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Most Popular Names in California

The most common baby names registered in California across all years of SSA records, ranked by total birth count. The sparkline for each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to present, giving context for when that name was at its peak.

The top 100 names in California account for 11,295,416 total birth registrations. Click any name for a full national profile with gender data, decade breakdowns, and distribution across all 50 states.

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# Name Births Trend
1 Michael 437,644
2 David 379,497
3 Robert 354,323
4 John 317,616
5 James 288,395
6 Daniel 262,973
7 Richard 226,376
8 Christopher 225,806
9 William 221,060
10 Anthony 187,486
11 Joseph 181,634
12 Matthew 181,333
13 Jennifer 176,260
14 Jose 167,693
15 Steven 153,908
16 Andrew 153,848
17 Mary 153,807
18 Kevin 139,035
19 Joshua 138,279
20 Jessica 136,724
21 Elizabeth 136,335
22 Thomas 136,217
23 Mark 132,687
24 Brian 126,314
25 Jonathan 122,464
26 Ryan 121,346
27 Jason 118,114
28 Patricia 117,406
29 Charles 115,249
30 Linda 115,205
31 Eric 115,159
32 Michelle 114,946
33 Jacob 110,376
34 Maria 106,402
35 Paul 104,504
36 Alexander 102,094
37 Stephanie 101,992
38 Ashley 98,701
39 Emily 98,072
40 Nicholas 97,075
41 Juan 96,053
42 Kimberly 95,792
43 Lisa 95,035
44 Kenneth 92,374
45 Susan 91,859
46 Karen 91,577
47 Brandon 91,239
48 Jeffrey 90,829
49 Sarah 90,749
50 Barbara 87,749
51 Timothy 86,805
52 Melissa 86,764
53 Angel 86,498
54 Donald 85,706
55 Ronald 84,817
56 Justin 83,127
57 Cynthia 82,962
58 Edward 82,407
59 Aaron 82,000
60 Nancy 81,772
61 Sandra 81,016
62 George 80,659
63 Luis 80,614
64 Samantha 80,023
65 Benjamin 79,289
66 Jesus 78,371
67 Carlos 77,665
68 Gary 77,584
69 Laura 76,414
70 Nicole 75,646
71 Christian 75,641
72 Scott 75,611
73 Nathan 74,691
74 Victoria 70,799
75 Stephen 69,625
76 Amanda 69,581
77 Christina 69,250
78 Samuel 69,105
79 Frank 67,684
80 Gregory 67,615
81 Andrea 67,200
82 Sophia 66,580
83 Gabriel 66,507
84 Adrian 66,475
85 Rebecca 65,861
86 Diana 64,208
87 Noah 63,597
88 Vanessa 63,214
89 Raymond 62,614
90 Isabella 61,851
91 Natalie 61,604
92 Jack 61,377
93 Emma 61,297
94 Victor 61,220
95 Adam 61,163
96 Ethan 61,039
97 Kathleen 60,958
98 Patrick 60,892
99 Katherine 60,611
100 Olivia 59,796