Popular baby names in California, 2020

The most popular baby names in California in 2020 were Olivia for girls (2,355 babies) and Noah for boys (2,634). Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 363,829 babies born in California in 2020 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 2020

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: 111 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jayleen: 221 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Yaretzi: 182 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Itzel: 155 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Julieta: 142 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Julissa: 103 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Denise: 92 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Natalia: 852 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Daleyza: 230 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Celine: 185 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 131 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ernesto: 105 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Emiliano: 760 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Maximiliano: 435 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Valentin: 101 babies, 3× the national rate
Adan: 186 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gerardo: 154 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Alfredo: 95 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Damian: 931 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Emilio: 445 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 2020

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Olivia	2,355	–	1
2	Camila	2,188	↑3	11
3	Emma	2,118	↓1	2
4	Mia	2,048	↓1	8
5	Sophia	2,003	↓1	4
6	Isabella	1,877	–	7
7	Gianna	1,533	new	13
8	Luna	1,466	↓1	14
9	Sofia	1,280	↑1	17
10	Amelia	1,256	↑3	6
11	Emily	1,250	↓3	18
12	Ava	1,228	↓3	3
13	Charlotte	1,179	↑1	5
14	Abigail	1,069	↓2	12
15	Victoria	1,040	↓4	34
16	Evelyn	1,020	–	9
17	Mila	1,011	↓2	20
18	Penelope	972	↓1	26
19	Aria	935	↓1	27
20	Natalia	852	↑15	85
21	Chloe	815	↑1	25
22	Scarlett	815	↓3	21
23	Ella	809	↓3	15
24	Zoe	780	–	40
25	Layla	743	↑6	24
26	Elizabeth	723	↓5	16
27	Avery	721	↓4	19
28	Valentina	718	↓3	73
29	Emilia	705	↓2	41
30	Ellie	686	↑7	29
31	Maya	686	↑5	61
32	Violet	673	↓3	37
33	Eliana	668	↑14	53
34	Zoey	663	↓8	32
35	Elena	660	↑7	55
36	Madison	658	↑10	23
37	Aaliyah	647	↓4	65
38	Genesis	647	↓10	62
39	Delilah	638	new	70
40	Samantha	633	↑1	90
41	Harper	619	↓9	10
42	Aurora	608	↑8	36
43	Grace	607	↓9	28
44	Leah	588	↓1	45
45	Lily	575	↓6	35
46	Bella	570	↓16	63
47	Ariana	565	↓7	79
48	Hazel	559	new	31
49	Hannah	551	↓4	39
50	Melanie	549	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Noah	2,634	–	2
2	Liam	2,432	–	1
3	Mateo	2,080	–	20
4	Sebastian	1,998	–	19
5	Julian	1,689	↑1	34
6	Benjamin	1,656	↑2	7
7	Ethan	1,656	↓2	13
8	Elijah	1,597	↑6	4
9	Alexander	1,591	↓2	10
10	Oliver	1,543	↑2	3
11	Daniel	1,488	↓2	14
12	Lucas	1,360	↓2	8
13	Matthew	1,347	–	30
14	Jacob	1,304	↓3	15
15	Aiden	1,275	↑1	24
16	Santiago	1,213	↑2	71
17	Jayden	1,204	↓2	37
18	David	1,165	↑3	28
19	James	1,157	↓2	6
20	Logan	1,155	–	16
21	Ezekiel	1,137	↑20	64
22	Nathan	1,099	↑7	55
23	Adrian	1,095	↑4	58
24	Dylan	1,081	↑1	42
25	Michael	1,081	↓3	12
26	Anthony	1,061	↓2	41
27	Isaac	1,055	↓8	39
28	Mason	1,055	↓5	11
29	Ezra	1,043	↑9	44
30	Aaron	1,037	↑1	63
31	Levi	1,033	↑2	18
32	William	1,028	↓6	5
33	Leo	1,023	↓5	36
34	Elias	1,015	↑6	54
35	Angel	1,010	↓5	76
36	Joseph	1,006	↓2	26
37	Isaiah	967	↑5	51
38	Leonardo	962	↓6	86
39	Samuel	938	↓2	25
40	Damian	931	↓1	>100
41	Luke	884	↓5	31
42	Andrew	877	↓7	52
43	Henry	844	–	9
44	Theodore	841	new	23
45	Josiah	826	↓1	49
46	Jack	812	↑3	21
47	Gabriel	811	–	38
48	Joshua	799	new	53
49	Christopher	765	↓3	47
50	Jose	764	↓5	94

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