Popular baby names in California, 2019

The most popular baby names in California in 2019 were Olivia for girls (2,612 babies) and Noah for boys (2,684). Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 387,712 babies born in California in 2019 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 2019

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: 104 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jayleen: 206 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Paloma: 99 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Clarissa: 121 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Yaretzi: 223 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Julieta: 147 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ximena: 612 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kamila: 357 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Esmeralda: 225 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Itzel: 159 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Maximiliano: 505 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Salvador: 144 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Emiliano: 753 babies, 3× the national rate
Alfredo: 136 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Adan: 218 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Andy: 257 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Damian: 996 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Cesar: 281 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Joaquin: 280 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Gerardo: 135 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 2019

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2018	US rank
1	Olivia	2,612	↑2	1
2	Emma	2,402	↓1	2
3	Mia	2,368	↓1	8
4	Sophia	2,102	↑1	4
5	Camila	2,071	↑1	15
6	Isabella	2,019	↓2	5
7	Luna	1,506	↑3	16
8	Emily	1,472	–	12
9	Ava	1,418	↑2	3
10	Sofia	1,414	↓3	17
11	Victoria	1,327	↓2	25
12	Abigail	1,301	–	11
13	Amelia	1,276	↑2	7
14	Charlotte	1,225	↓1	6
15	Mila	1,217	↓1	19
16	Evelyn	1,166	–	10
17	Penelope	1,111	↑1	22
18	Aria	1,043	↓1	20
19	Scarlett	956	–	21
20	Ella	904	↑1	13
21	Elizabeth	879	↑1	14
22	Chloe	876	↓2	24
23	Avery	831	–	18
24	Zoe	827	–	38
25	Valentina	783	↑5	65
26	Zoey	754	↑1	31
27	Emilia	748	new	44
28	Genesis	738	↓3	58
29	Violet	731	↑14	36
30	Bella	724	↓1	50
31	Layla	719	↑4	23
32	Harper	718	↓1	9
33	Aaliyah	703	↑16	70
34	Grace	693	↓6	28
35	Natalia	692	↑7	>100
36	Maya	680	↓4	64
37	Ellie	679	↑8	35
38	Audrey	678	↓1	49
39	Lily	672	↑8	34
40	Ariana	669	–	69
41	Samantha	653	↓15	80
42	Elena	650	↑2	60
43	Leah	647	↓9	43
44	Riley	645	↑6	30
45	Hannah	639	↑3	32
46	Madison	637	↓10	26
47	Eliana	625	new	62
48	Ximena	612	↓15	>100
49	Natalie	607	↓11	41
50	Aurora	589	new	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2018	US rank
1	Noah	2,684	–	2
2	Liam	2,404	–	1
3	Mateo	2,228	↑1	26
4	Sebastian	2,158	↓1	18
5	Ethan	2,107	–	11
6	Julian	1,861	↑1	31
7	Alexander	1,844	↑1	10
8	Benjamin	1,760	↑1	7
9	Daniel	1,752	↓3	15
10	Lucas	1,725	↑2	8
11	Jacob	1,668	↓1	12
12	Oliver	1,608	↑2	3
13	Matthew	1,570	↓2	23
14	Elijah	1,525	↑5	5
15	Jayden	1,410	↓2	35
16	Aiden	1,407	↓1	20
17	James	1,362	↓1	6
18	Santiago	1,356	↑12	70
19	Isaac	1,323	↑4	34
20	Logan	1,281	↓3	16
21	David	1,256	↓3	27
22	Michael	1,241	↓1	14
23	Mason	1,234	↑2	9
24	Anthony	1,229	↑2	38
25	Dylan	1,204	↓5	39
26	William	1,195	↓2	4
27	Adrian	1,187	–	56
28	Leo	1,177	↑11	40
29	Nathan	1,155	↓7	55
30	Angel	1,122	↓1	73
31	Aaron	1,086	↓3	61
32	Leonardo	1,067	↑4	86
33	Levi	1,061	↑7	25
34	Joseph	1,058	↓3	24
35	Andrew	1,049	↓3	46
36	Luke	1,044	↓1	32
37	Samuel	1,003	↓3	22
38	Ezra	999	↑9	49
39	Damian	996	↓1	>100
40	Elias	995	↑8	60
41	Ezekiel	990	new	71
42	Isaiah	927	↓9	53
43	Henry	914	↓1	13
44	Josiah	906	↑5	45
45	Jose	897	↓1	92
46	Christopher	890	↓3	44
47	Gabriel	884	↓1	37
48	Ryan	874	↓11	54
49	Jack	864	new	19
50	Jackson	855	–	17

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