State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 2003 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 477,687 California births in 2003 across 6,248 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#79Esmeraldaoutside the national top 200
#62Giselle#180 nationally
#56Alondra#168 nationally
#75Valeria#185 nationally
#87Alejandra#197 nationally
#93Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#66Valerie#171 nationally
#72Karina#169 nationally
#94Sergio#191 nationally
#77Cesar#169 nationally
#98Hector#189 nationally
#58Lizbeth#146 nationally

Girls

#1Emily3,416US #1
#2Ashley2,732US #8
#3Samantha2,578US #10
#4Isabella2,192US #12
#5Alyssa1,927US #14
#6Emma1,845US #2
#7Natalie1,827US #23
#8Jessica1,762US #18
#9Jennifer1,699US #31
#10Elizabeth1,671US #9
#11Jasmine1,614US #27
#12Alexis1,578US #7
#13Sophia1,545US #20
#14Madison1,469US #3
#15Sarah1,428US #11
#16Kimberly1,419US #64
#17Hannah1,396US #4
#18Vanessa1,333US #70
#19Stephanie1,332US #49
#20Andrea1,322US #60
#21Brianna1,297US #17
#22Abigail1,270US #6
#23Michelle1,237US #62
#24Maria1,232US #42
#25Mia1,229US #36
#26Olivia1,219US #5
#27Victoria1,219US #22
#28Kayla1,192US #16
#29Leslie1,141US #91
#30Grace1,131US #13
#31Lauren1,083US #15
#32Evelyn977US #88
#33Nicole966US #40
#34Katherine962US #35
#35Melissa962US #96
#36Jocelyn932US #87
#37Jacqueline919US #100
#38Diana911US #108
#39Destiny902US #37
#40Alexandra889US #38
#41Chloe881US #24
#42Hailey881US #26
#43Daniela879US #112
#44Angelina864US #71
#45Sydney844US #25
#46Julia835US #33
#47Taylor819US #19
#48Isabel812US #83
#49Gabriela808US #102
#50Amanda792US #54
#51Melanie790US #93
#52Rachel789US #28
#53Sofia783US #97
#54Alexa780US #67
#55Daisy776US #136
#56Alondra723US #168
#57Angela719US #104
#58Lizbeth719US #146
#59Ariana713US #85
#60Maya713US #84
#61Megan713US #30
#62Giselle703US #180
#63Savannah692US #41
#64Kaitlyn684US #32
#65Ava637US #39
#66Valerie620US #171
#67Faith614US #50
#68Audrey610US #78
#69Karen608US #141
#70Amy600US #120
#71Kylie598US #52
#72Karina589US #169
#73Natalia585US #148
#74Angelica583US #152
#75Valeria579US #185
#76Arianna577US #86
#77Anna576US #21
#78Zoe573US #57
#79Esmeralda572
#80Haley569US #34
#81Briana568US #114
#82Adriana565US #121
#83Jordan558US #48
#84Sara552US #65
#85Allison545US #46
#86Brooke540US #43
#87Alejandra538US #197
#88Crystal538US #166
#89Ella532US #44
#90Rebecca532US #63
#91Katelyn530US #58
#92Kaylee518US #53
#93Guadalupe517
#94Karla513US #179
#95Ana510US #129
#96Kelly507US #125
#97Jade506US #101
#98Marissa506US #95
#99Trinity505US #56
#100Sierra495US #73

Boys

#1Daniel4,033US #8
#2Anthony3,935US #10
#3Andrew3,458US #5
#4Jose3,379US #30
#5Jacob3,369US #1
#6David3,354US #14
#7Joshua3,222US #3
#8Angel3,220US #47
#9Michael3,110US #2
#10Matthew2,986US #4
#11Christopher2,777US #9
#12Joseph2,733US #6
#13Jonathan2,723US #22
#14Ryan2,567US #13
#15Alexander2,361US #16
#16Brandon2,360US #21
#17Kevin2,277US #32
#18Ethan2,241US #7
#19Nathan2,127US #26
#20Juan2,081US #55
#21Luis2,067US #60
#22Christian2,066US #25
#23Nicholas2,017US #12
#24Gabriel1,978US #29
#25Jesus1,878US #67
#26Justin1,764US #27
#27Diego1,741US #83
#28Adrian1,726US #68
#29Dylan1,701US #19
#30Bryan1,694US #64
#31Isaac1,623US #48
#32Carlos1,604US #66
#33Jason1,602US #42
#34Tyler1,579US #15
#35William1,572US #11
#36James1,513US #18
#37Benjamin1,491US #24
#38Samuel1,467US #23
#39John1,444US #17
#40Brian1,367US #59
#41Julian1,366US #77
#42Aaron1,350US #50
#43Robert1,337US #35
#44Miguel1,329US #95
#45Isaiah1,327US #49
#46Alejandro1,317US #100
#47Noah1,302US #31
#48Zachary1,283US #20
#49Eric1,281US #56
#50Elijah1,228US #37
#51Aidan1,194US #39
#52Victor1,138US #96
#53Jordan1,078US #38
#54Jorge1,052US #116
#55Sebastian1,021US #93
#56Eduardo1,017US #129
#57Kyle1,017US #53
#58Jack1,008US #45
#59Alex1,006US #62
#60Adam981US #58
#61Steven953US #70
#62Oscar951US #122
#63Evan927US #44
#64Ivan916US #127
#65Logan913US #28
#66Thomas901US #36
#67Francisco881US #147
#68Jesse878US #94
#69Luke869US #46
#70Sean869US #61
#71Nathaniel846US #63
#72Fernando834US #157
#73Ricardo828US #148
#74Austin822US #33
#75Antonio815US #92
#76Richard813US #86
#77Cesar777US #169
#78Connor777US #43
#79Gavin772US #51
#80Alexis771US #150
#81Alan766US #131
#82Ian761US #65
#83Dominic760US #81
#84Caleb757US #34
#85Andres742US #171
#86Edgar716US #172
#87Omar714US #151
#88Manuel703US #174
#89Cameron701US #40
#90Cristian679US #145
#91Vincent673US #117
#92Jackson661US #52
#93Lucas641US #71
#94Sergio641US #191
#95Javier637US #161
#96Aiden632US #73
#97Mario629US #168
#98Hector623US #189
#99Jake620US #98
#100Erick618US #186

On the move since 2002

Rising

↑26Giselle#62
↑26Natalia#73
↑22Evan#63
↑21Kylie#71
↑20Gavin#79
↑18Audrey#68
↑16Aidan#51
↑15Faith#67

Falling

↓27Sierra#100
↓23Megan#61
↓22Crystal#88
↓19Rebecca#90
↓14Austin#74
↓13Anna#77
↓13Alejandra#87
↓13Andres#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2002 rankings.