State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 2024 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 344,171 California births in 2024 across 6,114 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#48Ximena#174 nationally
#81Celeste#197 nationally
#87Andres#197 nationally
#96Celineoutside the national top 200
#82Kaia#180 nationally
#41Alina#136 nationally
#74Valeria#162 nationally
#98Andrea#185 nationally
#79Jesus#164 nationally
#31Emiliano#113 nationally
#69Emilio#151 nationally
#92Isabel#167 nationally

Girls

#1Mia1,986US #5
#2Olivia1,931US #1
#3Camila1,885US #11
#4Emma1,833US #2
#5Sophia1,595US #6
#6Isabella1,556US #7
#7Amelia1,366US #3
#8Sofia1,331US #10
#9Luna1,158US #13
#10Gianna1,081US #23
#11Charlotte1,044US #4
#12Eliana1,024US #18
#13Emily979US #25
#14Aria922US #26
#15Evelyn895US #8
#16Ava871US #9
#17Valentina861US #47
#18Mila849US #33
#19Chloe841US #20
#20Aurora814US #16
#21Elena782US #46
#22Penelope779US #28
#23Zoe774US #29
#24Violet741US #15
#25Victoria730US #48
#26Emilia728US #43
#27Abigail724US #32
#28Maya710US #51
#29Scarlett710US #27
#30Ellie709US #21
#31Lily709US #24
#32Natalia703US #105
#33Delilah637US #50
#34Hazel621US #19
#35Layla609US #37
#36Elizabeth602US #17
#37Avery601US #31
#38Isla587US #35
#39Genesis585US #55
#40Ella583US #30
#41Alina540US #136
#42Leah531US #53
#43Jade522US #84
#44Liliana509US #80
#45Leilani508US #66
#46Eleanor504US #14
#47Naomi504US #44
#48Ximena490US #174
#49Ariana485US #102
#50Harper485US #12
#51Grace484US #40
#52Madison484US #45
#53Riley477US #42
#54Catalina474US #128
#55Nora470US #22
#56Athena467US #90
#57Ivy465US #36
#58Zoey465US #59
#59Aaliyah463US #95
#60Ayla449US #69
#61Melody448US #91
#62Lucia434US #98
#63Sophie431US #60
#64Hannah420US #52
#65Adeline416US #58
#66Melanie410US #122
#67Juliette406US #129
#68Lucy405US #34
#69Samantha402US #126
#70Audrey398US #82
#71Ailany396US #101
#72Iris394US #72
#73Bella393US #109
#74Valeria382US #162
#75Hailey380US #100
#76Ruby374US #62
#77Maria373US #74
#78Nova372US #39
#79Alaia366US #112
#80Stella363US #49
#81Celeste359US #197
#82Kaia359US #180
#83Alice352US #63
#84Natalie350US #73
#85Allison348US #99
#86Madelyn345US #65
#87Daisy332US #76
#88Everly327US #81
#89Emery325US #70
#90Valerie325US #147
#91Claire316US #67
#92Isabel309US #167
#93Madeline307US #86
#94Eva306US #120
#95Amara299US #121
#96Celine292
#97Amaya291US #168
#98Andrea291US #185
#99Julia290US #116
#100Arya286US #161

Boys

#1Liam2,716US #1
#2Noah2,674US #2
#3Mateo2,360US #7
#4Santiago2,002US #29
#5Sebastian1,788US #14
#6Julian1,638US #30
#7Oliver1,544US #3
#8Ezra1,300US #13
#9Lucas1,273US #9
#10Ethan1,262US #19
#11Benjamin1,259US #11
#12Elijah1,257US #8
#13Ezekiel1,207US #54
#14Luca1,199US #23
#15Alexander1,185US #27
#16Levi1,178US #12
#17Daniel1,175US #16
#18Elias1,145US #25
#19Dylan1,109US #28
#20Leo1,096US #24
#21Theodore1,095US #4
#22Angel1,049US #63
#23Matthew1,030US #33
#24James1,019US #5
#25Michael914US #18
#26Adrian900US #72
#27Anthony898US #44
#28Aiden897US #47
#29Henry881US #6
#30Leonardo870US #84
#31Emiliano858US #113
#32David856US #31
#33Jacob856US #40
#34Isaiah842US #56
#35Isaac836US #41
#36Samuel836US #17
#37Damian827US #110
#38Roman818US #52
#39Nathan814US #62
#40Gael808US #89
#41William790US #10
#42Luke787US #34
#43Logan781US #45
#44Jayden771US #59
#45Enzo760US #74
#46Adriel759US #109
#47Gabriel754US #43
#48Thiago751US #55
#49Joseph745US #32
#50Aaron741US #79
#51Jack738US #15
#52Caleb715US #49
#53Jose713US #91
#54Josiah709US #53
#55Miles695US #37
#56Mason687US #42
#57Ian644US #75
#58Andrew635US #68
#59Owen625US #26
#60Asher621US #20
#61Joshua599US #57
#62Xavier599US #102
#63Christian598US #77
#64Kai585US #76
#65Jonathan584US #83
#66Lorenzo571US #116
#67Axel570US #78
#68Jackson569US #35
#69Emilio564US #151
#70Christopher555US #61
#71Maverick555US #36
#72Ryan545US #87
#73Luis539US #130
#74Dominic536US #107
#75Adam531US #100
#76Luka522US #94
#77Diego520US #145
#78Thomas509US #39
#79Jesus502US #164
#80Matteo502US #138
#81Ivan498US #153
#82Juan492US #137
#83John484US #21
#84Theo481US #80
#85Matias475US #159
#86Carlos469US #135
#87Andres455US #197
#88Giovanni451US #122
#89Jeremiah451US #93
#90Wyatt448US #38
#91Hudson440US #22
#92Nolan439US #64
#93Evan435US #143
#94Vincent435US #111
#95Jordan423US #104
#96Leon421US #141
#97Wesley417US #58
#98Carter416US #46
#99Nicholas414US #117
#100Nathaniel412US #144

On the move since 2023

Rising

↑24Juliette#67
↑19Ayla#60
↑16Adeline#65
↑15Alina#41
↑15Liliana#44
↑14Sophie#63
↑14Henry#29
↑14Roman#38

Falling

↓19Stella#80
↓16Allison#85
↓15Samantha#69
↓14Zoey#58
↓14Natalie#84
↓14Diego#77
↓12Audrey#70
↓12Andrea#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2023 rankings.