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Baby names in California

2025 · 337,198 recorded births

Noah was the most common name given in California in 2025, with 2,649 births. The state recorded 337,198 births across 6,031 distinct names that year.

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Names unique to California in 2025

Given far more often here than nationally last year. Names unique to California across the whole record →

NameBirthsvs national
Armen28
Waris24
Jind42
Ani20
Arzoyi20
Davit19
Hukam19
Jujhar19
Agam18
Amanat17

Top 50 names in California, 2025

RankNameBirths
#1Noah2,649
#2Liam2,624
#3Mateo2,239
#4Santiago1,991
#5Sebastian1,954
#6Olivia1,796
#7Mia1,788
#8Sophia1,685
#9Camila1,682
#10Julian1,680
#11Emma1,641
#12Isabella1,506
#13Oliver1,456
#14Amelia1,370
#15Elias1,342
#16Sofia1,339
#17Eliana1,323
#18Luca1,265
#19Benjamin1,257
#19Elijah1,257
#21Ethan1,236
#22Ezra1,224
#23Theodore1,211
#24Leo1,173
#25Alexander1,169
#26Lucas1,154
#27Levi1,148
#28Valentina1,146
#29Daniel1,145
#30Ezekiel1,089
#31Emiliano1,075
#32Ailany1,058
#33Charlotte1,037
#34James1,015
#35Luna998
#36Angel996
#36Matthew996
#38Gianna990
#39Aria985
#40Adriel959
#41Dylan916
#42Emily910
#43Evelyn892
#44Violet883
#45Michael875
#46Roman874
#47Adrian869
#48Aurora853
#49Isaiah847
#50Henry843

California by decade

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org