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Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1996 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 483,319 California births in 1996 across 5,667 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#75Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#72Yesenia#194 nationally
#85Gerardooutside the national top 200
#60Nancy#172 nationally
#46Alondra#157 nationally
#77Evelyn#188 nationally
#50Alejandra#160 nationally
#83Jasmin#189 nationally
#89Cindy#195 nationally
#98Karlaoutside the national top 200
#65Sergio#167 nationally
#76Fernando#178 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica3,839US #2
#2Ashley2,697US #3
#3Stephanie2,639US #20
#4Jennifer2,529US #19
#5Emily2,473US #1
#6Samantha2,468US #5
#7Sarah2,286US #4
#8Vanessa2,164US #60
#9Elizabeth2,160US #10
#10Maria2,146US #37
#11Alexis1,887US #8
#12Jasmine1,782US #28
#13Kimberly1,746US #41
#14Melissa1,731US #42
#15Amanda1,650US #13
#16Alyssa1,552US #23
#17Michelle1,511US #47
#18Hannah1,494US #7
#19Rachel1,452US #9
#20Taylor1,420US #6
#21Andrea1,373US #61
#22Victoria1,369US #18
#23Natalie1,352US #46
#24Megan1,337US #12
#25Jacqueline1,321US #69
#26Brianna1,297US #17
#27Lauren1,269US #16
#28Nicole1,262US #22
#29Alexandra1,242US #26
#30Daisy1,199US #124
#31Sabrina1,191US #58
#32Kayla1,172US #11
#33Cynthia1,138US #101
#34Madison1,135US #15
#35Rebecca1,114US #24
#36Karina1,100US #108
#37Danielle1,069US #29
#38Diana1,062US #107
#39Katherine1,040US #31
#40Brenda1,002US #131
#41Monica990US #82
#42Brittany977US #14
#43Angelica945US #97
#44Marissa935US #59
#45Jocelyn921US #127
#46Alondra916US #157
#47Christina874US #57
#48Crystal869US #92
#49Gabriela859US #132
#50Alejandra852US #160
#51Julia843US #48
#52Savannah838US #43
#53Amber823US #27
#54Sara817US #50
#55Courtney809US #21
#56Leslie796US #118
#57Karen790US #133
#58Ana748US #141
#59Tiffany746US #52
#60Nancy743US #172
#61Veronica723US #114
#62Briana721US #72
#63Laura710US #66
#64Adriana707US #153
#65Destiny704US #56
#66Mariah698US #63
#67Erika688US #106
#68Sierra686US #62
#69Olivia683US #34
#70Abigail674US #32
#71Haley673US #30
#72Yesenia665US #194
#73Sydney661US #39
#74Amy658US #88
#75Guadalupe653
#76Cassandra643US #89
#77Evelyn639US #188
#78Anna638US #33
#79Alicia617US #91
#80Angela616US #90
#81Bianca612US #123
#82Emma609US #53
#83Jasmin586US #189
#84Kelly583US #73
#85Allison575US #38
#86Erica573US #79
#87Brooke570US #45
#88Valerie565US #154
#89Cindy556US #195
#90Sandra553US #181
#91Shelby553US #35
#92Breanna545US #74
#93Morgan544US #25
#94Ariana543US #156
#95Kaitlyn535US #40
#96Kelsey527US #36
#97Cheyenne519US #68
#98Karla516
#99Sophia512US #125
#100Mary500US #44

Boys

#1Daniel4,705US #11
#2Jose4,646US #32
#3Michael4,353US #1
#4David4,001US #13
#5Christopher3,944US #4
#6Anthony3,899US #19
#7Andrew3,580US #10
#8Joshua3,372US #5
#9Matthew3,372US #2
#10Jonathan3,367US #21
#11Joseph3,046US #12
#12Christian2,998US #24
#13Jacob2,987US #3
#14Nicholas2,863US #6
#15Brandon2,841US #8
#16Kevin2,831US #26
#17Juan2,566US #52
#18Ryan2,469US #16
#19Alexander2,292US #22
#20Justin2,290US #20
#21Luis2,263US #57
#22Austin2,129US #9
#23Tyler2,107US #7
#24Robert2,060US #23
#25Jesus2,020US #74
#26John1,953US #15
#27Eric1,940US #35
#28Brian1,870US #36
#29James1,848US #17
#30Carlos1,832US #67
#31Angel1,680US #102
#32William1,675US #18
#33Miguel1,564US #91
#34Alejandro1,562US #107
#35Kyle1,554US #25
#36Samuel1,545US #30
#37Aaron1,537US #34
#38Zachary1,536US #14
#39Steven1,471US #38
#40Gabriel1,454US #61
#41Eduardo1,383US #123
#42Richard1,334US #45
#43Jorge1,328US #113
#44Benjamin1,305US #29
#45Adrian1,293US #92
#46Jason1,283US #41
#47Jordan1,279US #27
#48Victor1,257US #100
#49Oscar1,224US #125
#50Bryan1,201US #66
#51Jesse1,191US #51
#52Thomas1,186US #28
#53Francisco1,169US #133
#54Nathan1,139US #37
#55Ricardo1,111US #128
#56Cristian1,052US #130
#57Antonio1,017US #80
#58Adam1,000US #39
#59Sean999US #46
#60Edgar963US #148
#61Alex954US #53
#62Mark932US #55
#63Manuel918US #145
#64Dylan902US #33
#65Sergio889US #167
#66Cody863US #31
#67Cameron849US #49
#68Isaac832US #86
#69Noah831US #50
#70Omar827US #140
#71Andres821US #160
#72Timothy821US #40
#73Isaiah819US #71
#74Cesar814US #170
#75Mario808US #147
#76Fernando788US #178
#77Javier785US #153
#78Ivan764US #166
#79Patrick757US #44
#80Erik741US #122
#81Hector734US #172
#82Roberto716US #175
#83Alexis697US #180
#84Jeremy696US #56
#85Gerardo691
#86Martin690US #152
#87Edward683US #96
#88Jeffrey680US #72
#89Julian672US #129
#90Erick661US #188
#91Raymond658US #132
#92Vincent656US #116
#93Ruben649US #190
#94Ian648US #70
#95Connor645US #54
#96Charles638US #43
#97Elijah638US #81
#98Marco622US #174
#99Trevor609US #63
#100Nathaniel608US #69

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑40Sabrina#31
↑39Savannah#52
↑19Abigail#70
↑18Leslie#56
↑18Destiny#65
↑17Jasmin#83
↑13Bianca#81
↑12Cynthia#33

Falling

↓19Breanna#92
↓17Angela#80
↓16Kelly#84
↓16Morgan#93
↓13Sydney#73
↓12Kelsey#96
↓12Erik#80
↓11Laura#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.