Most popular girls’ names in California, 2000
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Emily | 2,959 |
| 2 | Ashley | 2,833 |
| 3 | Samantha | 2,578 |
| 4 | Jessica | 2,485 |
| 5 | Jennifer | 2,265 |
| 6 | Alyssa | 2,005 |
| 7 | Alexis | 1,864 |
| 8 | Hannah | 1,855 |
| 8 | Sarah | 1,855 |
| 10 | Elizabeth | 1,850 |
| 11 | Vanessa | 1,635 |
| 12 | Jasmine | 1,614 |
| 13 | Stephanie | 1,596 |
| 14 | Natalie | 1,589 |
| 15 | Jacqueline | 1,561 |
| 16 | Maria | 1,473 |
| 17 | Brianna | 1,451 |
| 18 | Madison | 1,441 |
| 19 | Andrea | 1,417 |
| 20 | Kimberly | 1,401 |
| 21 | Lauren | 1,396 |
| 22 | Michelle | 1,366 |
| 23 | Victoria | 1,291 |
| 24 | Destiny | 1,201 |
| 25 | Nicole | 1,171 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 26 | Melissa | 1,156 |
| 27 | Leslie | 1,154 |
| 28 | Kayla | 1,134 |
| 29 | Amanda | 1,133 |
| 30 | Sophia | 1,125 |
| 31 | Taylor | 1,100 |
| 32 | Megan | 1,090 |
| 33 | Alexandra | 1,045 |
| 34 | Emma | 1,040 |
| 34 | Isabella | 1,040 |
| 36 | Rachel | 1,016 |
| 37 | Grace | 1,015 |
| 38 | Julia | 1,007 |
| 39 | Abigail | 1,002 |
| 40 | Katherine | 997 |
| 41 | Diana | 982 |
| 42 | Olivia | 967 |
| 43 | Jocelyn | 866 |
| 44 | Angela | 836 |
| 45 | Sydney | 831 |
| 46 | Daisy | 824 |
| 47 | Hailey | 823 |
| 48 | Chloe | 789 |
| 49 | Rebecca | 771 |
| 50 | Isabel | 757 |
| 51 | Savannah | 755 |
| 52 | Gabriela | 725 |
| 53 | Briana | 706 |
| 54 | Kaitlyn | 702 |
| 55 | Danielle | 700 |
| 56 | Evelyn | 697 |
| 57 | Anna | 695 |
| 58 | Alejandra | 694 |
| 59 | Karina | 678 |
| 60 | Sara | 677 |
| 61 | Alondra | 668 |
| 62 | Adriana | 662 |
| 63 | Haley | 658 |
| 64 | Ariana | 638 |
| 65 | Daniela | 633 |
| 66 | Angelica | 632 |
| 66 | Valerie | 632 |
| 68 | Melanie | 630 |
| 69 | Amy | 629 |
| 69 | Brenda | 629 |
| 71 | Crystal | 626 |
| 72 | Sabrina | 625 |
| 73 | Esmeralda | 609 |
| 74 | Sierra | 605 |
| 75 | Cynthia | 602 |
| 76 | Marissa | 601 |
| 77 | Ana | 591 |
| 78 | Karen | 586 |
| 79 | Erika | 575 |
| 80 | Giselle | 573 |
| 81 | Christina | 568 |
| 82 | Mia | 556 |
| 83 | Amber | 554 |
| 84 | Guadalupe | 549 |
| 85 | Maya | 544 |
| 85 | Tiffany | 544 |
| 87 | Allison | 538 |
| 87 | Catherine | 538 |
| 89 | Mariah | 534 |
| 90 | Monica | 523 |
| 91 | Kelly | 521 |
| 92 | Madeline | 513 |
| 93 | Jasmin | 507 |
| 94 | Morgan | 499 |
| 95 | Sofia | 496 |
| 96 | Cassandra | 494 |
| 97 | Laura | 492 |
| 98 | Alexa | 491 |
| 99 | Veronica | 488 |
| 100 | Valeria | 487 |