State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 2016 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 427,294 California births in 2016 across 6,447 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#90Emilianooutside the national top 200
#95Angelaoutside the national top 200
#75Alina#178 nationally
#100Giselleoutside the national top 200
#65Valerie#160 nationally
#61Valeria#153 nationally
#86Gael#178 nationally
#81Matteo#169 nationally
#90Amy#176 nationally
#48Ivan#131 nationally
#98Alejandro#181 nationally
#77Leilani#159 nationally

Girls

#1Mia2,805US #6
#2Sophia2,759US #4
#3Emma2,612US #1
#4Olivia2,553US #2
#5Isabella2,365US #5
#6Emily1,963US #9
#7Sofia1,910US #14
#8Camila1,652US #32
#9Ava1,618US #3
#10Abigail1,601US #8
#11Victoria1,565US #21
#12Charlotte1,385US #7
#13Evelyn1,192US #12
#14Scarlett1,118US #18
#15Amelia1,064US #10
#16Penelope1,056US #27
#17Elizabeth1,029US #13
#18Alexa1,027US #51
#19Samantha1,014US #44
#20Aria1,008US #23
#21Chloe981US #20
#22Avery965US #16
#23Madison926US #15
#24Zoe917US #35
#25Genesis904US #58
#26Grace892US #19
#27Mila888US #48
#28Audrey854US #39
#29Natalie837US #31
#30Allison827US #50
#31Zoey811US #26
#32Melanie809US #82
#33Ella801US #17
#34Maya789US #64
#35Ariana786US #54
#36Harper783US #11
#37Luna767US #77
#38Riley757US #22
#39Ximena748US #120
#40Lily745US #24
#41Aaliyah726US #53
#42Leah722US #37
#43Layla719US #30
#44Aubrey699US #25
#45Natalia671US #111
#46Violet648US #47
#47Bella644US #78
#48Ellie641US #43
#49Valentina638US #106
#50Delilah630US #115
#51Claire626US #40
#52Hannah626US #33
#53Savannah607US #38
#54Arianna591US #69
#55Hailey590US #68
#56Hazel588US #52
#57Stella585US #45
#58Brooklyn584US #34
#59Eva581US #74
#60Ruby577US #71
#61Valeria568US #153
#62Elena562US #94
#63Andrea552US #128
#64Gianna544US #92
#65Valerie539US #160
#66Sarah538US #57
#67Kimberly525US #133
#68Ashley524US #101
#69Alice516US #76
#70Eliana506US #93
#71Jasmine498US #122
#72Naomi497US #75
#73Brianna495US #97
#74Adeline490US #63
#75Alina490US #178
#76Melody489US #144
#77Leilani488US #159
#78Aurora486US #66
#79Kaylee477US #72
#80Alyssa474US #119
#81Kayla474US #129
#82Katherine470US #91
#83Ariel460US #140
#84Eleanor449US #41
#85Madeline448US #90
#86Emilia436US #103
#87Athena433US #142
#88Jade431US #117
#89Lucy428US #55
#90Amy427US #176
#91Addison423US #29
#92Nicole418US #162
#93Anna416US #49
#94Liliana414US #123
#95Angela413
#96Alexandra409US #110
#97Julia402US #88
#98Sophie399US #109
#99Lillian396US #28
#100Giselle393

Boys

#1Noah2,702US #1
#2Matthew2,421US #15
#3Ethan2,341US #10
#4Daniel2,307US #13
#5Sebastian2,280US #23
#6Jacob2,274US #7
#7Alexander2,227US #11
#8Liam2,049US #2
#9Julian2,046US #39
#10Benjamin1,927US #6
#11Jayden1,863US #27
#12Mateo1,859US #59
#13Michael1,778US #8
#14Aiden1,766US #16
#15David1,718US #19
#16Nathan1,702US #43
#17Anthony1,662US #30
#18Lucas1,642US #14
#19James1,636US #5
#20Elijah1,586US #9
#21Isaac1,577US #31
#22Aaron1,561US #49
#23Oliver1,554US #12
#24Dylan1,537US #32
#25Mason1,528US #4
#26Adrian1,495US #60
#27Andrew1,471US #34
#28Joseph1,435US #20
#29Angel1,431US #70
#30William1,427US #3
#31Logan1,319US #18
#32Christopher1,255US #36
#33Ryan1,237US #40
#34Joshua1,223US #35
#35Samuel1,197US #21
#36Luke1,160US #29
#37Jose1,124US #77
#38Isaiah1,117US #47
#39Jonathan1,102US #56
#40Gabriel1,071US #25
#41Leonardo1,036US #96
#42Christian1,006US #46
#43Damian991US #123
#44Jackson965US #17
#45Dominic963US #72
#46Santiago942US #106
#47Evan929US #69
#48Ivan916US #131
#49Kevin907US #90
#50Jason901US #84
#51Levi901US #42
#52Owen886US #24
#53Jack879US #38
#54Henry878US #22
#55Adam876US #75
#56Caleb876US #44
#57Diego862US #130
#58Josiah854US #55
#59Jesus840US #134
#60Nicholas839US #63
#61Ian829US #78
#62Eli826US #50
#63Elias824US #93
#64Wyatt813US #33
#65Luis790US #113
#66Leo784US #74
#67Brandon748US #99
#68John738US #28
#69Roman736US #98
#70Jeremiah734US #58
#71Juan732US #122
#72Ezra723US #85
#73Carlos716US #129
#74Hunter705US #45
#75Jordan705US #65
#76Xavier702US #88
#77Thomas681US #48
#78Jaxon677US #41
#79Austin663US #73
#80Robert661US #62
#81Matteo638US #169
#82Carter633US #26
#83Vincent624US #104
#84Eric605US #142
#85Connor590US #54
#86Gael588US #178
#87Miguel586US #163
#88Charles580US #52
#89Alan576US #155
#90Emiliano571
#91Zachary561US #89
#92Grayson552US #37
#93Nathaniel552US #103
#94Landon551US #53
#95Giovanni549US #141
#96Hudson545US #61
#97Alex544US #146
#98Alejandro534US #181
#99Cameron531US #57
#100Gavin531US #80

On the move since 2015

Rising

↑28Elena#62
↑19Claire#51
↑17Mateo#12
↑16Luna#37
↑16Gianna#64
↑16Eleanor#84
↑16Ivan#48
↑14Santiago#46

Falling

↓24Alyssa#80
↓20Kaylee#79
↓20Brandon#67
↓18Ashley#68
↓18Kayla#81
↓16Nicole#92
↓16Nathaniel#93
↓14Giovanni#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2015 rankings.