State roster

Top names in California

The names most likely to appear on 2023 California birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 344,312 California births in 2023 across 6,060 distinct names.

Distinctively California

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

#46Ximena#158 nationally
#90Kamilaoutside the national top 200
#93Leiaoutside the national top 200
#95Andresoutside the national top 200
#96Alejandro#200 nationally
#81Emilio#181 nationally
#34Emiliano#133 nationally
#56Alina#150 nationally
#95Kaia#186 nationally
#64Valeria#154 nationally
#83Jesus#172 nationally
#86Andrea#173 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia1,975US #1
#2Mia1,918US #6
#3Camila1,895US #13
#4Emma1,783US #2
#5Isabella1,649US #7
#6Sophia1,636US #5
#7Sofia1,356US #12
#8Luna1,312US #10
#9Amelia1,262US #4
#10Gianna1,094US #21
#11Emily1,070US #19
#12Charlotte1,019US #3
#13Aria997US #25
#14Ava979US #8
#15Mila934US #28
#16Penelope887US #23
#17Evelyn884US #9
#18Eliana845US #34
#19Valentina825US #50
#20Zoe787US #36
#21Victoria786US #45
#22Natalia756US #96
#23Lily746US #20
#24Abigail740US #31
#25Chloe729US #26
#26Aurora727US #22
#27Emilia720US #42
#28Scarlett710US #17
#29Violet705US #16
#30Maya673US #49
#31Delilah669US #52
#32Elena667US #47
#33Layla654US #30
#34Avery626US #29
#35Ellie625US #27
#36Hazel615US #18
#37Ella600US #32
#38Isla583US #33
#39Elizabeth581US #15
#40Genesis581US #57
#41Leilani567US #61
#42Ariana530US #97
#43Madison529US #37
#44Zoey521US #51
#45Leah502US #53
#46Ximena502US #158
#47Naomi497US #44
#48Aaliyah483US #85
#49Harper480US #11
#50Jade480US #80
#51Eleanor473US #14
#52Athena471US #76
#53Ivy471US #38
#54Samantha468US #114
#55Riley455US #43
#56Alina453US #150
#57Grace449US #39
#58Audrey439US #74
#59Liliana432US #88
#60Hannah431US #48
#61Stella430US #46
#62Nora427US #24
#63Melanie424US #130
#64Valeria415US #154
#65Melody414US #103
#66Hailey408US #90
#67Catalina402US #146
#68Nova402US #35
#69Allison396US #100
#70Natalie391US #63
#71Lucia390US #109
#72Lucy380US #40
#73Maria379US #82
#74Ruby375US #65
#75Bella362US #104
#76Iris362US #78
#77Sophie355US #60
#78Alice353US #66
#79Ayla351US #106
#80Madelyn345US #58
#81Adeline340US #71
#82Alaia333US #120
#83Emery332US #70
#84Everly332US #69
#85Valerie331US #144
#86Andrea321US #173
#87Madeline314US #95
#88Daisy311US #110
#89Eva310US #111
#90Kamila304
#91Juliette302US #160
#92Amaya296US #162
#93Leia296
#94Claire294US #68
#95Kaia294US #186
#96Sienna287US #140
#97Amara285US #123
#98Nevaeh283US #117
#99Amira280US #131
#100Isabel277US #164

Boys

#1Noah2,673US #2
#2Liam2,599US #1
#3Mateo2,409US #6
#4Sebastian2,013US #13
#5Santiago1,609US #45
#6Julian1,546US #33
#7Oliver1,540US #3
#8Elijah1,338US #5
#9Ezekiel1,335US #50
#10Benjamin1,333US #11
#11Ezra1,287US #15
#12Ethan1,272US #24
#13Alexander1,251US #22
#14Daniel1,223US #17
#15Lucas1,222US #9
#16Luca1,157US #25
#17Leo1,155US #18
#18Elias1,105US #36
#19Matthew1,076US #32
#20Levi1,064US #12
#21Angel1,051US #62
#22Dylan1,033US #34
#23James1,005US #4
#24Theodore981US #7
#25Isaac959US #42
#26Michael948US #16
#27Jacob933US #35
#28David931US #27
#29Aiden922US #40
#30Leonardo919US #84
#31Anthony888US #46
#32Adrian862US #67
#33Jayden861US #49
#34Emiliano860US #133
#35Damian829US #108
#36Isaiah823US #56
#37Nathan814US #59
#38Gael812US #100
#39Aaron797US #68
#40Samuel797US #19
#41Luke788US #31
#42William781US #10
#43Henry771US #8
#44Adriel748US #113
#45Jose739US #93
#46Joseph737US #29
#47Jack732US #14
#48Logan729US #39
#49Caleb718US #51
#50Mason713US #30
#51Gabriel710US #38
#52Roman710US #66
#53Josiah700US #53
#54Ian674US #69
#55Kai669US #61
#56Enzo656US #90
#57Miles652US #43
#58Owen626US #20
#59Thiago625US #72
#60Andrew616US #65
#61Joshua615US #60
#62Axel612US #71
#63Diego609US #135
#64Asher604US #23
#65Christopher602US #55
#66Dominic599US #106
#67Xavier597US #105
#68Jackson588US #28
#69Maverick565US #37
#70Christian559US #77
#71Thomas550US #41
#72Luis549US #134
#73Lorenzo548US #131
#74Jonathan547US #82
#75Luka543US #95
#76Ivan541US #153
#77Ryan539US #83
#78Adam520US #103
#79Hudson518US #21
#80Matteo516US #144
#81Emilio500US #181
#82Carlos497US #139
#83Jesus485US #172
#84John482US #26
#85Theo482US #78
#86Wyatt482US #47
#87Jeremiah477US #92
#88Nolan470US #57
#89Matias469US #164
#90Juan466US #140
#91Eli456US #79
#92Jordan453US #96
#93Giovanni439US #123
#94Nicholas427US #109
#95Andres425
#96Alejandro419US #200
#97Evan413US #137
#98Leon412US #148
#99Grayson409US #44
#100Austin406US #101

On the move since 2022

Rising

↑23Thiago#59
↑20Adriel#44
↑18Naomi#47
↑18Matteo#80
↑17Miles#57
↑16Enzo#56
↑15Ivy#53
↑14Emiliano#34

Falling

↓19Bella#75
↓16Logan#48
↓16Eli#91
↓15Natalie#70
↓15Jonathan#74
↓15Jesus#83
↓14Everly#84
↓14Nicholas#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2022 rankings.