Popular baby names in California, 2000

The most popular baby names in California in 2000 were Emily for girls (2,959 babies) and Daniel for boys (4,344). Daniel ranked #9 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 471,710 babies born in California in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 2000

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: 161 babies, 4× the national rate
Monserrat: 113 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Arlene: 124 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Citlalli: 122 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Guadalupe: 549 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Aileen: 210 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Susana: 134 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gisselle: 332 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mayra: 234 babies, 3.3× the national rate
America: 133 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 404 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ulises: 169 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Moises: 372 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Esteban: 328 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alvaro: 171 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rudy: 151 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gerardo: 637 babies, 3× the national rate
Hugo: 239 babies, 3× the national rate
Angel: 2,328 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Eduardo: 1,171 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Emily	2,959	–	1
2	Ashley	2,833	↑2	4
3	Samantha	2,578	↓1	7
4	Jessica	2,485	↑1	8
5	Jennifer	2,265	↓2	26
6	Alyssa	2,005	–	12
7	Alexis	1,864	–	6
8	Hannah	1,855	↑4	2
9	Sarah	1,855	↓1	5
10	Elizabeth	1,850	↓1	9
11	Vanessa	1,635	↓1	62
12	Jasmine	1,614	↑1	27
13	Stephanie	1,596	↓2	40
14	Natalie	1,589	–	34
15	Jacqueline	1,561	↑19	64
16	Maria	1,473	↓1	41
17	Brianna	1,451	↑2	15
18	Madison	1,441	–	3
19	Andrea	1,417	↑2	55
20	Kimberly	1,401	–	58
21	Lauren	1,396	↓4	11
22	Michelle	1,366	–	52
23	Victoria	1,291	↓7	20
24	Destiny	1,201	↑9	24
25	Nicole	1,171	↓1	31
26	Melissa	1,156	↓3	71
27	Leslie	1,154	–	90
28	Kayla	1,134	↑1	13
29	Amanda	1,133	↓3	32
30	Sophia	1,125	↑9	42
31	Taylor	1,100	↓6	10
32	Megan	1,090	↓2	18
33	Alexandra	1,045	↓2	36
34	Emma	1,040	↑2	17
35	Isabella	1,040	↑5	45
36	Rachel	1,016	↓1	21
37	Grace	1,015	↑9	19
38	Julia	1,007	↓10	29
39	Abigail	1,002	↑5	14
40	Katherine	997	↓3	33
41	Diana	982	↓9	>100
42	Olivia	967	↓1	16
43	Jocelyn	866	–	>100
44	Angela	836	new	79
45	Sydney	831	new	23
46	Daisy	824	↓8	>100
47	Hailey	823	new	35
48	Chloe	789	new	38
49	Rebecca	771	↑1	39
50	Isabel	757	↓3	94

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Daniel	4,344	–	9
2	Anthony	3,840	↑1	17
3	Jose	3,805	↓1	34
4	Andrew	3,602	↑1	7
5	Michael	3,573	↓1	2
6	Jacob	3,520	↑1	1
7	Joshua	3,356	↑3	4
8	Christopher	3,337	↑1	5
9	David	3,280	↓3	16
10	Matthew	3,254	↓2	3
11	Jonathan	2,992	–	21
12	Joseph	2,780	–	8
13	Brandon	2,616	↑2	12
14	Nicholas	2,586	↓1	6
15	Ryan	2,556	↓1	13
16	Christian	2,435	↑1	22
17	Kevin	2,359	↑1	32
18	Angel	2,328	↑4	67
19	Luis	2,288	–	49
20	Juan	2,224	↓4	48
21	Alexander	2,181	↓1	20
22	Justin	2,164	↓1	19
23	Jesus	1,891	–	76
24	Carlos	1,788	–	66
25	Brian	1,741	↑4	43
26	Nathan	1,735	↑8	30
27	William	1,696	–	11
28	Gabriel	1,672	↑2	44
29	John	1,659	↓4	14
30	Tyler	1,655	↓4	10
31	Adrian	1,594	–	78
32	Jason	1,555	↑6	39
33	Bryan	1,552	↑12	70
34	Ethan	1,529	new	25
35	Robert	1,528	↓7	29
36	Miguel	1,488	↑7	86
37	James	1,481	↓4	18
38	Eric	1,466	↓6	42
39	Alejandro	1,464	↓3	89
40	Zachary	1,438	–	15
41	Benjamin	1,434	↑3	26
42	Dylan	1,425	↓1	24
43	Samuel	1,419	↓8	28
44	Noah	1,391	↓5	27
45	Aaron	1,362	↑1	41
46	Isaac	1,297	↑4	53
47	Isaiah	1,233	↑2	47
48	Sebastian	1,232	new	81
49	Jordan	1,216	↓2	36
50	Kyle	1,212	↓13	37

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