State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 2000 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 471,694 California births in 2000 across 6,004 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#73Esmeralda#195 nationally
#61Alondra#182 nationally
#80Giselleoutside the national top 200
#84Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#58Alejandra#174 nationally
#90Gerardooutside the national top 200
#70Brenda#172 nationally
#99Rubenoutside the national top 200
#100Valeriaoutside the national top 200
#59Karina#159 nationally
#93Jasmin#193 nationally
#67Valerie#166 nationally

Girls

#1Emily2,959US #1
#2Ashley2,833US #4
#3Samantha2,578US #7
#4Jessica2,485US #8
#5Jennifer2,265US #26
#6Alyssa2,005US #12
#7Alexis1,864US #6
#8Hannah1,855US #2
#9Sarah1,855US #5
#10Elizabeth1,850US #9
#11Vanessa1,635US #62
#12Jasmine1,614US #27
#13Stephanie1,596US #40
#14Natalie1,589US #34
#15Jacqueline1,561US #64
#16Maria1,473US #41
#17Brianna1,451US #15
#18Madison1,441US #3
#19Andrea1,417US #55
#20Kimberly1,401US #58
#21Lauren1,396US #11
#22Michelle1,366US #52
#23Victoria1,291US #20
#24Destiny1,201US #24
#25Nicole1,171US #31
#26Melissa1,156US #71
#27Leslie1,154US #90
#28Kayla1,134US #13
#29Amanda1,133US #32
#30Sophia1,125US #42
#31Taylor1,100US #10
#32Megan1,090US #18
#33Alexandra1,045US #36
#34Emma1,040US #17
#35Isabella1,040US #45
#36Rachel1,016US #21
#37Grace1,015US #19
#38Julia1,007US #29
#39Abigail1,002US #14
#40Katherine997US #33
#41Diana982US #106
#42Olivia967US #16
#43Jocelyn866US #122
#44Angela836US #79
#45Sydney831US #23
#46Daisy824US #141
#47Hailey823US #35
#48Chloe789US #38
#49Rebecca771US #39
#50Isabel756US #94
#51Savannah755US #37
#52Gabriela725US #117
#53Briana706US #83
#54Kaitlyn702US #30
#55Danielle700US #48
#56Evelyn697US #150
#57Anna695US #22
#58Alejandra694US #174
#59Karina678US #159
#60Sara677US #57
#61Alondra668US #182
#62Adriana662US #127
#63Haley658US #28
#64Ariana638US #109
#65Daniela633US #156
#66Angelica632US #138
#67Valerie632US #166
#68Melanie630US #114
#69Amy629US #105
#70Brenda629US #172
#71Crystal626US #132
#72Sabrina625US #92
#73Esmeralda609US #195
#74Sierra605US #53
#75Cynthia602US #164
#76Marissa601US #78
#77Ana591US #136
#78Karen586US #153
#79Erika575US #123
#80Giselle573
#81Christina567US #73
#82Mia556US #93
#83Amber554US #47
#84Guadalupe549
#85Maya544US #113
#86Tiffany544US #101
#87Allison538US #44
#88Catherine538US #81
#89Mariah534US #75
#90Monica523US #167
#91Kelly521US #111
#92Madeline513US #56
#93Jasmin507US #193
#94Morgan499US #25
#95Sofia496US #161
#96Cassandra494US #100
#97Laura492US #85
#98Alexa491US #87
#99Veronica488US #143
#100Valeria487

Boys

#1Daniel4,343US #9
#2Anthony3,840US #17
#3Jose3,805US #34
#4Andrew3,601US #7
#5Michael3,572US #2
#6Jacob3,520US #1
#7Joshua3,356US #4
#8Christopher3,337US #5
#9David3,280US #16
#10Matthew3,254US #3
#11Jonathan2,992US #21
#12Joseph2,780US #8
#13Brandon2,616US #12
#14Nicholas2,586US #6
#15Ryan2,556US #13
#16Christian2,435US #22
#17Kevin2,357US #32
#18Angel2,328US #67
#19Luis2,288US #49
#20Juan2,224US #48
#21Alexander2,181US #20
#22Justin2,164US #19
#23Jesus1,891US #76
#24Carlos1,788US #66
#25Brian1,740US #43
#26Nathan1,735US #30
#27William1,696US #11
#28Gabriel1,672US #44
#29John1,659US #14
#30Tyler1,655US #10
#31Adrian1,594US #78
#32Jason1,555US #39
#33Bryan1,552US #70
#34Ethan1,529US #25
#35Robert1,528US #29
#36Miguel1,488US #86
#37James1,481US #18
#38Eric1,465US #42
#39Alejandro1,464US #89
#40Zachary1,438US #15
#41Benjamin1,434US #26
#42Dylan1,425US #24
#43Samuel1,419US #28
#44Noah1,391US #27
#45Aaron1,362US #41
#46Isaac1,297US #53
#47Isaiah1,233US #47
#48Sebastian1,232US #81
#49Jordan1,216US #36
#50Kyle1,212US #37
#51Steven1,212US #54
#52Eduardo1,171US #124
#53Victor1,155US #97
#54Jorge1,107US #107
#55Julian1,092US #87
#56Oscar1,089US #122
#57Thomas1,061US #33
#58Cameron1,052US #31
#59Austin1,011US #23
#60Richard1,001US #65
#61Ricardo965US #134
#62Francisco964US #139
#63Alex943US #62
#64Diego927US #147
#65Fernando922US #150
#66Adam906US #45
#67Jack906US #46
#68Antonio905US #82
#69Alexis904US #144
#70Elijah893US #52
#71Jesse852US #90
#72Sean841US #57
#73Manuel835US #159
#74Andres830US #164
#75Jared805US #56
#76Cesar800US #170
#77Ivan790US #153
#78Nathaniel755US #61
#79Evan737US #55
#80Omar731US #146
#81Mark715US #79
#82Sergio710US #178
#83Javier703US #155
#84Cristian671US #160
#85Hunter671US #35
#86Edgar649US #177
#87Connor644US #50
#88Ian644US #73
#89Timothy643US #58
#90Gerardo637
#91Mario630US #167
#92Hector617US #185
#93Roberto616US #187
#94Cole614US #71
#95Erick612US #190
#96Logan609US #40
#97Erik605US #143
#98Vincent602US #120
#99Ruben594
#100Luke592US #59

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑49Hailey#47
↑40Chloe#48
↑28Haley#63
↑26Anna#57
↑23Kaitlyn#54
↑20Julian#55
↑19Jacqueline#15
↑17Amy#69

Falling

↓27Veronica#99
↓18Angelica#66
↓17Cassandra#96
↓17Austin#59
↓16Esmeralda#73
↓16Cynthia#75
↓16Marissa#76
↓16Mariah#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.