Popular baby names in California, 2022

The most popular baby names in California in 2022 were Olivia for girls (2,190 babies) and Liam for boys (2,620). Social Security records list 362,903 babies born in California in 2022 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 2022

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: 96 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jayleen: 192 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Galilea: 127 babies, 3× the national rate
Julieta: 217 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Anahi: 159 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Arlette: 104 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Natalia: 872 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ximena: 576 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Yaretzi: 186 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Noemi: 130 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 123 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Maximiliano: 416 babies, 3× the national rate
Emiliano: 787 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Adan: 223 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Alfredo: 116 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rey: 98 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alberto: 111 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ramon: 96 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Esteban: 200 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tadeo: 157 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 2022

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Olivia	2,190	–	1
2	Emma	2,090	–	2
3	Camila	2,051	–	12
4	Mia	1,893	–	8
5	Sophia	1,773	–	5
6	Isabella	1,741	–	6
7	Luna	1,524	–	10
8	Sofia	1,312	↑1	13
9	Amelia	1,295	↓1	4
10	Emily	1,111	↑3	17
11	Gianna	1,111	↓1	22
12	Mila	1,082	↑2	18
13	Charlotte	1,071	↓1	3
14	Ava	1,027	↓3	7
15	Penelope	1,004	↑5	21
16	Aria	1,002	↓1	23
17	Evelyn	989	↓1	9
18	Victoria	877	–	43
19	Scarlett	874	↑2	14
20	Natalia	872	↓3	80
21	Abigail	839	↓2	24
22	Zoe	800	↑3	38
23	Violet	784	↑9	20
24	Eliana	770	↑6	41
25	Chloe	768	↓3	19
26	Valentina	753	↑5	57
27	Maya	730	↓3	51
28	Aurora	716	↑9	31
29	Elena	711	↑4	49
30	Elizabeth	700	↓3	15
31	Ellie	696	↑3	33
32	Lily	693	↑10	30
33	Layla	690	↓10	29
34	Ella	672	↓8	25
35	Emilia	672	↓6	44
36	Avery	663	↓8	26
37	Leilani	625	↑3	59
38	Hazel	616	↑8	27
39	Aaliyah	608	↑4	69
40	Genesis	604	↑9	65
41	Madison	603	–	34
42	Delilah	594	↓7	58
43	Isla	594	↓7	36
44	Zoey	583	↓5	45
45	Ximena	576	new	>100
46	Athena	566	new	78
47	Harper	554	↓3	11
48	Samantha	524	↑2	>100
49	Ariana	521	↓2	90
50	Grace	517	↓5	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Liam	2,620	↑1	1
2	Noah	2,514	↓1	2
3	Mateo	2,385	–	11
4	Sebastian	2,099	–	13
5	Oliver	1,633	↑2	3
6	Julian	1,628	↓1	35
7	Santiago	1,549	↑7	49
8	Benjamin	1,535	↓2	9
9	Elijah	1,452	↓1	5
10	Ezekiel	1,409	↑3	48
11	Alexander	1,401	↓2	17
12	Daniel	1,399	↓2	14
13	Ethan	1,354	↓2	21
14	Lucas	1,294	↓2	8
15	Ezra	1,254	↑4	25
16	Luca	1,232	↑16	28
17	Levi	1,207	↑3	12
18	Leo	1,187	↑5	22
19	Aiden	1,160	↓4	29
20	Angel	1,156	↑7	62
21	James	1,098	↓3	4
22	Jayden	1,096	↓1	46
23	Matthew	1,094	↓6	39
24	Dylan	1,071	↑4	42
25	Elias	1,069	–	43
26	Michael	1,048	↓4	16
27	David	1,042	↓3	31
28	Anthony	1,039	↑1	44
29	Jacob	1,031	↓13	32
30	Adrian	1,011	↓4	63
31	Nathan	995	↑2	57
32	Logan	992	↓2	33
33	Isaac	973	↓2	41
34	Damian	953	↑9	>100
35	Leonardo	939	↓1	75
36	Theodore	910	↑12	10
37	Aaron	909	↓1	71
38	Isaiah	906	–	58
39	Gabriel	886	↑10	36
40	Henry	874	–	7
41	Samuel	865	↓4	19
42	William	840	↓7	6
43	Luke	832	↑1	34
44	Gael	815	↑2	>100
45	Mason	806	↓6	24
46	Josiah	801	↓1	51
47	Joseph	796	↓5	30
48	Emiliano	787	new	>100
49	Caleb	776	new	52
50	Jose	776	↓3	88

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