Most popular boys’ names in California, 2016
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Noah | 2,702 |
| 2 | Matthew | 2,421 |
| 3 | Ethan | 2,341 |
| 4 | Daniel | 2,307 |
| 5 | Sebastian | 2,280 |
| 6 | Jacob | 2,274 |
| 7 | Alexander | 2,227 |
| 8 | Liam | 2,049 |
| 9 | Julian | 2,046 |
| 10 | Benjamin | 1,928 |
| 11 | Jayden | 1,864 |
| 12 | Mateo | 1,860 |
| 13 | Michael | 1,779 |
| 14 | Aiden | 1,767 |
| 15 | David | 1,718 |
| 16 | Nathan | 1,702 |
| 17 | Anthony | 1,662 |
| 18 | Lucas | 1,642 |
| 19 | James | 1,636 |
| 20 | Elijah | 1,589 |
| 21 | Isaac | 1,579 |
| 22 | Aaron | 1,562 |
| 23 | Oliver | 1,554 |
| 24 | Dylan | 1,538 |
| 25 | Mason | 1,528 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 26 | Adrian | 1,495 |
| 27 | Andrew | 1,473 |
| 28 | Joseph | 1,436 |
| 29 | Angel | 1,432 |
| 30 | William | 1,427 |
| 31 | Logan | 1,319 |
| 32 | Christopher | 1,255 |
| 33 | Ryan | 1,237 |
| 34 | Joshua | 1,224 |
| 35 | Samuel | 1,198 |
| 36 | Luke | 1,160 |
| 37 | Jose | 1,124 |
| 38 | Isaiah | 1,118 |
| 39 | Jonathan | 1,102 |
| 40 | Gabriel | 1,071 |
| 41 | Leonardo | 1,036 |
| 42 | Christian | 1,007 |
| 43 | Damian | 991 |
| 44 | Jackson | 965 |
| 45 | Dominic | 963 |
| 46 | Santiago | 942 |
| 47 | Evan | 929 |
| 48 | Ivan | 917 |
| 49 | Kevin | 907 |
| 50 | Jason | 902 |
| 50 | Levi | 902 |
| 52 | Owen | 886 |
| 53 | Jack | 879 |
| 54 | Adam | 878 |
| 54 | Henry | 878 |
| 56 | Caleb | 876 |
| 57 | Diego | 862 |
| 58 | Josiah | 854 |
| 59 | Jesus | 840 |
| 60 | Nicholas | 839 |
| 61 | Ian | 829 |
| 62 | Eli | 827 |
| 63 | Elias | 824 |
| 64 | Wyatt | 813 |
| 65 | Luis | 790 |
| 66 | Leo | 784 |
| 67 | Brandon | 748 |
| 68 | John | 739 |
| 69 | Roman | 737 |
| 70 | Jeremiah | 734 |
| 71 | Juan | 733 |
| 72 | Ezra | 723 |
| 73 | Carlos | 716 |
| 74 | Jordan | 706 |
| 75 | Hunter | 705 |
| 76 | Xavier | 702 |
| 77 | Thomas | 681 |
| 78 | Jaxon | 677 |
| 79 | Austin | 663 |
| 80 | Robert | 661 |
| 81 | Matteo | 638 |
| 82 | Carter | 633 |
| 83 | Vincent | 625 |
| 84 | Eric | 606 |
| 85 | Connor | 590 |
| 86 | Gael | 588 |
| 87 | Miguel | 587 |
| 88 | Charles | 580 |
| 89 | Alan | 576 |
| 90 | Emiliano | 571 |
| 91 | Zachary | 561 |
| 92 | Grayson | 553 |
| 93 | Nathaniel | 552 |
| 94 | Landon | 551 |
| 95 | Giovanni | 549 |
| 96 | Alex | 545 |
| 96 | Hudson | 545 |
| 98 | Alejandro | 534 |
| 99 | Victor | 532 |
| 100 | Cameron | 531 |
| 100 | Gavin | 531 |