State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 2008 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 483,459 California births in 2008 across 6,868 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#82Alondraoutside the national top 200
#31Valerie#135 nationally
#90Delilah#193 nationally
#99Jazminoutside the national top 200
#36Giselle#136 nationally
#69Daisy#161 nationally
#56Leslie#147 nationally
#76Cesar#166 nationally
#65Jacqueline#153 nationally
#100Karen#187 nationally
#72Andres#158 nationally
#64Ricardo#149 nationally

Girls

#1Isabella2,789US #2
#2Emily2,781US #3
#3Sophia2,571US #7
#4Samantha2,262US #11
#5Ashley2,042US #18
#6Natalie1,881US #13
#7Mia1,851US #14
#8Emma1,744US #1
#9Abigail1,575US #8
#10Ava1,468US #5
#11Olivia1,421US #4
#12Elizabeth1,420US #9
#13Madison1,413US #6
#14Valeria1,377US #73
#15Alyssa1,364US #16
#16Chloe1,352US #10
#17Sofia1,333US #36
#18Kimberly1,317US #57
#19Brianna1,237US #23
#20Victoria1,149US #27
#21Andrea1,114US #72
#22Camila1,095US #83
#23Jocelyn1,089US #67
#24Jasmine1,045US #43
#25Vanessa1,029US #78
#26Alexa1,014US #50
#27Evelyn993US #54
#28Kayla988US #28
#29Alexis985US #15
#30Hailey985US #25
#31Valerie971US #135
#32Sarah967US #20
#33Melanie906US #85
#34Audrey893US #44
#35Genesis883US #95
#36Giselle877US #136
#37Jessica853US #59
#38Hannah849US #17
#39Allison844US #32
#40Angelina843US #69
#41Grace839US #21
#42Maria816US #63
#43Lily813US #24
#44Destiny811US #47
#45Stephanie809US #105
#46Jennifer808US #84
#47Michelle797US #101
#48Ella779US #19
#49Maya745US #71
#50Natalia742US #107
#51Ariana729US #81
#52Savannah729US #33
#53Alexandra726US #61
#54Daniela718US #121
#55Katherine718US #45
#56Leslie693US #147
#57Kaylee679US #31
#58Lauren672US #30
#59Ruby671US #113
#60Melissa659US #134
#61Zoe651US #58
#62Isabel640US #97
#63Arianna624US #66
#64Taylor620US #22
#65Jacqueline616US #153
#66Mariah613US #77
#67Diana607US #138
#68Leah605US #40
#69Daisy604US #161
#70Julia602US #41
#71Nicole601US #106
#72Gabriella587US #35
#73Nevaeh571US #34
#74Addison557US #12
#75Amy557US #133
#76Kaitlyn549US #53
#77Sophie545US #75
#78Gabriela539US #131
#79Gianna525US #88
#80Angela521US #132
#81Layla513US #55
#82Alondra511
#83Kylie499US #51
#84Madeline498US #56
#85Makayla494US #37
#86Brooke490US #52
#87Aubrey489US #42
#88Briana489US #146
#89Sydney486US #49
#90Delilah484US #193
#91Riley484US #39
#92Aaliyah481US #76
#93Liliana478US #150
#94Naomi477US #119
#95Charlotte473US #86
#96Claire464US #62
#97Katelyn460US #80
#98Brooklyn455US #48
#99Jazmin447
#100Karen444US #187

Boys

#1Daniel3,757US #5
#2Anthony3,640US #7
#3Angel3,172US #36
#4Jacob3,029US #1
#5David2,917US #14
#6Alexander2,890US #6
#7Andrew2,828US #12
#8Joshua2,764US #4
#9Christopher2,609US #9
#10Jose2,573US #40
#11Matthew2,545US #10
#12Nathan2,528US #21
#13Ethan2,521US #3
#14Michael2,521US #2
#15Jonathan2,314US #26
#16Joseph2,215US #13
#17Diego2,145US #69
#18Adrian2,138US #56
#19Jayden2,057US #11
#20Brandon2,021US #33
#21Isaac1,969US #37
#22Noah1,942US #15
#23Kevin1,915US #41
#24Christian1,889US #23
#25Ryan1,842US #18
#26Aiden1,793US #16
#27Luis1,787US #64
#28Julian1,783US #61
#29Juan1,723US #66
#30Jesus1,696US #79
#31Gabriel1,675US #24
#32Aaron1,564US #50
#33Dylan1,552US #31
#34Carlos1,537US #73
#35Isaiah1,518US #42
#36William1,477US #8
#37Benjamin1,430US #25
#38Nicholas1,418US #29
#39James1,413US #17
#40Samuel1,385US #27
#41Elijah1,370US #22
#42Sebastian1,307US #74
#43Justin1,276US #44
#44Miguel1,253US #101
#45Bryan1,250US #82
#46Logan1,225US #19
#47Jason1,180US #60
#48Tyler1,179US #28
#49John1,144US #20
#50Alejandro1,115US #105
#51Evan1,114US #38
#52Jordan1,111US #48
#53Gavin1,070US #30
#54Aidan1,033US #59
#55Robert1,001US #49
#56Jack984US #39
#57Luke951US #43
#58Oscar926US #120
#59Damian922US #133
#60Lucas916US #46
#61Victor910US #112
#62Brian902US #87
#63Ivan901US #132
#64Ricardo876US #149
#65Adam866US #72
#66Jorge865US #138
#67Eric863US #86
#68Caleb849US #34
#69Eduardo835US #142
#70Alex825US #84
#71Zachary810US #47
#72Andres806US #158
#73Jackson797US #32
#74Xavier791US #71
#75Omar776US #144
#76Cesar768US #166
#77Jesse765US #110
#78Nathaniel765US #77
#79Mason764US #35
#80Alan749US #135
#81Steven735US #104
#82Ian733US #80
#83Dominic721US #93
#84Sean708US #83
#85Francisco702US #170
#86Giovanni702US #140
#87Thomas698US #52
#88Fernando697US #164
#89Antonio695US #102
#90Joel681US #113
#91Richard680US #108
#92Austin677US #55
#93Jeremiah661US #68
#94Emmanuel653US #145
#95Santiago648US #171
#96Alexis645US #169
#97Henry645US #78
#98Leonardo637US #168
#99Jaden630US #88
#100Josiah625US #95

On the move since 2007

Rising

↑37Genesis#35
↑35Camila#22
↑24Allison#39
↑19Damian#59
↑18Ricardo#64
↑16Mariah#66
↑16Kylie#83
↑15Aiden#26

Falling

↓22Diana#67
↓16Hannah#38
↓15Jennifer#46
↓15Karen#100
↓14Fernando#88
↓13Jocelyn#23
↓13Alexandra#53
↓13Francisco#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2007 rankings.