Popular baby names in California, 2012

The most popular baby names in California in 2012 were Sophia for girls (3,645 babies) and Jacob for boys (2,985). Social Security records list 439,574 babies born in California in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 2012

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: 193 babies, 4× the national rate
Jayleen: 329 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Aileen: 227 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Guadalupe: 282 babies, 3× the national rate
Esmeralda: 301 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Yaretzi: 357 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Valeria: 676 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Valerie: 587 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Giselle: 551 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Itzel: 235 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 192 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ulises: 116 babies, 3× the national rate
Maximiliano: 345 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Emiliano: 394 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ernesto: 162 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Damian: 1,273 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Esteban: 247 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Moises: 200 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ivan: 1,031 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sergio: 387 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Sophia	3,645	–	1
2	Isabella	3,114	–	3
3	Emma	2,455	↑2	2
4	Emily	2,441	↓1	6
5	Mia	2,333	↓1	8
6	Olivia	1,913	–	4
7	Sofia	1,688	–	18
8	Abigail	1,647	–	7
9	Samantha	1,461	–	26
10	Ava	1,418	↑2	5
11	Camila	1,413	–	48
12	Victoria	1,307	↑1	28
13	Natalie	1,295	↓3	17
14	Elizabeth	1,107	↑1	10
15	Chloe	1,097	↓1	11
16	Evelyn	1,044	↑2	27
17	Genesis	1,038	↑10	56
18	Ashley	1,002	↓2	50
19	Madison	998	↓2	9
20	Zoe	994	↑5	30
21	Charlotte	916	↑15	19
22	Hailey	904	–	32
23	Melanie	889	↑10	77
24	Audrey	862	↑2	41
25	Kimberly	857	↓6	88
26	Alexa	846	↓2	57
27	Alyssa	846	↓7	44
28	Allison	837	↑1	38
29	Zoey	826	↑21	20
30	Aubrey	824	↑12	15
31	Ella	813	↓8	12
32	Grace	813	↑6	21
33	Lily	785	↓2	16
34	Kaylee	764	↓2	35
35	Bella	761	↑2	54
36	Leah	748	↓2	33
37	Andrea	745	↓16	100
38	Aaliyah	741	↑6	36
39	Brianna	736	↓9	51
40	Hannah	735	new	22
41	Scarlett	719	↑5	61
42	Maya	710	↓2	63
43	Avery	703	new	13
44	Jocelyn	703	↓16	93
45	Brooklyn	685	↓4	29
46	Valeria	676	↓11	>100
47	Arianna	665	↑1	49
48	Kayla	665	↓9	69
49	Ariana	642	new	74
50	Jasmine	642	new	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Jacob	2,985	–	1
2	Jayden	2,872	↑1	8
3	Daniel	2,689	↓1	11
4	Ethan	2,675	↑3	3
5	Matthew	2,657	–	12
6	Noah	2,520	↑5	4
7	Anthony	2,432	↓3	15
8	Alexander	2,428	↓2	9
9	Nathan	2,237	↑1	29
10	Andrew	2,155	↓1	18
11	David	2,153	↓3	20
12	Michael	2,013	↑1	7
13	Aiden	2,004	↑2	10
14	Angel	1,940	↓2	57
15	Isaac	1,869	↑3	30
16	Julian	1,854	↓2	53
17	Mason	1,838	↑2	2
18	Adrian	1,803	↑2	61
19	Jonathan	1,737	↓2	34
20	Christopher	1,733	↑1	23
21	Joshua	1,732	↓5	17
22	Benjamin	1,678	↑2	16
23	Joseph	1,646	↓1	19
24	Liam	1,615	↑15	6
25	Jose	1,580	↓2	72
26	Dylan	1,571	↑1	31
27	Aaron	1,559	↓1	51
28	Elijah	1,529	–	13
29	Ryan	1,470	↑1	26
30	Sebastian	1,457	↑3	64
31	William	1,451	–	5
32	Logan	1,385	↑2	22
33	Gabriel	1,318	↓8	24
34	Christian	1,315	↓5	33
35	Samuel	1,301	↑1	25
36	Brandon	1,289	↓4	56
37	James	1,284	–	14
38	Isaiah	1,283	↓3	42
39	Damian	1,273	new	99
40	Kevin	1,198	↓2	69
41	Lucas	1,153	↑3	27
42	Jesus	1,116	↓1	>100
43	Luis	1,108	↓1	90
44	Dominic	1,062	new	70
45	Evan	1,040	↑1	47
46	Juan	1,040	↓3	92
47	Jordan	1,033	↑1	48
48	Ivan	1,031	new	>100
49	Diego	1,021	↓9	>100
50	Jackson	1,013	↓1	21

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