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Popular baby names in California
Compare the boy and girl names recorded most often in this state.
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Leading boy name
Michael
435,213 recorded births
Leading girl name
Jennifer
175,613 recorded births
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Boy names
| Name | Rank | Recorded births |
|---|---|---|
| Michael | 1 | 435,213 |
| David | 2 | 377,998 |
| Robert | 3 | 352,989 |
| John | 4 | 316,473 |
| James | 5 | 287,239 |
| Daniel | 6 | 261,777 |
| Richard | 7 | 225,488 |
| Christopher | 8 | 224,701 |
| William | 9 | 220,413 |
| Anthony | 10 | 186,526 |
| Joseph | 11 | 180,985 |
| Matthew | 12 | 180,781 |
| Jose | 13 | 166,549 |
| Steven | 14 | 153,386 |
| Andrew | 15 | 153,336 |
| Kevin | 16 | 138,337 |
| Joshua | 17 | 137,688 |
| Thomas | 18 | 135,867 |
| Mark | 19 | 132,281 |
| Brian | 20 | 125,801 |
| Jonathan | 21 | 121,974 |
| Ryan | 22 | 118,234 |
| Jason | 23 | 117,528 |
| Charles | 24 | 114,899 |
| Eric | 25 | 114,565 |
| Jacob | 26 | 110,190 |
| Paul | 27 | 104,164 |
| Alexander | 28 | 101,424 |
| Nicholas | 29 | 96,746 |
| Juan | 30 | 95,488 |
| Kenneth | 31 | 92,065 |
| Brandon | 32 | 90,851 |
| Jeffrey | 33 | 90,490 |
| Timothy | 34 | 86,498 |
| Donald | 35 | 85,498 |
| Ronald | 36 | 84,623 |
| Justin | 37 | 82,757 |
| Edward | 38 | 82,170 |
| Aaron | 39 | 81,577 |
| George | 40 | 80,407 |
| Luis | 41 | 80,214 |
| Benjamin | 42 | 79,121 |
| Angel | 43 | 77,494 |
| Gary | 44 | 77,434 |
| Jesus | 45 | 77,369 |
| Carlos | 46 | 77,281 |
| Scott | 47 | 75,375 |
| Nathan | 48 | 74,568 |
| Christian | 49 | 73,521 |
| Stephen | 50 | 69,405 |
| Samuel | 51 | 68,944 |
| Frank | 52 | 67,485 |
| Gregory | 53 | 67,397 |
| Gabriel | 54 | 65,989 |
| Adrian | 55 | 64,964 |
| Noah | 56 | 63,179 |
| Raymond | 57 | 62,395 |
| Jack | 58 | 61,360 |
| Ethan | 59 | 61,039 |
| Adam | 60 | 61,007 |
| Victor | 61 | 60,951 |
| Patrick | 62 | 60,753 |
| Bryan | 63 | 58,492 |
| Miguel | 64 | 57,756 |
| Sean | 65 | 57,666 |
| Manuel | 66 | 54,890 |
| Jesse | 67 | 54,612 |
| Julian | 68 | 54,374 |
| Tyler | 69 | 53,122 |
| Larry | 70 | 52,588 |
| Dennis | 71 | 52,304 |
| Isaac | 72 | 51,589 |
| Kyle | 73 | 51,150 |
| Dylan | 74 | 51,077 |
| Peter | 75 | 50,372 |
| Henry | 76 | 48,543 |
| Alejandro | 77 | 48,168 |
| Jorge | 78 | 46,328 |
| Francisco | 79 | 46,286 |
| Zachary | 80 | 45,015 |
| Sebastian | 81 | 44,726 |
| Alan | 82 | 43,752 |
| Ricardo | 83 | 43,394 |
| Douglas | 84 | 42,656 |
| Jordan | 85 | 42,630 |
| Jeremy | 86 | 42,470 |
| Oscar | 87 | 42,456 |
| Vincent | 88 | 42,430 |
| Antonio | 89 | 42,313 |
| Martin | 90 | 40,678 |
| Elijah | 91 | 40,271 |
| Alex | 92 | 40,245 |
| Jerry | 93 | 39,894 |
| Diego | 94 | 39,169 |
| Joe | 95 | 38,987 |
| Eduardo | 96 | 38,980 |
| Mario | 97 | 37,961 |
| Liam | 98 | 37,529 |
| Isaiah | 99 | 37,462 |
| Arthur | 100 | 37,155 |
Girl names
| Name | Rank | Recorded births |
|---|---|---|
| Jennifer | 1 | 175,613 |
| Mary | 2 | 153,267 |
| Jessica | 3 | 136,112 |
| Elizabeth | 4 | 135,828 |
| Patricia | 5 | 116,976 |
| Linda | 6 | 114,931 |
| Michelle | 7 | 114,480 |
| Maria | 8 | 105,417 |
| Stephanie | 9 | 101,600 |
| Emily | 10 | 97,981 |
| Ashley | 11 | 97,822 |
| Kimberly | 12 | 95,391 |
| Lisa | 13 | 94,799 |
| Susan | 14 | 91,679 |
| Karen | 15 | 91,356 |
| Sarah | 16 | 90,519 |
| Barbara | 17 | 87,621 |
| Melissa | 18 | 86,452 |
| Cynthia | 19 | 82,684 |
| Nancy | 20 | 81,541 |
| Sandra | 21 | 80,669 |
| Samantha | 22 | 79,900 |
| Laura | 23 | 76,167 |
| Nicole | 24 | 75,444 |
| Victoria | 25 | 70,713 |
| Amanda | 26 | 69,412 |
| Christina | 27 | 68,901 |
| Andrea | 28 | 66,775 |
| Sophia | 29 | 66,575 |
| Rebecca | 30 | 65,776 |
| Diana | 31 | 63,957 |
| Vanessa | 32 | 62,953 |
| Isabella | 33 | 61,851 |
| Natalie | 34 | 61,546 |
| Emma | 35 | 61,292 |
| Kathleen | 36 | 60,914 |
| Katherine | 37 | 60,523 |
| Olivia | 38 | 59,796 |
| Julie | 39 | 59,326 |
| Christine | 40 | 57,263 |
| Carol | 41 | 56,916 |
| Angela | 42 | 56,736 |
| Deborah | 43 | 56,617 |
| Amy | 44 | 55,601 |
| Sharon | 45 | 55,502 |
| Mia | 46 | 55,075 |
| Rachel | 47 | 53,530 |
| Donna | 48 | 52,391 |
| Jacqueline | 49 | 52,209 |
| Margaret | 50 | 51,941 |
| Evelyn | 51 | 50,373 |
| Brenda | 52 | 48,637 |
| Heather | 53 | 47,763 |
| Kelly | 54 | 47,469 |
| Pamela | 55 | 47,379 |
| Denise | 56 | 46,918 |
| Lauren | 57 | 46,859 |
| Monica | 58 | 46,015 |
| Alyssa | 59 | 45,484 |
| Diane | 60 | 45,449 |
| Janet | 61 | 44,830 |
| Debra | 62 | 44,156 |
| Jasmine | 63 | 43,808 |
| Anna | 64 | 43,804 |
| Catherine | 65 | 43,514 |
| Valerie | 66 | 43,484 |
| Danielle | 67 | 43,357 |
| Leslie | 68 | 43,346 |
| Megan | 69 | 42,093 |
| Abigail | 70 | 41,523 |
| Teresa | 71 | 41,316 |
| Crystal | 72 | 41,025 |
| Veronica | 73 | 40,884 |
| Amber | 74 | 40,081 |
| Sara | 75 | 39,376 |
| Alexis | 76 | 38,975 |
| Hannah | 77 | 38,690 |
| Julia | 78 | 38,498 |
| Gloria | 79 | 38,127 |
| Sofia | 80 | 37,768 |
| Tiffany | 81 | 37,556 |
| Cheryl | 82 | 37,194 |
| Virginia | 83 | 36,962 |
| Melanie | 84 | 36,496 |
| Betty | 85 | 36,237 |
| Wendy | 86 | 36,062 |
| Grace | 87 | 35,924 |
| Brianna | 88 | 35,725 |
| Madison | 89 | 35,619 |
| Cindy | 90 | 35,316 |
| Alexandra | 91 | 35,185 |
| Helen | 92 | 34,639 |
| Dorothy | 93 | 34,477 |
| Allison | 94 | 33,754 |
| Kayla | 95 | 33,655 |
| Shannon | 96 | 32,625 |
| Kathryn | 97 | 32,576 |
| Charlotte | 98 | 32,549 |
| Alicia | 99 | 32,415 |
| Carolyn | 100 | 32,320 |