejandra#145 nationally
#73Cesar#178 nationally
#89Jazmin#190 nationally
#99Raul#199 nationally
#99Claudia#198 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica5,308US #1
#2Ashley3,203US #2
#3Stephanie2,980US #15
#4Jennifer2,940US #17
#5Samantha2,442US #4
#6Elizabeth2,388US #9
#7Sarah2,274US #5
#8Amanda2,187US #8
#9Emily2,183US #3
#10Nicole2,136US #11
#11Vanessa2,136US #59
#12Maria2,027US #47
#13Kimberly1,975US #32
#14Jasmine1,941US #23
#15Melissa1,881US #31
#16Michelle1,847US #33
#17Taylor1,710US #6
#18Alexis1,540US #18
#19Lauren1,529US #14
#20Danielle1,502US #20
#21Rachel1,478US #13
#22Megan1,476US #10
#23Victoria1,455US #19
#24Alyssa1,426US #26
#25Andrea1,412US #49
#26Alexandra1,342US #28
#27Diana1,333US #98
#28Brittany1,326US #7
#29Jacqueline1,303US #65
#30Brianna1,282US #27
#31Kayla1,266US #12
#32Hannah1,254US #16
#33Rebecca1,243US #24
#34Natalie1,227US #56
#35Katherine1,204US #30
#36Monica1,194US #88
#37Brenda1,176US #121
#38Gabriela1,176US #115
#39Alejandra1,151US #145
#40Christina1,140US #39
#41Laura1,095US #46
#42Cynthia1,090US #105
#43Crystal1,089US #64
#44Marissa1,013US #53
#45Amber1,011US #21
#46Angelica944US #108
#47Tiffany936US #35
#48Karina919US #140
#49Sara898US #43
#50Ana881US #143
#51Courtney877US #22
#52Karen875US #128
#53Veronica835US #110
#54Nancy834US #144
#55Daisy812US #177
#56Adriana805US #151
#57Erica777US #57
#58Cassandra773US #66
#59Erika747US #90
#60Yesenia746US #186
#61Kelsey741US #29
#62Jocelyn737US #157
#63Guadalupe724
#64Amy713US #77
#65Allison706US #34
#66Madison702US #51
#67Julia698US #72
#68Haley691US #36
#69Anna686US #41
#70Kelly682US #62
#71Morgan679US #25
#72Leslie668US #131
#73Briana663US #68
#74Olivia662US #50
#75Angela660US #81
#76Sabrina650US #97
#77Alicia644US #83
#78Bianca640US #111
#79Chelsea638US #38
#80Cindy633US #196
#81Breanna621US #85
#82Heather617US #44
#83Alexandria616US #73
#84Abigail611US #42
#85Mayra611
#86Mariah609US #75
#87Jasmin603US #173
#88Sierra591US #71
#89Jazmin585US #190
#90Priscilla580US #197
#91Sandra576US #171
#92Miranda575US #61
#93Evelyn571
#94Mary567US #37
#95Shelby550US #40
#96Erin540US #45
#97Shannon531US #60
#98Monique525US #175
#99Claudia516US #198
#100Destiny516US #86

Boys

#1Daniel5,116US #8
#2Michael5,099US #1
#3Jose4,773US #36
#4Christopher4,267US #2
#5David4,062US #13
#6Anthony3,928US #18
#7Andrew3,783US #10
#8Matthew3,567US #3
#9Joshua3,560US #4
#10Kevin3,386US #26
#11Jonathan3,377US #23
#12Brandon3,319US #6
#13Joseph3,114US #11
#14Jacob2,954US #7
#15Ryan2,873US #16
#16Nicholas2,851US #9
#17Juan2,703US #51
#18Christian2,594US #35
#19Alexander2,574US #22
#20Robert2,472US #21
#21Tyler2,460US #5
#22Luis2,421US #57
#23John2,335US #15
#24James2,286US #14
#25Justin2,257US #20
#26Jesus2,128US #79
#27Eric2,073US #30
#28Austin2,008US #17
#29Carlos1,961US #72
#30Kyle1,927US #24
#31Zachary1,901US #12
#32Brian1,860US #37
#33Steven1,832US #34
#34William1,809US #19
#35Aaron1,716US #28
#36Miguel1,619US #94
#37Alejandro1,604US #105
#38Eduardo1,589US #113
#39Angel1,546US #104
#40Richard1,545US #41
#41Jason1,451US #46
#42Jesse1,403US #45
#43Jordan1,401US #29
#44Victor1,398US #93
#45Jorge1,394US #112
#46Gabriel1,373US #68
#47Samuel1,344US #33
#48Thomas1,341US #27
#49Cody1,316US #25
#50Oscar1,288US #122
#51Francisco1,264US #120
#52Benjamin1,241US #31
#53Bryan1,215US #66
#54Ricardo1,203US #119
#55Adrian1,196US #97
#56Adam1,187US #38
#57Sean1,158US #44
#58Nathan1,120US #40
#59Cristian1,098US #138
#60Edgar1,085US #147
#61Dylan1,074US #32
#62Timothy1,060US #39
#63Manuel1,022US #143
#64Alex978US #50
#65Mark965US #48
#66Antonio931US #88
#67Erik927US #99
#68Jeremy907US #47
#69Patrick897US #42
#70Omar895US #146
#71Sergio881US #160
#72Javier872US #153
#73Cesar860US #178
#74Mario855US #142
#75Jeffrey844US #55
#76Cameron836US #52
#77Martin811US #135
#78Andres806US #163
#79Edward798US #84
#80Hector791US #161
#81Fernando785US #174
#82Roberto743US #162
#83Paul740US #64
#84Charles738US #43
#85Ivan738US #172
#86Ruben730US #181
#87Erick715US #185
#88Connor694US #59
#89Trevor675US #58
#90Vincent672US #100
#91Raymond665US #115
#92Pedro658US #189
#93Kenneth652US #65
#94Ian646US #74
#95Stephen644US #49
#96Marcus643US #75
#97Marco636US #184
#98Isaac632US #103
#99Raul623US #199
#100Taylor622US #54

On the move since 1993

Rising

↑25Cristian#59
↑23Morgan#71
↑17Haley#68
↑14Angel#39
↑13Anna#69
↑12Kimberly#13
↑12Jocelyn#62
↑12Olivia#74

Falling

↓27Chelsea#79
↓23Shelby#95
↓18Cindy#80
↓17Mary#94
↓15Heather#82
↓15Mayra#85
↓15Sandra#91
↓13Shannon#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1993 rankings.