State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 2010 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 444,727 California births in 2010 across 6,731 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#40Valerie#149 nationally
#92Francisco#197 nationally
#95Leslie#199 nationally
#84Delilah#187 nationally
#49Giselle#147 nationally
#87Andres#181 nationally
#96Fernando#189 nationally
#83Jorge#169 nationally
#66Daisy#151 nationally
#72Melissa#156 nationally
#89Jacqueline#171 nationally
#74Eduardo#154 nationally

Girls

#1Isabella3,372US #1
#2Sophia3,363US #2
#3Emily2,392US #6
#4Mia2,019US #10
#5Emma1,784US #3
#6Samantha1,676US #15
#7Olivia1,639US #4
#8Abigail1,622US #7
#9Natalie1,479US #14
#10Ava1,411US #5
#11Sofia1,401US #28
#12Chloe1,371US #9
#13Ashley1,315US #29
#14Camila1,221US #61
#15Elizabeth1,131US #12
#16Victoria1,078US #32
#17Alyssa1,067US #21
#18Brianna1,058US #30
#19Madison1,042US #8
#20Kimberly1,005US #69
#21Alexa992US #50
#22Evelyn980US #39
#23Valeria977US #96
#24Hailey912US #19
#25Zoe907US #31
#26Jocelyn905US #65
#27Bella902US #48
#28Ella899US #13
#29Kayla885US #49
#30Andrea872US #80
#31Alexis867US #16
#32Melanie867US #82
#33Allison854US #38
#34Grace853US #18
#35Lily815US #17
#36Audrey813US #52
#37Jasmine794US #62
#38Genesis793US #89
#39Leah775US #24
#40Valerie766US #149
#41Natalia720US #98
#42Kaylee713US #35
#43Maya701US #66
#44Sarah699US #26
#45Vanessa683US #107
#46Charlotte675US #46
#47Destiny658US #71
#48Hannah658US #20
#49Giselle652US #147
#50Savannah646US #44
#51Jessica633US #92
#52Stephanie629US #126
#53Angelina624US #93
#54Addison609US #11
#55Michelle608US #125
#56Nevaeh607US #25
#57Brooklyn601US #34
#58Khloe599US #42
#59Makayla588US #43
#60Alexandra584US #64
#61Maria583US #86
#62Ruby582US #113
#63Layla578US #36
#64Arianna577US #54
#65Aaliyah565US #56
#66Daisy560US #151
#67Zoey556US #47
#68Gianna551US #67
#69Ariana549US #84
#70Riley547US #40
#71Katherine540US #70
#72Melissa539US #156
#73Avery533US #23
#74Scarlett524US #115
#75Sophie522US #59
#76Jennifer515US #121
#77Taylor515US #37
#78Liliana504US #124
#79Amy502US #136
#80Gabriella499US #33
#81Daniela496US #150
#82Kylie489US #57
#83Aubrey485US #45
#84Delilah484US #187
#85Valentina483US #152
#86Julia480US #55
#87Jade479US #114
#88Isabel477US #116
#89Jacqueline475US #171
#90Amelia473US #41
#91Naomi469US #95
#92Claire457US #53
#93Nicole449US #123
#94Lauren447US #58
#95Leslie446US #199
#96Faith442US #74
#97Stella439US #85
#98Eva428US #91
#99Madeline423US #77
#100Lillian414US #22

Boys

#1Jacob3,355US #1
#2Daniel3,138US #8
#3Anthony2,861US #10
#4Alexander2,601US #6
#5Angel2,537US #42
#6Ethan2,465US #2
#7Jayden2,444US #4
#8David2,424US #15
#9Andrew2,382US #14
#10Nathan2,274US #27
#11Matthew2,241US #16
#12Joshua2,141US #11
#13Noah2,126US #7
#14Michael2,102US #3
#15Christopher2,035US #13
#16Jonathan1,991US #28
#17Adrian1,976US #56
#18Aiden1,941US #9
#19Jose1,931US #52
#20Julian1,910US #53
#21Joseph1,860US #20
#22Isaac1,774US #39
#23Gabriel1,640US #21
#24Christian1,598US #29
#25Brandon1,563US #44
#26William1,551US #5
#27Diego1,537US #86
#28Ryan1,516US #23
#29Dylan1,500US #31
#30Benjamin1,482US #22
#31Elijah1,481US #18
#32Logan1,455US #17
#33Aaron1,443US #55
#34Sebastian1,437US #68
#35Jesus1,363US #92
#36Isaiah1,359US #43
#37Kevin1,354US #59
#38Mason1,314US #12
#39Samuel1,314US #24
#40James1,298US #19
#41Juan1,298US #76
#42Luis1,254US #79
#43Nicholas1,210US #37
#44Evan1,162US #36
#45Carlos1,133US #89
#46Lucas1,104US #35
#47Damian1,076US #121
#48Justin1,026US #50
#49Liam1,022US #30
#50Caleb1,001US #32
#51Jason988US #69
#52Alejandro968US #103
#53Tyler967US #34
#54John961US #26
#55Miguel947US #113
#56Jordan943US #46
#57Luke901US #41
#58Gavin889US #38
#59Jack883US #45
#60Giovanni867US #117
#61Robert854US #54
#62Jackson847US #25
#63Xavier831US #71
#64Bryan827US #97
#65Santiago814US #134
#66Ivan789US #144
#67Jeremiah777US #51
#68Ian769US #72
#69Adam758US #80
#70Nathaniel754US #81
#71Alex744US #93
#72Dominic744US #74
#73Landon731US #33
#74Eduardo726US #154
#75Josiah726US #77
#76Leonardo701US #150
#77Victor694US #128
#78Brian687US #101
#79Jesse673US #124
#80Connor672US #49
#81Oscar663US #147
#82Eric662US #95
#83Jorge658US #169
#84Austin656US #64
#85Zachary653US #61
#86Oliver652US #88
#87Andres649US #181
#88Wyatt647US #57
#89Jaden646US #91
#90Eli637US #65
#91Owen620US #47
#92Francisco617US #197
#93Thomas616US #62
#94Henry598US #67
#95Elias595US #141
#96Fernando592US #189
#97Vincent583US #110
#98Alan581US #156
#99Steven573US #116
#100Emmanuel561US #153

On the move since 2009

Rising

↑41Khloe#58
↑32Charlotte#46
↑32Brooklyn#57
↑25Mason#38
↑24Bella#27
↑23Zoe#25
↑23Giovanni#60
↑22Makayla#59

Falling

↓28Leslie#95
↓23Isabel#88
↓21Daniela#81
↓20Eduardo#74
↓18Jennifer#76
↓17Melissa#72
↓17Gabriella#80
↓16Bryan#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2009 rankings.