Popular baby names in California, 2015

The most popular baby names in California in 2015 were Sophia for girls (2,958 babies) and Noah for boys (2,778). Sophia ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 431,639 babies born in California in 2015 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 2015

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: 176 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jayleen: 300 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jaylah: 234 babies, 3× the national rate
Itzel: 220 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Julieta: 118 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Aileen: 193 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Guadalupe: 163 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Frida: 106 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Montserrat: 136 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Monserrat: 115 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 154 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Emiliano: 564 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ernesto: 134 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Damian: 1,058 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Francisco: 442 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Maximiliano: 359 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Joaquin: 322 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Andy: 313 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ruben: 257 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Adan: 232 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 2015

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Sophia	2,958	–	3
2	Mia	2,874	↑2	6
3	Emma	2,724	–	1
4	Olivia	2,530	↑1	2
5	Isabella	2,411	↓3	5
6	Emily	2,143	–	8
7	Sofia	2,026	–	14
8	Abigail	1,764	↑1	7
9	Victoria	1,581	↓1	20
10	Ava	1,549	↑1	4
11	Alexa	1,439	↑18	32
12	Camila	1,411	↓2	43
13	Charlotte	1,340	–	9
14	Samantha	1,110	↓2	40
15	Evelyn	1,069	↓1	15
16	Scarlett	1,054	↑4	22
17	Madison	1,038	↑1	11
18	Elizabeth	1,006	↓3	13
19	Penelope	991	↑9	34
20	Zoe	961	↑2	33
21	Chloe	958	↓4	17
22	Natalie	948	↓6	27
23	Avery	931	↑4	16
24	Allison	909	–	39
25	Grace	906	↓4	19
26	Aria	897	↑4	29
27	Amelia	885	↑6	12
28	Audrey	875	↓2	37
29	Genesis	874	↓10	65
30	Mila	860	↑13	53
31	Ariana	855	↓6	46
32	Ella	824	–	18
33	Melanie	821	↓10	81
34	Zoey	787	↓3	23
35	Lily	767	↑1	25
36	Aubrey	753	↓2	21
37	Delilah	741	↑8	>100
38	Leah	735	↓3	36
39	Maya	725	–	68
40	Ximena	717	new	>100
41	Aaliyah	713	–	47
42	Layla	695	↑2	30
43	Harper	693	new	10
44	Hannah	683	↑2	28
45	Violet	675	new	50
46	Valentina	651	↑3	>100
47	Brooklyn	649	–	31
48	Bella	646	↓8	74
49	Natalia	639	↑1	>100
50	Ashley	633	new	86

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Noah	2,778	–	1
2	Jacob	2,565	–	4
3	Ethan	2,479	↑1	6
4	Daniel	2,476	↓1	12
5	Matthew	2,446	↑1	15
6	Alexander	2,322	↓1	8
7	Jayden	2,137	–	20
8	Sebastian	2,080	↑1	35
9	Liam	2,031	↑8	2
10	David	1,950	–	18
11	Aiden	1,910	↑4	13
12	Julian	1,910	↑1	45
13	Michael	1,877	↓2	9
14	Nathan	1,862	–	38
15	Benjamin	1,830	↑1	10
16	Anthony	1,781	↓8	25
17	Isaac	1,713	↑2	31
18	Mason	1,698	–	3
19	Dylan	1,683	↑1	27
20	Andrew	1,614	↓8	30
21	James	1,551	↑2	7
22	Joseph	1,539	↑7	21
23	Elijah	1,530	↑2	11
24	Adrian	1,526	–	58
25	Angel	1,526	↓3	64
26	Aaron	1,518	↓5	52
27	Logan	1,481	↓1	14
28	William	1,439	↓1	5
29	Mateo	1,418	↑13	85
30	Lucas	1,407	↑1	16
31	Oliver	1,362	↑10	19
32	Joshua	1,344	↓4	33
33	Jonathan	1,298	↓1	48
34	Christopher	1,293	↓4	32
35	Isaiah	1,258	↑1	49
36	Gabriel	1,242	↑3	22
37	Ryan	1,201	↓3	39
38	Samuel	1,195	↓1	23
39	Jose	1,157	↓6	80
40	Luke	1,152	–	28
41	Christian	1,066	↑3	43
42	Damian	1,058	↓4	>100
43	Jackson	1,018	↑4	17
44	Kevin	988	↓9	79
45	Dominic	979	↓2	68
46	Leonardo	946	new	>100
47	Brandon	939	↓1	83
48	Caleb	929	↓3	37
49	Adam	925	new	73
50	Henry	915	new	29

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