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Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 2006 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 495,056 California births in 2006 across 6,775 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#83Esmeraldaoutside the national top 200
#55Giselle#168 nationally
#60Alondra#171 nationally
#92Crystaloutside the national top 200
#97Guadalupeoutside the national top 200
#99Fatimaoutside the national top 200
#100Karlaoutside the national top 200
#88Camila#180 nationally
#90Jasmin#182 nationally
#84Karen#173 nationally
#62Daisy#149 nationally
#42Valerie#127 nationally

Girls

#1Emily3,104US #1
#2Isabella2,802US #4
#3Ashley2,606US #12
#4Mia2,454US #13
#5Samantha2,351US #10
#6Natalie2,227US #17
#7Sophia1,983US #9
#8Emma1,546US #2
#9Abigail1,482US #6
#10Ava1,473US #5
#11Madison1,442US #3
#12Elizabeth1,430US #11
#13Alyssa1,401US #19
#14Kimberly1,400US #58
#15Brianna1,398US #20
#16Jasmine1,387US #29
#17Andrea1,316US #59
#18Jessica1,264US #32
#19Alexa1,242US #39
#20Olivia1,216US #7
#21Hannah1,214US #8
#22Valeria1,206US #91
#23Sarah1,166US #15
#24Angelina1,161US #49
#25Jocelyn1,146US #73
#26Jennifer1,144US #51
#27Alexis1,128US #14
#28Victoria1,090US #27
#29Chloe1,089US #18
#30Vanessa1,072US #79
#31Stephanie1,064US #70
#32Sofia1,060US #55
#33Michelle1,038US #81
#34Evelyn1,023US #65
#35Maria1,018US #46
#36Kayla1,007US #26
#37Melanie994US #85
#38Grace989US #16
#39Destiny980US #36
#40Alexandra968US #40
#41Hailey944US #25
#42Valerie931US #127
#43Leslie910US #108
#44Natalia899US #94
#45Maya874US #57
#46Lauren835US #24
#47Ariana832US #78
#48Katherine825US #37
#49Julia807US #31
#50Savannah790US #30
#51Melissa785US #117
#52Isabel784US #87
#53Ella763US #21
#54Diana762US #120
#55Giselle756US #168
#56Nicole747US #74
#57Jacqueline725US #118
#58Audrey705US #69
#59Daniela694US #132
#60Alondra686US #171
#61Taylor686US #23
#62Daisy670US #149
#63Angela668US #114
#64Mariah637US #82
#65Kaitlyn631US #41
#66Gabriela628US #109
#67Ruby628US #137
#68Sydney622US #34
#69Arianna616US #76
#70Lily613US #33
#71Jazmin582US #155
#72Allison581US #47
#73Katelyn570US #61
#74Zoe562US #54
#75Rachel560US #48
#76Amy553US #128
#77Kaylee551US #42
#78Liliana550US #151
#79Adriana547US #107
#80Amanda544US #100
#81Nevaeh532US #43
#82Briana528US #123
#83Esmeralda520
#84Karen520US #173
#85Gabriella519US #50
#86Brooke512US #44
#87Faith512US #62
#88Camila506US #180
#89Sara499US #72
#90Jasmin494US #182
#91Megan490US #60
#92Crystal484
#93Genesis483US #169
#94Jade482US #111
#95Gianna479US #98
#96Kylie478US #67
#97Guadalupe476
#98Mariana469US #176
#99Fatima467
#100Karla460

Boys

#1Daniel3,831US #6
#2Anthony3,776US #9
#3Angel3,691US #31
#4Jacob3,202US #1
#5David3,158US #13
#6Andrew3,128US #7
#7Jose3,097US #30
#8Joshua3,032US #3
#9Christopher2,874US #8
#10Matthew2,755US #5
#11Diego2,753US #56
#12Michael2,724US #2
#13Jonathan2,642US #22
#14Alexander2,498US #12
#15Nathan2,452US #23
#16Ethan2,398US #4
#17Joseph2,379US #11
#18Christian2,207US #21
#19Adrian2,120US #63
#20Luis2,087US #62
#21Juan2,075US #61
#22Brandon2,067US #27
#23Ryan2,063US #14
#24Kevin2,046US #37
#25Jesus1,933US #74
#26Gabriel1,873US #28
#27Isaac1,863US #48
#28Noah1,844US #15
#29Carlos1,693US #70
#30Nicholas1,673US #17
#31Dylan1,651US #26
#32Isaiah1,558US #39
#33Samuel1,551US #25
#34William1,506US #10
#35Julian1,486US #65
#36Benjamin1,469US #24
#37Bryan1,469US #66
#38Tyler1,433US #18
#39James1,413US #16
#40Sebastian1,352US #76
#41John1,340US #19
#42Miguel1,332US #89
#43Aaron1,318US #57
#44Elijah1,317US #29
#45Justin1,316US #45
#46Logan1,273US #20
#47Brian1,261US #72
#48Alejandro1,255US #96
#49Jason1,253US #55
#50Aiden1,214US #32
#51Jordan1,138US #46
#52Jack1,136US #36
#53Aidan1,121US #44
#54Robert1,121US #47
#55Victor1,083US #104
#56Eric1,059US #77
#57Eduardo1,033US #126
#58Jorge1,025US #120
#59Oscar1,017US #118
#60Evan1,009US #42
#61Alex1,004US #67
#62Ivan1,002US #127
#63Adam990US #64
#64Luke978US #43
#65Gavin964US #38
#66Jayden951US #49
#67Zachary916US #33
#68Nathaniel905US #69
#69Alexis885US #130
#70Lucas879US #59
#71Jesse868US #102
#72Fernando848US #151
#73Steven847US #90
#74Omar845US #131
#75Alan842US #122
#76Francisco832US #156
#77Ricardo830US #152
#78Sean823US #68
#79Caleb822US #34
#80Thomas817US #51
#81Dominic811US #85
#82Austin804US #41
#83Mason804US #40
#84Antonio775US #94
#85Jackson772US #35
#86Damian765US #137
#87Giovanni761US #147
#88Manuel757US #165
#89Kyle754US #81
#90Andres753US #161
#91Vincent739US #107
#92Cesar738US #169
#93Richard718US #99
#94Edgar710US #171
#95Xavier704US #78
#96Cristian700US #134
#97Javier666US #163
#98Owen665US #58
#99Hector664US #175
#100Ian662US #80

On the move since 2005

Rising

↑26Alexa#19
↑26Valeria#22
↑19Valerie#42
↑19Aiden#50
↑18Natalia#44
↑18Jazmin#71
↑16Jayden#66
↑15Gabriella#85

Falling

↓20Genesis#93
↓19Alondra#60
↓19Cesar#92
↓17Faith#87
↓15Kylie#96
↓14Nicole#56
↓14Kyle#89
↓14Ian#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2005 rankings.