Popular baby names in California, 2013

The most popular baby names in California in 2013 were Sophia for girls (3,468 babies) and Jacob for boys (2,891). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 432,191 babies born in California in 2013 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 2013

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: 183 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jayleen: 347 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Belen: 112 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Aileen: 170 babies, 3× the national rate
Noemi: 130 babies, 3× the national rate
Esmeralda: 259 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Julissa: 231 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Valerie: 596 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jaylah: 434 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Itzel: 218 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 172 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Emiliano: 417 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Maximiliano: 295 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Esteban: 252 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Damian: 1,287 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Alfredo: 175 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Mateo: 1,116 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Francisco: 521 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Manuel: 455 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Cesar: 430 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 2013

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2012	US rank
1	Sophia	3,468	–	1
2	Isabella	2,799	–	4
3	Mia	2,604	↑2	6
4	Emma	2,492	↓1	2
5	Emily	2,298	↓1	7
6	Olivia	2,167	–	3
7	Sofia	1,981	–	13
8	Abigail	1,504	–	8
9	Camila	1,493	↑2	39
10	Samantha	1,414	↓1	29
11	Victoria	1,384	↑1	25
12	Ava	1,354	↓2	5
13	Natalie	1,147	–	21
14	Elizabeth	1,069	–	10
15	Charlotte	1,061	↑6	11
16	Chloe	1,052	↓1	14
17	Genesis	1,012	–	55
18	Audrey	997	↑6	33
19	Madison	975	–	9
20	Evelyn	964	↓4	20
21	Zoe	904	↓1	31
22	Grace	879	↑10	22
23	Melanie	875	–	84
24	Alexa	828	↑2	60
25	Ella	825	↑6	15
26	Scarlett	819	↑15	42
27	Zoey	818	↑2	24
28	Avery	817	↑15	12
29	Bella	809	↑6	58
30	Allison	805	↓2	34
31	Ashley	792	↓13	67
32	Aubrey	787	↓2	18
33	Nicole	779	new	91
34	Hannah	778	↑6	23
35	Leah	763	↑1	32
36	Lily	759	↓3	27
37	Kimberly	750	↓12	>100
38	Ariana	749	↑11	54
39	Arianna	725	↑8	44
40	Penelope	719	new	56
41	Aaliyah	710	↓3	37
42	Hailey	710	↓20	43
43	Amelia	705	new	17
44	Layla	704	new	30
45	Kaylee	687	↓11	40
46	Andrea	684	↓9	>100
47	Brooklyn	665	↓2	28
48	Alyssa	662	↓21	57
49	Delilah	657	new	>100
50	Aria	655	new	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2012	US rank
1	Jacob	2,891	–	2
2	Ethan	2,667	↑2	6
3	Daniel	2,604	–	10
4	Jayden	2,583	↓2	9
5	Matthew	2,569	–	15
6	Noah	2,560	–	1
7	Alexander	2,383	↑1	8
8	Anthony	2,242	↓1	19
9	Nathan	2,086	–	31
10	David	2,049	↑1	17
11	Michael	1,985	↑1	7
12	Andrew	1,928	↓2	22
13	Julian	1,874	↑3	47
14	Benjamin	1,855	↑8	14
15	Isaac	1,782	–	28
16	Aiden	1,770	↓3	12
17	Angel	1,752	↓3	67
18	Mason	1,747	↓1	4
19	Liam	1,700	↑5	3
20	Adrian	1,681	↓2	60
21	Sebastian	1,665	↑9	46
22	Dylan	1,640	↑4	29
23	Joshua	1,625	↓2	21
24	Joseph	1,542	↓1	20
25	Jonathan	1,528	↓6	41
26	Aaron	1,523	↑1	51
27	Christopher	1,510	↓7	26
28	William	1,506	↑3	5
29	Elijah	1,484	↓1	11
30	Isaiah	1,372	↑8	44
31	Ryan	1,371	↓2	30
32	Logan	1,357	–	18
33	Jose	1,350	↓8	76
34	Lucas	1,347	↑7	23
35	James	1,318	↑2	13
36	Damian	1,287	↑3	98
37	Gabriel	1,280	↓4	24
38	Samuel	1,276	↓3	25
39	Kevin	1,245	↑1	72
40	Brandon	1,149	↓4	70
41	Christian	1,144	↓7	35
42	Mateo	1,116	new	>100
43	Jackson	1,046	↑7	16
44	Caleb	1,030	new	32
45	Luke	1,028	new	34
46	Jesus	1,016	↓4	>100
47	Dominic	1,014	↓3	68
48	Evan	1,004	↓3	55
49	Luis	988	↓6	97
50	Juan	946	↓4	100

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