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Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 2009 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 460,386 California births in 2009 across 6,835 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#85Delilah#190 nationally
#37Valerie#138 nationally
#100Alondraoutside the national top 200
#100Cesar#199 nationally
#40Giselle#134 nationally
#67Leslie#160 nationally
#82Andres#173 nationally
#88Fernando#179 nationally
#77Jacqueline#163 nationally
#98Francisco#183 nationally
#69Daisy#153 nationally
#82Diana#166 nationally

Girls

#1Isabella3,163US #1
#2Sophia2,663US #4
#3Emily2,540US #6
#4Mia2,106US #10
#5Samantha1,833US #14
#6Natalie1,741US #16
#7Emma1,714US #2
#8Ashley1,623US #20
#9Abigail1,564US #8
#10Olivia1,562US #3
#11Ava1,341US #5
#12Elizabeth1,309US #11
#13Chloe1,303US #9
#14Valeria1,257US #72
#15Sofia1,233US #36
#16Madison1,220US #7
#17Alyssa1,210US #19
#18Brianna1,191US #24
#19Kimberly1,123US #66
#20Andrea1,058US #73
#21Camila1,056US #80
#22Alexa1,029US #43
#23Victoria1,005US #31
#24Alexis985US #13
#25Evelyn982US #40
#26Allison973US #30
#27Jocelyn972US #71
#28Jasmine928US #51
#29Hailey916US #25
#30Kayla878US #35
#31Melanie878US #94
#32Grace843US #17
#33Genesis842US #83
#34Kaylee837US #26
#35Vanessa826US #91
#36Sarah823US #21
#37Valerie823US #138
#38Angelina810US #86
#39Audrey809US #49
#40Giselle809US #134
#41Ella799US #15
#42Destiny787US #56
#43Lily772US #18
#44Michelle760US #104
#45Leah751US #29
#46Maya740US #61
#47Maria731US #70
#48Zoe724US #47
#49Jessica720US #78
#50Stephanie718US #112
#51Bella701US #58
#52Hannah668US #23
#53Savannah662US #39
#54Arianna661US #52
#55Melissa661US #137
#56Ruby661US #108
#57Natalia656US #103
#58Jennifer641US #110
#59Ariana635US #82
#60Daniela629US #136
#61Alexandra619US #69
#62Katherine608US #60
#63Gabriella588US #33
#64Taylor578US #22
#65Isabel575US #109
#66Layla570US #45
#67Leslie570US #160
#68Nevaeh570US #34
#69Daisy565US #153
#70Aaliyah557US #63
#71Julia552US #50
#72Liliana552US #120
#73Addison544US #12
#74Sophie544US #65
#75Amy537US #130
#76Gianna531US #76
#77Jacqueline521US #163
#78Charlotte520US #68
#79Sydney512US #48
#80Angela508US #142
#81Makayla505US #44
#82Diana501US #166
#83Riley501US #38
#84Aubrey493US #41
#85Delilah488US #190
#86Lauren487US #46
#87Claire477US #53
#88Avery475US #32
#89Brooklyn471US #37
#90Nicole470US #119
#91Kaitlyn467US #67
#92Naomi467US #107
#93Mariah465US #88
#94Kylie460US #62
#95Katelyn458US #90
#96Madeline458US #64
#97Eva444US #99
#98Briana429US #151
#99Khloe426US #95
#100Alondra424

Boys

#1Daniel3,396US #7
#2Anthony3,089US #11
#3Angel3,006US #37
#4Jacob2,976US #1
#5Alexander2,885US #4
#6Ethan2,675US #2
#7David2,624US #14
#8Andrew2,587US #16
#9Matthew2,425US #13
#10Joshua2,412US #6
#11Christopher2,396US #10
#12Michael2,350US #3
#13Nathan2,347US #25
#14Jayden2,266US #8
#15Jose2,175US #43
#16Adrian2,101US #59
#17Joseph2,093US #15
#18Jonathan2,065US #29
#19Noah2,052US #9
#20Isaac1,857US #40
#21Aiden1,805US #12
#22Christian1,766US #23
#23Julian1,761US #62
#24Diego1,749US #76
#25Brandon1,720US #38
#26Gabriel1,653US #22
#27Ryan1,631US #20
#28Kevin1,629US #44
#29Jesus1,597US #78
#30Dylan1,588US #30
#31Juan1,588US #67
#32Aaron1,528US #54
#33Luis1,515US #69
#34Benjamin1,480US #19
#35Isaiah1,467US #41
#36William1,457US #5
#37Samuel1,393US #24
#38Elijah1,386US #21
#39Logan1,378US #17
#40Carlos1,316US #79
#41James1,299US #18
#42Sebastian1,267US #70
#43Nicholas1,257US #32
#44Evan1,205US #35
#45Miguel1,167US #100
#46Justin1,133US #46
#47Jason1,068US #66
#48Bryan1,049US #92
#49John1,032US #26
#50Tyler1,024US #28
#51Jordan1,019US #45
#52Damian1,017US #127
#53Lucas989US #39
#54Eduardo965US #128
#55Gavin933US #33
#56Caleb932US #31
#57Robert930US #55
#58Alejandro902US #121
#59Jack889US #42
#60Luke888US #47
#61Ivan860US #136
#62Santiago842US #130
#63Mason837US #34
#64Adam836US #74
#65Jackson836US #27
#66Liam836US #49
#67Alex829US #83
#68Brian792US #94
#69Victor789US #117
#70Ian783US #73
#71Xavier783US #68
#72Zachary779US #53
#73Oscar776US #131
#74Jesse765US #112
#75Eric753US #95
#76Dominic747US #81
#77Jeremiah732US #65
#78Nathaniel730US #75
#79Aidan706US #72
#80Jorge704US #155
#81Connor700US #52
#82Andres682US #173
#83Giovanni675US #133
#84Leonardo660US #164
#85Henry656US #71
#86Alan655US #142
#87Austin653US #63
#88Fernando650US #179
#89Josiah645US #86
#90Wyatt641US #60
#91Steven633US #106
#92Omar631US #154
#93Thomas631US #57
#94Ricardo620US #170
#95Landon616US #36
#96Antonio612US #105
#97Owen610US #51
#98Francisco608US #183
#99Joel601US #116
#100Cesar594US #199

On the move since 2008

Rising

↑33Santiago#62
↑23Kaylee#34
↑23Leah#45
↑22Aaliyah#70
↑21Liliana#72
↑17Charlotte#78
↑16Mason#63
↑16Jeremiah#77

Falling

↓30Ricardo#94
↓28Lauren#86
↓27Mariah#93
↓25Aidan#79
↓24Cesar#100
↓19Nicole#90
↓18Alondra#100
↓17Omar#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2008 rankings.