Popular baby names in California

In 2025, California's top baby names were Olivia for girls and Liam for boys. Below: this year's top 20, the names California likes far more than the rest of the country, the number-one names decade by decade, and every year's list back to 1910.

Top 20 names in California, 2025

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Olivia	1,796	1
2	Mia	1,788	6
3	Sophia	1,685	5
4	Camila	1,682	19
5	Emma	1,641	3
6	Isabella	1,506	7
7	Amelia	1,370	4
8	Sofia	1,339	9
9	Eliana	1,323	10
10	Valentina	1,146	35
11	Ailany	1,058	14
12	Charlotte	1,037	2
13	Luna	998	27
14	Gianna	990	33
15	Aria	977	26
16	Emily	910	34
17	Evelyn	892	8
18	Violet	883	13
19	Aurora	853	15
20	Penelope	827	22

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Liam	2,624	1
2	Noah	2,607	2
3	Mateo	2,239	8
4	Santiago	1,991	26
5	Sebastian	1,954	16
6	Julian	1,680	25
7	Oliver	1,456	3
8	Elias	1,342	13
9	Benjamin	1,257	11
10	Elijah	1,257	7
11	Luca	1,257	14
12	Ethan	1,236	24
13	Theodore	1,211	4
14	Ezra	1,190	20
15	Leo	1,173	19
16	Alexander	1,169	30
17	Lucas	1,154	10
18	Daniel	1,145	22
19	Levi	1,142	12
20	Ezekiel	1,089	61

Full 2025 top 50 and standout names

Names California likes more than the rest of the country

California favorites

Among the state's 100 most-given names in 2021–2025 and at least twice as common there as in the rest of the US.

Emiliano (boys): #36 in California, 3.6× the rest-of-US rate
Natalia (girls): #25 in California, 3.4× the rest-of-US rate
Ximena (girls): #47 in California, 3.3× the rest-of-US rate
Santiago (boys): #5 in California, 3× the rest-of-US rate
Camila (girls): #3 in California, 2.9× the rest-of-US rate
Damian (boys): #38 in California, 2.9× the rest-of-US rate
Alina (girls): #48 in California, 2.8× the rest-of-US rate
Kamila (girls): #99 in California, 2.8× the rest-of-US rate
Andres (boys): #93 in California, 2.8× the rest-of-US rate
Jesus (boys): #78 in California, 2.7× the rest-of-US rate
Emilio (boys): #79 in California, 2.7× the rest-of-US rate
Adriel (boys): #52 in California, 2.6× the rest-of-US rate

Signature names, rare elsewhere

Given to at least 50 babies in the state in 2021–2025, at least three times as common there as in the rest of the US, and rare nationally (under 200 babies per million).

Armen (boys): 132 babies in 2021–2025, 21.9× the rest-of-US rate
Gurfateh (boys): 72 babies in 2021–2025, 11.5× the rest-of-US rate
Tigran (boys): 61 babies in 2021–2025, 10.1× the rest-of-US rate
Raylene (girls): 66 babies in 2021–2025, 9.8× the rest-of-US rate
Waris (boys): 80 babies in 2021–2025, 9.7× the rest-of-US rate
Mehtab (boys): 69 babies in 2021–2025, 9.4× the rest-of-US rate
Himmat (boys): 54 babies in 2021–2025, 9.3× the rest-of-US rate
Inayat (girls): 50 babies in 2021–2025, 9× the rest-of-US rate
Rehmat (girls): 149 babies in 2021–2025, 8.9× the rest-of-US rate
Jind (girls): 88 babies in 2021–2025, 8.8× the rest-of-US rate
Seerat (girls): 59 babies in 2021–2025, 7.9× the rest-of-US rate
Arno (boys): 52 babies in 2021–2025, 7.7× the rest-of-US rate

Number-one baby names in California by decade

Year	Girls	Boys
2025	Olivia	Liam
2020	Olivia	Noah
2010	Isabella	Jacob
2000	Emily	Daniel
1990	Jessica	Michael
1980	Jennifer	Michael
1970	Jennifer	Michael
1960	Karen	David
1950	Linda	Robert
1940	Mary	Robert
1930	Mary	Robert
1920	Mary	Robert
1910	Mary	John

Top 20 names in California, 2025

Names California likes more than the rest of the country

California favorites

Signature names, rare elsewhere

Number-one baby names in California by decade

California baby names by year