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Most Popular Baby Names in California, 2025

Olivia was the most popular girl name in California in 2025, given to 1,796 girls. Liam led the boys with 2,624 births. The name to watch is Ailani: it climbed 129 places, from #213 in 2024 to #84 in 2025. 464 girl names and 370 boy names appear only in California in 2025, and nowhere else in the country.

Top 5 girls

Rank	Name	Births
1	Olivia	1,796
2	Mia	1,788
3	Sophia	1,685
4	Camila	1,682
5	Emma	1,641

Top 5 boys

Rank	Name	Births
1	Liam	2,624
2	Noah	2,607
3	Mateo	2,239
4	Santiago	1,991
5	Sebastian	1,954

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Top 100 girl names in California, 2025

Top 100 girl names in California, 2025. Based on 161,724 girls born in California.
Rank	Name	Births	Change vs 2024
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	0
7	Amelia	1,370	0
8	Sofia	1,339	0
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	↑ 1
21	Elena	809	0
22	Mila	786	↓ 4
23	Zoe	770	0
24	Chloe	750	↓ 5
25	Lily	748	↑ 3
26	Ava	742	↓ 10
27	Emilia	704	0
28	Victoria	690	↓ 2
29	Maya	658	↑ 2
30	Ellie	654	0
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	0
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	↑ 13
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	0
60	Iris	432	↑ 11
62	Harper	430	↓ 12
63	Jade	422	↓ 20
64	Zoey	421	↓ 7
65	Adeline	416	0
66	Hannah	411	↓ 2
67	Ariana	410	↓ 17
68	Valeria	392	↑ 6
69	Stella	389	↑ 11
70	Audrey	387	0
71	Athena	379	↓ 15
72	Riley	378	↓ 19
73	Sienna	375	↑ 42
74	Maria	372	↑ 3
75	Allison	367	↑ 10
76	Hailey	363	↓ 1
76	Melanie	363	↓ 10
78	Ruby	360	↓ 2
79	Kaia	359	↑ 2
80	Madeline	348	↑ 13
80	Samantha	348	↓ 11
82	Emery	345	↑ 8
83	Claire	342	↑ 8
84	Ailani	340	↑ 129
85	Alice	338	↓ 2
85	Eloise	338	↑ 29
87	Daisy	337	0
88	Alaia	336	↓ 9
89	Celeste	330	↓ 8
89	Celine	330	↑ 8
91	Madelyn	328	↓ 5
92	Amara	327	↑ 3
93	Nova	326	↓ 16
94	Lainey	325	↑ 16
95	Bella	319	↓ 22
96	Sadie	307	↑ 9
97	Valerie	297	↓ 9
98	Josephine	295	↑ 12
99	Alana	294	↑ 9
99	Julieta	294	↑ 33

Top 100 boy names in California, 2025

Top 100 boy names in California, 2025. Based on 175,474 boys born in California.
Rank	Name	Births	Change vs 2024
1	Liam	2,624	0
2	Noah	2,607	0
3	Mateo	2,239	0
4	Santiago	1,991	0
5	Sebastian	1,954	0
6	Julian	1,680	0
7	Oliver	1,456	0
8	Elias	1,342	↑ 10
9	Benjamin	1,257	↑ 3
9	Elijah	1,257	↑ 1
9	Luca	1,257	↑ 5
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	↑ 10
22	James	1,005	↑ 2
23	Matthew	996	0
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
54	Luka	640	↑ 22
56	Aaron	616	↓ 5
57	Owen	604	↑ 2
58	Kai	601	↑ 6
59	Lorenzo	588	↑ 8
60	Miles	575	↓ 5
61	Xavier	566	0
62	Dominic	560	↑ 12
63	Asher	545	↓ 3
63	Ian	545	↓ 6
65	Jonathan	541	0
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
76	Theo	484	↑ 8
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
85	Jesus	444	↓ 5
85	Wyatt	444	↑ 5
88	Carlos	442	↓ 2
89	Juan	436	↓ 7
90	Wesley	434	↑ 7
91	Aziel	429	↑ 50
91	Evan	429	↑ 2
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	↑ 1

Only in California

The names below were given at least 5 times in California in 2025 and fewer than 5 times in any other state. See the full list on the names only popular in California page.

Name	Sex	Births
Ani	Girl	20
Arzoyi	Girl	20
Amanat	Girl	17
Baani	Girl	17
Delina	Girl	17
Armen	Boy	28
Waris	Boy	24
Nihal	Boy	21
Davit	Boy	19
Hukam	Boy	19

Rising and falling in California

Fastest rising in California, 2025
Name	Rank change	Places	Births
Ailani	#213 → #84	+129	340
Ailany	#71 → #11	+60	1,058
Sienna	#115 → #73	+42	375
Julieta	#132 → #99	+33	294
Eloise	#114 → #85	+29	338
Aziel	#141 → #91	+50	429
Adriel	#46 → #24	+22	959
Luka	#76 → #54	+22	640
Nathaniel	#100 → #81	+19	453
Hudson	#91 → #76	+15	484

Falling fastest in California, 2025
Name	Rank change	Places	Births
Andrea	#97 → #129	-32	236
Natalie	#84 → #112	-28	266
Bella	#73 → #95	-22	319
Jordan	#96 → #128	-32	320
Aiden	#28 → #51	-23	677
Matteo	#79 → #97	-18	415

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SSA counts exact spellings separately, so Mateo and Matteo are different names. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a state are not published, so they do not appear here. Sex is as recorded on the Social Security card application.

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