Top 5 names in California, 2024
The five most popular names for girls and for boys.
Complete Top 100 in California, 2024
Every name in the top 100, with birth counts and the change since 2023. Tap a column heading to sort. "New" means the name was not published in California in 2023.
No match in the California top 100 for 2024.
Top 100 girl names in California, 2024
| 1 | Mia | 1,991 | ↑ 1 |
| 2 | Olivia | 1,938 | ↓ 1 |
| 3 | Camila | 1,887 | 0 |
| 4 | Emma | 1,841 | 0 |
| 5 | Sophia | 1,597 | ↑ 1 |
| 6 | Isabella | 1,561 | ↓ 1 |
| 7 | Amelia | 1,369 | ↑ 2 |
| 8 | Sofia | 1,333 | ↓ 1 |
| 9 | Luna | 1,166 | ↓ 1 |
| 10 | Gianna | 1,088 | 0 |
| 11 | Charlotte | 1,054 | ↑ 1 |
| 12 | Eliana | 1,027 | ↑ 6 |
| 13 | Emily | 982 | ↓ 2 |
| 14 | Aria | 926 | ↓ 1 |
| 15 | Evelyn | 900 | ↑ 2 |
| 16 | Ava | 875 | ↓ 2 |
| 17 | Valentina | 865 | ↑ 2 |
| 18 | Mila | 850 | ↓ 3 |
| 19 | Chloe | 843 | ↑ 6 |
| 20 | Aurora | 820 | ↑ 6 |
| 21 | Elena | 782 | ↑ 11 |
| 21 | Penelope | 782 | ↓ 5 |
| 23 | Zoe | 777 | ↓ 3 |
| 24 | Violet | 744 | ↑ 5 |
| 25 | Abigail | 737 | ↓ 1 |
| 26 | Victoria | 735 | ↓ 6 |
| 27 | Emilia | 732 | 0 |
| 28 | Lily | 715 | ↓ 5 |
| 29 | Scarlett | 714 | ↓ 1 |
| 30 | Ellie | 711 | ↑ 5 |
| 31 | Maya | 710 | ↓ 1 |
| 32 | Natalia | 707 | ↓ 10 |
| 33 | Delilah | 641 | ↓ 2 |
| 34 | Hazel | 624 | ↑ 2 |
| 35 | Layla | 615 | ↓ 2 |
| 36 | Elizabeth | 608 | ↑ 3 |
| 37 | Avery | 602 | ↓ 3 |
| 38 | Isla | 590 | 0 |
| 39 | Genesis | 588 | 0 |
| 40 | Ella | 586 | ↓ 3 |
| 41 | Alina | 540 | ↑ 15 |
| 42 | Leah | 535 | ↑ 3 |
| 43 | Jade | 525 | ↑ 6 |
| 44 | Liliana | 511 | ↑ 16 |
| 45 | Leilani | 510 | ↓ 4 |
| 46 | Eleanor | 507 | ↑ 5 |
| 47 | Naomi | 505 | 0 |
| 48 | Ximena | 490 | ↓ 3 |
| 49 | Grace | 488 | ↑ 8 |
| 50 | Ariana | 487 | ↓ 8 |
| 50 | Harper | 487 | 0 |
| 52 | Madison | 486 | ↓ 10 |
| 53 | Riley | 479 | ↑ 2 |
| 54 | Catalina | 475 | ↑ 13 |
| 55 | Nora | 473 | ↑ 7 |
| 56 | Athena | 469 | ↓ 4 |
| 57 | Zoey | 467 | ↓ 13 |
| 58 | Ivy | 466 | ↓ 5 |
| 59 | Aaliyah | 463 | ↓ 11 |
| 60 | Ayla | 453 | ↑ 19 |
| 61 | Melody | 451 | ↑ 4 |
| 62 | Lucia | 435 | ↑ 9 |
| 63 | Sophie | 431 | ↑ 14 |
| 64 | Hannah | 423 | ↓ 5 |
| 65 | Adeline | 417 | ↑ 16 |
| 66 | Juliette | 410 | ↑ 25 |
| 66 | Lucy | 410 | ↑ 6 |
| 66 | Melanie | 410 | ↓ 3 |
| 69 | Samantha | 403 | ↓ 15 |
| 70 | Audrey | 402 | ↓ 12 |
| 71 | Ailany | 397 | ↑ 539 |
| 71 | Iris | 397 | ↑ 5 |
| 73 | Bella | 395 | ↑ 2 |
| 74 | Valeria | 383 | ↓ 10 |
| 75 | Hailey | 381 | ↓ 9 |
| 76 | Ruby | 378 | ↓ 2 |
| 77 | Maria | 374 | ↓ 4 |
| 77 | Nova | 374 | ↓ 10 |
| 79 | Alaia | 369 | ↑ 3 |
| 80 | Stella | 363 | ↓ 19 |
| 81 | Celeste | 360 | ↑ 38 |
| 81 | Kaia | 360 | ↑ 13 |
| 83 | Alice | 353 | ↓ 5 |
| 84 | Natalie | 352 | ↓ 14 |
| 85 | Allison | 349 | ↓ 16 |
| 86 | Madelyn | 345 | ↓ 6 |
| 87 | Daisy | 334 | ↑ 1 |
| 88 | Valerie | 328 | ↓ 5 |
| 89 | Everly | 327 | ↓ 6 |
| 90 | Emery | 325 | ↓ 7 |
| 91 | Claire | 318 | ↑ 3 |
| 92 | Isabel | 310 | ↑ 8 |
| 93 | Madeline | 309 | ↓ 6 |
| 94 | Eva | 308 | ↓ 5 |
| 95 | Amara | 301 | ↑ 2 |
| 96 | Amaya | 293 | ↓ 4 |
| 97 | Andrea | 292 | ↓ 11 |
| 97 | Celine | 292 | ↑ 40 |
| 99 | Julia | 291 | ↑ 15 |
| 100 | Arya | 286 | ↑ 3 |
Based on 165,657 girls born in California in 2024.
Top 100 boy names in California, 2024
| 1 | Liam | 2,727 | ↑ 1 |
| 2 | Noah | 2,685 | ↓ 1 |
| 3 | Mateo | 2,369 | 0 |
| 4 | Santiago | 2,005 | ↑ 1 |
| 5 | Sebastian | 1,794 | ↓ 1 |
| 6 | Julian | 1,641 | 0 |
| 7 | Oliver | 1,548 | 0 |
| 8 | Ezra | 1,310 | ↑ 3 |
| 9 | Lucas | 1,279 | ↑ 5 |
| 10 | Elijah | 1,269 | ↓ 2 |
| 11 | Ethan | 1,267 | ↑ 1 |
| 12 | Benjamin | 1,266 | ↓ 2 |
| 13 | Ezekiel | 1,210 | ↓ 4 |
| 14 | Luca | 1,200 | ↑ 2 |
| 15 | Alexander | 1,189 | ↓ 2 |
| 16 | Levi | 1,185 | ↑ 4 |
| 17 | Daniel | 1,181 | ↓ 3 |
| 18 | Elias | 1,149 | 0 |
| 19 | Dylan | 1,114 | ↑ 3 |
| 20 | Theodore | 1,103 | ↑ 4 |
| 21 | Leo | 1,100 | ↓ 4 |
| 22 | Angel | 1,053 | ↓ 1 |
| 23 | Matthew | 1,036 | ↓ 4 |
| 24 | James | 1,024 | ↓ 1 |
| 25 | Michael | 920 | ↑ 1 |
| 26 | Anthony | 905 | ↑ 5 |
| 27 | Adrian | 904 | ↑ 5 |
| 28 | Aiden | 897 | ↑ 1 |
| 29 | Henry | 889 | ↑ 14 |
| 30 | Leonardo | 873 | 0 |
| 31 | David | 862 | ↓ 3 |
| 31 | Emiliano | 862 | ↑ 3 |
| 33 | Jacob | 860 | ↓ 6 |
| 34 | Isaiah | 849 | ↑ 2 |
| 35 | Samuel | 843 | ↑ 4 |
| 36 | Isaac | 841 | ↓ 11 |
| 37 | Damian | 829 | ↓ 2 |
| 38 | Roman | 822 | ↑ 13 |
| 39 | Nathan | 814 | ↓ 2 |
| 40 | Gael | 809 | ↓ 2 |
| 41 | William | 795 | ↑ 1 |
| 42 | Luke | 791 | ↓ 1 |
| 43 | Logan | 786 | ↑ 5 |
| 44 | Jayden | 772 | ↓ 11 |
| 45 | Enzo | 764 | ↑ 11 |
| 46 | Adriel | 762 | ↓ 2 |
| 47 | Gabriel | 760 | ↑ 4 |
| 48 | Thiago | 751 | ↑ 11 |
| 49 | Joseph | 749 | ↓ 3 |
| 50 | Jack | 744 | ↓ 3 |
| 51 | Aaron | 743 | ↓ 11 |
| 52 | Caleb | 718 | ↓ 3 |
| 53 | Jose | 716 | ↓ 8 |
| 54 | Josiah | 711 | ↓ 1 |
| 55 | Miles | 699 | ↑ 2 |
| 56 | Mason | 691 | ↓ 6 |
| 57 | Ian | 644 | ↓ 3 |
| 58 | Andrew | 636 | ↑ 2 |
| 59 | Owen | 634 | ↓ 1 |
| 60 | Asher | 624 | ↑ 4 |
| 61 | Xavier | 603 | ↑ 6 |
| 62 | Joshua | 601 | ↓ 1 |
| 63 | Christian | 598 | ↑ 7 |
| 64 | Kai | 594 | ↓ 9 |
| 65 | Jonathan | 584 | ↑ 8 |
| 66 | Axel | 572 | ↓ 4 |
| 67 | Lorenzo | 571 | ↑ 6 |
| 68 | Jackson | 570 | 0 |
| 69 | Emilio | 566 | ↑ 12 |
| 70 | Maverick | 559 | ↓ 1 |
| 71 | Christopher | 556 | ↓ 6 |
| 72 | Ryan | 549 | ↑ 5 |
| 73 | Luis | 540 | ↓ 2 |
| 74 | Dominic | 537 | ↓ 8 |
| 75 | Adam | 532 | ↑ 3 |
| 76 | Luka | 524 | ↓ 1 |
| 77 | Diego | 520 | ↓ 14 |
| 78 | Thomas | 509 | ↓ 6 |
| 79 | Matteo | 504 | ↑ 1 |
| 80 | Jesus | 502 | ↑ 3 |
| 81 | Ivan | 498 | ↓ 5 |
| 82 | Juan | 494 | ↑ 8 |
| 83 | John | 491 | ↑ 2 |
| 84 | Theo | 483 | 0 |
| 85 | Matias | 475 | ↑ 4 |
| 86 | Carlos | 469 | ↓ 4 |
| 87 | Jeremiah | 458 | 0 |
| 88 | Andres | 456 | ↑ 7 |
| 89 | Giovanni | 451 | ↑ 4 |
| 90 | Wyatt | 449 | ↓ 5 |
| 91 | Hudson | 442 | ↓ 12 |
| 92 | Nolan | 441 | ↓ 4 |
| 93 | Evan | 437 | ↑ 4 |
| 94 | Vincent | 436 | ↑ 10 |
| 95 | Leon | 426 | ↑ 3 |
| 96 | Jordan | 423 | ↓ 4 |
| 97 | Wesley | 422 | ↑ 12 |
| 98 | Carter | 419 | ↑ 3 |
| 99 | Nicholas | 416 | ↓ 5 |
| 100 | Nathaniel | 413 | ↑ 7 |
Based on 180,262 boys born in California in 2024.
Only in California in 2024: 503 girl names and 356 boy names were given at least 5 times in California in 2024 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 2024.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, baby names data, births in 2025, released May 2026. Data checked 8 November 2026. ssa.gov baby names.