Popular baby names in California, 1999

The most popular baby names in California in 1999 were Emily for girls (2,825 babies) and Daniel for boys (4,354). Daniel ranked #9 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 460,859 babies born in California in 1999 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1999

Names given at least 15 times in California that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Lizette: 250 babies, 4× the national rate
Arlene: 155 babies, 4× the national rate
Viviana: 315 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Guadalupe: 568 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Marlene: 187 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Yvette: 140 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Nayeli: 127 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Nataly: 120 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Berenice: 111 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Alejandra: 725 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 377 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ernesto: 358 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ulises: 183 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Moises: 328 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Vicente: 141 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Fernando: 849 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cesar: 767 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Hugo: 230 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Osvaldo: 146 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Angel: 2,033 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1999

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Emily	2,825	↑2	1
2	Samantha	2,787	↑2	5
3	Jennifer	2,675	↑2	21
4	Ashley	2,609	↓2	6
5	Jessica	2,511	↓4	9
6	Alyssa	2,088	↑3	11
7	Alexis	2,002	–	3
8	Sarah	1,984	↓2	4
9	Elizabeth	1,865	↑2	10
10	Vanessa	1,787	↓2	57
11	Stephanie	1,763	↓1	37
12	Hannah	1,701	↑1	2
13	Jasmine	1,664	↓1	26
14	Natalie	1,655	↑1	34
15	Maria	1,592	↓1	39
16	Victoria	1,471	↑1	16
17	Lauren	1,392	↑10	12
18	Madison	1,378	↓2	7
19	Brianna	1,358	↑2	14
20	Kimberly	1,356	↓2	51
21	Andrea	1,302	↑5	59
22	Michelle	1,275	↑2	56
23	Melissa	1,254	↓3	64
24	Nicole	1,217	↑1	25
25	Taylor	1,202	↓6	8
26	Amanda	1,179	↓4	22
27	Leslie	1,159	↑6	100
28	Julia	1,124	↑4	30
29	Kayla	1,112	↑2	13
30	Megan	1,110	↓2	15
31	Alexandra	1,083	↓2	32
32	Diana	1,070	↓9	>100
33	Destiny	1,051	↑5	28
34	Jacqueline	1,026	↑5	79
35	Rachel	1,020	↓5	19
36	Emma	1,007	↓1	17
37	Katherine	1,003	↓1	36
38	Daisy	957	↓4	>100
39	Sophia	955	↑11	53
40	Isabella	874	new	60
41	Olivia	871	new	20
42	Danielle	838	↓1	43
43	Jocelyn	824	↓3	>100
44	Abigail	817	–	18
45	Karina	812	↑4	>100
46	Grace	783	new	27
47	Isabel	776	new	97
48	Angelica	774	↓2	>100
49	Savannah	766	new	42
50	Rebecca	742	↓8	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Daniel	4,354	–	9
2	Jose	3,871	–	35
3	Anthony	3,808	↑1	18
4	Michael	3,759	↓1	2
5	Andrew	3,599	↑3	7
6	David	3,484	–	16
7	Jacob	3,477	↓2	1
8	Matthew	3,321	↓1	3
9	Christopher	3,252	–	6
10	Joshua	3,144	–	4
11	Jonathan	3,018	–	22
12	Joseph	2,823	–	8
13	Nicholas	2,536	–	5
14	Ryan	2,513	↑1	12
15	Brandon	2,489	↓1	11
16	Juan	2,372	–	46
17	Christian	2,337	–	25
18	Kevin	2,318	↑2	34
19	Luis	2,268	↓1	55
20	Alexander	2,240	↓1	21
21	Justin	2,226	–	20
22	Angel	2,033	–	73
23	Jesus	2,002	–	70
24	Carlos	1,983	↑3	59
25	John	1,761	↑1	15
26	Tyler	1,741	↓2	10
27	William	1,696	↑3	14
28	Robert	1,672	↓3	26
29	Brian	1,572	↑6	43
30	Gabriel	1,571	↑2	53
31	Adrian	1,564	↓3	79
32	Eric	1,546	↑1	39
33	James	1,508	↓4	19
34	Nathan	1,508	↑10	32
35	Samuel	1,471	↑1	27
36	Alejandro	1,469	↑1	88
37	Kyle	1,456	↓6	28
38	Jason	1,414	–	40
39	Noah	1,385	↑4	24
40	Zachary	1,365	–	17
41	Dylan	1,356	↑5	23
42	Austin	1,330	↓8	13
43	Miguel	1,324	↓4	91
44	Benjamin	1,288	↑5	29
45	Bryan	1,284	–	74
46	Aaron	1,257	↓5	38
47	Jordan	1,208	↓5	30
48	Steven	1,203	↓1	47
49	Isaiah	1,179	new	51
50	Isaac	1,136	new	64

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