State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 2018 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 395,859 California births in 2018 across 6,225 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#67Emiliano#191 nationally
#65Alina#157 nationally
#33Ximena#118 nationally
#91Alan#174 nationally
#91Kimberly#173 nationally
#62Valeria#141 nationally
#71Jesus#148 nationally
#58Ivan#133 nationally
#60Diego#135 nationally
#81Valerie#156 nationally
#42Natalia#114 nationally
#38Damian#109 nationally

Girls

#1Emma2,752US #1
#2Mia2,507US #7
#3Olivia2,474US #2
#4Isabella2,203US #4
#5Sophia2,157US #5
#6Camila2,086US #18
#7Sofia1,510US #17
#8Emily1,506US #12
#9Victoria1,463US #21
#10Luna1,442US #23
#11Ava1,394US #3
#12Abigail1,375US #11
#13Charlotte1,343US #6
#14Mila1,293US #14
#15Amelia1,207US #8
#16Evelyn1,158US #10
#17Aria1,081US #19
#18Penelope1,077US #26
#19Scarlett953US #20
#20Chloe920US #25
#21Ella897US #15
#22Elizabeth894US #13
#23Avery851US #16
#24Zoe839US #40
#25Genesis809US #57
#26Samantha808US #61
#27Zoey770US #29
#28Grace752US #24
#29Bella750US #48
#30Valentina747US #81
#31Harper728US #9
#32Maya721US #62
#33Ximena719US #118
#34Leah718US #41
#35Layla713US #27
#36Madison710US #22
#37Audrey706US #46
#38Natalie686US #39
#39Alexa678US #90
#40Ariana666US #68
#41Delilah655US #92
#42Natalia653US #114
#43Violet652US #43
#44Elena651US #67
#45Ellie639US #36
#46Melanie639US #105
#47Lily636US #31
#48Hannah632US #33
#49Aaliyah601US #65
#50Riley599US #28
#51Allison594US #70
#52Aurora592US #44
#53Stella581US #38
#54Hazel574US #42
#55Gianna569US #80
#56Aubrey562US #37
#57Emilia555US #58
#58Eliana548US #84
#59Savannah539US #45
#60Hailey521US #79
#61Eva517US #76
#62Valeria517US #141
#63Leilani513US #120
#64Claire502US #50
#65Alina480US #157
#66Brooklyn478US #47
#67Everly475US #53
#68Athena468US #117
#69Alice466US #71
#70Naomi465US #64
#71Liliana464US #109
#72Ruby462US #74
#73Eleanor460US #32
#74Jade454US #111
#75Arianna451US #95
#76Isla444US #82
#77Andrea430US #134
#78Sophie425US #98
#79Adeline421US #78
#80Melody421US #136
#81Valerie421US #156
#82Lucy408US #51
#83Sarah402US #66
#84Katherine400US #112
#85Amaya398US #129
#86Nora397US #30
#87Kayla396US #149
#88Jasmine394US #137
#89Kaylee393US #97
#90Maria393US #115
#91Kimberly380US #173
#92Ivy376US #86
#93Madeline372US #100
#94Alexandra359US #125
#95Arya359US #119
#96Ashley358US #130
#97Nevaeh353US #83
#98Addison346US #35
#99Alyssa345US #150
#100Julia345US #93

Boys

#1Noah2,576US #2
#2Liam2,416US #1
#3Sebastian2,219US #18
#4Mateo2,104US #37
#5Ethan2,064US #12
#6Daniel2,001US #15
#7Julian1,946US #36
#8Alexander1,915US #11
#9Benjamin1,770US #6
#10Jacob1,720US #13
#11Matthew1,707US #20
#12Lucas1,555US #8
#13Jayden1,554US #29
#14Oliver1,513US #5
#15Aiden1,484US #19
#16James1,464US #4
#17Logan1,459US #10
#18David1,456US #22
#19Elijah1,441US #7
#20Dylan1,374US #31
#21Michael1,360US #14
#22Nathan1,334US #48
#23Isaac1,333US #34
#24William1,306US #3
#25Mason1,304US #9
#26Anthony1,297US #38
#27Adrian1,281US #62
#28Aaron1,226US #60
#29Angel1,214US #72
#30Santiago1,199US #82
#31Joseph1,174US #23
#32Andrew1,172US #43
#33Isaiah1,048US #51
#34Samuel1,036US #21
#35Luke1,035US #30
#36Leonardo1,012US #93
#37Ryan998US #46
#38Damian987US #109
#39Leo979US #50
#40Levi960US #33
#41Joshua957US #40
#42Henry937US #16
#43Christopher929US #42
#44Jose926US #89
#45Jonathan925US #63
#46Gabriel917US #35
#47Ezra903US #59
#48Elias891US #67
#49Josiah886US #52
#50Jackson869US #17
#51Jack864US #28
#52Christian842US #54
#53Caleb822US #45
#54Ezekiel816US #87
#55Dominic798US #75
#56Owen796US #25
#57Adam782US #78
#58Ivan775US #133
#59Ian768US #79
#60Diego752US #135
#61Evan735US #85
#62Eli734US #57
#63Roman732US #86
#64Wyatt730US #27
#65Gael718US #132
#66Nicholas713US #74
#67Emiliano710US #191
#68Xavier707US #88
#69Theodore703US #44
#70Luis701US #126
#71Jesus686US #148
#72John683US #26
#73Jeremiah663US #64
#74Jaxon651US #39
#75Carlos620US #138
#76Jason613US #99
#77Carter610US #24
#78Axel608US #94
#79Hunter600US #56
#80Grayson592US #32
#81Juan592US #139
#82Asher584US #47
#83Austin582US #81
#84Jordan578US #80
#85Robert573US #71
#86Thomas568US #49
#87Vincent558US #108
#88Charles547US #53
#89Luca541US #106
#90Kevin538US #125
#91Alan537US #174
#92Connor514US #58
#93Hudson512US #55
#94Nolan510US #65
#95Maverick502US #73
#96Brandon499US #124
#97Kai498US #112
#98Nathaniel496US #116
#99Alex495US #153
#100Giovanni490US #143

On the move since 2017

Rising

↑26Everly#67
↑22Gael#65
↑18Isla#76
↑18Emiliano#67
↑17Theodore#69
↑16Valentina#30
↑16Axel#78
↑14Liliana#71

Falling

↓22Kevin#90
↓16Andrea#77
↓14Adeline#79
↓13Alexa#39
↓13Melanie#46
↓13Alice#69
↓13Sarah#83
↓13John#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2017 rankings.