100 Most Popular Baby Names in California (Updated for 2022)

In this section of the site we have data on the most popular baby names since records began in 1910 to the most recent data in 2022. These names are taken directly from the Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States.

The table below shows the top 100 most popular baby names for the latest year, 2022, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name.

You might be wondering why we don't have data for the current year, 2024. This is because the Social Security Administration who collect the data have to first verify it and safeguard privacy. Data from the previous year is released around May each year.

This page contains both boy and girl names, but you can click below to see just the names by sex:

	Boys		Girls
Rank	Name	Count	Name	Count
1	Liam	2,610	Olivia	2,178
2	Noah	2,497	Emma	2,080
3	Mateo	2,371	Camila	2,046
4	Sebastian	2,086	Mia	1,882
5	Julian	1,620	Sophia	1,762
6	Oliver	1,617	Isabella	1,733
7	Santiago	1,547	Luna	1,516
8	Benjamin	1,524	Sofia	1,307
9	Elijah	1,438	Amelia	1,289
10	Ezekiel	1,398	Gianna	1,107
11	Alexander	1,393	Emily	1,104
12	Daniel	1,385	Mila	1,074
13	Ethan	1,345	Charlotte	1,059
14	Lucas	1,289	Ava	1,021
15	Ezra	1,241	Aria	997
16	Luca	1,221	Penelope	997
17	Levi	1,197	Evelyn	982
18	Leo	1,179	Victoria	874
19	Aiden	1,155	Natalia	870
20	Angel	1,150	Scarlett	870
21	Jayden	1,087	Abigail	835
22	James	1,086	Zoe	795
23	Matthew	1,083	Violet	778
24	Dylan	1,067	Eliana	765
25	Elias	1,061	Chloe	764
26	Michael	1,036	Valentina	749
27	Anthony	1,034	Maya	726
28	David	1,028	Aurora	712
29	Jacob	1,026	Elena	708
30	Adrian	1,008	Ellie	695
31	Nathan	993	Elizabeth	693
32	Logan	986	Layla	687
33	Isaac	961	Lily	681
34	Damian	947	Emilia	667
35	Leonardo	935	Ella	663
36	Aaron	903	Avery	660
37	Theodore	903	Leilani	620
38	Isaiah	899	Hazel	611
39	Gabriel	880	Aaliyah	605
40	Henry	871	Madison	601
41	Samuel	857	Genesis	599
42	William	831	Isla	591
43	Luke	826	Delilah	590
44	Gael	814	Zoey	577
45	Mason	796	Ximena	574
46	Josiah	794	Athena	564
47	Joseph	785	Harper	550
48	Emiliano	784	Samantha	522
49	Caleb	773	Ariana	518
50	Jose	770	Grace	514
51	Kai	760	Leah	511
52	Andrew	741	Riley	510
53	Roman	729	Alina	506
54	Christopher	709	Jade	502
55	Jack	704	Natalie	498
56	Ian	696	Bella	486
57	Diego	695	Hailey	484
58	Owen	683	Audrey	480
59	Jonathan	647	Stella	480
60	Jackson	641	Hannah	473
61	Maverick	641	Eleanor	465
62	Xavier	633	Melody	459
63	Asher	628	Valeria	459
64	Adriel	626	Nova	459
65	Luis	607	Naomi	449
66	Joshua	605	Liliana	440
67	Jesus	597	Nora	440
68	Dominic	596	Sophie	430
69	Axel	591	Ivy	427
70	Christian	574	Melanie	423
71	Enzo	567	Everly	422
72	Adam	565	Catalina	410
73	Lorenzo	554	Allison	408
74	Miles	554	Alice	394
75	Ivan	549	Maria	394
76	Eli	548	Ruby	389
77	Wyatt	543	Valerie	387
78	Ryan	534	Lucia	384
79	Thomas	524	Ayla	364
80	Hudson	522	Iris	361
81	Nicholas	521	Madelyn	361
82	Thiago	520	Alaia	348
83	Juan	512	Emery	348
84	Emilio	498	Lucy	345
85	Carlos	495	Eva	342
86	John	490	Arya	341
87	Jordan	490	Adeline	340
88	Evan	488	Kamila	340
89	Luka	488	Nevaeh	339
90	Andres	479	Daisy	335
91	Jeremiah	478	Juliette	331
92	Miguel	467	Madeline	327
93	Giovanni	460	Andrea	322
94	Grayson	452	Aubrey	317
95	Nicolas	442	Amaya	314
96	Jaxon	440	Julia	302
97	Alejandro	431	Isabel	301
98	Matteo	429	Sienna	299
99	Vincent	417	Claire	292
100	Micah	416	Willow	288

Most Popular California Baby Names by Year

We have data on the most popular baby names in California for each year since records began in 1910 to the most recent data in 2022.

However, 112 years is a lot of data to display, so in the sections below we'll show you the top 5 most popular baby names for each of the last 10 years.

Popular Baby Names in California for 2021

As you can see the most popular baby names in California for births recorded in 2021 are Noah and Olivia.