Most popular boys’ names in California, 2021
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | 2,625 |
| 2 | Liam | 2,485 |
| 3 | Mateo | 2,126 |
| 4 | Sebastian | 2,054 |
| 5 | Julian | 1,734 |
| 6 | Benjamin | 1,622 |
| 7 | Oliver | 1,540 |
| 8 | Elijah | 1,514 |
| 9 | Alexander | 1,502 |
| 10 | Daniel | 1,441 |
| 11 | Ethan | 1,418 |
| 12 | Lucas | 1,379 |
| 13 | Ezekiel | 1,282 |
| 14 | Santiago | 1,259 |
| 15 | Aiden | 1,238 |
| 16 | Jacob | 1,225 |
| 17 | Matthew | 1,182 |
| 18 | James | 1,170 |
| 19 | Ezra | 1,134 |
| 20 | Levi | 1,100 |
| 21 | Jayden | 1,093 |
| 22 | Michael | 1,092 |
| 23 | Leo | 1,085 |
| 24 | David | 1,070 |
| 25 | Elias | 1,069 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Adrian | 1,065 |
| 27 | Angel | 1,060 |
| 28 | Dylan | 1,053 |
| 29 | Anthony | 1,047 |
| 30 | Logan | 1,034 |
| 31 | Isaac | 1,016 |
| 32 | Luca | 1,006 |
| 33 | Nathan | 999 |
| 34 | Leonardo | 949 |
| 35 | William | 938 |
| 36 | Aaron | 925 |
| 37 | Samuel | 912 |
| 38 | Isaiah | 901 |
| 39 | Mason | 899 |
| 40 | Henry | 896 |
| 41 | Jack | 894 |
| 42 | Joseph | 885 |
| 43 | Damian | 874 |
| 44 | Luke | 854 |
| 45 | Josiah | 851 |
| 46 | Gael | 843 |
| 47 | Jose | 831 |
| 47 | Theodore | 831 |
| 49 | Gabriel | 811 |
| 50 | Jackson | 770 |
| 51 | Andrew | 760 |
| 52 | Owen | 752 |
| 53 | Christopher | 750 |
| 54 | Emiliano | 726 |
| 55 | Caleb | 721 |
| 55 | Roman | 721 |
| 57 | Kai | 693 |
| 58 | Diego | 689 |
| 59 | Jonathan | 674 |
| 60 | Joshua | 671 |
| 61 | Miles | 668 |
| 62 | Axel | 661 |
| 63 | Ian | 649 |
| 64 | Dominic | 629 |
| 65 | Xavier | 626 |
| 66 | Maverick | 617 |
| 67 | Wyatt | 606 |
| 68 | Ryan | 600 |
| 69 | Asher | 598 |
| 70 | Jesus | 596 |
| 71 | Luis | 580 |
| 72 | Christian | 577 |
| 73 | Adriel | 574 |
| 74 | Adam | 573 |
| 75 | Eli | 564 |
| 76 | Thomas | 553 |
| 77 | Hudson | 552 |
| 78 | Jeremiah | 542 |
| 79 | Evan | 537 |
| 80 | Nicholas | 526 |
| 81 | John | 522 |
| 82 | Grayson | 517 |
| 83 | Lorenzo | 514 |
| 83 | Matteo | 514 |
| 85 | Nolan | 513 |
| 86 | Jordan | 500 |
| 87 | Carter | 495 |
| 88 | Carlos | 489 |
| 89 | Ivan | 486 |
| 90 | Juan | 479 |
| 91 | Andres | 476 |
| 91 | Robert | 476 |
| 93 | Vincent | 475 |
| 94 | Jaxon | 471 |
| 95 | Nathaniel | 470 |
| 96 | Nicolas | 469 |
| 97 | Giovanni | 462 |
| 98 | Austin | 460 |
| 99 | Enzo | 458 |
| 100 | Emilio | 454 |