Popular baby names in California, 2007

The most popular baby names in California in 2007 were Emily for girls (2,965 babies) and Daniel for boys (3,870). Daniel ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 497,724 babies born in California in 2007 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 2007

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

Girls

Aileen: 256 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Maribel: 121 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gisselle: 169 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Guadalupe: 454 babies, 3× the national rate
America: 255 babies, 3× the national rate
Monique: 139 babies, 3× the national rate
Valerie: 867 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Itzel: 314 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Irene: 169 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jayleen: 134 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 293 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Moises: 312 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Emiliano: 338 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ulises: 160 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Guillermo: 206 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Esteban: 297 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Maximiliano: 169 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Alfonso: 166 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jairo: 145 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Diego: 2,622 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 2007

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2006	US rank
1	Emily	2,965	–	1
2	Isabella	2,936	–	2
3	Sophia	2,604	↑4	6
4	Ashley	2,525	↓1	13
5	Samantha	2,378	–	12
6	Mia	2,063	↓2	15
7	Natalie	1,919	↓1	17
8	Emma	1,636	–	3
9	Alyssa	1,562	↑4	14
10	Jocelyn	1,517	↑15	50
11	Elizabeth	1,516	↑1	10
12	Ava	1,484	↓2	4
13	Abigail	1,429	↓4	8
14	Kimberly	1,410	–	54
15	Madison	1,356	↓4	5
16	Olivia	1,349	↑4	7
17	Brianna	1,333	↓2	22
18	Sofia	1,323	↑14	36
19	Jasmine	1,302	↓3	32
20	Andrea	1,271	↓3	60
21	Vanessa	1,216	↑9	71
22	Hannah	1,182	↓1	9
23	Chloe	1,172	↑5	16
24	Alexa	1,160	↓5	40
25	Victoria	1,143	↑4	29
26	Valeria	1,102	↓4	98
27	Melanie	1,093	↑10	81
28	Evelyn	1,078	↑6	55
29	Hailey	1,047	↑12	23
30	Sarah	1,036	↓7	18
31	Jennifer	1,035	↓5	64
32	Alexis	1,032	↓5	19
33	Jessica	1,028	↓15	42
34	Angelina	977	↓10	58
35	Kayla	976	↑1	26
36	Maria	958	↓1	53
37	Stephanie	944	↓6	88
38	Grace	938	–	20
39	Michelle	885	↓6	94
40	Alexandra	868	–	49
41	Giselle	867	new	>100
42	Valerie	867	–	>100
43	Destiny	865	↓4	41
44	Audrey	848	new	51
45	Diana	834	new	>100
46	Daniela	808	new	>100
47	Ella	803	new	21
48	Ariana	800	↓1	73
49	Leslie	785	↓6	>100
50	Savannah	771	–	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2006	US rank
1	Daniel	3,870	–	5
2	Anthony	3,788	–	7
3	Angel	3,500	–	34
4	David	3,123	↑1	12
5	Jacob	3,123	↓1	1
6	Andrew	3,037	–	10
7	Christopher	2,980	↑2	6
8	Joshua	2,885	–	4
9	Jose	2,850	↓2	35
10	Diego	2,622	↑1	58
11	Alexander	2,608	↑3	11
12	Matthew	2,591	↓2	9
13	Michael	2,556	↓1	2
14	Ethan	2,515	↑2	3
15	Jonathan	2,507	↓2	23
16	Nathan	2,462	↓1	24
17	Joseph	2,313	–	13
18	Brandon	2,150	↑4	31
19	Adrian	2,148	–	61
20	Kevin	2,092	↑4	39
21	Christian	2,076	↓3	22
22	Luis	2,009	↓2	60
23	Ryan	1,982	–	16
24	Isaac	1,976	↑3	41
25	Noah	1,945	↑3	14
26	Jesus	1,883	↓1	77
27	Gabriel	1,880	↓1	28
28	Juan	1,857	↓7	63
29	Dylan	1,689	↑2	29
30	Jayden	1,665	new	18
31	Carlos	1,615	↓2	70
32	Aaron	1,609	↑11	51
33	Julian	1,589	↑2	66
34	Isaiah	1,533	↓2	43
35	Nicholas	1,518	↓5	20
36	Samuel	1,477	↓3	25
37	James	1,437	↑2	15
38	William	1,431	↓4	8
39	Benjamin	1,420	↓3	26
40	Bryan	1,416	↓3	78
41	Aiden	1,374	↑9	27
42	Miguel	1,362	–	94
43	Elijah	1,346	↑1	30
44	Sebastian	1,330	↓4	73
45	Logan	1,311	↑1	17
46	Justin	1,308	↓1	45
47	Jason	1,269	↑2	59
48	Tyler	1,224	↓10	21
49	Alejandro	1,211	↓1	>100
50	Jordan	1,190	new	44

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