This data table reports ranks and counts for the top 25 baby names by sex for live births that occurred in California (by occurrence) based on information entered on birth certificates.

1960-2024 Top 25 Baby Names by Sex by Year

Most Popular Baby Names

The sex of the child as it appears on the birth certificate. Includes "Female" and "Male." Records with nonbinary and unknown sex are excluded due to small counts.

Rank based on counts of the of first names for each sex. If two or more names for a given year and sex have the same count, all names will have the minimum rank for that count and the next rank will continue as if there was no tie and each of the tied names had been given a rank. Tied names are sorted in alphabetical order.

Rank

First name on birth certificate of child born in California. Spaces and special characters have been removed. An asterisk (*) denotes names which may be truncated. Names in records from data years 1960 through 1977 are truncated to 8 characters, and 1978 through 2017 are truncated to 12 characters. For example, the names CHRISTINA, CHRISTINE, and CHRISTIN would all be included in CHRISTIN*.

Name

Count of births with the name and sex for the data year.

Count

Date data was created or revised (MM/DD/YYYY).

Data Revision Date

most-popular-baby-names

SUSAN

MARY

KAREN

CYNTHIA

LISA

LINDA

DEBRA

PATRICIA*

DEBORAH

SANDRA

LAURA

ELIZABET*

PAMELA

DONNA

KATHLEEN*

LORI

KIMBERLY*

TERESA

JULIE

CHERYL

BARBARA

NANCY

DENISE

CHRISTIN*

CAROL

MICHAEL

DAVID

ROBERT

JOHN

JAMES

MARK

RICHARD

STEVEN

WILLIAM

DANIEL

THOMAS

JEFFREY

TIMOTHY

KENNETH

RONALD

KEVIN

GREGORY

JOSEPH

CHARLES

DONALD

PAUL

BRIAN

CHRISTOP*

ANTHONY

SCOTT

ROBIN

1960-2024 Top 25 Baby Names by Sex by Year

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