State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 2017 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 411,350 California births in 2017 across 6,363 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#85Emilianooutside the national top 200
#77Alina#187 nationally
#72Valerie#167 nationally
#87Gael#178 nationally
#67Valeria#157 nationally
#99Matteo#188 nationally
#39Ximena#121 nationally
#53Ivan#135 nationally
#82Kimberly#164 nationally
#95Miguel#176 nationally
#95Amy#174 nationally
#43Damian#119 nationally

Girls

#1Emma2,743US #1
#2Mia2,608US #6
#3Olivia2,491US #2
#4Sophia2,447US #5
#5Isabella2,356US #4
#6Emily1,813US #12
#7Camila1,793US #23
#8Sofia1,686US #15
#9Abigail1,552US #10
#10Ava1,529US #3
#11Victoria1,489US #19
#12Charlotte1,391US #7
#13Evelyn1,179US #9
#14Luna1,154US #37
#15Scarlett1,107US #18
#16Penelope1,089US #24
#17Amelia1,076US #8
#18Aria1,069US #20
#19Mila1,055US #30
#20Elizabeth971US #13
#21Chloe956US #22
#22Grace890US #21
#23Zoe886US #41
#24Samantha872US #54
#25Genesis857US #56
#26Alexa838US #66
#27Madison838US #17
#28Ella814US #16
#29Avery806US #14
#30Leah778US #40
#31Natalie769US #35
#32Audrey766US #46
#33Melanie765US #90
#34Maya752US #60
#35Zoey728US #28
#36Bella722US #50
#37Layla712US #26
#38Harper707US #11
#39Ximena703US #121
#40Riley685US #25
#41Aaliyah682US #57
#42Lily681US #33
#43Hannah678US #32
#44Violet677US #47
#45Delilah659US #102
#46Valentina648US #96
#47Elena640US #68
#48Aubrey638US #31
#49Ariana636US #67
#50Allison632US #61
#51Ellie610US #44
#52Natalia608US #119
#53Stella596US #42
#54Aurora581US #51
#55Hazel580US #43
#56Alice570US #70
#57Hailey554US #72
#58Leilani551US #129
#59Gianna547US #91
#60Emilia539US #77
#61Andrea536US #128
#62Savannah532US #38
#63Eva530US #73
#64Brooklyn522US #39
#65Adeline519US #64
#66Arianna508US #87
#67Valeria505US #157
#68Claire500US #49
#69Eliana498US #88
#70Sarah487US #62
#71Naomi479US #69
#72Valerie471US #167
#73Eleanor467US #36
#74Ruby467US #79
#75Athena452US #127
#76Kayla450US #138
#77Alina447US #187
#78Kaylee444US #84
#79Jade442US #110
#80Ariel424US #142
#81Katherine424US #105
#82Kimberly424US #164
#83Lucy420US #52
#84Melody419US #144
#85Liliana417US #109
#86Jasmine416US #130
#87Alyssa411US #133
#88Ashley410US #122
#89Sophie407US #106
#90Brianna395US #123
#91Addison392US #34
#92Anna392US #53
#93Everly392US #82
#94Isla388US #103
#95Amy387US #174
#96Maria384US #111
#97Alexandra380US #120
#98Lillian375US #27
#99Madeline375US #99
#100Isabel372US #145

Boys

#1Noah2,531US #2
#2Sebastian2,276US #23
#3Liam2,193US #1
#4Ethan2,152US #14
#5Matthew2,138US #16
#6Daniel2,098US #15
#7Jacob2,071US #9
#8Mateo2,016US #42
#9Alexander2,015US #13
#10Julian1,955US #37
#11Benjamin1,851US #6
#12Logan1,786US #5
#13Jayden1,701US #26
#14Aiden1,640US #17
#15Lucas1,638US #11
#16Oliver1,571US #10
#17David1,566US #22
#18Aaron1,534US #47
#19Michael1,524US #12
#20Nathan1,521US #45
#21Dylan1,518US #29
#22James1,516US #4
#23Elijah1,495US #8
#24Anthony1,445US #33
#25Isaac1,435US #32
#26William1,414US #3
#27Adrian1,380US #58
#28Mason1,362US #7
#29Andrew1,325US #40
#30Joseph1,324US #18
#31Angel1,273US #71
#32Isaiah1,123US #46
#33Samuel1,105US #21
#34Ryan1,102US #44
#35Jonathan1,090US #55
#36Christopher1,085US #39
#37Jose1,079US #81
#38Luke1,075US #30
#39Joshua1,052US #38
#40Santiago1,050US #93
#41Gabriel1,029US #31
#42Leonardo995US #97
#43Damian968US #119
#44Leo921US #62
#45Christian915US #52
#46Levi907US #35
#47Henry902US #19
#48Dominic896US #74
#49Jackson895US #20
#50Jack875US #36
#51Elias863US #78
#52Ian860US #76
#53Ivan856US #135
#54Josiah848US #51
#55Adam847US #77
#56Caleb828US #50
#57Wyatt811US #25
#58Evan800US #85
#59John796US #27
#60Owen790US #28
#61Ezra773US #69
#62Diego770US #129
#63Ezekiel766US #82
#64Nicholas766US #68
#65Luis757US #117
#66Jason752US #92
#67Eli751US #54
#68Kevin748US #102
#69Xavier720US #89
#70Jeremiah716US #63
#71Carlos705US #134
#72Jesus685US #144
#73Jaxon673US #43
#74Roman673US #91
#75Jordan668US #73
#76Juan659US #137
#77Carter651US #24
#78Austin636US #75
#79Hunter633US #53
#80Vincent629US #108
#81Robert626US #65
#82Thomas619US #49
#83Charles610US #48
#84Eric599US #143
#85Emiliano584
#86Theodore584US #61
#87Gael583US #178
#88Grayson580US #34
#89Brandon578US #114
#90Nathaniel569US #112
#91Alan568US #159
#92Lincoln562US #41
#93Connor555US #56
#94Axel547US #104
#95Miguel542US #176
#96Nolan538US #67
#97Max530US #128
#98Hudson524US #64
#99Matteo510US #188
#100Giovanni507US #142

On the move since 2016

Rising

↑26Emilia#60
↑24Aurora#54
↑23Luna#14
↑22Leo#44
↑19Leilani#58
↑19Logan#12
↑15Elena#47
↑13Alice#56

Falling

↓22Brandon#89
↓20Allison#50
↓20Ashley#88
↓19Kevin#68
↓18Matteo#99
↓17Claire#68
↓17Brianna#90
↓16Jason#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2016 rankings.