Popular baby names in California, 2004

The most popular baby names in California in 2004 were Emily for girls (3,417 babies) and Daniel for boys (4,170). Daniel ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 480,955 babies born in California in 2004 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 2004

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

Girls

Yvette: 150 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Guadalupe: 467 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Marlene: 234 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gisselle: 186 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Noemi: 176 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Monserrat: 145 babies, 3× the national rate
Lizette: 125 babies, 3× the national rate
Alondra: 780 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Esmeralda: 579 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Aileen: 202 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 366 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Adan: 412 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ernesto: 301 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ulises: 138 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Maximiliano: 131 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Arturo: 359 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Moises: 282 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Emiliano: 275 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gilbert: 148 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Vicente: 142 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 2004

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2003	US rank
1	Emily	3,417	–	1
2	Ashley	2,927	–	8
3	Samantha	2,494	–	9
4	Isabella	2,448	–	7
5	Natalie	1,947	↑2	19
6	Alyssa	1,815	↓1	14
7	Emma	1,757	↓1	2
8	Sophia	1,719	↑5	15
9	Jessica	1,710	↓1	21
10	Jasmine	1,662	↑1	26
11	Elizabeth	1,601	↓1	10
12	Madison	1,580	↑2	3
13	Jennifer	1,485	↓4	39
14	Alexis	1,469	↓2	11
15	Kimberly	1,464	↑1	61
16	Andrea	1,377	↑4	57
17	Abigail	1,322	↑5	6
18	Hannah	1,322	↓1	5
19	Sarah	1,320	↓4	12
20	Vanessa	1,301	↓1	75
21	Mia	1,278	↑4	30
22	Stephanie	1,247	↓4	55
23	Brianna	1,223	↓2	17
24	Olivia	1,160	↑2	4
25	Michelle	1,155	↓2	66
26	Kayla	1,151	↑2	18
27	Grace	1,146	↑3	13
28	Leslie	1,142	↑1	93
29	Maria	1,095	↓5	42
30	Victoria	1,081	↓3	28
31	Jocelyn	1,057	↑5	85
32	Diana	1,018	↑6	90
33	Lauren	1,008	↓2	16
34	Sofia	1,003	new	69
35	Alexandra	969	↑5	37
36	Angelina	960	↑8	60
37	Hailey	959	↑5	24
38	Katherine	956	↓4	35
39	Nicole	944	↓6	43
40	Destiny	932	↓1	38
41	Melissa	921	↓6	98
42	Evelyn	917	↓10	84
43	Chloe	865	↓2	23
44	Ava	849	new	25
45	Melanie	825	new	89
46	Jacqueline	809	↓9	>100
47	Ariana	791	new	79
48	Julia	789	↓2	32
49	Alondra	780	new	>100
50	Taylor	778	↓3	22

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2003	US rank
1	Daniel	4,170	–	7
2	Anthony	3,809	–	11
3	Andrew	3,492	–	6
4	Jose	3,386	–	28
5	Jacob	3,340	–	1
6	Joshua	3,301	↑1	3
7	David	3,267	↓1	14
8	Angel	3,212	–	44
9	Michael	2,873	–	2
10	Matthew	2,864	–	4
11	Christopher	2,771	–	10
12	Jonathan	2,558	↑1	21
13	Ryan	2,519	↑1	12
14	Alexander	2,458	↑1	15
15	Joseph	2,449	↓3	9
16	Ethan	2,371	↑2	5
17	Nathan	2,306	↑2	20
18	Brandon	2,209	↓2	22
19	Kevin	2,131	↓2	34
20	Juan	2,118	–	54
21	Christian	2,042	↑1	24
22	Nicholas	2,007	↑1	13
23	Diego	1,991	↑4	73
24	Jesus	1,990	↑1	70
25	Luis	1,971	↓4	57
26	Adrian	1,830	↑2	72
27	Dylan	1,764	↑2	19
28	Gabriel	1,743	↓4	32
29	Isaac	1,739	↑2	46
30	Carlos	1,648	↑2	71
31	William	1,623	↑4	8
32	Bryan	1,619	↓2	65
33	Tyler	1,564	↑1	16
34	James	1,517	↑2	18
35	Benjamin	1,496	↑2	25
36	Justin	1,479	↓10	30
37	Samuel	1,461	↑1	23
38	John	1,423	↑1	17
39	Isaiah	1,415	↑6	45
40	Jason	1,396	↓7	47
41	Julian	1,366	–	74
42	Brian	1,348	↓2	59
43	Elijah	1,332	↑7	31
44	Miguel	1,316	–	96
45	Alejandro	1,277	↑1	99
46	Aaron	1,250	↓4	53
47	Alexis	1,214	new	>100
48	Robert	1,212	↓5	36
49	Noah	1,211	↓2	29
50	Eric	1,193	↓1	61

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