Popular baby names in California, 2001

The most popular baby names in California in 2001 were Emily for girls (2,928 babies) and Daniel for boys (4,165). Daniel ranked #9 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 466,961 babies born in California in 2001 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 2001

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

Girls

Arlene: 135 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lizette: 153 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Monserrat: 147 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Guadalupe: 545 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Aileen: 225 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Susana: 120 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Alondra: 715 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Marlene: 194 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Citlalli: 164 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Yvette: 157 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 373 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Moises: 364 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alfonso: 169 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ulises: 151 babies, 3× the national rate
Adan: 179 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Angel: 2,470 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Eduardo: 1,214 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Fernando: 912 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cesar: 825 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alberto: 438 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 2001

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Emily	2,928	–	1
2	Ashley	2,717	–	4
3	Samantha	2,536	–	7
4	Jessica	2,244	–	11
5	Alyssa	2,059	↑1	14
6	Jennifer	2,028	↓1	26
7	Natalie	1,724	↑7	32
8	Elizabeth	1,705	↑2	9
9	Alexis	1,700	↓2	5
10	Jasmine	1,655	↑2	25
11	Sarah	1,613	↓2	6
12	Hannah	1,598	↓4	3
13	Madison	1,595	↑5	2
14	Andrea	1,517	↑5	49
15	Stephanie	1,516	↓2	43
16	Isabella	1,482	↑19	28
17	Vanessa	1,456	↓6	64
18	Brianna	1,409	↓1	18
19	Kimberly	1,375	↑1	61
20	Maria	1,364	↓4	41
21	Kayla	1,213	↑7	17
22	Destiny	1,212	↑2	22
23	Michelle	1,204	↓1	59
24	Victoria	1,200	↓1	21
25	Jacqueline	1,195	↓10	70
26	Lauren	1,173	↓5	15
27	Sophia	1,162	↑3	37
28	Melissa	1,154	↓2	74
29	Leslie	1,152	↓2	84
30	Abigail	1,146	↑9	8
31	Nicole	1,110	↓6	36
32	Emma	1,093	↑2	13
33	Grace	1,053	↑4	16
34	Olivia	1,006	↑8	10
35	Julia	983	↑3	27
36	Alexandra	977	↓3	38
37	Katherine	976	↑3	35
38	Taylor	974	↓7	12
39	Diana	965	↑2	>100
40	Megan	962	↓8	20
41	Amanda	931	↓12	39
42	Chloe	921	↑6	30
43	Rachel	904	↓7	24
44	Jocelyn	856	↓1	>100
45	Angela	844	↓1	77
46	Daisy	815	–	>100
47	Evelyn	775	new	>100
48	Isabel	768	↑2	88
49	Sydney	755	↓4	23
50	Hailey	748	↓3	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Daniel	4,165	–	9
2	Anthony	3,827	–	11
3	Andrew	3,447	↑1	7
4	Jose	3,428	↓1	34
5	Jacob	3,385	↑1	1
6	David	3,346	↑3	12
7	Michael	3,295	↓2	2
8	Joshua	3,216	↓1	4
9	Matthew	3,083	↑1	3
10	Christopher	3,035	↓2	5
11	Jonathan	2,879	–	23
12	Joseph	2,730	–	8
13	Angel	2,470	↑5	58
14	Kevin	2,399	↑3	32
15	Christian	2,340	↑1	24
16	Nicholas	2,326	↓2	6
17	Ryan	2,323	↓2	15
18	Brandon	2,271	↓5	18
19	Luis	2,152	–	52
20	Alexander	2,086	↑1	20
21	Jesus	2,067	↑2	66
22	Justin	2,015	–	22
23	Juan	1,989	↓3	53
24	Carlos	1,923	–	59
25	Ethan	1,764	↑9	17
26	Gabriel	1,762	↑2	38
27	Nathan	1,746	↓1	31
28	Jason	1,735	↑4	41
29	Dylan	1,659	↑13	21
30	William	1,624	↓3	10
31	Samuel	1,622	↑12	26
32	Tyler	1,582	↓2	13
33	Adrian	1,580	↓2	75
34	John	1,579	↓5	14
35	Brian	1,555	↓10	46
36	Bryan	1,528	↓3	69
37	Alejandro	1,488	↑2	88
38	Isaac	1,438	↑8	47
39	Robert	1,433	↓4	30
40	Benjamin	1,427	↑1	27
41	Miguel	1,412	↓5	87
42	James	1,396	↓5	19
43	Aaron	1,348	↑2	42
44	Isaiah	1,344	↑3	43
45	Eric	1,339	↓7	44
46	Noah	1,272	↓2	28
47	Zachary	1,226	↓7	16
48	Eduardo	1,214	new	>100
49	Kyle	1,178	↑1	40
50	Julian	1,140	new	82

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