State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 2013 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 432,120 California births in 2013 across 6,569 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#83Giselleoutside the national top 200
#87Jaylahoutside the national top 200
#84Angela#196 nationally
#58Valerie#169 nationally
#90Melissaoutside the national top 200
#67Valeria#176 nationally
#99Andresoutside the national top 200
#62Ximena#162 nationally
#89Gael#177 nationally
#49Delilah#135 nationally
#99Luna#183 nationally
#87Alejandro#165 nationally

Girls

#1Sophia3,468US #1
#2Isabella2,798US #4
#3Mia2,604US #6
#4Emma2,490US #2
#5Emily2,298US #7
#6Olivia2,167US #3
#7Sofia1,981US #13
#8Abigail1,504US #8
#9Camila1,493US #39
#10Samantha1,414US #29
#11Victoria1,384US #25
#12Ava1,354US #5
#13Natalie1,146US #21
#14Elizabeth1,069US #10
#15Charlotte1,060US #11
#16Chloe1,052US #14
#17Genesis1,012US #55
#18Audrey997US #33
#19Madison975US #9
#20Evelyn964US #20
#21Zoe904US #31
#22Grace879US #22
#23Melanie875US #84
#24Alexa828US #60
#25Ella825US #15
#26Scarlett819US #42
#27Zoey818US #24
#28Avery817US #12
#29Bella809US #58
#30Allison805US #34
#31Ashley792US #67
#32Aubrey787US #18
#33Hannah778US #23
#34Nicole778US #91
#35Leah763US #32
#36Lily760US #27
#37Kimberly750US #101
#38Ariana748US #54
#39Arianna725US #44
#40Penelope719US #56
#41Aaliyah710US #37
#42Hailey710US #43
#43Amelia705US #17
#44Layla704US #30
#45Kaylee687US #40
#46Andrea684US #112
#47Brooklyn665US #28
#48Alyssa662US #57
#49Delilah657US #135
#50Aria655US #41
#51Mila646US #79
#52Maya642US #72
#53Jocelyn632US #99
#54Kayla625US #96
#55Savannah625US #36
#56Brianna620US #71
#57Jasmine603US #103
#58Valerie596US #169
#59Valentina587US #129
#60Ruby568US #93
#61Violet561US #69
#62Ximena554US #162
#63Natalia550US #121
#64Harper545US #16
#65Alexis533US #47
#66Sarah524US #48
#67Valeria524US #176
#68Amy523US #139
#69Katherine516US #77
#70Sophie515US #76
#71Gianna507US #87
#72Alexandra506US #82
#73Jade497US #126
#74Nevaeh496US #46
#75Addison493US #19
#76Riley484US #45
#77Claire481US #50
#78Stella481US #70
#79Eva472US #88
#80Naomi469US #86
#81Isabel467US #136
#82Maria462US #111
#83Giselle454
#84Angela443US #196
#85Kylie443US #61
#86Ellie437US #74
#87Jaylah434
#88Angelina433US #147
#89Lillian430US #26
#90Melissa428
#91Liliana422US #124
#92Destiny421US #138
#93Jessica421US #164
#94Vanessa419US #152
#95Madeline406US #90
#96Sadie406US #49
#97Gabriella403US #38
#98Melody402US #172
#99Luna401US #183
#100Faith398US #89

Boys

#1Jacob2,891US #2
#2Ethan2,667US #6
#3Daniel2,604US #10
#4Jayden2,583US #9
#5Matthew2,569US #15
#6Noah2,559US #1
#7Alexander2,383US #8
#8Anthony2,242US #19
#9Nathan2,086US #31
#10David2,049US #17
#11Michael1,983US #7
#12Andrew1,928US #22
#13Julian1,872US #47
#14Benjamin1,854US #14
#15Isaac1,782US #28
#16Aiden1,770US #12
#17Angel1,752US #67
#18Mason1,747US #4
#19Liam1,700US #3
#20Adrian1,681US #60
#21Sebastian1,665US #46
#22Dylan1,640US #29
#23Joshua1,625US #21
#24Joseph1,542US #20
#25Jonathan1,528US #41
#26Aaron1,523US #51
#27Christopher1,510US #26
#28William1,505US #5
#29Elijah1,484US #11
#30Isaiah1,372US #44
#31Ryan1,371US #30
#32Logan1,357US #18
#33Jose1,350US #76
#34Lucas1,347US #23
#35James1,318US #13
#36Damian1,286US #98
#37Gabriel1,280US #24
#38Samuel1,276US #25
#39Kevin1,245US #72
#40Brandon1,149US #70
#41Christian1,143US #35
#42Mateo1,116US #109
#43Jackson1,046US #16
#44Caleb1,030US #32
#45Luke1,028US #34
#46Jesus1,015US #107
#47Dominic1,014US #68
#48Evan1,004US #55
#49Luis987US #97
#50Juan946US #100
#51Jordan938US #53
#52John917US #27
#53Jack914US #40
#54Nicholas908US #54
#55Jason906US #79
#56Carlos905US #106
#57Adam891US #82
#58Oliver886US #52
#59Josiah864US #69
#60Diego859US #130
#61Ian857US #80
#62Henry845US #37
#63Eli840US #43
#64Ivan832US #138
#65Jeremiah774US #58
#66Robert773US #62
#67Santiago769US #126
#68Wyatt764US #42
#69Leonardo755US #131
#70Xavier744US #83
#71Ayden730US #71
#72Gavin729US #50
#73Owen712US #38
#74Nathaniel708US #91
#75Austin706US #64
#76Hunter704US #36
#77Miguel688US #135
#78Elias676US #113
#79Vincent665US #101
#80Landon642US #39
#81Giovanni634US #128
#82Levi633US #49
#83Thomas633US #61
#84Alan627US #153
#85Alex621US #110
#86Zachary617US #73
#87Alejandro611US #165
#88Eric611US #118
#89Gael610US #177
#90Tyler610US #63
#91Justin591US #85
#92Victor590US #143
#93Bryan586US #133
#94Jaxon584US #45
#95Carter579US #33
#96Charles578US #57
#97Connor560US #56
#98Leo546US #112
#99Andres545
#100Roman541US #136

On the move since 2012

Rising

↑41Aria#50
↑40Valentina#59
↑34Nicole#34
↑31Ximena#62
↑31Harper#64
↑21Mila#51
↑21Mateo#42
↑17Hunter#76

Falling

↓39Vanessa#94
↓22Alyssa#48
↓22Tyler#90
↓21Valeria#67
↓20Hailey#42
↓18Giselle#83
↓18Angelina#88
↓17Brianna#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2012 rankings.