State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 2011 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 437,951 California births in 2011 across 6,597 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#43Valerie#159 nationally
#93Ximenaoutside the national top 200
#95Jacquelineoutside the national top 200
#47Giselle#152 nationally
#70Delilah#171 nationally
#85Melissa#184 nationally
#91Eduardo#185 nationally
#95Jorge#188 nationally
#35Valeria#125 nationally
#88Andres#178 nationally
#100Angela#189 nationally
#83Mateo#171 nationally

Girls

#1Sophia3,570US #1
#2Isabella3,065US #2
#3Emily2,401US #6
#4Mia2,310US #9
#5Emma2,118US #3
#6Olivia1,797US #4
#7Sofia1,575US #19
#8Abigail1,562US #7
#9Samantha1,550US #17
#10Natalie1,494US #14
#11Camila1,454US #48
#12Ava1,386US #5
#13Victoria1,280US #23
#14Chloe1,271US #10
#15Elizabeth1,207US #11
#16Ashley1,152US #42
#17Madison1,106US #8
#18Evelyn1,064US #24
#19Kimberly998US #67
#20Alyssa936US #37
#21Andrea934US #82
#22Hailey933US #32
#23Ella919US #12
#24Alexa907US #55
#25Zoe902US #31
#26Audrey886US #43
#27Genesis856US #81
#28Jocelyn852US #71
#29Allison847US #40
#30Brianna836US #45
#31Lily832US #15
#32Kaylee828US #36
#33Melanie828US #89
#34Leah814US #29
#35Valeria789US #125
#36Charlotte780US #27
#37Bella777US #60
#38Grace769US #16
#39Kayla768US #59
#40Maya764US #64
#41Brooklyn721US #21
#42Aubrey710US #20
#43Valerie704US #159
#44Aaliyah681US #46
#45Alexis677US #26
#46Scarlett663US #80
#47Giselle658US #152
#48Arianna649US #52
#49Katherine644US #61
#50Zoey643US #28
#51Ariana629US #84
#52Jasmine624US #72
#53Natalia621US #108
#54Avery620US #18
#55Nevaeh609US #33
#56Angelina606US #104
#57Savannah606US #41
#58Vanessa606US #120
#59Destiny596US #90
#60Layla584US #35
#61Sarah583US #39
#62Hannah581US #25
#63Khloe581US #49
#64Sophie578US #51
#65Addison573US #13
#66Amelia568US #30
#67Gianna555US #63
#68Stephanie554US #146
#69Alexandra544US #76
#70Delilah531US #171
#71Jade528US #113
#72Jessica524US #118
#73Gabriella522US #34
#74Ruby519US #109
#75Nicole515US #117
#76Maria510US #92
#77Liliana505US #115
#78Michelle503US #144
#79Riley488US #47
#80Valentina485US #154
#81Daisy484US #167
#82Jennifer474US #134
#83Taylor473US #44
#84Amy470US #143
#85Melissa469US #184
#86Stella465US #74
#87Eva460US #83
#88Makayla456US #56
#89Naomi451US #93
#90Julia450US #58
#91Daniela447US #169
#92Kylie443US #57
#93Ximena443
#94Faith437US #70
#95Jacqueline437
#96Violet437US #101
#97Isabel433US #128
#98Lillian422US #22
#99Claire421US #50
#100Angela407US #189

Boys

#1Jacob3,172US #1
#2Daniel2,911US #10
#3Jayden2,756US #4
#4Anthony2,698US #11
#5Matthew2,466US #12
#6Alexander2,461US #8
#7Ethan2,390US #7
#8David2,303US #18
#9Andrew2,287US #16
#10Nathan2,249US #28
#11Noah2,226US #5
#12Angel2,154US #52
#13Michael2,108US #6
#14Julian1,937US #50
#15Aiden1,914US #9
#16Joshua1,914US #14
#17Jonathan1,876US #31
#18Isaac1,873US #35
#19Mason1,841US #2
#20Adrian1,818US #56
#21Christopher1,781US #20
#22Joseph1,762US #22
#23Jose1,676US #65
#24Benjamin1,595US #19
#25Gabriel1,544US #24
#26Aaron1,528US #51
#27Dylan1,521US #33
#28Elijah1,511US #13
#29Christian1,486US #30
#30Ryan1,485US #25
#31William1,443US #3
#32Brandon1,401US #47
#33Sebastian1,390US #68
#34Logan1,339US #21
#35Isaiah1,319US #43
#36Samuel1,279US #26
#37James1,252US #17
#38Kevin1,246US #67
#39Liam1,237US #15
#40Diego1,230US #99
#41Jesus1,218US #93
#42Luis1,193US #88
#43Juan1,157US #89
#44Lucas1,143US #29
#45Nicholas1,092US #42
#46Evan1,074US #40
#47Carlos1,038US #91
#48Jordan973US #46
#49Jackson971US #23
#50Jason968US #71
#51Justin963US #59
#52Damian936US #138
#53Luke917US #39
#54John909US #27
#55Ivan907US #128
#56Caleb906US #32
#57Dominic889US #77
#58Santiago882US #131
#59Miguel849US #126
#60Tyler841US #38
#61Adam830US #81
#62Jack826US #45
#63Xavier822US #76
#64Jeremiah816US #49
#65Robert806US #62
#66Gavin796US #37
#67Giovanni793US #117
#68Ian772US #72
#69Nathaniel770US #84
#70Alejandro767US #130
#71Bryan750US #110
#72Eli750US #58
#73Wyatt720US #48
#74Ayden716US #70
#75Leonardo712US #149
#76Josiah698US #80
#77Oliver694US #78
#78Henry688US #57
#79Zachary681US #64
#80Austin673US #60
#81Victor670US #142
#82Axel662US #137
#83Mateo651US #171
#84Landon644US #34
#85Vincent643US #101
#86Connor638US #54
#87Alex632US #95
#88Andres631US #178
#89Emmanuel631US #147
#90Owen626US #44
#91Eduardo624US #185
#92Eric619US #104
#93Jesse604US #140
#94Elias599US #139
#95Jorge572US #188
#96Oscar566US #162
#97Thomas564US #63
#98Brayden554US #36
#99Max551US #96
#100Ryder551US #108

On the move since 2010

Rising

↑41Aubrey#42
↑28Scarlett#46
↑24Amelia#66
↑22Katherine#49
↑21Aaliyah#44
↑19Avery#54
↑19Mason#19
↑18Ariana#51

Falling

↓29Makayla#88
↓23Michelle#78
↓21Jessica#72
↓18Alejandro#70
↓17Sarah#61
↓17Eduardo#91
↓16Stephanie#68
↓16Alex#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2010 rankings.