Popular baby names in California, 2006

The most popular baby names in California in 2006 were Emily for girls (3,104 babies) and Daniel for boys (3,831). Daniel ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 495,082 babies born in California in 2006 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 2006

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

Girls

Gisselle: 162 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Yvette: 118 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Marlene: 223 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Aileen: 211 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Guadalupe: 476 babies, 3× the national rate
Noemi: 168 babies, 3× the national rate
Yaretzi: 118 babies, 3× the national rate
Giselle: 756 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Priscilla: 312 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Monique: 160 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 311 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ulises: 186 babies, 3× the national rate
Oswaldo: 171 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Emiliano: 340 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ernesto: 279 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alfredo: 327 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Moises: 310 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Guillermo: 212 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Alfonso: 154 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Diego: 2,753 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 2006

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Emily	3,104	–	1
2	Isabella	2,802	↑2	4
3	Ashley	2,606	↓1	12
4	Mia	2,454	↑1	13
5	Samantha	2,351	↓2	10
6	Natalie	2,227	–	17
7	Sophia	1,983	–	9
8	Emma	1,546	–	2
9	Abigail	1,482	↑6	6
10	Ava	1,473	↑8	5
11	Madison	1,442	↓1	3
12	Elizabeth	1,430	–	11
13	Alyssa	1,401	↓4	19
14	Kimberly	1,400	–	58
15	Brianna	1,398	↑1	20
16	Jasmine	1,387	↓5	29
17	Andrea	1,316	↑5	59
18	Jessica	1,264	↓5	32
19	Alexa	1,242	↑26	39
20	Olivia	1,216	↑7	7
21	Hannah	1,214	–	8
22	Valeria	1,207	↑26	91
23	Sarah	1,166	↓4	15
24	Angelina	1,161	↓1	49
25	Jocelyn	1,146	↑14	73
26	Jennifer	1,144	↓9	51
27	Alexis	1,128	↓7	14
28	Chloe	1,090	↑7	18
29	Victoria	1,090	↓1	27
30	Vanessa	1,072	↓5	79
31	Stephanie	1,064	↓7	70
32	Sofia	1,060	↓6	55
33	Michelle	1,038	↓2	81
34	Evelyn	1,023	↓1	65
35	Maria	1,018	↓3	46
36	Kayla	1,007	↓6	26
37	Melanie	994	↑10	85
38	Grace	989	↓9	16
39	Destiny	980	↓5	36
40	Alexandra	968	↓2	40
41	Hailey	944	↓5	25
42	Valerie	931	new	>100
43	Leslie	910	↓6	>100
44	Natalia	899	new	94
45	Maya	874	new	57
46	Lauren	835	↓6	24
47	Ariana	832	↑3	78
48	Katherine	825	↓4	37
49	Julia	807	new	31
50	Savannah	790	new	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Daniel	3,831	–	6
2	Anthony	3,776	–	9
3	Angel	3,691	–	31
4	Jacob	3,202	↑4	1
5	David	3,158	↓1	13
6	Andrew	3,128	↑1	7
7	Jose	3,097	↓1	30
8	Joshua	3,032	↓3	3
9	Christopher	2,874	↑3	8
10	Matthew	2,755	↓1	5
11	Diego	2,753	↑7	56
12	Michael	2,724	↓2	2
13	Jonathan	2,642	↓2	22
14	Alexander	2,498	–	12
15	Nathan	2,452	–	23
16	Ethan	2,398	–	4
17	Joseph	2,379	↓4	11
18	Christian	2,207	↑4	21
19	Adrian	2,120	↑7	63
20	Luis	2,087	↑3	62
21	Juan	2,075	↓2	61
22	Brandon	2,067	↓1	27
23	Ryan	2,063	↓6	14
24	Kevin	2,046	↓4	37
25	Jesus	1,933	–	74
26	Gabriel	1,873	↓2	28
27	Isaac	1,863	–	48
28	Noah	1,844	↑3	15
29	Carlos	1,693	–	70
30	Nicholas	1,674	↓2	17
31	Dylan	1,651	↓1	26
32	Isaiah	1,558	↑4	39
33	Samuel	1,551	–	25
34	William	1,506	↑5	10
35	Julian	1,486	↑2	65
36	Benjamin	1,469	↑2	24
37	Bryan	1,469	↓3	66
38	Tyler	1,433	↓6	18
39	James	1,413	↓4	16
40	Sebastian	1,352	new	76
41	John	1,340	↓1	19
42	Miguel	1,332	↑2	89
43	Aaron	1,318	↓2	57
44	Elijah	1,317	↑3	29
45	Justin	1,316	↓3	45
46	Logan	1,273	new	20
47	Brian	1,261	↓1	72
48	Alejandro	1,255	↓5	96
49	Jason	1,253	↓4	55
50	Aiden	1,214	new	32

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