State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 2012 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 439,530 California births in 2012 across 6,730 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#65Giselle#185 nationally
#58Valerie#169 nationally
#93Ximenaoutside the national top 200
#46Valeria#149 nationally
#51Delilah#154 nationally
#76Melissa#178 nationally
#94Andres#193 nationally
#99Jorge#195 nationally
#100Angela#193 nationally
#88Daisy#174 nationally
#64Amy#145 nationally
#94Melody#172 nationally

Girls

#1Sophia3,645US #1
#2Isabella3,114US #3
#3Emma2,455US #2
#4Emily2,441US #6
#5Mia2,332US #8
#6Olivia1,913US #4
#7Sofia1,688US #18
#8Abigail1,647US #7
#9Samantha1,460US #26
#10Ava1,418US #5
#11Camila1,413US #48
#12Victoria1,307US #28
#13Natalie1,295US #17
#14Elizabeth1,107US #10
#15Chloe1,097US #11
#16Evelyn1,044US #27
#17Genesis1,038US #56
#18Ashley1,002US #50
#19Madison998US #9
#20Zoe994US #30
#21Charlotte916US #19
#22Hailey904US #32
#23Melanie889US #77
#24Audrey862US #41
#25Kimberly857US #88
#26Alyssa846US #44
#27Alexa845US #57
#28Allison837US #38
#29Zoey826US #20
#30Aubrey824US #15
#31Ella813US #12
#32Grace813US #21
#33Lily784US #16
#34Kaylee764US #35
#35Bella761US #54
#36Leah748US #33
#37Andrea744US #100
#38Aaliyah740US #36
#39Brianna736US #51
#40Hannah735US #22
#41Scarlett719US #61
#42Maya710US #63
#43Avery703US #13
#44Jocelyn703US #93
#45Brooklyn685US #29
#46Valeria676US #149
#47Arianna665US #49
#48Kayla665US #69
#49Ariana642US #74
#50Jasmine642US #83
#51Delilah626US #154
#52Layla621US #31
#53Amelia620US #23
#54Katherine615US #64
#55Vanessa614US #123
#56Alexis611US #40
#57Savannah593US #43
#58Valerie587US #169
#59Sophie585US #52
#60Natalia578US #119
#61Sarah576US #42
#62Gianna568US #73
#63Ruby557US #105
#64Amy552US #145
#65Giselle551US #185
#66Violet544US #89
#67Nevaeh533US #39
#68Nicole533US #114
#69Alexandra531US #76
#70Angelina530US #133
#71Addison529US #14
#72Mila515US #115
#73Naomi508US #79
#74Claire507US #45
#75Stella507US #62
#76Melissa504US #178
#77Jade496US #112
#78Eva495US #86
#79Maria490US #101
#80Riley490US #47
#81Jessica482US #137
#82Kylie479US #59
#83Khloe477US #55
#84Liliana465US #117
#85Destiny464US #113
#86Isabel458US #135
#87Faith453US #75
#88Daisy452US #174
#89Gabriella450US #37
#90Michelle449US #162
#91Aria443US #92
#92Stephanie439US #168
#93Ximena435
#94Melody427US #172
#95Harper426US #24
#96Julia426US #65
#97Jennifer421US #164
#98Lillian421US #25
#99Valentina419US #167
#100Angela408US #193

Boys

#1Jacob2,985US #1
#2Jayden2,872US #8
#3Daniel2,689US #11
#4Ethan2,675US #3
#5Matthew2,656US #12
#6Noah2,519US #4
#7Anthony2,432US #15
#8Alexander2,428US #9
#9Nathan2,237US #29
#10Andrew2,155US #18
#11David2,152US #20
#12Michael2,012US #7
#13Aiden2,004US #10
#14Angel1,940US #57
#15Isaac1,868US #30
#16Julian1,854US #53
#17Mason1,838US #2
#18Adrian1,803US #61
#19Jonathan1,737US #34
#20Christopher1,733US #23
#21Joshua1,732US #17
#22Benjamin1,678US #16
#23Joseph1,646US #19
#24Liam1,615US #6
#25Jose1,580US #72
#26Dylan1,571US #31
#27Aaron1,559US #51
#28Elijah1,529US #13
#29Ryan1,470US #26
#30Sebastian1,457US #64
#31William1,451US #5
#32Logan1,385US #22
#33Gabriel1,318US #24
#34Christian1,315US #33
#35Samuel1,301US #25
#36Brandon1,289US #56
#37James1,284US #14
#38Isaiah1,283US #42
#39Damian1,273US #99
#40Kevin1,198US #69
#41Lucas1,153US #27
#42Jesus1,116US #101
#43Luis1,108US #90
#44Dominic1,062US #70
#45Juan1,040US #92
#46Evan1,039US #47
#47Jordan1,033US #48
#48Ivan1,031US #113
#49Diego1,021US #110
#50Jackson1,013US #21
#51Nicholas1,009US #49
#52Caleb994US #32
#53Jason986US #76
#54Carlos970US #95
#55John908US #28
#56Luke904US #37
#57Adam895US #82
#58Santiago882US #122
#59Ian879US #78
#60Jeremiah842US #52
#61Xavier838US #80
#62Jack837US #46
#63Mateo836US #137
#64Robert812US #60
#65Henry782US #44
#66Eli777US #43
#67Josiah755US #79
#68Tyler755US #50
#69Gavin751US #40
#70Oliver750US #73
#71Wyatt750US #41
#72Nathaniel749US #84
#73Austin747US #58
#74Gael743US #146
#75Miguel738US #131
#76Ayden737US #68
#77Alejandro707US #148
#78Owen687US #38
#79Alex686US #98
#80Justin684US #74
#81Leonardo682US #152
#82Landon679US #35
#83Giovanni662US #120
#84Victor645US #135
#85Zachary641US #67
#86Levi637US #55
#87Vincent637US #104
#88Connor634US #59
#89Bryan621US #121
#90Elias618US #115
#91Eric607US #107
#92Thomas603US #63
#93Hunter597US #45
#94Andres586US #193
#95Steven586US #112
#96Jesse581US #150
#97Brayden574US #39
#98Alan569US #170
#99Jorge558US #195
#100Ryder553US #100

On the move since 2011

Rising

↑30Violet#66
↑25Claire#74
↑22Hannah#40
↑21Zoey#29
↑20Amy#64
↑20Mateo#63
↑19Delilah#51
↑16Naomi#73

Falling

↓29Justin#80
↓26Destiny#85
↓24Stephanie#92
↓20Khloe#83
↓19Valentina#99
↓18Giselle#65
↓18Bryan#89
↓16Andrea#37

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2011 rankings.