Popular baby names in California, 2011

The most popular baby names in California in 2011 were Sophia for girls (3,570 babies) and Jacob for boys (3,172). Social Security records list 437,980 babies born in California in 2011 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 2011

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: 222 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jayleen: 364 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Aileen: 232 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Belen: 104 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Valerie: 704 babies, 3× the national rate
Yaretzi: 307 babies, 3× the national rate
Gisselle: 113 babies, 3× the national rate
Itzel: 265 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Esmeralda: 314 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Priscilla: 200 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 209 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Emiliano: 445 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Esteban: 264 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Diego: 1,230 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gerardo: 277 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Damian: 936 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Francisco: 516 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Maximiliano: 380 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Adan: 286 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Moises: 201 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 2011

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	Sophia	3,570	↑1	1
2	Isabella	3,065	↓1	2
3	Emily	2,401	–	6
4	Mia	2,311	–	9
5	Emma	2,118	–	3
6	Olivia	1,797	↑1	4
7	Sofia	1,575	↑4	19
8	Abigail	1,562	–	7
9	Samantha	1,550	↓3	17
10	Natalie	1,494	↓1	14
11	Camila	1,454	↑3	48
12	Ava	1,386	↓2	5
13	Victoria	1,280	↑3	23
14	Chloe	1,271	↓2	10
15	Elizabeth	1,207	–	11
16	Ashley	1,152	↓3	42
17	Madison	1,106	↑2	8
18	Evelyn	1,064	↑4	24
19	Kimberly	998	↑1	67
20	Alyssa	936	↓3	37
21	Andrea	934	↑9	82
22	Hailey	933	↑2	32
23	Ella	919	↑5	12
24	Alexa	907	↓3	55
25	Zoe	902	–	31
26	Audrey	886	↑10	43
27	Genesis	856	↑11	81
28	Jocelyn	852	↓2	71
29	Allison	847	↑4	40
30	Brianna	836	↓12	45
31	Lily	832	↑4	15
32	Kaylee	828	↑10	36
33	Melanie	828	↓1	89
34	Leah	814	↑5	29
35	Valeria	789	↓12	>100
36	Charlotte	780	↑10	27
37	Bella	777	↓10	60
38	Grace	769	↓4	16
39	Kayla	768	↓10	59
40	Maya	764	↑3	64
41	Brooklyn	721	new	21
42	Aubrey	710	new	20
43	Valerie	704	↓3	>100
44	Aaliyah	682	new	46
45	Alexis	677	↓14	26
46	Scarlett	663	new	80
47	Giselle	658	↑2	>100
48	Arianna	649	new	52
49	Katherine	644	new	61
50	Zoey	643	new	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	Jacob	3,172	–	1
2	Daniel	2,911	–	10
3	Jayden	2,756	↑4	4
4	Anthony	2,698	↓1	11
5	Matthew	2,466	↑6	12
6	Alexander	2,461	↓2	8
7	Ethan	2,390	↓1	7
8	David	2,304	–	18
9	Andrew	2,287	–	16
10	Nathan	2,249	–	28
11	Noah	2,226	↑2	5
12	Angel	2,154	↓7	52
13	Michael	2,108	↑1	6
14	Julian	1,937	↑6	50
15	Aiden	1,914	↑3	9
16	Joshua	1,914	↓4	14
17	Jonathan	1,876	↓1	31
18	Isaac	1,873	↑4	35
19	Mason	1,841	↑19	2
20	Adrian	1,818	↓3	56
21	Christopher	1,781	↓6	20
22	Joseph	1,762	↓1	22
23	Jose	1,676	↓4	65
24	Benjamin	1,595	↑6	19
25	Gabriel	1,545	↓2	24
26	Aaron	1,528	↑7	51
27	Dylan	1,521	↑2	33
28	Elijah	1,511	↑3	13
29	Christian	1,486	↓5	30
30	Ryan	1,485	↓2	25
31	William	1,443	↓5	3
32	Brandon	1,401	↓7	47
33	Sebastian	1,390	↑1	68
34	Logan	1,339	↓2	21
35	Isaiah	1,320	↑1	43
36	Samuel	1,279	↑3	26
37	James	1,253	↑3	17
38	Kevin	1,246	↓1	67
39	Liam	1,237	↑10	15
40	Diego	1,230	↓13	99
41	Jesus	1,218	↓6	93
42	Luis	1,193	–	88
43	Juan	1,157	↓2	89
44	Lucas	1,143	↑2	29
45	Nicholas	1,092	↓2	42
46	Evan	1,074	↓2	40
47	Carlos	1,038	↓2	91
48	Jordan	973	new	46
49	Jackson	971	new	23
50	Jason	968	new	71

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