Most popular boys’ names in California, 2018
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Noah | 2,577 |
| 2 | Liam | 2,416 |
| 3 | Sebastian | 2,219 |
| 4 | Mateo | 2,104 |
| 5 | Ethan | 2,064 |
| 6 | Daniel | 2,003 |
| 7 | Julian | 1,946 |
| 8 | Alexander | 1,915 |
| 9 | Benjamin | 1,770 |
| 10 | Jacob | 1,721 |
| 11 | Matthew | 1,708 |
| 12 | Lucas | 1,555 |
| 13 | Jayden | 1,554 |
| 14 | Oliver | 1,513 |
| 15 | Aiden | 1,484 |
| 16 | James | 1,464 |
| 17 | Logan | 1,459 |
| 18 | David | 1,456 |
| 19 | Elijah | 1,441 |
| 20 | Dylan | 1,374 |
| 21 | Michael | 1,360 |
| 22 | Nathan | 1,334 |
| 23 | Isaac | 1,333 |
| 24 | William | 1,306 |
| 25 | Mason | 1,305 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 26 | Anthony | 1,298 |
| 27 | Adrian | 1,282 |
| 28 | Aaron | 1,226 |
| 29 | Angel | 1,215 |
| 30 | Santiago | 1,199 |
| 31 | Joseph | 1,175 |
| 32 | Andrew | 1,172 |
| 33 | Isaiah | 1,048 |
| 34 | Samuel | 1,036 |
| 35 | Luke | 1,035 |
| 36 | Leonardo | 1,012 |
| 37 | Ryan | 998 |
| 38 | Damian | 988 |
| 39 | Leo | 979 |
| 40 | Levi | 960 |
| 41 | Joshua | 958 |
| 42 | Henry | 937 |
| 43 | Christopher | 930 |
| 44 | Jose | 926 |
| 45 | Jonathan | 925 |
| 46 | Gabriel | 917 |
| 47 | Ezra | 904 |
| 48 | Elias | 893 |
| 49 | Josiah | 887 |
| 50 | Jackson | 869 |
| 51 | Jack | 864 |
| 52 | Christian | 842 |
| 53 | Caleb | 823 |
| 54 | Ezekiel | 816 |
| 55 | Dominic | 798 |
| 56 | Owen | 796 |
| 57 | Adam | 782 |
| 58 | Ivan | 775 |
| 59 | Ian | 768 |
| 60 | Diego | 752 |
| 61 | Evan | 736 |
| 62 | Eli | 735 |
| 63 | Roman | 732 |
| 64 | Wyatt | 730 |
| 65 | Gael | 718 |
| 66 | Nicholas | 715 |
| 67 | Emiliano | 710 |
| 68 | Xavier | 707 |
| 69 | Theodore | 703 |
| 70 | Luis | 701 |
| 71 | Jesus | 686 |
| 72 | John | 684 |
| 73 | Jeremiah | 663 |
| 74 | Jaxon | 651 |
| 75 | Carlos | 620 |
| 76 | Jason | 613 |
| 77 | Carter | 612 |
| 78 | Axel | 608 |
| 79 | Hunter | 600 |
| 80 | Grayson | 592 |
| 80 | Juan | 592 |
| 82 | Asher | 584 |
| 83 | Austin | 582 |
| 84 | Jordan | 578 |
| 85 | Robert | 573 |
| 86 | Thomas | 568 |
| 87 | Vincent | 558 |
| 88 | Charles | 547 |
| 89 | Luca | 541 |
| 90 | Kevin | 538 |
| 91 | Alan | 537 |
| 92 | Connor | 514 |
| 93 | Hudson | 512 |
| 94 | Nolan | 510 |
| 95 | Maverick | 502 |
| 96 | Brandon | 499 |
| 96 | Kai | 499 |
| 98 | Nathaniel | 496 |
| 99 | Alex | 495 |
| 100 | Giovanni | 490 |