Popular baby names in California, 2009

The most popular baby names in California in 2009 were Isabella for girls (3,163 babies) and Daniel for boys (3,396). Daniel ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 460,426 babies born in California in 2009 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 2009

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

Girls

Jaylene: 199 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jayleen: 224 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Valerie: 823 babies, 3× the national rate
Guadalupe: 392 babies, 3× the national rate
Aileen: 244 babies, 3× the national rate
Belen: 112 babies, 3× the national rate
Itzel: 272 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Priscilla: 265 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Marlene: 133 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Giselle: 809 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Maximiliano: 222 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Vicente: 132 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Moises: 283 babies, 3× the national rate
Salvador: 252 babies, 3× the national rate
Ernesto: 214 babies, 3× the national rate
Emiliano: 458 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Esteban: 281 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ulises: 144 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Diego: 1,749 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ruben: 381 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 2009

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Isabella	3,163	–	1
2	Sophia	2,663	↑1	4
3	Emily	2,540	↓1	6
4	Mia	2,106	↑3	10
5	Samantha	1,833	↓1	14
6	Natalie	1,741	–	16
7	Emma	1,714	↑1	2
8	Ashley	1,623	↓3	20
9	Abigail	1,564	–	8
10	Olivia	1,562	↑1	3
11	Ava	1,341	↓1	5
12	Elizabeth	1,309	–	11
13	Chloe	1,303	↑3	9
14	Valeria	1,257	–	72
15	Sofia	1,233	↑2	36
16	Madison	1,220	↓3	7
17	Alyssa	1,210	↓2	19
18	Brianna	1,191	↑1	24
19	Kimberly	1,123	↓1	66
20	Andrea	1,058	↑1	73
21	Camila	1,056	↑1	80
22	Alexa	1,029	↑4	43
23	Victoria	1,005	↓3	31
24	Alexis	985	↑5	13
25	Evelyn	982	↑2	40
26	Allison	973	↑13	30
27	Jocelyn	972	↓4	71
28	Jasmine	928	↓4	51
29	Hailey	916	↑1	25
30	Kayla	878	↓2	35
31	Melanie	878	↑2	94
32	Grace	843	↑9	17
33	Genesis	842	↑2	83
34	Kaylee	837	new	26
35	Vanessa	826	↓10	91
36	Sarah	823	↓4	21
37	Valerie	823	↓6	>100
38	Angelina	810	↑2	86
39	Audrey	809	↓5	49
40	Giselle	809	↓4	>100
41	Ella	799	↑7	15
42	Destiny	787	↑2	56
43	Lily	772	–	18
44	Michelle	760	↑3	>100
45	Leah	751	new	29
46	Maya	740	↑3	61
47	Maria	731	↓5	70
48	Zoe	724	new	47
49	Jessica	720	↓12	78
50	Stephanie	718	↓5	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Daniel	3,396	–	7
2	Anthony	3,089	–	11
3	Angel	3,006	–	37
4	Jacob	2,976	–	1
5	Alexander	2,885	↑1	4
6	Ethan	2,676	↑7	2
7	David	2,624	↓2	14
8	Andrew	2,587	↓1	16
9	Matthew	2,426	↑2	13
10	Joshua	2,412	↓2	6
11	Christopher	2,396	↓2	10
12	Michael	2,350	↑2	3
13	Nathan	2,347	↓1	25
14	Jayden	2,266	↑5	8
15	Jose	2,175	↓5	43
16	Adrian	2,101	↑2	59
17	Joseph	2,094	↓1	15
18	Jonathan	2,065	↓3	29
19	Noah	2,052	↑3	9
20	Isaac	1,859	↑1	40
21	Aiden	1,805	↑5	12
22	Christian	1,767	↑2	23
23	Julian	1,761	↑5	62
24	Diego	1,749	↓7	76
25	Brandon	1,720	↓5	38
26	Gabriel	1,653	↑5	22
27	Ryan	1,632	↓2	20
28	Kevin	1,629	↓5	44
29	Jesus	1,597	↑1	78
30	Dylan	1,588	↑3	30
31	Juan	1,588	↓2	67
32	Aaron	1,528	–	54
33	Luis	1,515	↓6	69
34	Benjamin	1,480	↑3	19
35	Isaiah	1,467	–	41
36	William	1,457	–	5
37	Samuel	1,394	↑3	24
38	Elijah	1,386	↑3	21
39	Logan	1,378	↑7	17
40	Carlos	1,316	↓6	79
41	James	1,299	↓2	18
42	Sebastian	1,267	–	70
43	Nicholas	1,257	↓5	32
44	Evan	1,205	new	35
45	Miguel	1,168	↓1	100
46	Justin	1,133	↓3	46
47	Jason	1,068	–	66
48	Bryan	1,049	↓3	92
49	John	1,032	–	26
50	Tyler	1,024	↓2	28

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