State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 2001 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 466,953 California births in 2001 across 6,046 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#64Esmeraldaoutside the national top 200
#62Alejandra#192 nationally
#52Alondra#177 nationally
#77Valeriaoutside the national top 200
#83Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#58Karina#166 nationally
#82Brenda#189 nationally
#95Rubenoutside the national top 200
#99Giselleoutside the national top 200
#92Hector#193 nationally
#65Valerie#165 nationally
#79Nayeli#175 nationally

Girls

#1Emily2,928US #1
#2Ashley2,717US #4
#3Samantha2,536US #7
#4Jessica2,244US #11
#5Alyssa2,059US #14
#6Jennifer2,027US #26
#7Natalie1,724US #32
#8Elizabeth1,705US #9
#9Alexis1,700US #5
#10Jasmine1,655US #25
#11Sarah1,613US #6
#12Hannah1,598US #3
#13Madison1,595US #2
#14Andrea1,517US #49
#15Stephanie1,516US #43
#16Isabella1,482US #28
#17Vanessa1,456US #64
#18Brianna1,409US #18
#19Kimberly1,375US #61
#20Maria1,364US #41
#21Kayla1,213US #17
#22Destiny1,212US #22
#23Michelle1,204US #59
#24Victoria1,200US #21
#25Jacqueline1,195US #70
#26Lauren1,173US #15
#27Sophia1,162US #37
#28Melissa1,154US #74
#29Leslie1,152US #84
#30Abigail1,146US #8
#31Nicole1,110US #36
#32Emma1,093US #13
#33Grace1,053US #16
#34Olivia1,006US #10
#35Julia983US #27
#36Alexandra977US #38
#37Katherine976US #35
#38Taylor974US #12
#39Diana965US #102
#40Megan962US #20
#41Amanda931US #39
#42Chloe921US #30
#43Rachel904US #24
#44Jocelyn856US #123
#45Angela844US #77
#46Daisy815US #139
#47Evelyn775US #126
#48Isabel768US #88
#49Sydney755US #23
#50Hailey748US #33
#51Angelina728US #93
#52Alondra715US #177
#53Mia704US #76
#54Anna699US #19
#55Ariana699US #92
#56Savannah695US #42
#57Kaitlyn672US #31
#58Karina667US #166
#59Gabriela664US #125
#60Crystal658US #137
#61Angelica645US #136
#62Alejandra629US #192
#63Melanie617US #117
#64Esmeralda613
#65Valerie613US #165
#66Sara612US #58
#67Rebecca611US #46
#68Adriana608US #131
#69Sofia597US #145
#70Haley596US #34
#71Briana594US #101
#72Karen593US #148
#73Alexa585US #78
#74Ana575US #134
#75Daniela575US #160
#76Amy565US #114
#77Valeria561
#78Faith560US #53
#79Nayeli557US #175
#80Cynthia548US #169
#81Sierra547US #55
#82Brenda546US #189
#83Guadalupe545
#84Allison539US #44
#85Marissa537US #79
#86Zoe531US #65
#87Amber530US #51
#88Danielle525US #63
#89Maya525US #110
#90Christina519US #80
#91Jordan510US #47
#92Sabrina508US #116
#93Madeline506US #56
#94Mariah503US #85
#95Morgan501US #29
#96Jasmin500US #187
#97Karla500US #193
#98Katelyn496US #52
#99Giselle495
#100Juliana494US #155

Boys

#1Daniel4,165US #9
#2Anthony3,827US #11
#3Andrew3,447US #7
#4Jose3,427US #34
#5Jacob3,385US #1
#6David3,346US #12
#7Michael3,295US #2
#8Joshua3,216US #4
#9Matthew3,083US #3
#10Christopher3,035US #5
#11Jonathan2,879US #23
#12Joseph2,730US #8
#13Angel2,470US #58
#14Kevin2,399US #32
#15Christian2,340US #24
#16Nicholas2,326US #6
#17Ryan2,323US #15
#18Brandon2,271US #18
#19Luis2,152US #52
#20Alexander2,086US #20
#21Jesus2,067US #66
#22Justin2,015US #22
#23Juan1,989US #53
#24Carlos1,923US #59
#25Ethan1,764US #17
#26Gabriel1,762US #38
#27Nathan1,746US #31
#28Jason1,735US #41
#29Dylan1,659US #21
#30William1,624US #10
#31Samuel1,622US #26
#32Tyler1,582US #13
#33Adrian1,580US #75
#34John1,579US #14
#35Brian1,555US #46
#36Bryan1,528US #69
#37Alejandro1,488US #88
#38Isaac1,438US #47
#39Robert1,433US #30
#40Benjamin1,427US #27
#41Miguel1,412US #87
#42James1,396US #19
#43Aaron1,348US #42
#44Isaiah1,342US #43
#45Eric1,339US #44
#46Noah1,272US #28
#47Zachary1,226US #16
#48Eduardo1,214US #112
#49Kyle1,178US #40
#50Julian1,140US #82
#51Jordan1,109US #39
#52Jorge1,072US #110
#53Sebastian1,056US #81
#54Steven1,043US #63
#55Thomas1,029US #33
#56Victor1,028US #96
#57Oscar1,016US #122
#58Elijah1,006US #45
#59Alex963US #62
#60Austin954US #25
#61Diego930US #139
#62Francisco916US #137
#63Fernando912US #154
#64Ricardo908US #138
#65Cameron906US #35
#66Ivan902US #141
#67Logan897US #29
#68Andres892US #153
#69Sean885US #57
#70Adam871US #51
#71Jack871US #48
#72Richard863US #73
#73Alexis839US #143
#74Cesar825US #160
#75Jesse821US #91
#76Jared807US #65
#77Antonio791US #85
#78Edgar765US #161
#79Cristian746US #150
#80Omar746US #146
#81Javier740US #149
#82Caleb737US #37
#83Manuel732US #164
#84Nathaniel715US #61
#85Luke701US #50
#86Ian698US #70
#87Connor696US #49
#88Evan680US #56
#89Mark654US #84
#90Sergio634US #185
#91Alan606US #148
#92Hector602US #193
#93Mason602US #54
#94Vincent597US #121
#95Ruben586
#96Erik585US #155
#97Edward583US #113
#98Hunter581US #36
#99Joel571US #126
#100Cole570US #74

On the move since 2000

Rising

↑29Mia#53
↑29Logan#67
↑26Sofia#69
↑25Alexa#73
↑23Valeria#77
↑19Isabella#16
↑15Luke#85
↑13Dylan#29

Falling

↓33Danielle#88
↓20Sabrina#92
↓19Giselle#99
↓18Rebecca#67
↓18Briana#71
↓13Hunter#98
↓12Amanda#41
↓12Brenda#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2000 rankings.