Most Popular Baby Names in California, 2023 (Top 100)

Top 5 names in California, 2023

The five most popular names for girls and for boys.

Top 5 girls

1Olivia1,977 babies
2Mia1,920 babies
3Camila1,896 babies
4Emma1,783 babies
5Isabella1,652 babies

Top 5 boys

1Noah2,679 babies
2Liam2,600 babies
3Mateo2,414 babies
4Sebastian2,013 babies
5Santiago1,612 babies

Complete Top 100 in California, 2023

Every name in the top 100, with birth counts and the change since 2022. Tap a column heading to sort. "New" means the name was not published in California in 2022.

Search within the top 100

No match in the California top 100 for 2023.

Top 100 girl names in California, 2023

Top 100 girl names in California, 2023

1	Olivia	1,977	0
2	Mia	1,920	↑ 2
3	Camila	1,896	0
4	Emma	1,783	↓ 2
5	Isabella	1,652	↑ 1
6	Sophia	1,638	↓ 1
7	Sofia	1,356	↑ 1
8	Luna	1,314	↓ 1
9	Amelia	1,264	0
10	Gianna	1,095	0
11	Emily	1,071	↓ 1
12	Charlotte	1,020	↑ 1
13	Aria	997	↑ 3
14	Ava	981	0
15	Mila	935	↓ 3
16	Penelope	888	↓ 1
17	Evelyn	885	0
18	Eliana	845	↑ 6
19	Valentina	825	↑ 7
20	Victoria	788	↓ 2
20	Zoe	788	↑ 2
22	Natalia	756	↓ 2
23	Lily	747	↑ 9
24	Abigail	740	↓ 3
25	Chloe	731	0
26	Aurora	727	↑ 2
27	Emilia	720	↑ 7
28	Scarlett	711	↓ 9
29	Violet	707	↓ 6
30	Maya	674	↓ 3
31	Delilah	672	↑ 11
32	Elena	667	↓ 3
33	Layla	655	0
34	Avery	628	↑ 2
35	Ellie	627	↓ 4
36	Hazel	616	↑ 2
37	Ella	601	↓ 3
38	Isla	585	↑ 4
39	Elizabeth	582	↓ 9
39	Genesis	582	↑ 1
41	Leilani	568	↓ 4
42	Ariana	530	↑ 7
42	Madison	530	↓ 1
44	Zoey	521	0
45	Leah	502	↑ 6
45	Ximena	502	0
47	Naomi	497	↑ 18
48	Aaliyah	483	↓ 9
49	Jade	481	↑ 5
50	Harper	480	↓ 3
51	Eleanor	476	↑ 10
52	Athena	472	↓ 6
53	Ivy	471	↑ 15
54	Samantha	469	↓ 6
55	Riley	456	↓ 3
56	Alina	453	↓ 3
57	Grace	450	↓ 7
58	Audrey	439	↑ 1
59	Hannah	433	↑ 1
60	Liliana	432	↑ 7
61	Stella	430	↓ 3
62	Nora	428	↑ 4
63	Melanie	424	↑ 8
64	Valeria	415	0
65	Melody	414	↓ 3
66	Hailey	408	↓ 9
67	Catalina	402	↑ 5
67	Nova	402	↓ 5
69	Allison	397	↑ 4
70	Natalie	391	↓ 15
71	Lucia	390	↑ 7
72	Lucy	381	↑ 11
73	Maria	379	↑ 1
74	Ruby	375	↑ 2
75	Bella	363	↓ 19
76	Iris	362	↑ 4
77	Sophie	355	↓ 9
78	Alice	353	↓ 3
79	Ayla	352	0
80	Madelyn	345	↑ 1
81	Adeline	341	↑ 6
82	Alaia	333	↑ 2
83	Emery	332	↓ 1
83	Everly	332	↓ 13
83	Valerie	332	↓ 6
86	Andrea	321	↑ 7
87	Madeline	314	↑ 5
88	Daisy	311	↑ 1
89	Eva	310	↓ 3
90	Kamila	304	↓ 3
91	Juliette	302	0
92	Amaya	296	↑ 3
92	Leia	296	↑ 22
94	Claire	294	↑ 5
94	Kaia	294	↑ 22
96	Sienna	289	↑ 2
97	Amara	285	↑ 29
97	Nevaeh	285	↓ 8
99	Amira	280	↑ 103
100	Isabel	278	↓ 3

Based on 164,899 girls born in California in 2023.

Top 100 boy names in California, 2023

Top 100 boy names in California, 2023

1	Noah	2,679	↑ 1
2	Liam	2,600	↓ 1
3	Mateo	2,414	0
4	Sebastian	2,013	0
5	Santiago	1,612	↑ 2
6	Julian	1,546	0
7	Oliver	1,541	↓ 2
8	Elijah	1,341	↑ 1
9	Ezekiel	1,337	↑ 1
10	Benjamin	1,334	↓ 2
11	Ezra	1,289	↑ 4
12	Ethan	1,274	↑ 1
13	Alexander	1,253	↓ 2
14	Daniel	1,225	↓ 2
14	Lucas	1,225	0
16	Luca	1,158	0
17	Leo	1,156	↑ 1
18	Elias	1,106	↑ 7
19	Matthew	1,080	↑ 4
20	Levi	1,065	↓ 3
21	Angel	1,053	↓ 1
22	Dylan	1,033	↑ 2
23	James	1,008	↓ 2
24	Theodore	981	↑ 12
25	Isaac	960	↑ 8
26	Michael	949	0
27	Jacob	933	↑ 2
28	David	932	↓ 1
29	Aiden	924	↓ 10
30	Leonardo	919	↑ 5
31	Anthony	891	↓ 3
32	Adrian	863	↓ 2
33	Jayden	862	↓ 11
34	Emiliano	860	↑ 14
35	Damian	829	↓ 1
36	Isaiah	824	↑ 2
37	Nathan	816	↓ 6
38	Gael	812	↑ 6
39	Samuel	799	↑ 2
40	Aaron	798	↓ 3
41	Luke	788	↑ 2
42	William	783	0
43	Henry	773	↓ 3
44	Adriel	748	↑ 20
45	Jose	741	↑ 4
46	Joseph	739	↑ 1
47	Jack	735	↑ 8
48	Logan	729	↓ 16
49	Caleb	719	0
50	Mason	713	↓ 5
51	Gabriel	712	↓ 12
51	Roman	712	↑ 2
53	Josiah	701	↓ 7
54	Ian	676	↑ 2
55	Kai	670	↓ 4
56	Enzo	656	↑ 16
57	Miles	653	↑ 16
58	Owen	627	0
59	Thiago	625	↑ 23
60	Andrew	617	↓ 8
61	Joshua	615	↑ 4
62	Axel	612	↑ 7
63	Diego	609	↓ 7
64	Asher	604	↓ 1
65	Christopher	603	↓ 11
66	Dominic	599	↑ 1
67	Xavier	597	↓ 5
68	Jackson	589	↓ 7
69	Maverick	565	↓ 9
70	Christian	559	0
71	Luis	551	↓ 5
72	Thomas	550	↑ 7
73	Jonathan	548	↓ 14
73	Lorenzo	548	↑ 1
75	Luka	543	↑ 13
76	Ivan	541	↑ 1
77	Ryan	539	↑ 1
78	Adam	520	↓ 7
79	Hudson	518	↑ 2
80	Matteo	516	↑ 18
81	Emilio	500	↑ 3
82	Carlos	497	↑ 3
83	Jesus	485	↓ 15
84	Theo	483	↑ 25
85	John	482	0
85	Wyatt	482	↓ 9
87	Jeremiah	478	↑ 3
88	Nolan	470	↑ 13
89	Matias	469	↑ 21
90	Juan	466	↓ 7
91	Eli	457	↓ 16
92	Jordan	454	↓ 5
93	Giovanni	439	0
94	Nicholas	429	↓ 14
95	Andres	425	↓ 4
96	Alejandro	420	↑ 1
97	Evan	414	↓ 9
98	Leon	413	↑ 8
99	Grayson	409	↓ 5
100	Austin	406	↑ 15

Based on 179,872 boys born in California in 2023.

Only in California in 2023: 494 girl names and 337 boy names were given at least 5 times in California in 2023 and fewer than 5 times in any other state (the 50 states and DC). The full unique-names list is published for 2025 on the names only popular in California page.

Other years in California

The same Top 100 for the years around 2023.

Try this next

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, baby names data, births in 2025, released May 2026. Data checked 8 November 2026. ssa.gov baby names.