State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 2021 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 363,665 California births in 2021 across 6,193 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#54Emiliano#171 nationally
#91Andresoutside the national top 200
#97Kamilaoutside the national top 200
#100Emiliooutside the national top 200
#70Jesus#170 nationally
#96Nicolas#189 nationally
#70Valeria#158 nationally
#51Ximena#138 nationally
#81Catalina#166 nationally
#73Adriel#154 nationally
#84Matteo#165 nationally
#89Ivan#168 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia2,408US #1
#2Emma2,185US #2
#3Camila2,074US #12
#4Mia2,041US #8
#5Sophia1,821US #6
#6Isabella1,665US #7
#7Luna1,469US #11
#8Amelia1,374US #4
#9Sofia1,318US #18
#10Gianna1,296US #13
#11Ava1,274US #5
#12Charlotte1,145US #3
#13Emily1,101US #21
#14Mila1,069US #26
#15Aria1,004US #22
#16Evelyn969US #9
#17Natalia953US #79
#18Victoria944US #43
#19Abigail926US #17
#20Penelope910US #23
#21Scarlett830US #20
#22Chloe785US #25
#23Layla780US #24
#24Maya775US #55
#25Zoe772US #42
#26Ella755US #16
#27Elizabeth728US #14
#28Avery716US #19
#29Emilia716US #40
#30Eliana713US #47
#31Valentina708US #69
#32Violet696US #36
#33Elena683US #53
#34Ellie683US #30
#35Delilah679US #58
#36Isla652US #34
#37Aurora642US #35
#38Leah641US #46
#39Zoey641US #38
#40Leilani631US #68
#41Madison626US #29
#42Lily604US #31
#43Aaliyah602US #61
#44Harper595US #10
#45Grace579US #33
#46Hazel575US #28
#47Ariana562US #88
#48Riley553US #37
#49Genesis538US #75
#50Samantha518US #106
#51Ximena503US #138
#52Bella502US #73
#53Jade499US #92
#54Natalie499US #56
#55Eleanor497US #15
#56Naomi497US #54
#57Allison496US #82
#58Audrey496US #60
#59Stella493US #41
#60Alina486US #135
#61Hailey482US #77
#62Everly478US #50
#63Hannah474US #44
#64Athena457US #98
#65Melanie437US #129
#66Ivy435US #49
#67Nora434US #27
#68Sophie428US #76
#69Melody419US #113
#70Valeria412US #158
#71Nova410US #32
#72Liliana404US #104
#73Eva398US #93
#74Ruby388US #62
#75Ayla385US #108
#76Maria383US #105
#77Lucy379US #48
#78Valerie379US #155
#79Alice375US #65
#80Alaia364US #128
#81Catalina361US #166
#82Arya349US #120
#83Savannah344US #67
#84Iris340US #107
#85Adeline339US #94
#86Claire339US #59
#87Daisy334US #134
#88Aubrey332US #64
#89Isabel331US #146
#90Emery321US #90
#91Nevaeh321US #86
#92Quinn320US #81
#93Willow320US #39
#94Brooklyn319US #63
#95Andrea315US #174
#96Addison314US #45
#97Kamila314
#98Lucia314US #136
#99Amaya313US #161
#100Madelyn311US #71

Boys

#1Noah2,622US #2
#2Liam2,481US #1
#3Mateo2,126US #15
#4Sebastian2,054US #19
#5Julian1,732US #33
#6Benjamin1,622US #7
#7Oliver1,539US #3
#8Elijah1,510US #4
#9Alexander1,499US #13
#10Daniel1,439US #16
#11Ethan1,418US #20
#12Lucas1,379US #8
#13Ezekiel1,280US #53
#14Santiago1,259US #63
#15Aiden1,238US #26
#16Jacob1,223US #24
#17Matthew1,182US #36
#18James1,167US #5
#19Ezra1,133US #37
#20Levi1,100US #12
#21Jayden1,091US #41
#22Michael1,090US #17
#23Leo1,084US #31
#24David1,068US #30
#25Elias1,067US #48
#26Adrian1,065US #61
#27Angel1,060US #67
#28Dylan1,053US #44
#29Anthony1,047US #43
#30Logan1,034US #21
#31Isaac1,016US #40
#32Luca1,006US #42
#33Nathan999US #59
#34Leonardo949US #87
#35William937US #6
#36Aaron924US #65
#37Samuel912US #23
#38Isaiah901US #56
#39Mason899US #18
#40Henry896US #9
#41Jack892US #11
#42Joseph883US #28
#43Damian874US #113
#44Luke854US #32
#45Josiah848US #49
#46Gael843US #109
#47Jose831US #89
#48Theodore831US #10
#49Gabriel807US #38
#50Jackson770US #14
#51Andrew760US #57
#52Owen752US #22
#53Christopher747US #52
#54Emiliano726US #171
#55Caleb721US #51
#56Roman720US #74
#57Kai693US #70
#58Diego689US #126
#59Jonathan674US #77
#60Joshua670US #58
#61Miles667US #55
#62Axel661US #76
#63Ian649US #81
#64Dominic629US #99
#65Xavier626US #100
#66Maverick616US #47
#67Wyatt606US #29
#68Ryan600US #66
#69Asher598US #25
#70Jesus596US #170
#71Luis580US #137
#72Christian577US #71
#73Adriel574US #154
#74Adam573US #104
#75Eli563US #64
#76Thomas553US #46
#77Hudson552US #34
#78Jeremiah542US #82
#79Evan537US #116
#80Nicholas526US #92
#81John522US #27
#82Grayson517US #35
#83Lorenzo514US #135
#84Matteo514US #165
#85Nolan513US #60
#86Jordan500US #88
#87Carter495US #39
#88Carlos489US #151
#89Ivan486US #168
#90Juan479US #164
#91Andres476
#92Robert476US #79
#93Vincent475US #117
#94Jaxon471US #54
#95Nathaniel469US #133
#96Nicolas469US #189
#97Giovanni461US #124
#98Austin460US #96
#99Enzo458US #140
#100Emilio454

On the move since 2020

Rising

↑29Luca#32
↑19Kai#57
↑18Isla#36
↑17Grayson#82
↑12Leilani#40
↑12Ivy#66
↑11Levi#20
↑11Maverick#66

Falling

↓19Aubrey#88
↓19Brooklyn#94
↓18Ivan#89
↓15Melanie#65
↓14Hannah#63
↓13Andrea#95
↓13John#81
↓12Genesis#49

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2020 rankings.