State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 2015 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 431,535 California births in 2015 across 6,553 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#91Giselleoutside the national top 200
#96Emilianooutside the national top 200
#68Valerie#171 nationally
#93Matteo#191 nationally
#81Alina#173 nationally
#71Valeria#162 nationally
#87Leilani#178 nationally
#40Ximena#125 nationally
#98Alejandro#180 nationally
#78Amy#158 nationally
#37Delilah#115 nationally
#76Nicole#154 nationally

Girls

#1Sophia2,958US #3
#2Mia2,871US #6
#3Emma2,724US #1
#4Olivia2,530US #2
#5Isabella2,411US #5
#6Emily2,142US #8
#7Sofia2,026US #14
#8Abigail1,764US #7
#9Victoria1,581US #20
#10Ava1,549US #4
#11Alexa1,439US #32
#12Camila1,411US #43
#13Charlotte1,340US #9
#14Samantha1,110US #40
#15Evelyn1,069US #15
#16Scarlett1,054US #22
#17Madison1,038US #11
#18Elizabeth1,005US #13
#19Penelope990US #34
#20Zoe961US #33
#21Chloe958US #17
#22Natalie948US #27
#23Avery930US #16
#24Allison909US #39
#25Grace906US #19
#26Aria897US #29
#27Amelia885US #12
#28Audrey875US #37
#29Genesis874US #65
#30Mila860US #53
#31Ariana855US #46
#32Ella824US #18
#33Melanie821US #81
#34Zoey787US #23
#35Lily767US #25
#36Aubrey753US #21
#37Delilah741US #115
#38Leah735US #36
#39Maya725US #68
#40Ximena717US #125
#41Aaliyah711US #47
#42Layla695US #30
#43Harper693US #10
#44Hannah683US #28
#45Violet675US #50
#46Valentina651US #114
#47Brooklyn649US #31
#48Bella646US #74
#49Natalia639US #118
#50Ashley632US #86
#51Riley630US #35
#52Arianna626US #56
#53Luna620US #112
#54Andrea613US #117
#55Hailey613US #64
#56Alyssa590US #93
#57Savannah586US #38
#58Stella585US #51
#59Kaylee579US #61
#60Kimberly579US #108
#61Ellie572US #48
#62Jasmine550US #110
#63Kayla541US #116
#64Hazel537US #63
#65Eva532US #76
#66Brianna530US #82
#67Ruby527US #83
#68Valerie527US #171
#69Sarah510US #57
#70Claire509US #49
#71Valeria502US #162
#72Naomi493US #75
#73Aurora488US #78
#74Alice481US #87
#75Katherine478US #84
#76Nicole478US #154
#77Ariel476US #137
#78Amy474US #158
#79Eliana470US #102
#80Gianna465US #96
#81Alina455US #173
#82Jocelyn453US #133
#83Alexandra447US #100
#84Anna446US #44
#85Melody446US #148
#86Madelyn444US #59
#87Leilani434US #178
#88Lucy434US #55
#89Addison431US #24
#90Elena431US #106
#91Giselle430
#92Nevaeh428US #70
#93Kylie424US #66
#94Maria423US #109
#95Madeline420US #91
#96Jade418US #126
#97Liliana411US #127
#98Lillian411US #26
#99Angelina407US #163
#100Eleanor404US #60

Boys

#1Noah2,776US #1
#2Jacob2,565US #4
#3Ethan2,478US #6
#4Daniel2,476US #12
#5Matthew2,445US #15
#6Alexander2,322US #8
#7Jayden2,135US #20
#8Sebastian2,080US #35
#9Liam2,030US #2
#10David1,949US #18
#11Aiden1,910US #13
#12Julian1,909US #45
#13Michael1,875US #9
#14Nathan1,862US #38
#15Benjamin1,830US #10
#16Anthony1,780US #25
#17Isaac1,713US #31
#18Mason1,697US #3
#19Dylan1,683US #27
#20Andrew1,614US #30
#21James1,551US #7
#22Joseph1,539US #21
#23Elijah1,529US #11
#24Adrian1,526US #58
#25Angel1,525US #64
#26Aaron1,518US #52
#27Logan1,481US #14
#28William1,439US #5
#29Mateo1,418US #85
#30Lucas1,407US #16
#31Oliver1,361US #19
#32Joshua1,343US #33
#33Jonathan1,298US #48
#34Christopher1,293US #32
#35Isaiah1,258US #49
#36Gabriel1,242US #22
#37Ryan1,201US #39
#38Samuel1,195US #23
#39Jose1,157US #80
#40Luke1,152US #28
#41Christian1,066US #43
#42Damian1,058US #116
#43Jackson1,018US #17
#44Kevin988US #79
#45Dominic979US #68
#46Leonardo944US #103
#47Brandon939US #83
#48Caleb929US #37
#49Adam925US #73
#50Henry915US #29
#51Diego910US #125
#52Nicholas906US #62
#53Evan889US #67
#54Jack876US #40
#55Ian872US #76
#56Jesus865US #129
#57Jason858US #86
#58Luis857US #108
#59Levi855US #42
#60Santiago832US #127
#61Wyatt828US #34
#62Josiah827US #57
#63Owen825US #36
#64Ivan796US #137
#65Juan793US #114
#66Carlos792US #118
#67Hunter791US #41
#68Jordan782US #59
#69John770US #26
#70Robert753US #63
#71Eli748US #53
#72Elias740US #100
#73Austin700US #69
#74Jeremiah699US #54
#75Leo690US #91
#76Roman688US #102
#77Nathaniel684US #97
#78Carter681US #24
#79Xavier669US #90
#80Vincent655US #109
#81Giovanni650US #130
#82Ezra645US #93
#83Thomas631US #51
#84Hudson616US #65
#85Miguel611US #161
#86Jaxon602US #44
#87Ayden593US #87
#88Landon593US #46
#89Charles590US #50
#90Connor590US #55
#91Gavin584US #70
#92Alan583US #167
#93Matteo583US #191
#94Alex577US #134
#95Eric572US #138
#96Emiliano564
#97Nolan563US #71
#98Alejandro556US #180
#99Abraham536US #170
#100Ryder535US #98

On the move since 2014

Rising

↑34Riley#51
↑18Alexa#11
↑16Roman#76
↑13Mila#30
↑13Mateo#29
↑13Leonardo#46
↑13Henry#50
↑12Violet#45

Falling

↓23Kimberly#60
↓17John#69
↓17Eric#95
↓15Nicole#76
↓14Arianna#52
↓14Alyssa#56
↓12Amy#78
↓12Jocelyn#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2014 rankings.