Popular baby names in California, 2021

The most popular baby names in California in 2021 were Olivia for girls (2,408 babies) and Noah for boys (2,625). Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 363,907 babies born in California in 2021 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 2021

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: 116 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jayleen: 207 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Itzel: 176 babies, 3× the national rate
Galilea: 116 babies, 3× the national rate
Anahi: 127 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Natalia: 953 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Yaretzi: 157 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Avayah: 94 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Angelique: 92 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Julissa: 88 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Maximiliano: 397 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Salvador: 122 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Emiliano: 726 babies, 3× the national rate
Vicente: 108 babies, 3× the national rate
Arturo: 132 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ramon: 99 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rey: 98 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Adan: 194 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Moises: 161 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Tadeo: 138 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 2021

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Olivia	2,408	–	1
2	Emma	2,186	↑1	2
3	Camila	2,075	↓1	12
4	Mia	2,043	–	8
5	Sophia	1,821	–	6
6	Isabella	1,667	–	7
7	Luna	1,470	↑1	11
8	Amelia	1,376	↑2	4
9	Sofia	1,319	–	18
10	Gianna	1,296	↓3	13
11	Ava	1,274	↑1	5
12	Charlotte	1,146	↑1	3
13	Emily	1,101	↓2	21
14	Mila	1,070	↑3	26
15	Aria	1,005	↑4	22
16	Evelyn	970	–	9
17	Natalia	953	↑3	79
18	Victoria	946	↓3	43
19	Abigail	927	↓5	17
20	Penelope	911	↓2	23
21	Scarlett	830	↑1	20
22	Chloe	785	↓1	25
23	Layla	780	↑2	24
24	Maya	775	↑7	55
25	Zoe	772	↓1	42
26	Ella	755	↓3	16
27	Elizabeth	728	↓1	14
28	Avery	716	↓1	19
29	Emilia	716	–	40
30	Eliana	715	↑3	47
31	Valentina	709	↓3	69
32	Violet	696	–	36
33	Elena	683	↑2	53
34	Ellie	683	↓4	30
35	Delilah	680	↑4	58
36	Isla	652	new	34
37	Aurora	643	↑5	35
38	Leah	641	↑6	46
39	Zoey	641	↓5	38
40	Leilani	631	new	68
41	Madison	626	↓5	29
42	Lily	606	↑3	31
43	Aaliyah	603	↓6	61
44	Harper	595	↓3	10
45	Grace	579	↓2	33
46	Hazel	575	↑2	28
47	Ariana	562	–	88
48	Riley	553	new	37
49	Genesis	539	↓11	75
50	Samantha	518	↓10	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Noah	2,625	–	2
2	Liam	2,485	–	1
3	Mateo	2,126	–	15
4	Sebastian	2,054	–	19
5	Julian	1,734	–	33
6	Benjamin	1,622	–	7
7	Oliver	1,540	↑3	3
8	Elijah	1,514	–	4
9	Alexander	1,502	–	13
10	Daniel	1,441	↑1	16
11	Ethan	1,418	↓4	20
12	Lucas	1,379	–	8
13	Ezekiel	1,282	↑8	53
14	Santiago	1,259	↑2	63
15	Aiden	1,238	–	26
16	Jacob	1,225	↓2	24
17	Matthew	1,182	↓4	36
18	James	1,170	↑1	5
19	Ezra	1,134	↑10	37
20	Levi	1,100	↑11	12
21	Jayden	1,093	↓4	41
22	Michael	1,092	↑3	17
23	Leo	1,085	↑10	31
24	David	1,070	↓6	30
25	Elias	1,069	↑9	48
26	Adrian	1,065	↓3	61
27	Angel	1,060	↑8	67
28	Dylan	1,053	↓4	44
29	Anthony	1,047	↓3	43
30	Logan	1,034	↓10	21
31	Isaac	1,016	↓4	40
32	Luca	1,006	new	42
33	Nathan	999	↓11	59
34	Leonardo	949	↑4	87
35	William	938	↓3	6
36	Aaron	925	↓6	65
37	Samuel	912	↑2	23
38	Isaiah	901	↓1	56
39	Mason	899	↓11	18
40	Henry	896	↑3	9
41	Jack	894	↑5	11
42	Joseph	885	↓6	28
43	Damian	874	↓3	>100
44	Luke	854	↓3	32
45	Josiah	851	–	49
46	Gael	843	new	>100
47	Jose	831	↑3	89
48	Theodore	831	↓4	10
49	Gabriel	811	↓2	38
50	Jackson	770	new	14

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