Popular baby names in California, 2018

The most popular baby names in California in 2018 were Emma for girls (2,753 babies) and Noah for boys (2,577). Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 395,986 babies born in California in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 2018

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: 139 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jayleen: 248 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Aileen: 145 babies, 3× the national rate
Guadalupe: 98 babies, 3× the national rate
Julieta: 190 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Itzel: 165 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Yaretzi: 215 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Noemi: 121 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Camila: 2,086 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ximena: 719 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Emiliano: 710 babies, 3× the national rate
Maximiliano: 419 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Salvador: 128 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Esteban: 208 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Arturo: 138 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Joaquin: 279 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ruben: 223 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Adan: 194 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Moises: 186 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Gerardo: 143 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Emma	2,753	–	1
2	Mia	2,509	–	7
3	Olivia	2,476	–	2
4	Isabella	2,204	↑1	4
5	Sophia	2,157	↓1	5
6	Camila	2,086	↑1	18
7	Sofia	1,511	↑1	17
8	Emily	1,506	↓2	12
9	Victoria	1,463	↑2	21
10	Luna	1,442	↑4	23
11	Ava	1,394	↓1	3
12	Abigail	1,375	↓3	11
13	Charlotte	1,343	↓1	6
14	Mila	1,293	↑5	14
15	Amelia	1,207	↑2	8
16	Evelyn	1,158	↓3	10
17	Aria	1,081	↑1	19
18	Penelope	1,077	↓2	26
19	Scarlett	953	↓4	20
20	Chloe	920	↑1	25
21	Ella	898	↑7	15
22	Elizabeth	894	↓2	13
23	Avery	851	↑6	16
24	Zoe	840	↓1	40
25	Genesis	809	–	57
26	Samantha	808	↓2	61
27	Zoey	770	↑8	29
28	Grace	752	↓6	24
29	Bella	750	↑7	48
30	Valentina	747	↑16	81
31	Harper	728	↑7	9
32	Maya	721	↑2	62
33	Ximena	719	↑6	>100
34	Leah	718	↓4	41
35	Layla	713	↑2	27
36	Madison	711	↓9	22
37	Audrey	706	↓5	46
38	Natalie	686	↓7	39
39	Alexa	678	↓13	90
40	Ariana	667	↑9	68
41	Delilah	655	↑4	92
42	Natalia	653	new	>100
43	Violet	653	↑1	43
44	Elena	651	↑3	67
45	Ellie	639	new	36
46	Melanie	639	↓13	>100
47	Lily	636	↓5	31
48	Hannah	632	↓5	33
49	Aaliyah	602	↓8	65
50	Riley	599	↓10	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Noah	2,577	–	2
2	Liam	2,416	↑1	1
3	Sebastian	2,219	↓1	18
4	Mateo	2,104	↑4	37
5	Ethan	2,064	↓1	12
6	Daniel	2,003	–	15
7	Julian	1,946	↑3	36
8	Alexander	1,915	↑1	11
9	Benjamin	1,770	↑2	6
10	Jacob	1,721	↓3	13
11	Matthew	1,708	↓6	20
12	Lucas	1,555	↑3	8
13	Jayden	1,554	–	29
14	Oliver	1,513	↑2	5
15	Aiden	1,484	↓1	19
16	James	1,464	↑6	4
17	Logan	1,459	↓5	10
18	David	1,456	↓1	22
19	Elijah	1,441	↑4	7
20	Dylan	1,374	↑1	31
21	Michael	1,360	↓2	14
22	Nathan	1,334	↓2	48
23	Isaac	1,333	↑2	34
24	William	1,306	↑2	3
25	Mason	1,305	↑3	9
26	Anthony	1,298	↓2	38
27	Adrian	1,282	–	62
28	Aaron	1,226	↓10	60
29	Angel	1,215	↑2	72
30	Santiago	1,199	↑10	82
31	Joseph	1,175	↓1	23
32	Andrew	1,172	↓3	43
33	Isaiah	1,048	↓1	51
34	Samuel	1,036	↓1	21
35	Luke	1,035	↑3	30
36	Leonardo	1,012	↑6	93
37	Ryan	998	↓3	46
38	Damian	988	↑5	>100
39	Leo	979	↑5	50
40	Levi	960	↑6	33
41	Joshua	958	↓2	40
42	Henry	937	↑5	16
43	Christopher	930	↓7	42
44	Jose	926	↓7	89
45	Jonathan	925	↓10	63
46	Gabriel	917	↓5	35
47	Ezra	904	new	59
48	Elias	893	new	67
49	Josiah	887	new	52
50	Jackson	869	↓2	17

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