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Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 2007 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 497,695 California births in 2007 across 6,940 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#79Esmeralda#191 nationally
#83Alina#194 nationally
#74Alondra#184 nationally
#42Valerie#144 nationally
#67Daisy#167 nationally
#90Jazmin#185 nationally
#41Giselle#134 nationally
#74Fernando#157 nationally
#85Cesar#167 nationally
#85Karen#165 nationally
#72Francisco#151 nationally
#49Leslie#127 nationally

Girls

#1Emily2,964US #1
#2Isabella2,936US #2
#3Sophia2,604US #6
#4Ashley2,525US #13
#5Samantha2,378US #12
#6Mia2,063US #15
#7Natalie1,919US #17
#8Emma1,636US #3
#9Alyssa1,562US #14
#10Jocelyn1,517US #50
#11Elizabeth1,516US #10
#12Ava1,484US #4
#13Abigail1,429US #8
#14Kimberly1,409US #54
#15Madison1,356US #5
#16Olivia1,349US #7
#17Brianna1,333US #22
#18Sofia1,323US #36
#19Jasmine1,302US #32
#20Andrea1,271US #60
#21Vanessa1,216US #71
#22Hannah1,182US #9
#23Chloe1,172US #16
#24Alexa1,160US #40
#25Victoria1,143US #29
#26Valeria1,102US #98
#27Melanie1,093US #81
#28Evelyn1,078US #55
#29Hailey1,047US #23
#30Sarah1,036US #18
#31Jennifer1,035US #64
#32Alexis1,032US #19
#33Jessica1,028US #42
#34Angelina977US #58
#35Kayla976US #26
#36Maria958US #53
#37Stephanie944US #88
#38Grace938US #20
#39Michelle885US #94
#40Alexandra868US #49
#41Giselle867US #134
#42Valerie867US #144
#43Destiny865US #41
#44Audrey848US #51
#45Diana834US #106
#46Daniela808US #108
#47Ella803US #21
#48Ariana800US #73
#49Leslie785US #127
#50Savannah771US #30
#51Maya769US #62
#52Natalia761US #109
#53Lily753US #27
#54Katherine744US #39
#55Lauren744US #28
#56Ruby743US #116
#57Camila719US #129
#58Jacqueline708US #133
#59Isabel684US #87
#60Melissa682US #137
#61Nevaeh665US #31
#62Taylor659US #24
#63Allison654US #46
#64Nicole653US #86
#65Arianna648US #70
#66Julia645US #34
#67Daisy643US #167
#68Amy635US #119
#69Addison615US #11
#70Zoe610US #56
#71Kaylee608US #35
#72Genesis602US #140
#73Gabriela601US #118
#74Alondra590US #184
#75Angela590US #125
#76Briana590US #120
#77Sydney577US #37
#78Kaitlyn566US #44
#79Esmeralda560US #191
#80Gabriella554US #38
#81Brooke539US #45
#82Mariah526US #92
#83Alina523US #194
#84Amanda523US #111
#85Karen517US #165
#86Jade513US #113
#87Sophie510US #82
#88Madeline502US #61
#89Katelyn497US #75
#90Jazmin493US #185
#91Anna491US #25
#92Liliana487US #151
#93Naomi482US #121
#94Faith478US #74
#95Riley478US #52
#96Aaliyah475US #83
#97Sara470US #80
#98Adriana462US #115
#99Kylie460US #63
#100Rachel458US #59

Boys

#1Daniel3,870US #5
#2Anthony3,787US #7
#3Angel3,500US #34
#4David3,123US #12
#5Jacob3,123US #1
#6Andrew3,037US #10
#7Christopher2,980US #6
#8Joshua2,884US #4
#9Jose2,850US #35
#10Diego2,622US #58
#11Alexander2,608US #11
#12Matthew2,591US #9
#13Michael2,556US #2
#14Ethan2,514US #3
#15Jonathan2,507US #23
#16Nathan2,462US #24
#17Joseph2,313US #13
#18Brandon2,149US #31
#19Adrian2,148US #61
#20Kevin2,092US #39
#21Christian2,076US #22
#22Luis2,009US #60
#23Ryan1,982US #16
#24Isaac1,976US #41
#25Noah1,945US #14
#26Jesus1,883US #77
#27Gabriel1,880US #28
#28Juan1,857US #63
#29Dylan1,689US #29
#30Jayden1,665US #18
#31Carlos1,615US #70
#32Aaron1,609US #51
#33Julian1,589US #66
#34Isaiah1,533US #43
#35Nicholas1,518US #20
#36Samuel1,477US #25
#37James1,437US #15
#38William1,431US #8
#39Benjamin1,420US #26
#40Bryan1,416US #78
#41Aiden1,374US #27
#42Miguel1,362US #94
#43Elijah1,346US #30
#44Sebastian1,330US #73
#45Logan1,310US #17
#46Justin1,308US #45
#47Jason1,269US #59
#48Tyler1,224US #21
#49Alejandro1,211US #103
#50Jordan1,190US #44
#51John1,155US #19
#52Brian1,086US #81
#53Evan1,075US #40
#54Robert1,055US #47
#55Jack1,050US #38
#56Gavin1,042US #32
#57Victor1,033US #104
#58Eric1,020US #83
#59Ivan1,017US #127
#60Luke991US #46
#61Alex989US #72
#62Aidan984US #54
#63Jorge971US #128
#64Adam970US #65
#65Oscar959US #121
#66Lucas946US #53
#67Eduardo910US #143
#68Zachary886US #42
#69Caleb872US #36
#70Omar872US #132
#71Jesse870US #107
#72Francisco848US #151
#73Xavier836US #68
#74Fernando833US #157
#75Andres832US #152
#76Jackson815US #33
#77Nathaniel809US #82
#78Damian806US #137
#79Sean804US #76
#80Mason800US #37
#81Steven784US #97
#82Ricardo777US #146
#83Giovanni775US #134
#84Thomas768US #52
#85Cesar766US #167
#86Dominic758US #85
#87Ian746US #75
#88Antonio745US #95
#89Austin740US #48
#90Richard739US #101
#91Alan732US #130
#92Alexis723US #158
#93Jaden720US #74
#94Vincent717US #110
#95Manuel715US #169
#96Leonardo706US #164
#97Edgar705US #168
#98Jeremiah701US #67
#99Connor658US #55
#100Owen648US #56

On the move since 2006

Rising

↑36Jayden#30
↑31Camila#57
↑22Xavier#73
↑21Genesis#72
↑20Nevaeh#61
↑17Lily#53
↑15Jocelyn#10
↑15Andres#75

Falling

↓25Rachel#100
↓23Alexis#92
↓19Jazmin#90
↓19Adriana#98
↓18Mariah#82
↓17Julia#66
↓16Katelyn#89
↓16Alan#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2006 rankings.