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Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1995 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 494,660 California births in 1995 across 5,709 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#66Yesenia#200 nationally
#75Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#82Evelyn#196 nationally
#85Cindy#199 nationally
#81Jazmin#194 nationally
#48Alejandra#159 nationally
#39Daisy#145 nationally
#54Nancy#160 nationally
#95Armandooutside the national top 200
#72Fernando#176 nationally
#73Cesar#173 nationally
#50Jocelyn#148 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica4,622US #1
#2Ashley2,903US #2
#3Stephanie2,858US #16
#4Jennifer2,696US #18
#5Samantha2,425US #4
#6Emily2,341US #3
#7Sarah2,273US #5
#8Elizabeth2,246US #10
#9Amanda2,026US #9
#10Maria2,001US #44
#11Vanessa1,983US #63
#12Kimberly1,775US #37
#13Melissa1,771US #35
#14Alexis1,705US #14
#15Jasmine1,664US #25
#16Taylor1,620US #6
#17Michelle1,600US #41
#18Megan1,471US #13
#19Rachel1,457US #12
#20Lauren1,438US #15
#21Nicole1,438US #19
#22Alyssa1,372US #27
#23Hannah1,363US #7
#24Alexandra1,361US #26
#25Andrea1,360US #55
#26Victoria1,355US #20
#27Brianna1,344US #21
#28Danielle1,275US #24
#29Natalie1,273US #51
#30Jacqueline1,249US #70
#31Kayla1,218US #11
#32Brittany1,206US #8
#33Diana1,154US #105
#34Karina1,134US #109
#35Rebecca1,121US #28
#36Katherine1,076US #30
#37Brenda1,072US #119
#38Monica1,066US #87
#39Daisy1,046US #145
#40Selena1,028US #91
#41Marissa1,012US #53
#42Christina1,001US #45
#43Gabriela991US #123
#44Madison980US #29
#45Cynthia975US #113
#46Amber973US #22
#47Angelica962US #101
#48Alejandra947US #159
#49Crystal941US #80
#50Jocelyn921US #148
#51Courtney918US #17
#52Laura916US #56
#53Tiffany833US #46
#54Nancy819US #160
#55Sara807US #48
#56Ana803US #134
#57Karen798US #142
#58Julia794US #62
#59Erika730US #102
#60Sydney718US #43
#61Veronica711US #121
#62Olivia707US #39
#63Angela701US #85
#64Adriana693US #157
#65Sierra693US #60
#66Yesenia692US #200
#67Amy689US #75
#68Kelly686US #64
#69Briana683US #74
#70Anna668US #31
#71Sabrina665US #95
#72Miranda651US #57
#73Breanna642US #76
#74Leslie641US #137
#75Guadalupe631
#76Haley628US #32
#77Morgan622US #23
#78Mariah618US #71
#79Allison616US #34
#80Cassandra615US #78
#81Jazmin608US #194
#82Evelyn606US #196
#83Destiny604US #66
#84Kelsey604US #33
#85Cindy600US #199
#86Erica598US #69
#87Alicia591US #89
#88Chelsea583US #47
#89Abigail575US #36
#90Shelby572US #38
#91Savannah562US #68
#92Sandra561US #177
#93Valerie557US #149
#94Bianca555US #128
#95Mary550US #40
#96Erin547US #49
#97Brooke546US #52
#98Monique542US #182
#99Cheyenne536US #86
#100Jasmin531US #184

Boys

#1Daniel5,007US #9
#2Michael4,784US #1
#3Jose4,571US #35
#4Christopher4,098US #3
#5David4,031US #16
#6Anthony3,951US #19
#7Andrew3,685US #11
#8Matthew3,540US #2
#9Joshua3,507US #5
#10Jonathan3,252US #23
#11Jacob3,151US #4
#12Joseph3,140US #12
#13Kevin3,097US #25
#14Nicholas3,004US #7
#15Christian2,814US #28
#16Brandon2,811US #8
#17Ryan2,695US #15
#18Juan2,516US #50
#19Alexander2,506US #21
#20Justin2,461US #18
#21Tyler2,416US #6
#22Robert2,258US #22
#23Luis2,207US #59
#24Austin2,181US #10
#25John2,088US #13
#26Jesus2,079US #76
#27Eric2,042US #32
#28James2,012US #17
#29Carlos1,994US #68
#30Brian1,838US #36
#31Kyle1,739US #24
#32William1,701US #20
#33Zachary1,688US #14
#34Steven1,664US #37
#35Aaron1,622US #30
#36Angel1,604US #101
#37Miguel1,538US #94
#38Eduardo1,536US #117
#39Alejandro1,482US #107
#40Richard1,472US #42
#41Gabriel1,455US #65
#42Victor1,454US #90
#43Samuel1,420US #33
#44Jason1,385US #41
#45Jordan1,363US #29
#46Jorge1,342US #114
#47Bryan1,293US #70
#48Adrian1,262US #96
#49Thomas1,245US #27
#50Jesse1,235US #46
#51Francisco1,230US #125
#52Benjamin1,182US #31
#53Oscar1,176US #130
#54Ricardo1,173US #126
#55Adam1,157US #38
#56Nathan1,096US #39
#57Cody1,085US #26
#58Cristian1,065US #127
#59Alex1,038US #47
#60Dylan1,012US #34
#61Edgar996US #152
#62Sean994US #45
#63Antonio968US #85
#64Sergio956US #158
#65Manuel930US #150
#66Mark884US #52
#67Timothy871US #40
#68Erik870US #111
#69Omar862US #139
#70Mario855US #149
#71Patrick848US #43
#72Fernando847US #176
#73Cesar842US #173
#74Javier803US #156
#75Martin803US #147
#76Cameron792US #49
#77Jeremy783US #48
#78Isaac781US #98
#79Andres749US #171
#80Ivan744US #167
#81Hector731US #175
#82Roberto716US #165
#83Edward714US #88
#84Alexis713US #174
#85Charles710US #44
#86Jeffrey702US #64
#87Paul697US #71
#88Ruben696US #184
#89Trevor682US #61
#90Ian672US #67
#91Julian671US #132
#92Connor666US #55
#93Erick653US #191
#94Raymond642US #124
#95Armando630
#96Vincent627US #113
#97Kenneth610US #72
#98Pedro606US #193
#99Evan603US #60
#100Marco603US #179

On the move since 1994

Rising

↑23Sierra#65
↑22Madison#44
↑20Miranda#72
↑20Isaac#78
↑17Destiny#83
↑16Daisy#39
↑14Karina#34
↑12Jocelyn#50

Falling

↓29Erica#86
↓23Kelsey#84
↓22Cassandra#80
↓16Bianca#94
↓14Allison#79
↓13Jasmin#100
↓12Guadalupe#75
↓11Nicole#21

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1994 rankings.