California · 1924

Top 100 names in California, 1924, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,958
#2	Betty	1,464
#3	Dorothy	1,173
#4	Barbara	1,014
#5	Helen	820
#6	Margaret	818
#7	Virginia	785
#8	Patricia	655
#9	Ruth	617
#10	Frances	495
#11	Marjorie	463
#12	Jean	460
#13	Doris	445
#14	Alice	440
#15	Shirley	418
#16	Evelyn	386
#17	Elizabeth	383
#18	Lois	374
#19	Gloria	366
#20	June	356
#21	Eleanor	319
#22	Marie	315
#23	Mildred	314
#24	Lorraine	303
#25	Josephine	298
#26	Florence	287
#27	Phyllis	286
#28	Maria	273
#29	Rose	254
#30	Norma	246
#31	Irene	232
#32	Esther	230
#33	Beverly	225
#34	Lillian	215
#35	Marian	211
#36	Lucille	210
#37	Grace	210
#38	Louise	205
#39	Marilyn	198
#40	Carmen	195
#41	Marion	194
#42	Geraldine	192
#43	Dolores	191
#44	Jane	187
#45	Bernice	171
#46	Jeanne	170
#47	Anna	167
#48	Martha	166
#49	Catherine	166
#50	Jacqueline	158
#51	Beatrice	155
#52	Edith	153
#53	Pauline	151
#54	Eva	150
#55	Elaine	147
#56	Edna	143
#57	Juanita	141
#58	Carol	138
#59	Nancy	138
#60	Anita	137
#61	Audrey	134
#62	Vivian	133
#63	Joyce	133
#64	Gladys	132
#65	Ethel	129
#66	Vera	129
#67	Ann	129
#68	Maxine	128
#69	Katherine	126
#70	Thelma	125
#71	Elsie	125
#72	Peggy	124
#73	Laura	124
#74	Kathleen	122
#75	Ruby	117
#76	Lucy	114
#77	Joan	113
#78	Charlotte	113
#79	Julia	111
#80	Violet	111
#81	Rita	108
#82	Lupe	107
#83	Kathryn	106
#84	Jessie	106
#85	Jennie	105
#86	Hazel	104
#87	Ida	102
#88	Carolyn	101
#89	Bette	100
#90	Viola	97
#91	Isabel	95
#92	Consuelo	94
#93	Clara	94
#94	Emma	94
#95	Dora	92
#96	Eileen	92
#97	Roberta	92
#98	Gertrude	91
#99	Rosemary	90
#100	Emily	90

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
Masako	21	6	0
Aiko	22	6	0
Toshiko	22	6	0
Yoshiko	31	8	1
Catalina	35	9	1
Consuelo	94	25	2
Socorro	36	10	1
Lupe	107	28	3
Trinidad	22	6	1
Ofelia	22	6	1
Esperanza	39	10	1
Josefina	34	9	1

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.