Popular baby names in California, 2008

The most popular baby names in California in 2008 were Isabella for girls (2,789 babies) and Daniel for boys (3,757). Isabella ranked #2 nationally for girls. Daniel ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 483,513 babies born in California in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 2008

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

Girls

Valerie: 971 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Aileen: 252 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Yaretzi: 200 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Marlene: 187 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jayleen: 186 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gisselle: 172 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Belen: 122 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Noemi: 177 babies, 3× the national rate
Giselle: 877 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jaylene: 169 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 258 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Emiliano: 401 babies, 3× the national rate
Maximiliano: 184 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ulises: 158 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Arturo: 310 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Esteban: 296 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ernesto: 253 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Guillermo: 195 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Rudy: 132 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Diego: 2,145 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Isabella	2,789	↑1	2
2	Emily	2,781	↓1	3
3	Sophia	2,571	–	7
4	Samantha	2,262	↑1	11
5	Ashley	2,042	↓1	18
6	Natalie	1,881	↑1	13
7	Mia	1,851	↓1	14
8	Emma	1,744	–	1
9	Abigail	1,576	↑4	8
10	Ava	1,468	↑2	5
11	Olivia	1,421	↑5	4
12	Elizabeth	1,420	↓1	9
13	Madison	1,413	↑2	6
14	Valeria	1,377	↑12	73
15	Alyssa	1,364	↓6	16
16	Chloe	1,352	↑7	10
17	Sofia	1,333	↑1	36
18	Kimberly	1,317	↓4	57
19	Brianna	1,237	↓2	23
20	Victoria	1,150	↑5	27
21	Andrea	1,114	↓1	72
22	Camila	1,095	new	83
23	Jocelyn	1,089	↓13	67
24	Jasmine	1,045	↓5	43
25	Vanessa	1,029	↓4	78
26	Alexa	1,014	↓2	50
27	Evelyn	994	↑1	54
28	Kayla	988	↑7	28
29	Alexis	985	↑3	15
30	Hailey	985	↓1	25
31	Valerie	971	↑11	>100
32	Sarah	968	↓2	20
33	Melanie	906	↓6	85
34	Audrey	893	↑10	44
35	Genesis	883	new	95
36	Giselle	877	↑5	>100
37	Jessica	853	↓4	59
38	Hannah	850	↓16	17
39	Allison	844	new	32
40	Angelina	843	↓6	69
41	Grace	839	↓3	21
42	Maria	816	↓6	63
43	Lily	813	new	24
44	Destiny	811	↓1	47
45	Stephanie	809	↓8	>100
46	Jennifer	808	↓15	84
47	Michelle	798	↓8	>100
48	Ella	779	↓1	19
49	Maya	745	new	71
50	Natalia	742	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Daniel	3,757	–	5
2	Anthony	3,641	–	7
3	Angel	3,173	–	36
4	Jacob	3,029	↑1	1
5	David	2,917	↓1	14
6	Alexander	2,890	↑5	6
7	Andrew	2,828	↓1	12
8	Joshua	2,765	–	4
9	Christopher	2,609	↓2	9
10	Jose	2,573	↓1	40
11	Matthew	2,545	↑1	10
12	Nathan	2,528	↑4	21
13	Ethan	2,522	↑1	3
14	Michael	2,521	↓1	2
15	Jonathan	2,314	–	26
16	Joseph	2,215	↑1	13
17	Diego	2,145	↓7	69
18	Adrian	2,138	↑1	56
19	Jayden	2,057	↑11	11
20	Brandon	2,021	↓2	33
21	Isaac	1,969	↑3	37
22	Noah	1,942	↑3	15
23	Kevin	1,915	↓3	41
24	Christian	1,889	↓3	23
25	Ryan	1,842	↓2	18
26	Aiden	1,793	↑15	16
27	Luis	1,787	↓5	64
28	Julian	1,783	↑5	61
29	Juan	1,723	↓1	66
30	Jesus	1,696	↓4	79
31	Gabriel	1,675	↓4	24
32	Aaron	1,564	–	50
33	Dylan	1,552	↓4	31
34	Carlos	1,538	↓3	73
35	Isaiah	1,518	↓1	42
36	William	1,477	↑2	8
37	Benjamin	1,430	↑2	25
38	Nicholas	1,418	↓3	29
39	James	1,413	↓2	17
40	Samuel	1,385	↓4	27
41	Elijah	1,370	↑2	22
42	Sebastian	1,307	↑2	74
43	Justin	1,276	↑3	44
44	Miguel	1,253	↓2	>100
45	Bryan	1,250	↓5	82
46	Logan	1,225	↓1	19
47	Jason	1,180	–	60
48	Tyler	1,179	–	28
49	John	1,144	new	20
50	Alejandro	1,115	↓1	>100

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