Popular baby names in California, 2005

The most popular baby names in California in 2005 were Emily for girls (3,283 babies) and Daniel for boys (3,917). Daniel ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 484,586 babies born in California in 2005 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 2005

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: 137 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Yvette: 132 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Priscilla: 342 babies, 3× the national rate
Aileen: 236 babies, 3× the national rate
Giselle: 746 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Marlene: 195 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Monique: 189 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Monserrat: 158 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Esmeralda: 575 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Guadalupe: 449 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 363 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ulises: 171 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ernesto: 293 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Emiliano: 319 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Moises: 298 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Osvaldo: 185 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alfonso: 157 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Rudy: 132 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Diego: 2,305 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Cesar: 838 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 2005

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Emily	3,283	–	1
2	Ashley	2,785	–	10
3	Samantha	2,504	–	8
4	Isabella	2,356	–	6
5	Mia	2,187	↑16	17
6	Natalie	2,058	↓1	18
7	Sophia	1,897	↑1	12
8	Emma	1,642	↓1	2
9	Alyssa	1,625	↓3	16
10	Madison	1,529	↑2	3
11	Jasmine	1,526	↓1	29
12	Elizabeth	1,498	↓1	11
13	Jessica	1,422	↓4	27
14	Kimberly	1,399	↑1	63
15	Abigail	1,381	↑2	4
16	Brianna	1,358	↑7	20
17	Jennifer	1,297	↓4	42
18	Ava	1,233	↑26	9
19	Sarah	1,232	–	15
20	Alexis	1,225	↓6	13
21	Hannah	1,219	↓3	7
22	Andrea	1,203	↓6	65
23	Angelina	1,187	↑13	43
24	Stephanie	1,156	↓2	64
25	Vanessa	1,154	↓5	80
26	Sofia	1,146	↑8	52
27	Olivia	1,139	↓3	5
28	Victoria	1,114	↑2	28
29	Grace	1,102	↓2	14
30	Kayla	1,091	↓4	25
31	Michelle	1,078	↓6	74
32	Maria	1,075	↓3	46
33	Evelyn	1,028	↑9	71
34	Destiny	1,004	↑6	32
35	Chloe	959	↑8	19
36	Hailey	955	↑1	26
37	Leslie	950	↓9	>100
38	Alexandra	946	↓3	37
39	Jocelyn	928	↓8	87
40	Lauren	913	↓7	21
41	Alondra	904	↑8	>100
42	Nicole	883	↓3	56
43	Diana	871	↓11	100
44	Katherine	847	↓6	36
45	Alexa	845	new	66
46	Melissa	835	↓5	>100
47	Melanie	820	↓2	92
48	Valeria	790	new	>100
49	Ella	780	new	23
50	Ariana	779	↓3	82

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Daniel	3,917	–	7
2	Anthony	3,750	–	8
3	Angel	3,519	↑5	32
4	David	3,274	↑3	12
5	Joshua	3,217	↑1	3
6	Jose	3,197	↓2	30
7	Andrew	3,167	↓4	6
8	Jacob	3,114	↓3	1
9	Matthew	2,880	↑1	4
10	Michael	2,775	↓1	2
11	Jonathan	2,637	↑1	19
12	Christopher	2,597	↓1	10
13	Joseph	2,554	↑2	9
14	Alexander	2,469	–	13
15	Nathan	2,405	↑2	20
16	Ethan	2,361	–	5
17	Ryan	2,342	↓4	14
18	Diego	2,305	↑5	62
19	Juan	2,216	↑1	55
20	Kevin	2,191	↓1	33
21	Brandon	2,121	↓3	27
22	Christian	2,014	↓1	22
23	Luis	2,002	↑2	59
24	Gabriel	1,956	↑4	28
25	Jesus	1,955	↓1	73
26	Adrian	1,942	–	65
27	Isaac	1,825	↑2	49
28	Nicholas	1,822	↓6	15
29	Carlos	1,671	↑1	70
30	Dylan	1,670	↓3	24
31	Noah	1,594	↑18	23
32	Tyler	1,558	↑1	16
33	Samuel	1,528	↑4	21
34	Bryan	1,486	↓2	72
35	James	1,474	↓1	17
36	Isaiah	1,460	↑3	45
37	Julian	1,454	↑4	74
38	Benjamin	1,451	↓3	25
39	William	1,439	↓8	11
40	John	1,347	↓2	18
41	Aaron	1,318	↑5	57
42	Justin	1,294	↓6	36
43	Alejandro	1,292	↑2	97
44	Miguel	1,290	–	93
45	Jason	1,279	↓5	51
46	Brian	1,273	↓4	63
47	Elijah	1,242	↓4	31
48	Jack	1,183	new	34
49	Robert	1,167	↓1	37
50	Eric	1,162	–	66

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