Popular baby names in California, 2014

The most popular baby names in California in 2014 were Sophia for girls (3,184 babies) and Noah for boys (2,783). Sophia ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 440,955 babies born in California in 2014 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 2014

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: 166 babies, 4× the national rate
Jayleen: 321 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Aileen: 194 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Itzel: 255 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Aimee: 116 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Yaretzi: 285 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jaylah: 292 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Montserrat: 172 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kassandra: 132 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Cindy: 125 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Arturo: 186 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Salvador: 155 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Andy: 408 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Joaquin: 340 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Adan: 270 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ernesto: 133 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Guillermo: 122 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Damian: 1,234 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Emiliano: 470 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ismael: 252 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 2014

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013	US rank
1	Sophia	3,184	–	3
2	Isabella	2,735	–	4
3	Emma	2,690	↑1	1
4	Mia	2,640	↓1	6
5	Olivia	2,426	↑1	2
6	Emily	2,276	↓1	7
7	Sofia	2,112	–	12
8	Victoria	1,708	↑3	19
9	Abigail	1,537	↓1	8
10	Camila	1,483	↓1	41
11	Ava	1,446	↑1	5
12	Samantha	1,200	↓2	33
13	Charlotte	1,134	↑2	10
14	Evelyn	1,116	↑6	16
15	Elizabeth	1,086	↓1	13
16	Natalie	1,075	↓3	23
17	Chloe	1,055	↓1	18
18	Madison	995	↑1	9
19	Genesis	977	↓2	68
20	Scarlett	967	↑6	30
21	Grace	964	↑1	20
22	Zoe	931	↓1	32
23	Melanie	921	–	81
24	Allison	909	↑6	39
25	Ariana	905	↑13	37
26	Audrey	904	↓8	36
27	Avery	894	↑1	14
28	Penelope	859	↑12	43
29	Alexa	856	↓5	64
30	Aria	833	↑20	31
31	Zoey	833	↓4	22
32	Ella	827	↓7	17
33	Amelia	798	↑10	15
34	Aubrey	793	↓2	21
35	Leah	749	–	35
36	Lily	737	–	27
37	Kimberly	725	–	>100
38	Arianna	712	↑1	40
39	Maya	711	new	74
40	Bella	705	↓11	70
41	Aaliyah	701	–	45
42	Alyssa	698	↑6	76
43	Mila	695	new	72
44	Layla	686	–	29
45	Delilah	683	↑4	>100
46	Hannah	681	↓12	28
47	Brooklyn	666	–	26
48	Hailey	666	↓6	51
49	Valentina	645	new	>100
50	Natalia	643	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013	US rank
1	Noah	2,783	↑5	1
2	Jacob	2,723	↓1	4
3	Daniel	2,568	–	10
4	Ethan	2,568	↓2	6
5	Alexander	2,500	↑2	8
6	Matthew	2,488	↓1	16
7	Jayden	2,383	↓3	15
8	Anthony	2,087	–	21
9	Sebastian	2,040	↑12	34
10	David	2,027	–	17
11	Michael	2,007	–	7
12	Andrew	1,921	–	22
13	Julian	1,915	–	47
14	Nathan	1,885	↓5	38
15	Aiden	1,884	↑1	14
16	Benjamin	1,882	↓2	12
17	Liam	1,869	↑2	2
18	Mason	1,838	–	3
19	Isaac	1,799	↓4	31
20	Dylan	1,652	↑2	29
21	Aaron	1,650	↑5	50
22	Angel	1,644	↓5	67
23	James	1,593	↑12	9
24	Adrian	1,580	↓4	59
25	Elijah	1,560	↑4	11
26	Logan	1,554	↑6	13
27	William	1,528	↑1	5
28	Joshua	1,510	↓5	25
29	Joseph	1,485	↓5	20
30	Christopher	1,436	↓3	30
31	Lucas	1,430	↑3	19
32	Jonathan	1,417	↓7	44
33	Jose	1,329	–	76
34	Ryan	1,315	↓3	37
35	Kevin	1,299	↑4	70
36	Isaiah	1,253	↓6	48
37	Samuel	1,242	↑1	23
38	Damian	1,234	↓2	>100
39	Gabriel	1,186	↓2	24
40	Luke	1,140	↑5	28
41	Oliver	1,132	new	32
42	Mateo	1,101	–	>100
43	Dominic	1,099	↑4	69
44	Christian	1,090	↓3	42
45	Caleb	1,049	↓1	35
46	Brandon	1,023	↓6	71
47	Jackson	1,013	↓4	18
48	Jesus	985	↓2	>100
49	Evan	979	↓1	58
50	Jason	972	new	75

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