Discover the top 250 baby names in California from 1960 to 2021. This list showcases the most popular names chosen by parents in cities likeSacramento and reflecting the state’s cultural shifts and trends over the years. Whether you’re looking for naming inspiration or interested in naming trends, this collection offers a glimpse into the names that have resonated with families acrossCalifornia for decades.
| Boy Name | Boy Number | Boy Rank | Girl Name | Girl Number | Girl Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent | 32847 | 1 | Valerie | 31668 | 1 |
| Manuel | 29123 | 2 | Anna | 29833 | 2 |
| Adam | 28790 | 3 | Katherine | 29772 | 3 |
| Ian | 28487 | 4 | Allison | 28932 | 4 |
| Raymond | 27904 | 5 | Diana | 25697 | 5 |
| Antonio | 26105 | 6 | Leslie | 24844 | 6 |
| Mario | 24810 | 7 | Melanie | 22953 | 7 |
| Fernando | 24796 | 8 | Angela | 22474 | 8 |
| Ivan | 23287 | 9 | Jacqueline | 22079 | 9 |
| Peter | 23096 | 10 | Karen | 22034 | 10 |
| Francisco | 22880 | 11 | Alicia | 21624 | 11 |
| Erik | 22737 | 12 | Christine | 21580 | 12 |
| Alex | 22333 | 13 | Julia | 20909 | 13 |
| Edward | 22122 | 14 | Nancy | 20733 | 14 |
| Victor | 21815 | 15 | Amy | 20714 | 15 |
| Ricardo | 21531 | 16 | Angelica | 19519 | 16 |
| Javier | 21120 | 17 | Brenda | 19385 | 17 |
| Martin | 20704 | 18 | Andrea | 19263 | 18 |
| Kenneth | 20567 | 19 | Kelly | 18895 | 19 |
| Ruben | 20563 | 20 | Adriana | 18578 | 20 |
| Jesse | 20241 | 21 | Sandra | 18230 | 21 |
| Cesar | 20211 | 22 | Mary | 17929 | 22 |
| Bryan | 20125 | 23 | Ariana | 17832 | 23 |
| Sergio | 19923 | 24 | Savannah | 17590 | 24 |
| George | 19379 | 25 | Daisy | 17549 | 25 |
| Jack | 19209 | 26 | Catherine | 17069 | 26 |
| Hector | 19057 | 27 | Wendy | 16841 | 27 |
| Sean | 18671 | 28 | Ana | 16484 | 28 |
| Carlos | 18233 | 29 | Hailey | 16479 | 29 |
| Roberto | 18231 | 30 | Evelyn | 16363 | 30 |
| Nathaniel | 18173 | 31 | Jocelyn | 16098 | 31 |
| Gabriel | 18097 | 32 | Zoe | 15913 | 32 |
| Oscar | 17868 | 33 | Erika | 15911 | 33 |
| Austin | 17776 | 34 | Patricia | 15733 | 34 |
| Andres | 17706 | 35 | Maya | 15569 | 35 |
| Alan | 17702 | 36 | Cindy | 15448 | 36 |
| Jorge | 17633 | 37 | Sara | 15394 | 37 |
| Charles | 17039 | 38 | Gabriela | 15336 | 38 |
| Keith | 16405 | 39 | Rachel | 15324 | 39 |
| Omar | 16251 | 40 | Ella | 15235 | 40 |
| Shawn | 15908 | 41 | Victoria | 15106 | 41 |
| Evan | 15855 | 42 | Shannon | 14988 | 42 |
| Nathan | 15835 | 43 | Audrey | 14951 | 43 |
| Alejandro | 15477 | 44 | Grace | 14506 | 44 |
| Frank | 15383 | 45 | Cynthia | 14421 | 45 |
| Joel | 15315 | 46 | Alexandra | 14174 | 46 |
| Connor | 14933 | 47 | April | 14013 | 47 |
| Miguel | 14893 | 48 | Natalia | 13555 | 48 |
| Jesus | 14743 | 49 | Gina | 13467 | 49 |
| Caleb | 14688 | 50 | Tiffany | 13432 | 50 |
| Patrick | 14456 | 51 | Isabel | 13326 | 51 |
| Gregory | 14168 | 52 | Monica | 13252 | 52 |
| Henry | 13959 | 53 | Kristen | 13241 | 53 |
| Luis | 13761 | 54 | Crystal | 13178 | 54 |
| Thomas | 13634 | 55 | Cassandra | 13115 | 55 |
| Samuel | 13581 | 56 | Danielle | 12841 | 56 |
| Dominic | 13238 | 57 | Lily | 12710 | 57 |
| Jordan | 13223 | 58 | Dawn | 12600 | 58 |
| Phillip | 13060 | 59 | Chloe | 12562 | 59 |
| Stephen | 12884 | 60 | Kristin | 12518 | 60 |
| Jackson | 12780 | 61 | Claudia | 12303 | 61 |
| Jeremiah | 12617 | 62 | Marissa | 12272 | 62 |
| Luke | 12146 | 63 | Briana | 12235 | 63 |
| Jonathan | 12062 | 64 | Erin | 12216 | 64 |
| Xavier | 11818 | 65 | Veronica | 12173 | 65 |
| Christian | 11709 | 66 | Destiny | 11949 | 66 |
| Zachary | 11683 | 67 | Jamie | 11911 | 67 |
| Owen | 11537 | 68 | Kristina | 11873 | 68 |
| Eduardo | 11518 | 69 | Renee | 11873 | 69 |
| Andrew | 11469 | 70 | Monique | 11845 | 70 |
| Edgar | 11447 | 71 | Melissa | 11750 | 71 |
| Juan | 11441 | 72 | Kathryn | 11692 | 72 |
| Diego | 11326 | 73 | Giselle | 11673 | 73 |
| Cameron | 11271 | 74 | Rebecca | 11664 | 74 |
| Jared | 11251 | 75 | Stacy | 11597 | 75 |
| Chad | 11115 | 76 | Genesis | 11389 | 76 |
| Derek | 11016 | 77 | Hannah | 11245 | 77 |
| Travis | 10897 | 78 | Sabrina | 11186 | 78 |
| Josiah | 10462 | 79 | Alexa | 11028 | 79 |
| Giovanni | 10362 | 80 | Nicole | 10957 | 80 |
| Jason | 10277 | 81 | Karina | 10946 | 81 |
| Leonardo | 10193 | 82 | Denise | 10934 | 82 |
| Dennis | 10134 | 83 | Sarah | 10896 | 83 |
| Jose | 9984 | 84 | Leah | 10744 | 84 |
| Gavin | 9809 | 85 | Carrie | 10647 | 85 |
| Damian | 9786 | 86 | Arianna | 10499 | 86 |
| Jerry | 9715 | 87 | Valeria | 10437 | 87 |
| Douglas | 9669 | 88 | Linda | 10387 | 88 |
| Jeremy | 9630 | 89 | Courtney | 10324 | 89 |
| Wyatt | 9428 | 90 | Kaylee | 10323 | 90 |
| Alexis | 9410 | 91 | Sydney | 10314 | 91 |
| John | 9379 | 92 | Kayla | 10261 | 92 |
| Adrian | 9261 | 93 | Natalie | 10191 | 93 |
| Larry | 9110 | 94 | Teresa | 10156 | 94 |
| Brandon | 8924 | 95 | Aaliyah | 10056 | 95 |
| Ronald | 8817 | 96 | Theresa | 10020 | 96 |
| Nicholas | 8794 | 97 | Ruby | 9885 | 97 |
| Dustin | 8690 | 98 | Avery | 9851 | 98 |
| Eli | 8681 | 99 | Alondra | 9848 | 99 |
| Robert | 8563 | 100 | Mayra | 9600 | 100 |
| Joe | 8342 | 101 | Megan | 9600 | 101 |
| Craig | 8338 | 102 | Erica | 9595 | 102 |
| Raul | 8268 | 103 | Michele | 9576 | 103 |
| Hunter | 8203 | 104 | Julie | 9573 | 104 |
| Chris | 8050 | 105 | Jill | 9378 | 105 |
| Cristian | 7991 | 106 | Layla | 9323 | 106 |
| Danny | 7989 | 107 | Kaitlyn | 9318 | 107 |
| Steven | 7912 | 108 | Alejandra | 9312 | 108 |
| Donald | 7876 | 109 | Jasmine | 9197 | 109 |
| Trevor | 7830 | 110 | Bella | 9184 | 110 |
| Tony | 7680 | 111 | Tamara | 9184 | 111 |
| Santiago | 7519 | 112 | Madison | 9036 | 112 |
| Elias | 7460 | 113 | Yesenia | 9023 | 113 |
| Jeffery | 7194 | 114 | Angelina | 8999 | 114 |
| Jon | 7059 | 115 | Taylor | 8948 | 115 |
| Jacob | 6831 | 116 | Mariah | 8943 | 116 |
| Mark | 6681 | 117 | Daniela | 8911 | 117 |
| Mason | 6669 | 118 | Kathleen | 8811 | 118 |
| Troy | 6632 | 119 | Zoey | 8810 | 119 |
| Eric | 6561 | 120 | Christina | 8672 | 120 |
| Tyler | 6532 | 121 | Dana | 8579 | 121 |
| Gary | 6526 | 122 | Delilah | 8528 | 122 |
| Lucas | 6523 | 123 | Emily | 8480 | 123 |
| Bradley | 6345 | 124 | Heidi | 8457 | 124 |
| Erick | 6334 | 125 | Aubrey | 8425 | 125 |
| Richard | 6309 | 126 | Brianna | 8359 | 126 |
| Alexander | 6222 | 127 | Alexis | 8352 | 127 |
| Roman | 6078 | 128 | Riley | 8330 | 128 |
| Jaime | 6040 | 129 | Amber | 8325 | 129 |
| Todd | 5946 | 130 | Suzanne | 8145 | 130 |
| Russell | 5726 | 131 | Jade | 8098 | 131 |
| Levi | 5701 | 132 | Guadalupe | 8095 | 132 |
| Lawrence | 5610 | 133 | Stacey | 7991 | 133 |
| Rodney | 5587 | 134 | Stephanie | 7984 | 134 |
| Gael | 5564 | 135 | Rhonda | 7978 | 135 |
| Randy | 5556 | 136 | Olivia | 7908 | 136 |
| Jaxon | 5429 | 137 | Haley | 7769 | 137 |
| Armando | 5365 | 138 | Brooklyn | 7605 | 138 |
| Carter | 5357 | 139 | Claire | 7557 | 139 |
| Arthur | 5336 | 140 | Amanda | 7543 | 140 |
| Bruce | 5327 | 141 | Samantha | 7531 | 141 |
| Marc | 5322 | 142 | Valentina | 7503 | 142 |
| Shane | 5275 | 143 | Katie | 7500 | 143 |
| Roger | 5273 | 144 | Alyssa | 7349 | 144 |
| Albert | 5240 | 145 | Maria | 7341 | 145 |
| Joshua | 5237 | 146 | Liliana | 7293 | 146 |
| Benjamin | 5130 | 147 | Madeline | 7283 | 147 |
| Kyle | 5120 | 148 | Naomi | 7247 | 148 |
| Landon | 5102 | 149 | Scarlett | 7241 | 149 |
| Cody | 5060 | 150 | Tracy | 7224 | 150 |
| Justin | 5054 | 151 | Brooke | 7194 | 151 |
| Terry | 5042 | 152 | Yolanda | 7068 | 152 |
| Jeff | 4784 | 153 | Kylie | 6931 | 153 |
| Johnny | 4702 | 154 | Gianna | 6885 | 154 |
| Emiliano | 4661 | 155 | Violet | 6859 | 155 |
| Taylor | 4627 | 156 | Esmeralda | 6834 | 156 |
| Jim | 4572 | 157 | Nevaeh | 6766 | 157 |
| Leo | 4568 | 158 | Sophie | 6745 | 158 |
| Isaiah | 4500 | 159 | Laurie | 6739 | 159 |
| Dean | 4489 | 160 | Yvonne | 6709 | 160 |
| Timothy | 4422 | 161 | Tara | 6700 | 161 |
| Gerald | 4357 | 162 | Martha | 6655 | 162 |
| Logan | 4267 | 163 | Ximena | 6618 | 163 |
| Tim | 4175 | 164 | Addison | 6613 | 164 |
| Greg | 4063 | 165 | Vanessa | 6588 | 165 |
| Ezra | 4036 | 166 | Margaret | 6559 | 166 |
| Marcus | 4023 | 167 | Kelsey | 6539 | 167 |
| Ryan | 3963 | 168 | Paula | 6482 | 168 |
| Carl | 3953 | 169 | Harper | 6410 | 169 |
| Gerardo | 3841 | 170 | Bianca | 6390 | 170 |
| Philip | 3826 | 171 | Lindsay | 6371 | 171 |
| Hudson | 3802 | 172 | Stella | 6278 | 172 |
| Axel | 3773 | 173 | Jessica | 6254 | 173 |
| Mike | 3741 | 174 | Tanya | 6244 | 174 |
| Elijah | 3729 | 175 | Eva | 6241 | 175 |
| Theodore | 3711 | 176 | Sierra | 6178 | 176 |
| Wayne | 3707 | 177 | Faith | 6101 | 177 |
| Glenn | 3629 | 178 | Lauren | 6027 | 178 |
| Julian | 3526 | 179 | Susan | 5988 | 179 |
| Aaron | 3495 | 180 | Deanna | 5975 | 180 |
| Darren | 3494 | 181 | Lindsey | 5815 | 181 |
| Ayden | 3424 | 182 | Robin | 5789 | 182 |
| Steve | 3407 | 183 | Desiree | 5703 | 183 |
| Matthew | 3371 | 184 | Terri | 5698 | 184 |
| Scott | 3351 | 185 | Breanna | 5643 | 185 |
| Christopher | 3312 | 186 | Tina | 5620 | 186 |
| Angel | 3295 | 187 | Cristina | 5589 | 187 |
| Curtis | 3293 | 188 | Morgan | 5578 | 188 |
| Paul | 3261 | 189 | Kimberly | 5569 | 189 |
| Grayson | 3233 | 190 | Carolyn | 5528 | 190 |
| Isaac | 3218 | 191 | Ellie | 5484 | 191 |
| Kevin | 3177 | 192 | Ann | 5462 | 192 |
| Brett | 3115 | 193 | Barbara | 5449 | 193 |
| Nolan | 3086 | 194 | Ashley | 5427 | 194 |
| Rick | 3026 | 195 | Jasmin | 5305 | 195 |
| Dale | 2997 | 196 | Heather | 5229 | 196 |
| Oliver | 2981 | 197 | Lisa | 5190 | 197 |
| Salvador | 2881 | 198 | Pamela | 5156 | 198 |
| Ricky | 2859 | 199 | Abigail | 5154 | 199 |
| Jeffrey | 2855 | 200 | Karla | 5125 | 200 |
| Luca | 2833 | 201 | Sherry | 5065 | 201 |
| Tom | 2812 | 202 | Sheila | 5061 | 202 |
| Matteo | 2745 | 203 | Katelyn | 5060 | 203 |
| Pedro | 2627 | 204 | Lori | 4984 | 204 |
| Aidan | 2583 | 205 | Annette | 4899 | 205 |
| Ezekiel | 2565 | 206 | Sharon | 4894 | 206 |
| Bill | 2508 | 207 | Cheryl | 4877 | 207 |
| Marco | 2496 | 208 | Brittney | 4834 | 208 |
| Randall | 2460 | 209 | Janet | 4821 | 209 |
| Brian | 2381 | 210 | Michelle | 4815 | 210 |
| Jayden | 2337 | 211 | Leticia | 4753 | 211 |
| Asher | 2335 | 212 | Aria | 4750 | 212 |
| Emmanuel | 2310 | 213 | Donna | 4730 | 213 |
| Kai | 2293 | 214 | Gabriella | 4593 | 214 |
| Maverick | 2242 | 215 | Joanna | 4567 | 215 |
| Aiden | 2231 | 216 | Diane | 4561 | 216 |
| Darryl | 2213 | 217 | Holly | 4540 | 217 |
| Ralph | 2098 | 218 | Sylvia | 4535 | 218 |
| Jay | 2035 | 219 | Debra | 4500 | 219 |
| Jaden | 1995 | 220 | Penelope | 4436 | 220 |
| Roy | 1950 | 221 | Carol | 4383 | 221 |
| Joseph | 1869 | 222 | Brandy | 4353 | 222 |
| Miles | 1842 | 223 | Deborah | 4352 | 223 |
| Dan | 1821 | 224 | Melody | 4314 | 224 |
| Noah | 1810 | 225 | Jazmin | 4300 | 225 |
| Cole | 1779 | 226 | Sonia | 4280 | 226 |
| Ethan | 1689 | 227 | Elena | 4266 | 227 |
| Ryder | 1638 | 228 | Alina | 4253 | 228 |
| Max | 1614 | 229 | Brittany | 4248 | 229 |
| Nicolas | 1528 | 230 | Tammy | 4225 | 230 |
| Mateo | 1487 | 231 | Kim | 4184 | 231 |
| Lorenzo | 1484 | 232 | Elizabeth | 4169 | 232 |
| Brent | 1428 | 233 | Chelsea | 4146 | 233 |
| Jake | 1256 | 234 | Rosa | 4120 | 234 |
| Ron | 1214 | 235 | Shelby | 4049 | 235 |
| Adriel | 1170 | 236 | Amelia | 4048 | 236 |
| Lance | 1159 | 237 | Eliana | 4018 | 237 |
| Brayden | 1126 | 238 | Shelly | 4006 | 238 |
| Cory | 1094 | 239 | Aurora | 3968 | 239 |
| Abraham | 1080 | 240 | Regina | 3967 | 240 |
| Shaun | 1016 | 241 | Hazel | 3957 | 241 |
| Corey | 978 | 242 | Laura | 3921 | 242 |
| Jameson | 954 | 243 | Gloria | 3894 | 243 |
| Sebastian | 936 | 244 | Alice | 3759 | 244 |
| William | 925 | 245 | Jennifer | 3728 | 245 |
| Dylan | 902 | 246 | Emilia | 3691 | 246 |
| Don | 886 | 247 | Leilani | 3666 | 247 |
| Liam | 836 | 248 | Caitlin | 3643 | 248 |
| Dave | 827 | 249 | Krystal | 3624 | 249 |
| Alberto | 669 | 250 | Mila | 3603 | 250 |