State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 2005 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 484,562 California births in 2005 across 6,579 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#77Esmeraldaoutside the national top 200
#85Alejandraoutside the national top 200
#88Brendaoutside the national top 200
#55Giselle#166 nationally
#61Valerie#167 nationally
#95Karinaoutside the national top 200
#98Karlaoutside the national top 200
#87Crystal#187 nationally
#53Daisy#150 nationally
#89Jazmin#186 nationally
#73Cesar#163 nationally
#48Valeria#137 nationally

Girls

#1Emily3,283US #1
#2Ashley2,785US #10
#3Samantha2,504US #8
#4Isabella2,356US #6
#5Mia2,186US #17
#6Natalie2,058US #18
#7Sophia1,897US #12
#8Emma1,642US #2
#9Alyssa1,625US #16
#10Madison1,529US #3
#11Jasmine1,526US #29
#12Elizabeth1,498US #11
#13Jessica1,422US #27
#14Kimberly1,399US #63
#15Abigail1,381US #4
#16Brianna1,358US #20
#17Jennifer1,297US #42
#18Ava1,233US #9
#19Sarah1,232US #15
#20Alexis1,225US #13
#21Hannah1,219US #7
#22Andrea1,203US #65
#23Angelina1,187US #43
#24Stephanie1,156US #64
#25Vanessa1,154US #80
#26Sofia1,146US #52
#27Olivia1,139US #5
#28Victoria1,114US #28
#29Grace1,102US #14
#30Kayla1,091US #25
#31Michelle1,078US #74
#32Maria1,075US #46
#33Evelyn1,028US #71
#34Destiny1,004US #32
#35Chloe959US #19
#36Hailey955US #26
#37Leslie950US #103
#38Alexandra946US #37
#39Jocelyn928US #87
#40Lauren913US #21
#41Alondra904US #120
#42Nicole883US #56
#43Diana871US #100
#44Katherine847US #36
#45Alexa845US #66
#46Melissa835US #104
#47Melanie820US #92
#48Valeria789US #137
#49Ella780US #23
#50Ariana779US #82
#51Jacqueline779US #116
#52Julia774US #31
#53Daisy757US #150
#54Savannah747US #35
#55Giselle746US #166
#56Maya720US #73
#57Daniela713US #122
#58Sydney706US #30
#59Isabel704US #89
#60Taylor697US #24
#61Valerie689US #167
#62Natalia687US #123
#63Mariah643US #85
#64Kaitlyn641US #34
#65Amy638US #111
#66Rachel636US #38
#67Ruby633US #130
#68Amanda617US #79
#69Angela617US #113
#70Faith614US #49
#71Audrey610US #77
#72Lily609US #39
#73Genesis595US #155
#74Gabriela589US #115
#75Katelyn582US #59
#76Allison580US #45
#77Esmeralda575
#78Zoe570US #58
#79Arianna559US #88
#80Kaylee554US #40
#81Kylie551US #57
#82Megan543US #41
#83Marissa542US #91
#84Anna529US #22
#85Alejandra525
#86Brooke515US #47
#87Crystal513US #187
#88Brenda504
#89Jazmin504US #186
#90Mariana497US #165
#91Karen494US #164
#92Adriana493US #121
#93Briana492US #126
#94Trinity486US #48
#95Karina480
#96Makayla478US #44
#97Ana477US #147
#98Karla477
#99Jade476US #114
#100Gabriella473US #61

Boys

#1Daniel3,915US #7
#2Anthony3,749US #8
#3Angel3,519US #32
#4David3,274US #12
#5Joshua3,217US #3
#6Jose3,197US #30
#7Andrew3,167US #6
#8Jacob3,114US #1
#9Matthew2,880US #4
#10Michael2,775US #2
#11Jonathan2,637US #19
#12Christopher2,597US #10
#13Joseph2,554US #9
#14Alexander2,469US #13
#15Nathan2,405US #20
#16Ethan2,361US #5
#17Ryan2,342US #14
#18Diego2,305US #62
#19Juan2,216US #55
#20Kevin2,191US #33
#21Brandon2,121US #27
#22Christian2,014US #22
#23Luis2,002US #59
#24Gabriel1,956US #28
#25Jesus1,955US #73
#26Adrian1,942US #65
#27Isaac1,825US #49
#28Nicholas1,822US #15
#29Carlos1,671US #70
#30Dylan1,670US #24
#31Noah1,594US #23
#32Tyler1,557US #16
#33Samuel1,528US #21
#34Bryan1,486US #72
#35James1,474US #17
#36Isaiah1,460US #45
#37Julian1,454US #74
#38Benjamin1,451US #25
#39William1,439US #11
#40John1,347US #18
#41Aaron1,318US #57
#42Justin1,294US #36
#43Alejandro1,292US #97
#44Miguel1,290US #93
#45Jason1,279US #51
#46Brian1,273US #63
#47Elijah1,242US #31
#48Jack1,182US #34
#49Robert1,167US #37
#50Eric1,162US #66
#51Aidan1,109US #43
#52Sebastian1,065US #86
#53Logan1,064US #26
#54Jordan1,045US #46
#55Victor1,028US #105
#56Evan1,022US #39
#57Zachary1,021US #29
#58Jorge1,013US #118
#59Luke1,007US #41
#60Eduardo996US #129
#61Alex984US #71
#62Ivan983US #126
#63Oscar968US #117
#64Jesse935US #89
#65Adam895US #64
#66Steven892US #83
#67Alexis873US #132
#68Nathaniel865US #67
#69Aiden857US #50
#70Lucas856US #58
#71Francisco852US #144
#72Gavin852US #47
#73Cesar838US #163
#74Thomas827US #40
#75Kyle812US #69
#76Manuel805US #153
#77Omar795US #135
#78Antonio793US #92
#79Andres786US #160
#80Ricardo783US #157
#81Richard783US #94
#82Jayden780US #54
#83Caleb767US #35
#84Alan765US #128
#85Fernando759US #170
#86Ian759US #68
#87Sean754US #75
#88Austin724US #38
#89Mason711US #42
#90Edgar710US #168
#91Dominic697US #85
#92Hector685US #167
#93Giovanni678US #158
#94Cristian674US #142
#95Jackson664US #44
#96Vincent651US #111
#97Javier639US #164
#98Damian628US #156
#99Leonardo626US #186
#100Erick623US #181

On the move since 2004

Rising

↑26Ava#18
↑21Valeria#48
↑19Lucas#70
↑18Noah#31
↑18Jayden#82
↑17Natalia#62
↑16Mia#5
↑15Ruby#67

Falling

↓22Briana#93
↓20Megan#82
↓20Alexis#67
↓15Karla#98
↓15Sean#87
↓14Kylie#81
↓13Gabriela#74
↓12Adriana#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2004 rankings.