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Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 2004 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 480,940 California births in 2004 across 6,417 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#75Esmeraldaoutside the national top 200
#63Valerie#180 nationally
#65Giselle#182 nationally
#83Karla#196 nationally
#88Alejandraoutside the national top 200
#89Celesteoutside the national top 200
#92Brendaoutside the national top 200
#69Valeria#174 nationally
#49Alondra#153 nationally
#99Sergiooutside the national top 200
#80Edgar#171 nationally
#91Jasmin#181 nationally

Girls

#1Emily3,417US #1
#2Ashley2,927US #8
#3Samantha2,494US #9
#4Isabella2,448US #7
#5Natalie1,947US #19
#6Alyssa1,815US #14
#7Emma1,757US #2
#8Sophia1,719US #15
#9Jessica1,710US #21
#10Jasmine1,662US #26
#11Elizabeth1,601US #10
#12Madison1,580US #3
#13Jennifer1,485US #39
#14Alexis1,469US #11
#15Kimberly1,464US #61
#16Andrea1,377US #57
#17Abigail1,322US #6
#18Hannah1,322US #5
#19Sarah1,319US #12
#20Vanessa1,301US #75
#21Mia1,278US #30
#22Stephanie1,247US #55
#23Brianna1,223US #17
#24Olivia1,160US #4
#25Michelle1,155US #66
#26Kayla1,151US #18
#27Grace1,146US #13
#28Leslie1,142US #93
#29Maria1,095US #42
#30Victoria1,081US #28
#31Jocelyn1,057US #85
#32Diana1,018US #90
#33Lauren1,008US #16
#34Sofia1,003US #69
#35Alexandra969US #37
#36Angelina960US #60
#37Hailey959US #24
#38Katherine956US #35
#39Nicole944US #43
#40Destiny932US #38
#41Melissa921US #98
#42Evelyn917US #84
#43Chloe865US #23
#44Ava849US #25
#45Melanie825US #89
#46Jacqueline809US #108
#47Ariana791US #79
#48Julia789US #32
#49Alondra780US #153
#50Taylor778US #22
#51Daniela777US #118
#52Alexa775US #72
#53Sydney753US #27
#54Isabel744US #88
#55Kaitlyn740US #33
#56Rachel726US #34
#57Daisy714US #144
#58Ella714US #29
#59Amanda710US #67
#60Angela703US #105
#61Gabriela677US #110
#62Megan677US #36
#63Valerie665US #180
#64Maya663US #83
#65Giselle660US #182
#66Savannah659US #41
#67Kylie633US #49
#68Amy621US #106
#69Valeria620US #174
#70Audrey599US #80
#71Briana599US #120
#72Allison591US #40
#73Anna586US #20
#74Faith584US #52
#75Esmeralda579
#76Marissa579US #78
#77Arianna571US #86
#78Lily570US #53
#79Natalia570US #142
#80Adriana565US #119
#81Crystal561US #163
#82Ruby554US #158
#83Karla552US #196
#84Karen548US #155
#85Mariana541US #171
#86Katelyn535US #59
#87Zoe533US #54
#88Alejandra523
#89Celeste522
#90Angelica510US #176
#91Jasmin507US #181
#92Brenda505
#93Kaylee500US #50
#94Brooke499US #46
#95Jazmin497US #185
#96Haley496US #44
#97Sara496US #68
#98Trinity489US #48
#99Danielle488US #91
#100Jade479US #109

Boys

#1Daniel4,170US #7
#2Anthony3,809US #11
#3Andrew3,492US #6
#4Jose3,386US #28
#5Jacob3,340US #1
#6Joshua3,301US #3
#7David3,267US #14
#8Angel3,212US #44
#9Michael2,873US #2
#10Matthew2,864US #4
#11Christopher2,771US #10
#12Jonathan2,558US #21
#13Ryan2,519US #12
#14Alexander2,458US #15
#15Joseph2,449US #9
#16Ethan2,371US #5
#17Nathan2,306US #20
#18Brandon2,209US #22
#19Kevin2,131US #34
#20Juan2,116US #54
#21Christian2,042US #24
#22Nicholas2,007US #13
#23Diego1,991US #73
#24Jesus1,990US #70
#25Luis1,971US #57
#26Adrian1,830US #72
#27Dylan1,764US #19
#28Gabriel1,743US #32
#29Isaac1,739US #46
#30Carlos1,648US #71
#31William1,623US #8
#32Bryan1,619US #65
#33Tyler1,564US #16
#34James1,517US #18
#35Benjamin1,495US #25
#36Justin1,479US #30
#37Samuel1,461US #23
#38John1,423US #17
#39Isaiah1,415US #45
#40Jason1,396US #47
#41Julian1,366US #74
#42Brian1,348US #59
#43Elijah1,332US #31
#44Miguel1,316US #96
#45Alejandro1,277US #99
#46Aaron1,250US #53
#47Alexis1,214US #103
#48Robert1,212US #36
#49Noah1,211US #29
#50Eric1,193US #61
#51Aidan1,173US #40
#52Zachary1,163US #26
#53Victor1,109US #102
#54Evan1,061US #39
#55Jack1,056US #42
#56Eduardo1,036US #126
#57Alex1,029US #63
#58Ivan1,013US #117
#59Adam996US #58
#60Jordan995US #43
#61Logan993US #27
#62Jorge988US #118
#63Oscar969US #123
#64Jesse959US #94
#65Kyle946US #55
#66Sebastian936US #97
#67Luke933US #41
#68Steven923US #78
#69Cesar877US #158
#70Thomas867US #37
#71Francisco858US #147
#72Sean849US #64
#73Nathaniel839US #68
#74Ricardo824US #144
#75Fernando820US #155
#76Antonio814US #93
#77Richard812US #92
#78Austin776US #35
#79Ian772US #69
#80Edgar771US #171
#81Andres768US #170
#82Gavin762US #52
#83Caleb747US #33
#84Aiden742US #60
#85Cristian738US #139
#86Manuel730US #168
#87Omar714US #148
#88Alan712US #132
#89Lucas711US #66
#90Connor706US #38
#91Dominic701US #91
#92Jackson668US #48
#93Mason667US #51
#94Vincent659US #121
#95Erick648US #180
#96Javier645US #159
#97Owen638US #67
#98Jake636US #98
#99Sergio621
#100Jayden606US #62

On the move since 2003

Rising

↑33Alexis#47
↑31Ella#58
↑22Marissa#76
↑21Ava#44
↑19Sofia#34
↑13Allison#72
↑12Ariana#47
↑12Aiden#84

Falling

↓16Angelica#90
↓16Haley#96
↓15Karen#84
↓13Sara#97
↓12Gabriela#61
↓12Connor#90
↓11Sebastian#66
↓10Evelyn#42

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2003 rankings.