Popular baby names in California, 2003

The most popular baby names in California in 2003 were Emily for girls (3,416 babies) and Daniel for boys (4,033). Daniel ranked #8 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 477,699 babies born in California in 2003 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 2003

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: 123 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Giselle: 703 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Noemi: 171 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Guadalupe: 517 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Aileen: 201 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Galilea: 118 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Priscilla: 403 babies, 3× the national rate
Itzel: 254 babies, 3× the national rate
Marlene: 209 babies, 3× the national rate
Nathalie: 175 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 362 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Moises: 305 babies, 3× the national rate
Angel: 3,220 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Emiliano: 208 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Diego: 1,742 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gustavo: 403 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Saul: 374 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Alfredo: 323 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ernesto: 298 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Alfonso: 159 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 2003

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Emily	3,416	–	1
2	Ashley	2,732	–	8
3	Samantha	2,578	–	10
4	Isabella	2,192	↑2	12
5	Alyssa	1,927	↑2	14
6	Emma	1,845	↑14	2
7	Natalie	1,827	↑3	23
8	Jessica	1,762	↓4	18
9	Jennifer	1,699	↓4	31
10	Elizabeth	1,671	↓2	9
11	Jasmine	1,614	↓2	27
12	Alexis	1,578	↓1	7
13	Sophia	1,546	↑5	20
14	Madison	1,469	↓1	3
15	Sarah	1,428	↓3	11
16	Kimberly	1,419	↑8	64
17	Hannah	1,396	↓3	4
18	Stephanie	1,333	↓3	49
19	Vanessa	1,333	↑3	70
20	Andrea	1,322	↓3	60
21	Brianna	1,297	↓5	17
22	Abigail	1,270	↑6	6
23	Michelle	1,237	↓2	62
24	Maria	1,232	↓5	42
25	Mia	1,229	↑5	36
26	Olivia	1,219	↑3	5
27	Victoria	1,219	↓4	22
28	Kayla	1,192	↓1	16
29	Leslie	1,141	↓3	91
30	Grace	1,131	↑4	13
31	Lauren	1,083	↓6	15
32	Evelyn	977	↑9	88
33	Nicole	966	–	40
34	Katherine	962	↑5	35
35	Melissa	962	↓3	96
36	Jocelyn	932	↑1	87
37	Jacqueline	919	↓6	100
38	Diana	911	new	>100
39	Destiny	902	↓3	37
40	Alexandra	889	↓5	38
41	Chloe	881	↑1	24
42	Hailey	881	↑5	26
43	Daniela	879	↑2	>100
44	Angelina	864	new	71
45	Sydney	844	new	25
46	Julia	835	↓6	33
47	Taylor	819	↓3	19
48	Isabel	812	new	83
49	Gabriela	808	new	>100
50	Amanda	792	↓4	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Daniel	4,033	–	8
2	Anthony	3,935	–	10
3	Andrew	3,458	↑1	5
4	Jose	3,379	↓1	30
5	Jacob	3,369	–	1
6	David	3,355	↑2	14
7	Joshua	3,222	↓1	3
8	Angel	3,220	↑3	47
9	Michael	3,110	↓2	2
10	Matthew	2,986	↓1	4
11	Christopher	2,777	↓1	9
12	Joseph	2,733	↑1	6
13	Jonathan	2,723	↓1	22
14	Ryan	2,567	↑2	13
15	Alexander	2,361	↓1	16
16	Brandon	2,360	↑1	21
17	Kevin	2,277	↓2	32
18	Ethan	2,241	–	7
19	Nathan	2,127	↑5	26
20	Juan	2,081	↑1	55
21	Luis	2,067	↑1	60
22	Christian	2,066	↓3	25
23	Nicholas	2,017	↓3	12
24	Gabriel	1,979	↑2	29
25	Jesus	1,878	↓2	67
26	Justin	1,764	↓1	27
27	Diego	1,742	↑12	83
28	Adrian	1,726	–	68
29	Dylan	1,701	↑6	19
30	Bryan	1,694	↓1	64
31	Isaac	1,623	↑6	48
32	Carlos	1,604	↓5	66
33	Jason	1,602	↓3	42
34	Tyler	1,579	↓1	15
35	William	1,572	↓4	11
36	James	1,513	–	18
37	Benjamin	1,491	↑5	24
38	Samuel	1,467	↓6	23
39	John	1,444	↓1	17
40	Brian	1,367	↓6	59
41	Julian	1,366	↑6	77
42	Aaron	1,350	↑1	50
43	Robert	1,337	↑2	35
44	Miguel	1,329	↓4	95
45	Isaiah	1,327	↓4	49
46	Alejandro	1,317	↓2	100
47	Noah	1,302	↑3	31
48	Zachary	1,283	–	20
49	Eric	1,281	↓3	56
50	Elijah	1,228	↓1	37

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