State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 2019 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 387,572 California births in 2019 across 6,179 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#57Emiliano#175 nationally
#89Kamilaoutside the national top 200
#95Maximilianooutside the national top 200
#63Alina#156 nationally
#68Jesus#155 nationally
#98Nicolas#181 nationally
#48Ximena#129 nationally
#99Miguel#178 nationally
#73Valerie#151 nationally
#54Diego#129 nationally
#39Damian#112 nationally
#67Ivan#140 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia2,610US #1
#2Emma2,402US #2
#3Mia2,366US #8
#4Sophia2,102US #4
#5Camila2,070US #15
#6Isabella2,019US #5
#7Luna1,506US #16
#8Emily1,471US #12
#9Ava1,418US #3
#10Sofia1,413US #17
#11Victoria1,327US #25
#12Abigail1,300US #11
#13Amelia1,276US #7
#14Charlotte1,224US #6
#15Mila1,217US #19
#16Evelyn1,165US #10
#17Penelope1,111US #22
#18Aria1,043US #20
#19Scarlett956US #21
#20Ella902US #13
#21Elizabeth879US #14
#22Chloe875US #24
#23Avery831US #18
#24Zoe827US #38
#25Valentina783US #65
#26Zoey754US #31
#27Emilia748US #44
#28Genesis738US #58
#29Violet731US #36
#30Bella724US #50
#31Layla719US #23
#32Harper718US #9
#33Aaliyah703US #70
#34Grace692US #28
#35Natalia692US #103
#36Maya680US #64
#37Ellie679US #35
#38Audrey678US #49
#39Lily672US #34
#40Ariana669US #69
#41Samantha653US #80
#42Elena650US #60
#43Leah647US #43
#44Riley645US #30
#45Hannah639US #32
#46Madison637US #26
#47Eliana625US #62
#48Ximena612US #129
#49Natalie607US #41
#50Aurora589US #39
#51Delilah588US #88
#52Gianna573US #79
#53Hazel556US #33
#54Stella549US #40
#55Hailey543US #76
#56Allison521US #78
#57Isla516US #57
#58Leilani516US #107
#59Everly506US #42
#60Melanie504US #110
#61Naomi491US #59
#62Aubrey477US #46
#63Alina475US #156
#64Eleanor467US #27
#65Eva466US #86
#66Jade466US #105
#67Claire458US #55
#68Ruby446US #66
#69Alice444US #73
#70Athena444US #104
#71Nora444US #29
#72Valeria443US #142
#73Valerie440US #151
#74Arya430US #92
#75Andrea428US #141
#76Alexa426US #139
#77Melody425US #118
#78Brooklyn416US #52
#79Lucy416US #48
#80Savannah408US #54
#81Sophie404US #85
#82Arianna397US #116
#83Ivy388US #67
#84Liliana385US #109
#85Jasmine374US #131
#86Maria371US #106
#87Madeline367US #98
#88Sarah360US #81
#89Kamila357
#90Katherine357US #120
#91Adeline356US #91
#92Amaya356US #133
#93Nova356US #51
#94Isabel339US #134
#95Alexandra336US #130
#96Kaylee336US #114
#97Nevaeh333US #89
#98Ashley329US #137
#99Anna327US #63
#100Julia327US #99

Boys

#1Noah2,682US #2
#2Liam2,403US #1
#3Mateo2,228US #26
#4Sebastian2,158US #18
#5Ethan2,105US #11
#6Julian1,860US #31
#7Alexander1,843US #10
#8Benjamin1,759US #7
#9Daniel1,751US #15
#10Lucas1,725US #8
#11Jacob1,666US #12
#12Oliver1,608US #3
#13Matthew1,569US #23
#14Elijah1,524US #5
#15Jayden1,409US #35
#16Aiden1,407US #20
#17James1,361US #6
#18Santiago1,356US #70
#19Isaac1,323US #34
#20Logan1,280US #16
#21David1,256US #27
#22Michael1,239US #14
#23Mason1,234US #9
#24Anthony1,229US #38
#25Dylan1,204US #39
#26William1,195US #4
#27Adrian1,187US #56
#28Leo1,177US #40
#29Nathan1,155US #55
#30Angel1,121US #73
#31Aaron1,086US #61
#32Leonardo1,067US #86
#33Levi1,060US #25
#34Joseph1,057US #24
#35Andrew1,049US #46
#36Luke1,044US #32
#37Samuel1,003US #22
#38Ezra999US #49
#39Damian996US #112
#40Elias995US #60
#41Ezekiel990US #71
#42Isaiah927US #53
#43Henry914US #13
#44Josiah903US #45
#45Jose895US #92
#46Christopher890US #44
#47Gabriel884US #37
#48Ryan874US #54
#49Jack864US #19
#50Jackson855US #17
#51Jonathan841US #64
#52Owen823US #21
#53Joshua812US #48
#54Diego776US #129
#55Theodore772US #36
#56Caleb760US #51
#57Emiliano753US #175
#58Dominic749US #85
#59Christian740US #57
#60Roman729US #72
#61Wyatt723US #29
#62Gael721US #133
#63Evan706US #96
#64Ian705US #81
#65Xavier685US #90
#66Nicholas680US #78
#67Ivan678US #140
#68Jesus674US #155
#69Adam667US #91
#70Eli662US #62
#71Jeremiah659US #69
#72Jaxon654US #42
#73Luis647US #119
#74John640US #28
#75Luca621US #87
#76Axel611US #84
#77Asher584US #43
#78Jason582US #103
#79Thomas577US #47
#80Carlos576US #134
#81Carter576US #30
#82Austin570US #88
#83Jordan568US #89
#84Miles568US #75
#85Maverick559US #58
#86Grayson547US #33
#87Juan542US #138
#88Hunter539US #66
#89Kai533US #100
#90Hudson531US #50
#91Robert524US #76
#92Vincent518US #115
#93Lorenzo507US #146
#94Charles506US #52
#95Maximiliano505
#96Jameson499US #77
#97Nolan499US #65
#98Nicolas486US #181
#99Miguel484US #178
#100Giovanni481US #142

On the move since 2018

Rising

↑30Emilia#27
↑21Arya#74
↑19Isla#57
↑16Aaliyah#33
↑15Nora#71
↑14Violet#29
↑14Theodore#55
↑14Luca#75

Falling

↓37Alexa#76
↓21Savannah#80
↓15Samantha#41
↓15Ximena#48
↓14Melanie#60
↓13Liliana#84
↓12Brooklyn#78
↓12Adeline#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2018 rankings.