Most popular boys’ names in California, 2012
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Jacob | 2,985 |
| 2 | Jayden | 2,872 |
| 3 | Daniel | 2,689 |
| 4 | Ethan | 2,675 |
| 5 | Matthew | 2,657 |
| 6 | Noah | 2,520 |
| 7 | Anthony | 2,432 |
| 8 | Alexander | 2,428 |
| 9 | Nathan | 2,237 |
| 10 | Andrew | 2,155 |
| 11 | David | 2,153 |
| 12 | Michael | 2,013 |
| 13 | Aiden | 2,004 |
| 14 | Angel | 1,940 |
| 15 | Isaac | 1,869 |
| 16 | Julian | 1,854 |
| 17 | Mason | 1,838 |
| 18 | Adrian | 1,803 |
| 19 | Jonathan | 1,737 |
| 20 | Christopher | 1,733 |
| 21 | Joshua | 1,732 |
| 22 | Benjamin | 1,678 |
| 23 | Joseph | 1,646 |
| 24 | Liam | 1,615 |
| 25 | Jose | 1,580 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 26 | Dylan | 1,571 |
| 27 | Aaron | 1,559 |
| 28 | Elijah | 1,529 |
| 29 | Ryan | 1,470 |
| 30 | Sebastian | 1,457 |
| 31 | William | 1,451 |
| 32 | Logan | 1,385 |
| 33 | Gabriel | 1,318 |
| 34 | Christian | 1,315 |
| 35 | Samuel | 1,301 |
| 36 | Brandon | 1,289 |
| 37 | James | 1,284 |
| 38 | Isaiah | 1,283 |
| 39 | Damian | 1,273 |
| 40 | Kevin | 1,198 |
| 41 | Lucas | 1,153 |
| 42 | Jesus | 1,116 |
| 43 | Luis | 1,108 |
| 44 | Dominic | 1,062 |
| 45 | Evan | 1,040 |
| 45 | Juan | 1,040 |
| 47 | Jordan | 1,033 |
| 48 | Ivan | 1,031 |
| 49 | Diego | 1,021 |
| 50 | Jackson | 1,013 |
| 51 | Nicholas | 1,009 |
| 52 | Caleb | 995 |
| 53 | Jason | 986 |
| 54 | Carlos | 970 |
| 55 | John | 908 |
| 56 | Luke | 904 |
| 57 | Adam | 895 |
| 58 | Santiago | 882 |
| 59 | Ian | 879 |
| 60 | Jeremiah | 842 |
| 61 | Xavier | 839 |
| 62 | Jack | 837 |
| 63 | Mateo | 836 |
| 64 | Robert | 812 |
| 65 | Henry | 782 |
| 66 | Eli | 777 |
| 67 | Josiah | 756 |
| 68 | Tyler | 755 |
| 69 | Gavin | 751 |
| 70 | Nathaniel | 750 |
| 70 | Oliver | 750 |
| 70 | Wyatt | 750 |
| 73 | Austin | 747 |
| 74 | Gael | 743 |
| 75 | Miguel | 738 |
| 76 | Ayden | 737 |
| 77 | Alejandro | 707 |
| 78 | Owen | 687 |
| 79 | Alex | 686 |
| 80 | Justin | 684 |
| 81 | Leonardo | 682 |
| 82 | Landon | 679 |
| 83 | Giovanni | 662 |
| 84 | Victor | 645 |
| 85 | Zachary | 641 |
| 86 | Levi | 637 |
| 86 | Vincent | 637 |
| 88 | Connor | 634 |
| 89 | Bryan | 621 |
| 90 | Elias | 618 |
| 91 | Eric | 607 |
| 92 | Thomas | 603 |
| 93 | Hunter | 597 |
| 94 | Andres | 586 |
| 94 | Steven | 586 |
| 96 | Jesse | 581 |
| 97 | Brayden | 574 |
| 98 | Alan | 569 |
| 99 | Jorge | 558 |
| 100 | Ryder | 553 |