Popular baby names in California, 2017

The most popular baby names in California in 2017 were Emma for girls (2,744 babies) and Noah for boys (2,531). Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 411,460 babies born in California in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 2017

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: 153 babies, 4× the national rate
Jayleen: 251 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Guadalupe: 139 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kassandra: 105 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Julieta: 171 babies, 3× the national rate
Julissa: 146 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Esmeralda: 261 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Yaretzi: 245 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Frida: 133 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Itzel: 194 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 128 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Emiliano: 584 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Maximiliano: 374 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Joaquin: 287 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ruben: 235 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Moises: 234 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Valentino: 119 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Andy: 264 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Esteban: 221 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Damian: 968 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Emma	2,744	↑2	1
2	Mia	2,608	↓1	6
3	Olivia	2,492	↑1	2
4	Sophia	2,447	↓2	5
5	Isabella	2,358	–	4
6	Emily	1,813	–	12
7	Camila	1,793	↑1	23
8	Sofia	1,686	↓1	15
9	Abigail	1,552	↑1	10
10	Ava	1,529	↓1	3
11	Victoria	1,489	–	19
12	Charlotte	1,391	–	7
13	Evelyn	1,180	–	9
14	Luna	1,154	↑23	37
15	Scarlett	1,107	↓1	18
16	Penelope	1,089	–	24
17	Amelia	1,076	↓2	8
18	Aria	1,070	↑2	20
19	Mila	1,055	↑8	30
20	Elizabeth	971	↓3	13
21	Chloe	957	–	22
22	Grace	890	↑4	21
23	Zoe	886	↑1	41
24	Samantha	872	↓5	54
25	Genesis	857	–	56
26	Alexa	838	↓8	66
27	Madison	838	↓4	17
28	Ella	814	↑5	16
29	Avery	807	↓7	14
30	Leah	778	↑12	40
31	Natalie	769	↓2	35
32	Audrey	766	↓4	46
33	Melanie	765	↓1	90
34	Maya	752	–	60
35	Zoey	729	↓4	28
36	Bella	722	↑11	50
37	Layla	712	↑6	26
38	Harper	707	↓2	11
39	Ximena	703	–	>100
40	Riley	685	↓2	25
41	Aaliyah	682	–	57
42	Lily	681	↓2	33
43	Hannah	678	new	32
44	Violet	677	↑2	47
45	Delilah	659	↑5	>100
46	Valentina	648	↑3	96
47	Elena	640	new	68
48	Aubrey	639	↓4	31
49	Ariana	636	↓14	67
50	Allison	632	↓20	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Noah	2,531	–	2
2	Sebastian	2,276	↑3	23
3	Liam	2,194	↑5	1
4	Ethan	2,153	↓1	14
5	Matthew	2,138	↓3	16
6	Daniel	2,098	↓2	15
7	Jacob	2,072	↓1	9
8	Mateo	2,016	↑4	42
9	Alexander	2,015	↓2	13
10	Julian	1,955	↓1	37
11	Benjamin	1,852	↓1	6
12	Logan	1,786	↑19	5
13	Jayden	1,702	↓2	26
14	Aiden	1,642	–	17
15	Lucas	1,639	↑3	11
16	Oliver	1,571	↑7	10
17	David	1,566	↓2	22
18	Aaron	1,534	↑4	47
19	Michael	1,524	↓6	12
20	Nathan	1,522	↓4	45
21	Dylan	1,518	↑3	29
22	James	1,516	↓3	4
23	Elijah	1,495	↓3	8
24	Anthony	1,447	↓7	33
25	Isaac	1,435	↓4	32
26	William	1,415	↑4	3
27	Adrian	1,381	↓1	58
28	Mason	1,362	↓3	7
29	Andrew	1,326	↓2	40
30	Joseph	1,325	↓2	18
31	Angel	1,275	↓2	71
32	Isaiah	1,123	↑6	46
33	Samuel	1,105	↑2	21
34	Ryan	1,102	↓1	44
35	Jonathan	1,090	↑4	55
36	Christopher	1,085	↓4	39
37	Jose	1,080	–	81
38	Luke	1,075	↓2	30
39	Joshua	1,053	↓5	38
40	Santiago	1,051	↑6	93
41	Gabriel	1,029	↓1	31
42	Leonardo	995	↓1	97
43	Damian	968	–	>100
44	Leo	921	new	62
45	Christian	915	↓3	52
46	Levi	907	new	35
47	Henry	902	new	19
48	Jackson	897	↓4	20
49	Dominic	896	↓4	74
50	Jack	875	new	36

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