State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1997 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 468,423 California births in 1997 across 5,638 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#65Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#44Alondra#167 nationally
#81Esmeraldaoutside the national top 200
#74Evelyn#191 nationally
#85Yeseniaoutside the national top 200
#47Alejandra#162 nationally
#76Cesar#187 nationally
#88Nancy#197 nationally
#93Karlaoutside the national top 200
#34Daisy#140 nationally
#80Diego#186 nationally
#97Ruben#199 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica3,218US #2
#2Jennifer2,817US #18
#3Ashley2,633US #3
#4Emily2,539US #1
#5Samantha2,496US #6
#6Sarah2,172US #4
#7Stephanie2,171US #23
#8Elizabeth2,000US #9
#9Vanessa2,000US #54
#10Alexis1,953US #8
#11Maria1,847US #38
#12Jasmine1,795US #24
#13Alyssa1,735US #15
#14Melissa1,732US #44
#15Hannah1,637US #5
#16Kimberly1,583US #49
#17Victoria1,450US #19
#18Taylor1,424US #7
#19Amanda1,415US #16
#20Lauren1,371US #14
#21Michelle1,360US #55
#22Natalie1,356US #48
#23Madison1,350US #10
#24Megan1,332US #11
#25Diana1,274US #97
#26Andrea1,251US #58
#27Brianna1,242US #17
#28Nicole1,218US #21
#29Jacqueline1,189US #77
#30Rachel1,165US #13
#31Sabrina1,157US #53
#32Kayla1,113US #12
#33Alexandra1,083US #30
#34Daisy1,029US #140
#35Katherine1,012US #32
#36Rebecca991US #25
#37Julia959US #37
#38Danielle947US #34
#39Leslie930US #115
#40Jocelyn918US #122
#41Monica914US #79
#42Crystal894US #99
#43Cynthia884US #117
#44Alondra878US #167
#45Angelica878US #101
#46Marissa843US #60
#47Alejandra839US #162
#48Gabriela831US #120
#49Brittany825US #20
#50Karina824US #132
#51Brenda823US #148
#52Olivia796US #27
#53Sara782US #50
#54Destiny781US #42
#55Christina761US #62
#56Amber747US #29
#57Sophia726US #94
#58Abigail723US #26
#59Emma716US #36
#60Ana704US #139
#61Briana688US #72
#62Sydney684US #35
#63Karen683US #142
#64Adriana680US #125
#65Guadalupe677
#66Sierra671US #56
#67Laura664US #66
#68Cassandra661US #81
#69Savannah637US #47
#70Haley633US #31
#71Veronica632US #126
#72Anna631US #33
#73Tiffany631US #61
#74Evelyn628US #191
#75Angela610US #93
#76Valerie610US #143
#77Amy609US #92
#78Alicia606US #89
#79Isabel597US #141
#80Mariah590US #67
#81Esmeralda586
#82Bianca582US #134
#83Kelly569US #83
#84Allison565US #39
#85Yesenia563
#86Morgan562US #22
#87Ariana551US #138
#88Nancy549US #197
#89Miranda547US #70
#90Erika546US #111
#91Jordan545US #40
#92Brooke540US #45
#93Karla537
#94Courtney525US #28
#95Isabella518US #114
#96Breanna517US #74
#97Jasmin515US #187
#98Erica510US #84
#99Gabrielle503US #51
#100Madeline501US #59

Boys

#1Daniel4,453US #11
#2Michael4,311US #1
#3Jose4,156US #32
#4Anthony3,910US #18
#5David3,732US #14
#6Christopher3,723US #4
#7Andrew3,561US #7
#8Matthew3,260US #3
#9Jonathan3,252US #21
#10Jacob3,246US #2
#11Joshua3,109US #5
#12Joseph2,885US #12
#13Brandon2,846US #8
#14Nicholas2,635US #6
#15Christian2,604US #25
#16Kevin2,563US #28
#17Luis2,494US #53
#18Ryan2,375US #16
#19Juan2,355US #54
#20Alexander2,185US #22
#21Justin2,163US #20
#22Jesus2,015US #71
#23Austin1,950US #9
#24Tyler1,878US #10
#25John1,841US #15
#26Angel1,796US #86
#27James1,778US #17
#28Robert1,750US #23
#29Carlos1,746US #67
#30Brian1,689US #37
#31Eric1,653US #35
#32Kyle1,608US #24
#33William1,606US #19
#34Samuel1,591US #27
#35Alejandro1,563US #99
#36Miguel1,543US #91
#37Zachary1,469US #13
#38Gabriel1,464US #57
#39Aaron1,353US #33
#40Jordan1,330US #26
#41Jason1,325US #41
#42Steven1,316US #40
#43Alexis1,309US #120
#44Adrian1,237US #95
#45Benjamin1,217US #29
#46Bryan1,210US #69
#47Francisco1,186US #133
#48Oscar1,142US #127
#49Richard1,142US #51
#50Jorge1,137US #117
#51Jesse1,112US #63
#52Eduardo1,108US #140
#53Nathan1,106US #34
#54Victor1,095US #105
#55Ricardo1,074US #130
#56Thomas1,051US #31
#57Dylan1,031US #30
#58Adam993US #39
#59Noah979US #38
#60Antonio976US #75
#61Isaac973US #73
#62Fernando947US #149
#63Alex943US #55
#64Cameron931US #45
#65Sean924US #48
#66Isaiah909US #60
#67Mark872US #58
#68Manuel865US #146
#69Andres847US #157
#70Edgar812US #161
#71Cristian790US #145
#72Ivan785US #160
#73Sergio780US #172
#74Javier757US #153
#75Timothy738US #43
#76Cesar735US #187
#77Ethan730US #46
#78Julian704US #131
#79Mario701US #152
#80Diego700US #186
#81Omar700US #154
#82Hector679US #179
#83Jeremy679US #64
#84Edward677US #100
#85Roberto669US #175
#86Erik667US #134
#87Jared664US #56
#88Connor660US #52
#89Martin656US #155
#90Elijah651US #74
#91Nathaniel649US #65
#92Patrick649US #50
#93Evan648US #61
#94Cody637US #36
#95Marco635US #176
#96Jeffrey629US #84
#97Ruben615US #199
#98Charles611US #49
#99Erick610US #197
#100Raymond610US #138

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑42Sophia#57
↑40Alexis#43
↑23Emma#59
↑17Leslie#39
↑17Olivia#52
↑14Julia#37
↑14Fernando#62
↑13Diana#25

Falling

↓39Courtney#94
↓28Nancy#88
↓28Cody#94
↓23Erika#90
↓17Savannah#69
↓15Cristian#71
↓14Karina#50
↓14Tiffany#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.