Popular baby names in California, 2024

The most popular baby names in California in 2024 were Mia for girls (1,991 babies) and Liam for boys (2,727). Mia ranked #5 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 345,919 babies born in California in 2024 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 2024

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: 86 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jayleen: 106 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Cielo: 109 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Anahi: 207 babies, 3× the national rate
Natalia: 707 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Yaretzi: 101 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ximena: 490 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Noemi: 141 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Galilea: 126 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kamila: 281 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Adan: 205 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Vicente: 131 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Salvador: 106 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alfredo: 93 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Santiago: 2,005 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Emiliano: 862 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Maximiliano: 304 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Gerardo: 130 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ismael: 407 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Fabian: 187 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 2024

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	Mia	1,991	↑1	5
2	Olivia	1,938	↓1	1
3	Camila	1,887	–	11
4	Emma	1,841	–	2
5	Sophia	1,597	↑1	6
6	Isabella	1,561	↓1	7
7	Amelia	1,369	↑2	3
8	Sofia	1,333	↓1	10
9	Luna	1,166	↓1	13
10	Gianna	1,088	–	23
11	Charlotte	1,054	↑1	4
12	Eliana	1,027	↑6	18
13	Emily	982	↓2	25
14	Aria	926	↓1	26
15	Evelyn	900	↑2	8
16	Ava	875	↓2	9
17	Valentina	865	↑2	47
18	Mila	850	↓3	33
19	Chloe	843	↑6	20
20	Aurora	820	↑6	16
21	Elena	782	↑11	46
22	Penelope	782	↓6	28
23	Zoe	777	↓2	29
24	Violet	744	↑5	15
25	Abigail	737	↓1	32
26	Victoria	735	↓6	48
27	Emilia	732	–	43
28	Lily	715	↓5	24
29	Scarlett	714	↓1	27
30	Ellie	711	↑5	21
31	Maya	710	↓1	51
32	Natalia	707	↓10	>100
33	Delilah	641	↓2	50
34	Hazel	624	↑2	19
35	Layla	615	↓2	37
36	Elizabeth	608	↑3	17
37	Avery	602	↓3	31
38	Isla	590	–	35
39	Genesis	588	↑1	55
40	Ella	586	↓3	30
41	Alina	540	new	>100
42	Leah	535	↑3	53
43	Jade	525	↑6	84
44	Liliana	511	new	80
45	Leilani	510	↓4	66
46	Eleanor	507	new	14
47	Naomi	505	–	44
48	Ximena	490	↓2	>100
49	Grace	488	new	40
50	Ariana	487	↓8	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	Liam	2,727	↑1	1
2	Noah	2,685	↓1	2
3	Mateo	2,369	–	7
4	Santiago	2,005	↑1	29
5	Sebastian	1,794	↓1	14
6	Julian	1,641	–	30
7	Oliver	1,548	–	3
8	Ezra	1,310	↑3	13
9	Lucas	1,279	↑6	9
10	Elijah	1,269	↓2	8
11	Ethan	1,267	↑1	19
12	Benjamin	1,266	↓2	11
13	Ezekiel	1,210	↓4	54
14	Luca	1,200	↑2	23
15	Alexander	1,189	↓2	27
16	Levi	1,185	↑4	12
17	Daniel	1,181	↓3	16
18	Elias	1,149	–	25
19	Dylan	1,114	↑3	28
20	Theodore	1,103	↑4	4
21	Leo	1,100	↓4	24
22	Angel	1,053	↓1	63
23	Matthew	1,036	↓4	33
24	James	1,024	↓1	5
25	Michael	920	↑1	18
26	Anthony	905	↑5	44
27	Adrian	904	↑5	72
28	Aiden	897	↑1	47
29	Henry	889	↑14	6
30	Leonardo	873	–	84
31	David	862	↓3	31
32	Emiliano	862	↑2	>100
33	Jacob	860	↓6	40
34	Isaiah	849	↑2	56
35	Samuel	843	↑4	17
36	Isaac	841	↓11	41
37	Damian	829	↓2	>100
38	Roman	822	new	52
39	Nathan	814	↓2	62
40	Gael	809	↓2	89
41	William	795	↑1	10
42	Luke	791	↓1	34
43	Logan	786	↑5	45
44	Jayden	772	↓11	59
45	Enzo	764	new	74
46	Adriel	762	↓2	>100
47	Gabriel	760	new	43
48	Thiago	751	new	55
49	Joseph	749	↓3	32
50	Jack	744	↓3	15

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