State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 2014 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 440,879 California births in 2014 across 6,647 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#77Angela#191 nationally
#65Valeria#175 nationally
#94Giselleoutside the national top 200
#72Valerie#176 nationally
#98Melissaoutside the national top 200
#91Alina#193 nationally
#99Jorgeoutside the national top 200
#51Ximena#143 nationally
#96Oscar#184 nationally
#45Delilah#130 nationally
#97Abraham#181 nationally
#60Luna#142 nationally

Girls

#1Sophia3,183US #3
#2Isabella2,734US #4
#3Emma2,690US #1
#4Mia2,640US #6
#5Olivia2,426US #2
#6Emily2,275US #7
#7Sofia2,112US #12
#8Victoria1,707US #19
#9Abigail1,537US #8
#10Camila1,483US #41
#11Ava1,446US #5
#12Samantha1,200US #33
#13Charlotte1,133US #10
#14Evelyn1,116US #16
#15Elizabeth1,086US #13
#16Natalie1,075US #23
#17Chloe1,055US #18
#18Madison995US #9
#19Genesis976US #68
#20Scarlett967US #30
#21Grace964US #20
#22Zoe930US #32
#23Melanie921US #81
#24Allison909US #39
#25Ariana905US #37
#26Audrey904US #36
#27Avery894US #14
#28Penelope859US #43
#29Alexa856US #64
#30Aria833US #31
#31Zoey833US #22
#32Ella827US #17
#33Amelia798US #15
#34Aubrey792US #21
#35Leah749US #35
#36Lily737US #27
#37Kimberly725US #107
#38Arianna712US #40
#39Maya711US #74
#40Bella704US #70
#41Aaliyah701US #45
#42Alyssa697US #76
#43Mila695US #72
#44Layla686US #29
#45Delilah683US #130
#46Hannah681US #28
#47Brooklyn666US #26
#48Hailey666US #51
#49Valentina645US #112
#50Natalia643US #111
#51Ximena642US #143
#52Savannah636US #38
#53Ashley630US #87
#54Harper610US #11
#55Andrea598US #125
#56Jasmine596US #99
#57Violet583US #67
#58Sarah582US #50
#59Kayla578US #101
#60Luna564US #142
#61Nicole560US #128
#62Brianna556US #85
#63Eva550US #83
#64Stella546US #66
#65Valeria546US #175
#66Amy544US #148
#67Katherine544US #82
#68Ruby543US #90
#69Ellie542US #55
#70Jocelyn539US #115
#71Kaylee537US #52
#72Valerie537US #176
#73Claire525US #44
#74Ariel513US #132
#75Naomi509US #80
#76Alice501US #98
#77Angela500US #191
#78Annabelle500US #57
#79Addison483US #24
#80Sophie478US #91
#81Gianna477US #95
#82Alexandra476US #92
#83Faith475US #79
#84Jade475US #140
#85Riley475US #47
#86Kylie468US #73
#87Anna466US #34
#88Liliana462US #119
#89Maria459US #114
#90Melody455US #158
#91Alina453US #193
#92Isabel442US #144
#93Madeline439US #89
#94Giselle437
#95Lillian431US #25
#96Lucy429US #61
#97Nevaeh428US #63
#98Melissa419
#99Alexis418US #65
#100Angelina418US #152

Boys

#1Noah2,783US #1
#2Jacob2,722US #4
#3Ethan2,568US #6
#4Daniel2,565US #10
#5Alexander2,500US #8
#6Matthew2,488US #16
#7Jayden2,383US #15
#8Anthony2,087US #21
#9Sebastian2,038US #34
#10David2,027US #17
#11Michael2,007US #7
#12Andrew1,920US #22
#13Julian1,915US #47
#14Aiden1,884US #14
#15Nathan1,884US #38
#16Benjamin1,881US #12
#17Liam1,869US #2
#18Mason1,837US #3
#19Isaac1,798US #31
#20Dylan1,652US #29
#21Aaron1,650US #50
#22Angel1,643US #67
#23James1,593US #9
#24Adrian1,580US #59
#25Elijah1,560US #11
#26Logan1,554US #13
#27William1,527US #5
#28Joshua1,510US #25
#29Joseph1,485US #20
#30Christopher1,436US #30
#31Lucas1,430US #19
#32Jonathan1,417US #44
#33Jose1,329US #76
#34Ryan1,315US #37
#35Kevin1,299US #70
#36Isaiah1,252US #48
#37Samuel1,242US #23
#38Damian1,233US #102
#39Gabriel1,186US #24
#40Luke1,140US #28
#41Oliver1,132US #32
#42Mateo1,101US #106
#43Dominic1,099US #69
#44Christian1,090US #42
#45Caleb1,049US #35
#46Brandon1,023US #71
#47Jackson1,013US #18
#48Jesus985US #111
#49Evan979US #58
#50Jason972US #75
#51Diego942US #129
#52John926US #26
#53Adam913US #79
#54Santiago909US #117
#55Jack902US #41
#56Luis901US #99
#57Nicholas901US #57
#58Ian891US #77
#59Leonardo875US #114
#60Jordan862US #55
#61Ivan856US #132
#62Juan854US #100
#63Henry831US #33
#64Josiah819US #64
#65Carlos815US #118
#66Levi812US #45
#67Robert787US #60
#68Eli772US #49
#69Wyatt772US #39
#70Jeremiah752US #56
#71Owen750US #36
#72Xavier732US #88
#73Austin723US #66
#74Miguel718US #147
#75Hunter706US #40
#76Nathaniel701US #94
#77Giovanni688US #125
#78Eric671US #122
#79Elias670US #103
#80Gavin662US #61
#81Ayden649US #74
#82Leo649US #97
#83Landon646US #43
#84Carter641US #27
#85Vincent633US #104
#86Thomas616US #54
#87Jaxon615US #46
#88Alex613US #128
#89Alejandro611US #158
#90Charles609US #51
#91Alan608US #170
#92Roman577US #113
#93Victor574US #151
#94Connor572US #52
#95Tyler572US #72
#96Oscar551US #184
#97Abraham545US #181
#98Max534US #112
#99Jorge527
#100Zachary527US #82

On the move since 2013

Rising

↑39Luna#60
↑20Aria#30
↑17Ellie#69
↑17Faith#83
↑17Oliver#41
↑16Eva#63
↑16Levi#66
↑16Leo#82

Falling

↓34Alexis#99
↓27Nicole#61
↓26Kaylee#71
↓23Nevaeh#97
↓22Ashley#53
↓17Jocelyn#70
↓14Valerie#72
↓14Zachary#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2013 rankings.