Most popular girls’ names in California, 2003

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Emily	3,416
2	Ashley	2,732
3	Samantha	2,578
4	Isabella	2,192
5	Alyssa	1,927
6	Emma	1,845
7	Natalie	1,827
8	Jessica	1,762
9	Jennifer	1,699
10	Elizabeth	1,671
11	Jasmine	1,614
12	Alexis	1,578
13	Sophia	1,546
14	Madison	1,469
15	Sarah	1,428
16	Kimberly	1,419
17	Hannah	1,396
18	Stephanie	1,333
18	Vanessa	1,333
20	Andrea	1,322
21	Brianna	1,297
22	Abigail	1,270
23	Michelle	1,237
24	Maria	1,232
25	Mia	1,229

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Olivia	1,219
26	Victoria	1,219
28	Kayla	1,192
29	Leslie	1,141
30	Grace	1,131
31	Lauren	1,083
32	Evelyn	977
33	Nicole	966
34	Katherine	962
34	Melissa	962
36	Jocelyn	932
37	Jacqueline	919
38	Diana	911
39	Destiny	902
40	Alexandra	889
41	Chloe	881
41	Hailey	881
43	Daniela	879
44	Angelina	864
45	Sydney	844
46	Julia	835
47	Taylor	819
48	Isabel	812
49	Gabriela	808
50	Amanda	792
51	Melanie	790
52	Rachel	789
53	Sofia	783
54	Alexa	780
55	Daisy	776
56	Alondra	723
57	Angela	719
57	Lizbeth	719
59	Ariana	713
59	Maya	713
59	Megan	713
62	Giselle	703
63	Savannah	692
64	Kaitlyn	684
65	Ava	637
66	Valerie	621
67	Faith	614
68	Audrey	610
69	Karen	608
70	Amy	600
71	Kylie	598
72	Karina	589
73	Natalia	585
74	Angelica	583
75	Valeria	579
76	Arianna	577
77	Anna	576
78	Zoe	573
79	Esmeralda	572
80	Haley	569
81	Briana	568
82	Adriana	565
83	Jordan	558
84	Sara	552
85	Allison	545
86	Brooke	540
87	Alejandra	538
87	Crystal	538
89	Ella	532
89	Rebecca	532
91	Katelyn	530
92	Kaylee	518
93	Guadalupe	517
94	Karla	514
95	Ana	510
96	Kelly	507
97	Jade	506
97	Marissa	506
99	Trinity	505
100	Sierra	495