Popular baby names in California, 2010

The most popular baby names in California in 2010 were Isabella for girls (3,372 babies) and Jacob for boys (3,355). Social Security records list 444,775 babies born in California in 2010 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 2010

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: 203 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jayleen: 292 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Aileen: 254 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Yaretzi: 337 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Valerie: 766 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Itzel: 274 babies, 3× the national rate
Guadalupe: 338 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gisselle: 124 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Belen: 106 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Esmeralda: 392 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 224 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ernesto: 188 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Alonso: 132 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Emiliano: 489 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Diego: 1,537 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Francisco: 617 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gerardo: 279 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Arturo: 217 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ulises: 146 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Damian: 1,076 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 2010

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2009	US rank
1	Isabella	3,372	–	1
2	Sophia	3,363	–	2
3	Emily	2,392	–	6
4	Mia	2,019	–	10
5	Emma	1,785	↑2	3
6	Samantha	1,676	↓1	15
7	Olivia	1,639	↑3	4
8	Abigail	1,622	↑1	7
9	Natalie	1,479	↓3	14
10	Ava	1,411	↑1	5
11	Sofia	1,401	↑4	28
12	Chloe	1,371	↑1	9
13	Ashley	1,315	↓5	29
14	Camila	1,222	↑7	61
15	Elizabeth	1,132	↓3	12
16	Victoria	1,078	↑7	32
17	Alyssa	1,067	–	21
18	Brianna	1,058	–	30
19	Madison	1,042	↓3	8
20	Kimberly	1,005	↓1	69
21	Alexa	992	↑1	50
22	Evelyn	980	↑3	39
23	Valeria	977	↓9	96
24	Hailey	912	↑5	19
25	Zoe	907	↑23	31
26	Jocelyn	906	↑1	65
27	Bella	902	new	48
28	Ella	899	↑13	13
29	Kayla	885	↑1	49
30	Andrea	872	↓10	80
31	Alexis	867	↓7	16
32	Melanie	867	↓1	82
33	Allison	854	↓7	38
34	Grace	853	↓2	18
35	Lily	815	↑8	17
36	Audrey	813	↑3	52
37	Jasmine	794	↓9	62
38	Genesis	793	↓5	89
39	Leah	775	↑6	24
40	Valerie	766	↓3	>100
41	Natalia	721	new	98
42	Kaylee	713	↓8	35
43	Maya	701	↑3	66
44	Sarah	699	↓8	26
45	Vanessa	683	↓10	>100
46	Charlotte	675	new	46
47	Destiny	658	↓5	71
48	Hannah	658	new	20
49	Giselle	652	↓9	>100
50	Savannah	646	new	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2009	US rank
1	Jacob	3,355	↑3	1
2	Daniel	3,138	↓1	8
3	Anthony	2,862	↓1	10
4	Alexander	2,601	↑1	6
5	Angel	2,537	↓2	42
6	Ethan	2,465	–	2
7	Jayden	2,446	↑7	4
8	David	2,424	↓1	15
9	Andrew	2,382	↓1	14
10	Nathan	2,274	↑3	27
11	Matthew	2,242	↓2	16
12	Joshua	2,141	↓2	11
13	Noah	2,126	↑6	7
14	Michael	2,103	↓2	3
15	Christopher	2,036	↓4	13
16	Jonathan	1,991	↑2	28
17	Adrian	1,976	↓1	56
18	Aiden	1,942	↑3	9
19	Jose	1,931	↓4	52
20	Julian	1,910	↑3	53
21	Joseph	1,860	↓4	20
22	Isaac	1,774	↓2	39
23	Gabriel	1,640	↑3	21
24	Christian	1,598	↓2	29
25	Brandon	1,563	–	44
26	William	1,551	↑10	5
27	Diego	1,537	↓3	86
28	Ryan	1,516	↓1	23
29	Dylan	1,500	↑1	31
30	Benjamin	1,483	↑4	22
31	Elijah	1,481	↑7	18
32	Logan	1,455	↑7	17
33	Aaron	1,443	↓1	55
34	Sebastian	1,438	↑8	68
35	Jesus	1,363	↓6	92
36	Isaiah	1,359	↓1	43
37	Kevin	1,354	↓9	59
38	Mason	1,314	new	12
39	Samuel	1,314	↓2	24
40	James	1,298	↑1	19
41	Juan	1,298	↓10	76
42	Luis	1,255	↓9	79
43	Nicholas	1,210	–	37
44	Evan	1,162	–	36
45	Carlos	1,133	↓5	89
46	Lucas	1,105	new	35
47	Damian	1,076	new	>100
48	Justin	1,026	↓2	50
49	Liam	1,022	new	30
50	Caleb	1,001	new	32

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