California · 1917

Top 100 names in California, 1917, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,149
#2	Dorothy	779
#3	Helen	613
#4	Margaret	549
#5	Virginia	460
#6	Ruth	432
#7	Frances	400
#8	Evelyn	334
#9	Alice	316
#10	Elizabeth	304
#11	Barbara	298
#12	Betty	269
#13	Marie	268
#14	Rose	246
#15	Mildred	241
#16	Florence	236
#17	Eleanor	230
#18	Marjorie	228
#19	Josephine	214
#20	Jean	208
#21	Doris	193
#22	Jane	180
#23	Lillian	170
#24	June	169
#25	Grace	168
#26	Louise	160
#27	Bernice	156
#28	Lois	154
#29	Lucille	150
#30	Irene	150
#31	Anna	141
#32	Edna	138
#33	Patricia	137
#34	Catherine	135
#35	Gladys	128
#36	Phyllis	127
#37	Marian	126
#38	Marion	125
#39	Katherine	123
#40	Edith	122
#41	Thelma	121
#42	Pauline	118
#43	Hazel	117
#44	Esther	116
#45	Elsie	114
#46	Gertrude	112
#47	Martha	104
#48	Ethel	103
#49	Geraldine	99
#50	Ann	97
#51	Emma	95
#52	Agnes	93
#53	Lorraine	91
#54	Eva	90
#55	Anita	89
#56	Beatrice	88
#57	Vivian	88
#58	Dolores	86
#59	Charlotte	83
#60	Laura	82
#61	Clara	81
#62	Mabel	78
#63	Norma	78
#64	Muriel	77
#65	Jessie	77
#66	Audrey	76
#67	Ellen	75
#68	Julia	75
#69	Kathryn	74
#70	Winifred	73
#71	Vera	71
#72	Lena	70
#73	Genevieve	70
#74	Ida	70
#75	Marguerite	69
#76	Kathleen	69
#77	Violet	68
#78	Juanita	66
#79	Viola	66
#80	Nellie	63
#81	Jeanne	62
#82	Jennie	62
#83	May	61
#84	Alma	61
#85	Shirley	61
#86	Ruby	61
#87	Anne	60
#88	Wilma	60
#89	Carmen	59
#90	Emily	58
#91	Janet	58
#92	Maria	57
#93	Pearl	56
#94	Lucy	55
#95	Maxine	55
#96	Isabel	54
#97	Madeline	53
#98	Sylvia	52
#99	Roberta	51
#100	Theresa	51

Uniquely popular in California

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Lupe	43	21	2
Ramona	38	18	3
Carmen	59	28	5
Patricia	137	66	13
Barbara	298	143	33
Kay	21	10	3
Beverly	44	21	6
Connie	28	13	4
May	61	29	9
Janice	29	14	4
Bette	23	11	4
Carol	47	23	7

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.