Popular baby names in California, 2023

The most popular baby names in California in 2023 were Olivia for girls (1,977 babies) and Noah for boys (2,679). Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 344,771 babies born in California in 2023 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 2023

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: 98 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jayleen: 143 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Cielo: 99 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Galilea: 139 babies, 3× the national rate
Julieta: 237 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Anahi: 196 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Yaretzi: 164 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Aileen: 101 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Arely: 95 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Yamileth: 84 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Adan: 211 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Salvador: 122 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Emiliano: 860 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Valentin: 115 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Maximiliano: 322 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gustavo: 118 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tadeo: 167 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Moises: 145 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Vicente: 115 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Alfredo: 93 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 2023

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Olivia	1,977	–	1
2	Mia	1,920	↑2	6
3	Camila	1,896	–	13
4	Emma	1,783	↓2	2
5	Isabella	1,652	↑1	7
6	Sophia	1,638	↓1	5
7	Sofia	1,356	↑1	12
8	Luna	1,314	↓1	10
9	Amelia	1,264	–	4
10	Gianna	1,095	↑1	21
11	Emily	1,071	↓1	19
12	Charlotte	1,020	↑1	3
13	Aria	997	↑3	25
14	Ava	981	–	8
15	Mila	935	↓3	28
16	Penelope	888	↓1	23
17	Evelyn	885	–	9
18	Eliana	845	↑6	34
19	Valentina	825	↑7	50
20	Victoria	788	↓2	45
21	Zoe	788	↑1	36
22	Natalia	756	↓2	96
23	Lily	747	↑9	20
24	Abigail	740	↓3	31
25	Chloe	731	–	26
26	Aurora	727	↑2	22
27	Emilia	720	↑8	42
28	Scarlett	711	↓9	17
29	Violet	707	↓6	16
30	Maya	674	↓3	49
31	Delilah	672	↑11	52
32	Elena	667	↓3	47
33	Layla	655	–	30
34	Avery	628	↑2	29
35	Ellie	627	↓4	27
36	Hazel	616	↑2	18
37	Ella	601	↓3	32
38	Isla	585	↑5	33
39	Elizabeth	582	↓9	15
40	Genesis	582	–	57
41	Leilani	568	↓4	61
42	Ariana	530	↑7	97
43	Madison	530	↓2	37
44	Zoey	521	–	51
45	Leah	502	new	53
46	Ximena	502	↓1	>100
47	Naomi	497	new	44
48	Aaliyah	483	↓9	85
49	Jade	481	new	80
50	Harper	480	↓3	11

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Noah	2,679	↑1	2
2	Liam	2,600	↓1	1
3	Mateo	2,414	–	6
4	Sebastian	2,013	–	13
5	Santiago	1,612	↑2	45
6	Julian	1,546	–	33
7	Oliver	1,541	↓2	3
8	Elijah	1,341	↑1	5
9	Ezekiel	1,337	↑1	50
10	Benjamin	1,334	↓2	11
11	Ezra	1,289	↑4	15
12	Ethan	1,274	↑1	24
13	Alexander	1,253	↓2	22
14	Daniel	1,225	↓2	17
15	Lucas	1,225	↓1	9
16	Luca	1,158	–	25
17	Leo	1,156	↑1	18
18	Elias	1,106	↑7	36
19	Matthew	1,080	↑4	32
20	Levi	1,065	↓3	12
21	Angel	1,053	↓1	62
22	Dylan	1,033	↑2	34
23	James	1,008	↓2	4
24	Theodore	981	↑12	7
25	Isaac	960	↑8	42
26	Michael	949	–	16
27	Jacob	933	↑2	35
28	David	932	↓1	27
29	Aiden	924	↓10	40
30	Leonardo	919	↑5	84
31	Anthony	891	↓3	46
32	Adrian	863	↓2	67
33	Jayden	862	↓11	49
34	Emiliano	860	↑14	>100
35	Damian	829	↓1	>100
36	Isaiah	824	↑2	56
37	Nathan	816	↓6	59
38	Gael	812	↑6	100
39	Samuel	799	↑2	19
40	Aaron	798	↓3	68
41	Luke	788	↑2	31
42	William	783	–	10
43	Henry	773	↓3	8
44	Adriel	748	new	>100
45	Jose	741	↑5	93
46	Joseph	739	↑1	29
47	Jack	735	new	14
48	Logan	729	↓16	39
49	Caleb	719	–	51
50	Mason	713	↓5	30

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