State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1998 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 464,323 California births in 1998 across 5,653 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#67Alondraoutside the national top 200
#72Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#90Nancyoutside the national top 200
#48Alejandra#156 nationally
#71Evelyn#178 nationally
#94Karlaoutside the national top 200
#95Giselleoutside the national top 200
#95Rubenoutside the national top 200
#83Diego#187 nationally
#34Daisy#136 nationally
#100Gerardooutside the national top 200
#73Sergio#171 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica2,847US #8
#2Ashley2,721US #5
#3Emily2,671US #1
#4Samantha2,668US #3
#5Jennifer2,561US #20
#6Sarah2,139US #4
#7Alexis2,074US #6
#8Vanessa1,973US #52
#9Alyssa1,962US #11
#10Stephanie1,951US #29
#11Elizabeth1,942US #10
#12Jasmine1,711US #26
#13Hannah1,692US #2
#14Maria1,650US #43
#15Natalie1,531US #40
#16Madison1,439US #9
#17Victoria1,430US #16
#18Kimberly1,400US #54
#19Taylor1,376US #7
#20Melissa1,360US #59
#21Brianna1,332US #17
#22Amanda1,331US #19
#23Diana1,324US #83
#24Michelle1,285US #55
#25Nicole1,284US #24
#26Andrea1,258US #61
#27Lauren1,249US #14
#28Megan1,125US #13
#29Alexandra1,100US #27
#30Rachel1,095US #15
#31Kayla1,092US #12
#32Julia1,072US #32
#33Leslie1,043US #111
#34Daisy1,030US #136
#35Emma1,018US #22
#36Katherine993US #33
#37Esmeralda960US #133
#38Destiny954US #34
#39Jacqueline900US #95
#40Jocelyn897US #128
#41Danielle879US #41
#42Rebecca877US #30
#43Sabrina875US #68
#44Abigail841US #18
#45Cynthia839US #127
#46Angelica830US #109
#47Crystal827US #110
#48Alejandra826US #156
#49Karina817US #144
#50Sophia808US #73
#51Monica806US #105
#52Olivia805US #21
#53Brenda786US #149
#54Gabriela771US #129
#55Brittany735US #25
#56Sara735US #48
#57Isabella731US #84
#58Amber724US #37
#59Adriana720US #134
#60Marissa709US #66
#61Isabel707US #118
#62Briana692US #79
#63Savannah668US #45
#64Sierra656US #51
#65Tiffany654US #67
#66Sydney653US #28
#67Alondra652
#68Karen651US #152
#69Mariah651US #62
#70Allison638US #38
#71Evelyn633US #178
#72Guadalupe625
#73Valerie608US #148
#74Christina601US #69
#75Laura600US #74
#76Ana595US #140
#77Cassandra592US #85
#78Ariana587US #137
#79Veronica577US #126
#80Kaitlyn575US #35
#81Madeline574US #50
#82Jordan565US #42
#83Alicia563US #98
#84Angela562US #100
#85Haley556US #36
#86Amy548US #96
#87Grace543US #53
#88Erika538US #124
#89Jasmin534US #177
#90Nancy526
#91Morgan524US #23
#92Anna521US #31
#93Brooke511US #46
#94Karla509
#95Giselle508
#96Kelly498US #90
#97Breanna488US #76
#98Claire479US #91
#99Gabrielle477US #47
#100Chloe474US #87

Boys

#1Daniel4,318US #12
#2Jose4,281US #33
#3Michael4,132US #1
#4Anthony3,884US #19
#5Jacob3,568US #2
#6David3,478US #13
#7Matthew3,456US #3
#8Andrew3,434US #9
#9Christopher3,387US #5
#10Joshua3,255US #4
#11Jonathan3,078US #21
#12Joseph2,952US #11
#13Nicholas2,757US #6
#14Brandon2,733US #7
#15Ryan2,432US #17
#16Juan2,370US #52
#17Christian2,353US #26
#18Luis2,299US #53
#19Alexander2,229US #22
#20Kevin2,229US #32
#21Justin2,096US #20
#22Angel1,920US #81
#23Jesus1,908US #76
#24Tyler1,819US #8
#25Robert1,795US #23
#26John1,731US #15
#27Carlos1,698US #69
#28Adrian1,684US #71
#29James1,663US #18
#30William1,616US #14
#31Kyle1,614US #24
#32Gabriel1,593US #54
#33Eric1,587US #39
#34Austin1,576US #10
#35Brian1,547US #41
#36Samuel1,494US #28
#37Alejandro1,461US #95
#38Jason1,449US #40
#39Miguel1,438US #90
#40Zachary1,405US #16
#41Aaron1,387US #37
#42Jordan1,385US #27
#43Noah1,368US #29
#44Nathan1,326US #34
#45Bryan1,271US #74
#46Dylan1,263US #25
#47Steven1,257US #46
#48Jorge1,240US #107
#49Benjamin1,198US #30
#50Oscar1,140US #129
#51Richard1,121US #56
#52Victor1,107US #97
#53Ricardo1,090US #126
#54Cameron1,086US #35
#55Isaac1,078US #65
#56Thomas1,063US #31
#57Francisco1,037US #139
#58Eduardo1,035US #145
#59Isaiah1,034US #59
#60Adam960US #45
#61Ethan959US #38
#62Jesse959US #70
#63Antonio954US #79
#64Sean940US #50
#65Manuel895US #147
#66Alex875US #55
#67Alexis868US #148
#68Cristian824US #144
#69Mark819US #64
#70Fernando818US #166
#71Andres784US #157
#72Cesar769US #168
#73Sergio765US #171
#74Ivan754US #152
#75Nathaniel738US #60
#76Edgar734US #167
#77Elijah729US #66
#78Jack727US #61
#79Javier725US #149
#80Jared711US #51
#81Julian711US #124
#82Omar701US #146
#83Diego697US #187
#84Timothy691US #49
#85Connor675US #47
#86Mario668US #151
#87Hector659US #185
#88Trevor647US #58
#89Roberto633US #172
#90Jeremy627US #68
#91Charles614US #48
#92Raymond614US #141
#93Hunter603US #36
#94Erik599US #140
#95Ruben597
#96Evan595US #63
#97Vincent590US #121
#98Ian588US #73
#99Edward580US #105
#100Gerardo572

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑44Esmeralda#37
↑38Isabella#57
↑24Emma#35
↑19Madeline#81
↑18Isabel#61
↑16Destiny#38
↑16Adrian#28
↑16Noah#43

Falling

↓24Alexis#67
↓23Alondra#67
↓20Anna#92
↓19Christina#74
↓16Ana#76
↓15Haley#85
↓15Edward#99
↓14Marissa#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.