State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 2002 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 467,773 California births in 2002 across 6,109 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#72Esmeraldaoutside the national top 200
#74Alejandra#191 nationally
#88Giselleoutside the national top 200
#90Valeria#197 nationally
#96Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#59Alondra#162 nationally
#91Sergio#187 nationally
#63Valerie#155 nationally
#76Karina#168 nationally
#83Karla#175 nationally
#84Cynthia#176 nationally
#48Daisy#138 nationally

Girls

#1Emily3,021US #1
#2Ashley2,684US #6
#3Samantha2,541US #9
#4Jessica2,006US #16
#5Jennifer1,987US #28
#6Isabella1,887US #14
#7Alyssa1,874US #12
#8Elizabeth1,712US #11
#9Jasmine1,666US #26
#10Natalie1,646US #30
#11Alexis1,604US #5
#12Sarah1,565US #8
#13Madison1,538US #2
#14Hannah1,488US #3
#15Stephanie1,468US #41
#16Brianna1,460US #17
#17Andrea1,349US #55
#18Sophia1,329US #27
#19Maria1,297US #40
#20Emma1,296US #4
#21Michelle1,274US #58
#22Vanessa1,257US #68
#23Victoria1,217US #21
#24Kimberly1,212US #63
#25Lauren1,210US #13
#26Leslie1,210US #91
#27Kayla1,194US #19
#28Abigail1,187US #7
#29Olivia1,101US #10
#30Mia1,086US #43
#31Jacqueline1,056US #81
#32Melissa1,046US #80
#33Nicole1,045US #37
#34Grace1,022US #15
#35Alexandra1,000US #38
#36Destiny982US #34
#37Jocelyn976US #92
#38Megan953US #22
#39Katherine948US #36
#40Julia915US #33
#41Evelyn900US #98
#42Chloe872US #25
#43Rachel863US #24
#44Taylor861US #18
#45Daniela852US #113
#46Amanda839US #46
#47Hailey838US #31
#48Daisy832US #138
#49Lizbeth832US #133
#50Angela826US #83
#51Diana813US #117
#52Angelina803US #74
#53Melanie803US #94
#54Isabel792US #85
#55Sydney785US #23
#56Sofia751US #112
#57Ariana744US #93
#58Kaitlyn736US #32
#59Alondra728US #162
#60Gabriela696US #116
#61Alexa687US #69
#62Savannah663US #39
#63Valerie654US #155
#64Anna653US #20
#65Maya635US #90
#66Crystal632US #154
#67Angelica606US #146
#68Karen597US #150
#69Briana592US #102
#70Haley585US #35
#71Rebecca572US #54
#72Esmeralda569
#73Sierra568US #62
#74Alejandra561US #191
#75Cassandra560US #126
#76Karina560US #168
#77Zoe557US #60
#78Amy556US #110
#79Allison555US #44
#80Sara542US #59
#81Danielle539US #71
#82Faith536US #48
#83Karla534US #175
#84Cynthia528US #176
#85Katelyn528US #53
#86Audrey526US #100
#87Jordan526US #45
#88Giselle521
#89Marissa518US #99
#90Valeria512US #197
#91Ana511US #134
#92Kylie509US #61
#93Kelly508US #119
#94Amber506US #65
#95Adriana499US #142
#96Guadalupe494
#97Aaliyah491US #64
#98Alicia490US #121
#99Natalia486US #173
#100Madeline485US #56

Boys

#1Daniel4,136US #10
#2Anthony3,772US #12
#3Jose3,558US #30
#4Andrew3,557US #6
#5Jacob3,385US #1
#6Joshua3,382US #3
#7Michael3,238US #2
#8David3,194US #13
#9Matthew3,093US #4
#10Christopher2,904US #8
#11Angel2,888US #49
#12Jonathan2,725US #21
#13Joseph2,704US #7
#14Alexander2,395US #15
#15Kevin2,347US #33
#16Ryan2,289US #16
#17Brandon2,269US #20
#18Ethan2,263US #5
#19Christian2,261US #24
#20Nicholas2,208US #9
#21Juan2,060US #54
#22Luis1,988US #57
#23Jesus1,976US #66
#24Nathan1,942US #28
#25Justin1,937US #22
#26Gabriel1,788US #32
#27Carlos1,781US #65
#28Adrian1,673US #73
#29Bryan1,666US #64
#30Jason1,605US #42
#31William1,569US #11
#32Samuel1,563US #25
#33Tyler1,537US #14
#34Brian1,531US #51
#35Dylan1,493US #23
#36James1,472US #18
#37Isaac1,450US #48
#38John1,435US #17
#39Diego1,394US #98
#40Miguel1,386US #89
#41Isaiah1,346US #45
#42Benjamin1,335US #27
#43Aaron1,323US #43
#44Alejandro1,323US #92
#45Robert1,322US #34
#46Eric1,298US #52
#47Julian1,234US #78
#48Zachary1,200US #19
#49Elijah1,163US #41
#50Noah1,144US #31
#51Jordan1,094US #37
#52Sebastian1,086US #80
#53Kyle1,084US #40
#54Eduardo1,026US #133
#55Victor1,012US #100
#56Jorge1,008US #109
#57Alex990US #63
#58Oscar987US #120
#59Steven987US #68
#60Austin976US #26
#61Jack974US #44
#62Thomas933US #36
#63Adam924US #55
#64Jesse908US #90
#65Richard902US #77
#66Francisco894US #141
#67Aidan893US #60
#68Ivan861US #136
#69Logan856US #29
#70Ricardo836US #143
#71Nathaniel835US #62
#72Andres834US #157
#73Cesar833US #162
#74Sean823US #59
#75Antonio811US #85
#76Fernando804US #159
#77Luke795US #46
#78Ian770US #67
#79Cameron763US #39
#80Manuel736US #165
#81Caleb722US #35
#82Connor722US #47
#83Dominic709US #83
#84Alexis696US #161
#85Evan689US #56
#86Cristian683US #146
#87Javier681US #158
#88Omar678US #151
#89Edgar672US #175
#90Jackson666US #50
#91Sergio656US #187
#92Jared651US #84
#93Alan637US #150
#94Vincent616US #123
#95Mario613US #170
#96Erick612US #182
#97Cole595US #69
#98Mason595US #53
#99Gavin585US #61
#100Lucas585US #75

On the move since 2001

Rising

↑30Daniela#45
↑24Maya#65
↑23Mia#30
↑22Diego#39
↑14Karla#83
↑13Sofia#56
↑13Katelyn#85
↑13Nathaniel#71

Falling

↓27Adriana#95
↓18Karina#76
↓17Ana#91
↓16Jared#92
↓14Destiny#36
↓14Sara#80
↓14Cameron#79
↓13Valeria#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2001 rankings.