Popular baby names in California, 2025

The most popular baby names in California in 2025 were Olivia for girls (1,796 babies) and Liam for boys (2,624). Social Security records list 337,198 babies born in California in 2025 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 2025

Names given at least 15 times in California that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Jayleen: 81 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cielo: 108 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Noemi: 148 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Galilea: 130 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Yaretzi: 125 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Itzel: 241 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Emi: 84 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ximena: 460 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Julieta: 294 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Anahi: 172 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Izael: 105 babies, 3× the national rate
Elio: 244 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Emiliano: 1,075 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Vicente: 141 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Adan: 175 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Santiago: 1,991 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Maximiliano: 327 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Valentin: 111 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Benicio: 110 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jasiel: 105 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 2025

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2024	US rank
1	Olivia	1,796	↑1	1
2	Mia	1,788	↓1	6
3	Sophia	1,685	↑2	5
4	Camila	1,682	↓1	19
5	Emma	1,641	↓1	3
6	Isabella	1,506	–	7
7	Amelia	1,370	–	4
8	Sofia	1,339	–	9
9	Eliana	1,323	↑3	10
10	Valentina	1,146	↑7	35
11	Ailany	1,058	new	14
12	Charlotte	1,037	↓1	2
13	Luna	998	↓4	27
14	Gianna	990	↓4	33
15	Aria	977	↓1	26
16	Emily	910	↓3	34
17	Evelyn	892	↓2	8
18	Violet	883	↑6	13
19	Aurora	853	↑1	15
20	Penelope	827	↑2	22
21	Elena	809	–	42
22	Mila	786	↓4	43
23	Zoe	770	–	31
24	Chloe	750	↓5	23
25	Lily	748	↑3	18
26	Ava	742	↓10	11
27	Emilia	704	–	45
28	Victoria	690	↓2	54
29	Maya	658	↑2	62
30	Ellie	654	–	24
31	Elizabeth	641	↑5	17
32	Layla	624	↑3	36
33	Abigail	613	↓8	41
34	Isla	606	↑4	28
35	Scarlett	602	↓6	32
36	Hazel	584	↓2	21
37	Leilani	575	↑8	60
38	Catalina	570	new	>100
39	Genesis	569	–	66
40	Delilah	564	↓7	51
41	Ella	561	↓1	29
42	Alina	542	↓1	>100
43	Lucia	531	new	83
44	Madison	528	new	40
45	Natalia	524	↓13	>100
46	Liliana	522	↓2	78
47	Eleanor	513	↓1	12
48	Avery	498	↓11	37
49	Naomi	497	↓2	47
50	Nora	488	new	20

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2024	US rank
1	Liam	2,624	–	1
2	Noah	2,607	–	2
3	Mateo	2,239	–	8
4	Santiago	1,991	–	26
5	Sebastian	1,954	–	16
6	Julian	1,680	–	25
7	Oliver	1,456	–	3
8	Elias	1,342	↑10	13
9	Benjamin	1,257	↑3	11
10	Elijah	1,257	–	7
11	Luca	1,257	↑3	14
12	Ethan	1,236	↓1	24
13	Theodore	1,211	↑7	4
14	Ezra	1,190	↓6	20
15	Leo	1,173	↑6	19
16	Alexander	1,169	↓1	30
17	Lucas	1,154	↓8	10
18	Daniel	1,145	↓1	22
19	Levi	1,142	↓3	12
20	Ezekiel	1,089	↓7	61
21	Emiliano	1,075	↑11	94
22	James	1,005	↑2	6
23	Matthew	996	–	32
24	Adriel	959	↑22	84
25	Angel	942	↓3	67
26	Michael	875	↓1	21
27	Roman	874	↑11	42
28	Dylan	871	↓9	41
29	Adrian	869	↓2	74
30	Isaiah	847	↑4	57
31	Henry	843	↓2	5
32	Leonardo	838	↓2	91
33	Gael	831	↑7	86
34	Samuel	821	↑1	18
35	Anthony	819	↓9	46
36	Thiago	801	↑12	50
37	David	800	↓6	35
38	Isaac	766	↓2	47
39	Damian	765	↓2	>100
40	Nathan	762	↓1	63
41	Jacob	744	↓8	43
42	Enzo	743	↑3	72
43	Gabriel	742	↑4	37
44	Luke	738	↓2	33
45	Josiah	723	new	54
46	Joseph	721	↑3	29
47	William	717	↓6	9
48	Jack	702	↑2	15
49	Jose	681	new	95
50	Caleb	678	new	58

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