Most Popular Baby Names in California (2025)

The most popular baby names in California in 2025 were Olivia for girls and Liam for boys, based on Social Security data for babies born in the state.

Names that rank much higher in California than in the country as a whole include Catalina, Alina, Lucia, Ezekiel, Emiliano, and Adriel.

State data is published a year behind the national list, and it only includes names given to at least five babies of one sex in the state.

Top 100 baby names in California

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Olivia	1,796	↑ 1
2	Mia	1,788	↓ 1
3	Sophia	1,685	↑ 2
4	Camila	1,682	↓ 1
5	Emma	1,641	↓ 1
6	Isabella	1,506	–
7	Amelia	1,370	–
8	Sofia	1,339	–
9	Eliana	1,323	↑ 3
10	Valentina	1,146	↑ 7
11	Ailany	1,058	↑ 60
12	Charlotte	1,037	↓ 1
13	Luna	998	↓ 4
14	Gianna	990	↓ 4
15	Aria	977	↓ 1
16	Emily	910	↓ 3
17	Evelyn	892	↓ 2
18	Violet	883	↑ 6
19	Aurora	853	↑ 1
20	Penelope	827	↑ 2
21	Elena	809	–
22	Mila	786	↓ 4
23	Zoe	770	–
24	Chloe	750	↓ 5
25	Lily	748	↑ 3
26	Ava	742	↓ 10
27	Emilia	704	–
28	Victoria	690	↓ 2
29	Maya	658	↑ 2
30	Ellie	654	–
31	Elizabeth	641	↑ 5
32	Layla	624	↑ 3
33	Abigail	613	↓ 8
34	Isla	606	↑ 4
35	Scarlett	602	↓ 6
36	Hazel	584	↓ 2
37	Leilani	575	↑ 8
38	Catalina	570	↑ 16
39	Genesis	569	–
40	Delilah	564	↓ 7
41	Ella	561	↓ 1
42	Alina	542	↓ 1
43	Lucia	531	↑ 19
44	Madison	528	↑ 8
45	Natalia	524	↓ 13
46	Liliana	522	↓ 2
47	Eleanor	513	↓ 1
48	Avery	498	↓ 11
49	Naomi	497	↓ 2
50	Nora	488	↑ 5
51	Grace	468	↓ 2
52	Leah	464	↓ 10
53	Lucy	463	↑ 14
54	Ximena	460	↓ 6
55	Melody	457	↑ 6
56	Juliette	455	↑ 10
57	Ivy	450	↑ 1
58	Aaliyah	442	↑ 1
59	Sophie	437	↑ 4
60	Ayla	432	–
61	Iris	432	↑ 11
62	Harper	430	↓ 11
63	Jade	422	↓ 20
64	Zoey	421	↓ 7
65	Adeline	416	–
66	Hannah	411	↓ 2
67	Ariana	410	↓ 17
68	Valeria	392	↑ 6
69	Stella	389	↑ 11
70	Audrey	387	–
71	Athena	379	↓ 15
72	Riley	378	↓ 19
73	Sienna	375	new
74	Maria	372	↑ 3
75	Allison	367	↑ 10
76	Hailey	363	↓ 1
77	Melanie	363	↓ 9
78	Ruby	360	↓ 2
79	Kaia	359	↑ 3
80	Madeline	348	↑ 13
81	Samantha	348	↓ 12
82	Emery	345	↑ 8
83	Claire	342	↑ 8
84	Ailani	340	new
85	Alice	338	↓ 2
86	Eloise	338	new
87	Daisy	337	–
88	Alaia	336	↓ 9
89	Celeste	330	↓ 8
90	Celine	330	↑ 8
91	Madelyn	328	↓ 5
92	Amara	327	↑ 3
93	Nova	326	↓ 15
94	Lainey	325	new
95	Bella	319	↓ 22
96	Sadie	307	new
97	Valerie	297	↓ 9
98	Josephine	295	new
99	Alana	294	new
100	Julieta	294	new

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Liam	2,624	–
2	Noah	2,607	–
3	Mateo	2,239	–
4	Santiago	1,991	–
5	Sebastian	1,954	–
6	Julian	1,680	–
7	Oliver	1,456	–
8	Elias	1,342	↑ 10
9	Benjamin	1,257	↑ 3
10	Elijah	1,257	–
11	Luca	1,257	↑ 3
12	Ethan	1,236	↓ 1
13	Theodore	1,211	↑ 7
14	Ezra	1,190	↓ 6
15	Leo	1,173	↑ 6
16	Alexander	1,169	↓ 1
17	Lucas	1,154	↓ 8
18	Daniel	1,145	↓ 1
19	Levi	1,142	↓ 3
20	Ezekiel	1,089	↓ 7
21	Emiliano	1,075	↑ 11
22	James	1,005	↑ 2
23	Matthew	996	–
24	Adriel	959	↑ 22
25	Angel	942	↓ 3
26	Michael	875	↓ 1
27	Roman	874	↑ 11
28	Dylan	871	↓ 9
29	Adrian	869	↓ 2
30	Isaiah	847	↑ 4
31	Henry	843	↓ 2
32	Leonardo	838	↓ 2
33	Gael	831	↑ 7
34	Samuel	821	↑ 1
35	Anthony	819	↓ 9
36	Thiago	801	↑ 12
37	David	800	↓ 6
38	Isaac	766	↓ 2
39	Damian	765	↓ 2
40	Nathan	762	↓ 1
41	Jacob	744	↓ 8
42	Enzo	743	↑ 3
43	Gabriel	742	↑ 4
44	Luke	738	↓ 2
45	Josiah	723	↑ 9
46	Joseph	721	↑ 3
47	William	717	↓ 6
48	Jack	702	↑ 2
49	Jose	681	↑ 4
50	Caleb	678	↑ 2
51	Aiden	677	↓ 23
52	Logan	670	↓ 9
53	Mason	657	↑ 3
54	Jayden	640	↓ 10
55	Luka	640	↑ 21
56	Aaron	616	↓ 5
57	Owen	604	↑ 2
58	Kai	601	↑ 6
59	Lorenzo	588	↑ 8
60	Miles	575	↓ 5
61	Xavier	566	–
62	Dominic	560	↑ 12
63	Asher	545	↓ 3
64	Ian	545	↓ 7
65	Jonathan	541	–
66	Emilio	540	↑ 3
67	Jackson	536	↑ 1
68	Andrew	534	↓ 10
69	Thomas	532	↑ 9
70	Axel	531	↓ 4
71	Joshua	523	↓ 9
72	Christopher	516	↓ 1
73	Christian	508	↓ 10
74	Diego	499	↑ 3
75	Luis	497	↓ 2
76	Hudson	484	↑ 15
77	Theo	484	↑ 7
78	Adam	468	↓ 3
79	John	463	↑ 4
80	Ryan	456	↓ 8
81	Nathaniel	453	↑ 19
82	Giovanni	452	↑ 7
83	Maverick	450	↓ 13
84	Jeremiah	449	↑ 3
85	Ivan	444	↓ 4
86	Jesus	444	↓ 6
87	Wyatt	444	↑ 3
88	Carlos	442	↓ 2
89	Juan	436	↓ 7
90	Wesley	434	↑ 7
91	Aziel	429	new
92	Evan	429	↑ 1
93	Nicholas	425	↑ 6
94	Nolan	424	↓ 2
95	Matias	421	↓ 10
96	Leon	416	↓ 1
97	Matteo	415	↓ 18
98	Andres	406	↓ 10
99	Vincent	405	↓ 5
100	Charles	401	new

Names more popular in California

Names in the state's top 50 that rank far higher in California than across the US.

Girls

Name	California	US
Catalina	#38	#111
Alina	#42	#130
Lucia	#43	#83
Natalia	#45	#144

Boys

Name	California	US
Ezekiel	#20	#61
Emiliano	#21	#94
Adriel	#24	#84
Angel	#25	#67
Adrian	#29	#74
Leonardo	#32	#91
Gael	#33	#86
Damian	#39	#109

Number-one names in California by year

Year	Girls	Boys
2025	Olivia (1,796)	Liam (2,624)
2024	Mia (1,991)	Liam (2,727)
2023	Olivia (1,977)	Noah (2,679)
2022	Olivia (2,190)	Liam (2,620)
2021	Olivia (2,408)	Noah (2,625)
2020	Olivia (2,355)	Noah (2,634)
2019	Olivia (2,612)	Noah (2,684)
2018	Emma (2,753)	Noah (2,577)
2017	Emma (2,744)	Noah (2,531)
2016	Mia (2,805)	Noah (2,702)
2015	Sophia (2,958)	Noah (2,778)
2014	Sophia (3,184)	Noah (2,783)

Source: US Social Security Administration state files. A name only appears in a state list if at least five babies of one sex received it there that year.

Top 100 baby names in California

Girls

Boys

Names more popular in California

Girls

Boys

Number-one names in California by year

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