State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 2022 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 362,544 California births in 2022 across 6,227 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#84Emilio#198 nationally
#88Kamilaoutside the national top 200
#91Andresoutside the national top 200
#48Emiliano#153 nationally
#45Ximena#144 nationally
#68Jesus#166 nationally
#97Alejandro#194 nationally
#95Nicolas#191 nationally
#92Miguel#185 nationally
#98Matteo#183 nationally
#64Valeria#146 nationally
#77Ivan#159 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia2,188US #1
#2Emma2,087US #2
#3Camila2,050US #12
#4Mia1,890US #8
#5Sophia1,773US #5
#6Isabella1,741US #6
#7Luna1,524US #10
#8Sofia1,312US #13
#9Amelia1,295US #4
#10Emily1,111US #17
#11Gianna1,111US #22
#12Mila1,082US #18
#13Charlotte1,070US #3
#14Ava1,027US #7
#15Penelope1,003US #21
#16Aria1,002US #23
#17Evelyn989US #9
#18Victoria876US #43
#19Scarlett874US #14
#20Natalia872US #80
#21Abigail838US #24
#22Zoe798US #38
#23Violet784US #20
#24Chloe767US #19
#25Eliana767US #41
#26Valentina752US #57
#27Maya730US #51
#28Aurora715US #31
#29Elena711US #49
#30Elizabeth698US #15
#31Ellie696US #33
#32Lily693US #30
#33Layla690US #29
#34Emilia672US #44
#35Ella671US #25
#36Avery663US #26
#37Leilani625US #59
#38Hazel616US #27
#39Aaliyah607US #69
#40Genesis604US #65
#41Madison602US #34
#42Delilah594US #58
#43Isla594US #36
#44Zoey582US #45
#45Ximena576US #144
#46Athena565US #78
#47Harper554US #11
#48Samantha524US #106
#49Ariana521US #90
#50Grace516US #35
#51Leah514US #52
#52Riley513US #39
#53Alina509US #133
#54Jade503US #88
#55Natalie499US #55
#56Bella492US #85
#57Hailey485US #79
#58Stella484US #40
#59Audrey482US #67
#60Hannah476US #47
#61Eleanor471US #16
#62Melody462US #109
#63Nova462US #32
#64Valeria459US #146
#65Naomi453US #46
#66Nora442US #28
#67Liliana440US #97
#68Ivy432US #42
#69Sophie432US #63
#70Everly428US #56
#71Melanie424US #130
#72Catalina412US #149
#73Allison410US #101
#74Maria396US #91
#75Alice394US #64
#76Ruby393US #62
#77Valerie390US #148
#78Lucia387US #126
#79Ayla368US #98
#80Iris364US #84
#81Madelyn362US #60
#82Emery352US #82
#83Lucy351US #48
#84Alaia348US #139
#85Arya344US #122
#86Eva343US #108
#87Adeline341US #92
#88Kamila341
#89Daisy339US #124
#90Nevaeh339US #96
#91Juliette332US #164
#92Madeline328US #102
#93Andrea322US #155
#94Aubrey320US #81
#95Amaya314US #169
#96Julia303US #111
#97Isabel301US #156
#98Sienna300US #136
#99Claire293US #66
#100Willow289US #37

Boys

#1Liam2,617US #1
#2Noah2,512US #2
#3Mateo2,384US #11
#4Sebastian2,097US #13
#5Oliver1,630US #3
#6Julian1,628US #35
#7Santiago1,549US #49
#8Benjamin1,533US #9
#9Elijah1,449US #5
#10Ezekiel1,405US #48
#11Alexander1,400US #17
#12Daniel1,399US #14
#13Ethan1,353US #21
#14Lucas1,292US #8
#15Ezra1,251US #25
#16Luca1,230US #28
#17Levi1,207US #12
#18Leo1,185US #22
#19Aiden1,160US #29
#20Angel1,154US #62
#21James1,097US #4
#22Jayden1,093US #46
#23Matthew1,092US #39
#24Dylan1,071US #42
#25Elias1,068US #43
#26Michael1,048US #16
#27David1,041US #31
#28Anthony1,039US #44
#29Jacob1,030US #32
#30Adrian1,011US #63
#31Nathan994US #57
#32Logan991US #33
#33Isaac972US #41
#34Damian952US #108
#35Leonardo939US #75
#36Theodore910US #10
#37Aaron909US #71
#38Isaiah906US #58
#39Gabriel884US #36
#40Henry874US #7
#41Samuel864US #19
#42William839US #6
#43Luke831US #34
#44Gael815US #104
#45Mason804US #24
#46Josiah800US #51
#47Joseph794US #30
#48Emiliano787US #153
#49Jose776US #88
#50Caleb775US #52
#51Kai763US #59
#52Andrew747US #61
#53Roman737US #68
#54Christopher716US #55
#55Jack714US #15
#56Diego698US #124
#57Ian698US #72
#58Owen687US #18
#59Jonathan652US #79
#60Maverick647US #40
#61Jackson644US #23
#62Xavier637US #100
#63Asher635US #20
#64Adriel626US #139
#65Joshua612US #60
#66Luis609US #125
#67Dominic599US #102
#68Jesus599US #166
#69Axel593US #76
#70Christian579US #73
#71Adam570US #99
#72Enzo569US #121
#73Lorenzo556US #134
#74Miles556US #56
#75Eli550US #69
#76Wyatt550US #38
#77Ivan549US #159
#78Ryan539US #74
#79Thomas531US #45
#80Nicholas525US #97
#81Hudson523US #27
#82Thiago520US #107
#83Juan516US #141
#84Emilio499US #198
#85Carlos496US #147
#86John496US #26
#87Jordan493US #92
#88Evan490US #133
#89Luka490US #117
#90Jeremiah482US #93
#91Andres480
#92Miguel469US #185
#93Giovanni463US #122
#94Grayson454US #37
#95Nicolas445US #191
#96Jaxon440US #67
#97Alejandro432US #194
#98Matteo429US #183
#99Micah420US #89
#100Charles419US #50

On the move since 2021

Rising

↑27Enzo#72
↑20Lucia#78
↑19Madelyn#81
↑18Athena#46
↑16Luca#16
↑16Emilio#84
↑12Theodore#36
↑12Ivan#77

Falling

↓16Allison#73
↓14Jack#55
↓14Matteo#98
↓13Leah#51
↓13Eva#86
↓13Claire#99
↓13Jacob#29
↓13Miles#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2021 rankings.