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Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 1999 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 460,853 California births in 1999 across 5,740 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#53Alejandra#179 nationally
#76Giselleoutside the national top 200
#80Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#57Esmeralda#177 nationally
#61Alondra#181 nationally
#95Gerardooutside the national top 200
#55Brenda#160 nationally
#76Cesar#181 nationally
#89Karla#194 nationally
#96Rubenoutside the national top 200
#67Fernando#169 nationally
#99Yeseniaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Emily2,825US #1
#2Samantha2,787US #5
#3Jennifer2,675US #21
#4Ashley2,609US #6
#5Jessica2,511US #9
#6Alyssa2,088US #11
#7Alexis2,002US #3
#8Sarah1,984US #4
#9Elizabeth1,865US #10
#10Vanessa1,787US #57
#11Stephanie1,763US #37
#12Hannah1,701US #2
#13Jasmine1,664US #26
#14Natalie1,655US #34
#15Maria1,592US #39
#16Victoria1,471US #16
#17Lauren1,392US #12
#18Madison1,378US #7
#19Brianna1,358US #14
#20Kimberly1,356US #51
#21Andrea1,302US #59
#22Michelle1,275US #56
#23Melissa1,254US #64
#24Nicole1,217US #25
#25Taylor1,202US #8
#26Amanda1,179US #22
#27Leslie1,159US #100
#28Julia1,124US #30
#29Kayla1,112US #13
#30Megan1,110US #15
#31Alexandra1,083US #32
#32Diana1,070US #101
#33Destiny1,051US #28
#34Jacqueline1,026US #79
#35Rachel1,020US #19
#36Emma1,007US #17
#37Katherine1,003US #36
#38Daisy957US #133
#39Sophia955US #53
#40Isabella874US #60
#41Olivia871US #20
#42Danielle838US #43
#43Jocelyn824US #132
#44Abigail817US #18
#45Karina812US #135
#46Grace783US #27
#47Isabel776US #97
#48Angelica774US #116
#49Savannah766US #42
#50Rebecca742US #38
#51Gabriela730US #123
#52Sydney728US #23
#53Alejandra725US #179
#54Angela711US #90
#55Brenda697US #160
#56Daniela692US #146
#57Esmeralda691US #177
#58Crystal684US #119
#59Cynthia682US #145
#60Marissa678US #73
#61Alondra674US #181
#62Sabrina669US #88
#63Sierra667US #49
#64Sara665US #50
#65Briana648US #82
#66Karen648US #149
#67Evelyn641US #161
#68Adriana613US #139
#69Brittany607US #35
#70Amber602US #41
#71Valerie599US #159
#72Veronica598US #115
#73Mariah595US #68
#74Christina593US #75
#75Ariana591US #130
#76Giselle585
#77Kaitlyn585US #33
#78Allison572US #40
#79Cassandra571US #87
#80Guadalupe568
#81Monica562US #151
#82Melanie555US #126
#83Anna552US #29
#84Tiffany551US #80
#85Ana548US #154
#86Amy546US #105
#87Laura540US #81
#88Chloe530US #63
#89Karla527US #194
#90Morgan522US #24
#91Haley519US #31
#92Brooke498US #47
#93Alexa497US #89
#94Kelly494US #95
#95Claire482US #86
#96Hailey481US #54
#97Alicia480US #108
#98Jordan478US #48
#99Yesenia475
#100Breanna473US #74

Boys

#1Daniel4,354US #9
#2Jose3,871US #35
#3Anthony3,808US #18
#4Michael3,759US #2
#5Andrew3,599US #7
#6David3,484US #16
#7Jacob3,477US #1
#8Matthew3,321US #3
#9Christopher3,252US #6
#10Joshua3,144US #4
#11Jonathan3,018US #22
#12Joseph2,823US #8
#13Nicholas2,536US #5
#14Ryan2,513US #12
#15Brandon2,489US #11
#16Juan2,372US #46
#17Christian2,337US #25
#18Kevin2,318US #34
#19Luis2,268US #55
#20Alexander2,240US #21
#21Justin2,226US #20
#22Angel2,033US #73
#23Jesus2,002US #70
#24Carlos1,983US #59
#25John1,761US #15
#26Tyler1,741US #10
#27William1,696US #14
#28Robert1,672US #26
#29Brian1,572US #43
#30Gabriel1,571US #53
#31Adrian1,564US #79
#32Eric1,546US #39
#33James1,508US #19
#34Nathan1,508US #32
#35Samuel1,471US #27
#36Alejandro1,469US #88
#37Kyle1,456US #28
#38Jason1,414US #40
#39Noah1,385US #24
#40Zachary1,365US #17
#41Dylan1,356US #23
#42Austin1,330US #13
#43Miguel1,324US #91
#44Benjamin1,288US #29
#45Bryan1,284US #74
#46Aaron1,257US #38
#47Jordan1,208US #30
#48Steven1,203US #47
#49Isaiah1,179US #51
#50Isaac1,136US #64
#51Ethan1,108US #37
#52Jorge1,108US #107
#53Victor1,068US #95
#54Oscar1,062US #116
#55Cameron1,057US #33
#56Thomas1,038US #31
#57Ricardo1,030US #126
#58Richard1,002US #61
#59Eduardo1,000US #145
#60Francisco981US #134
#61Antonio937US #80
#62Adam935US #44
#63Jesse928US #82
#64Sean896US #56
#65Andres894US #154
#66Alex890US #58
#67Fernando849US #169
#68Jack846US #52
#69Ivan842US #148
#70Mark840US #69
#71Diego839US #149
#72Elijah818US #60
#73Manuel814US #155
#74Alexis796US #147
#75Julian768US #111
#76Cesar767US #181
#77Omar755US #143
#78Javier745US #160
#79Sergio725US #176
#80Jared710US #54
#81Nathaniel693US #62
#82Mario683US #163
#83Evan673US #57
#84Trevor673US #66
#85Cristian664US #158
#86Edgar659US #173
#87Timothy658US #49
#88Connor647US #48
#89Erik642US #139
#90Roberto639US #177
#91Hector635US #183
#92Hunter621US #36
#93Raymond605US #144
#94Edward604US #103
#95Gerardo598
#96Ruben598
#97Ian592US #72
#98Erick582US #193
#99Nicolas580US #138
#100Vincent579US #121

On the move since 1998

Rising

↑41Grace#46
↑30Angela#54
↑19Giselle#76
↑17Isabella#40
↑14Isabel#47
↑14Savannah#49
↑14Sydney#52
↑13Evan#83

Falling

↓30Monica#81
↓20Esmeralda#57
↓19Sabrina#62
↓19Tiffany#84
↓17Cristian#85
↓16Jordan#98
↓14Cynthia#59
↓14Brittany#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1998 rankings.