Popular baby names in California, 2016

The most popular baby names in California in 2016 were Mia for girls (2,805 babies) and Noah for boys (2,702). Mia ranked #6 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 427,403 babies born in California in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 2016

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: 179 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jayleen: 319 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Yaretzi: 227 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Itzel: 220 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Aileen: 169 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kassandra: 113 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Galilea: 183 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Julissa: 156 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Celine: 154 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Guadalupe: 144 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Emiliano: 571 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Maximiliano: 452 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Andy: 349 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Fernando: 402 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gerardo: 215 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ricardo: 390 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Joaquin: 308 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Adan: 253 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ruben: 241 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Armando: 205 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Mia	2,805	↑1	6
2	Sophia	2,759	↓1	4
3	Emma	2,612	–	1
4	Olivia	2,553	–	2
5	Isabella	2,365	–	5
6	Emily	1,964	–	9
7	Sofia	1,910	–	14
8	Camila	1,653	↑4	32
9	Ava	1,619	↑1	3
10	Abigail	1,601	↓2	8
11	Victoria	1,565	↓2	21
12	Charlotte	1,385	↑1	7
13	Evelyn	1,192	↑2	12
14	Scarlett	1,119	↑2	18
15	Amelia	1,064	↑12	10
16	Penelope	1,056	↑3	27
17	Elizabeth	1,029	↑1	13
18	Alexa	1,027	↓7	51
19	Samantha	1,014	↓5	44
20	Aria	1,008	↑6	23
21	Chloe	981	–	20
22	Avery	965	↑1	16
23	Madison	927	↓6	15
24	Zoe	917	↓4	35
25	Genesis	904	↑4	58
26	Grace	892	↓1	19
27	Mila	888	↑3	48
28	Audrey	854	–	39
29	Natalie	837	↓7	31
30	Allison	827	↓6	50
31	Zoey	811	↑3	26
32	Melanie	809	↑1	82
33	Ella	801	↓1	17
34	Maya	789	↑5	64
35	Ariana	786	↓4	54
36	Harper	783	↑7	11
37	Luna	767	new	77
38	Riley	757	new	22
39	Ximena	748	↑1	>100
40	Lily	745	↓5	24
41	Aaliyah	726	–	53
42	Leah	722	↓4	37
43	Layla	719	↓1	30
44	Aubrey	699	↓8	25
45	Natalia	671	↑4	>100
46	Violet	648	↓1	47
47	Bella	645	↑1	78
48	Ellie	642	new	43
49	Valentina	638	↓3	>100
50	Delilah	630	↓13	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Noah	2,702	–	1
2	Matthew	2,421	↑3	15
3	Ethan	2,341	–	10
4	Daniel	2,307	–	13
5	Sebastian	2,280	↑3	23
6	Jacob	2,274	↓4	7
7	Alexander	2,227	↓1	11
8	Liam	2,049	↑1	2
9	Julian	2,046	↑3	39
10	Benjamin	1,928	↑5	6
11	Jayden	1,864	↓4	27
12	Mateo	1,860	↑17	59
13	Michael	1,779	–	8
14	Aiden	1,767	↓3	16
15	David	1,718	↓5	19
16	Nathan	1,702	↓2	43
17	Anthony	1,662	↓1	30
18	Lucas	1,642	↑12	14
19	James	1,636	↑2	5
20	Elijah	1,589	↑3	9
21	Isaac	1,579	↓4	31
22	Aaron	1,562	↑4	49
23	Oliver	1,554	↑8	12
24	Dylan	1,538	↓5	32
25	Mason	1,528	↓7	4
26	Adrian	1,495	↓2	60
27	Andrew	1,473	↓7	34
28	Joseph	1,436	↓6	20
29	Angel	1,432	↓4	70
30	William	1,427	↓2	3
31	Logan	1,319	↓4	18
32	Christopher	1,255	↑2	36
33	Ryan	1,237	↑4	40
34	Joshua	1,224	↓2	35
35	Samuel	1,198	↑3	21
36	Luke	1,160	↑4	29
37	Jose	1,124	↑2	77
38	Isaiah	1,118	↓3	47
39	Jonathan	1,102	↓6	56
40	Gabriel	1,071	↓4	25
41	Leonardo	1,036	↑5	96
42	Christian	1,007	↓1	46
43	Damian	991	↓1	>100
44	Jackson	965	↓1	17
45	Dominic	963	–	72
46	Santiago	942	new	>100
47	Evan	929	new	69
48	Ivan	917	new	>100
49	Kevin	907	↓5	90
50	Jason	902	new	84

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