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Baby names in California, 2020s

2020–2025 · 2,118,527 recorded births

Noah was the most common name given in California across the 2020s, with 15,974 births in the decade. The state recorded 2,118,527 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to California in the 2020s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Armen149
Jaylene574
Raylene77
Arevik11
Rehmat163
Gurfateh72
Asees154
Avnoor58

Top 25 in the 2020s

RankNameBirths
#1Noah15,974
#2Liam15,488
#3Mateo13,613
#4Olivia12,664
#5Sebastian11,912
#6Camila11,779
#7Mia11,683
#8Emma11,664
#9Sophia10,517
#10Isabella10,004
#11Julian9,918
#12Santiago9,629
#13Oliver9,261
#14Benjamin8,670
#15Elijah8,430
#16Ethan8,205
#17Alexander8,105
#18Sofia7,939
#19Luna7,938
#20Amelia7,930
#21Daniel7,879
#22Lucas7,691
#23Ezekiel7,464
#24Ezra7,454
#25Gianna7,113

Other decades in California

All California names, 2025

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