Most popular boys’ names in California, 2023
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | 2,679 |
| 2 | Liam | 2,600 |
| 3 | Mateo | 2,414 |
| 4 | Sebastian | 2,013 |
| 5 | Santiago | 1,612 |
| 6 | Julian | 1,546 |
| 7 | Oliver | 1,541 |
| 8 | Elijah | 1,341 |
| 9 | Ezekiel | 1,337 |
| 10 | Benjamin | 1,334 |
| 11 | Ezra | 1,289 |
| 12 | Ethan | 1,274 |
| 13 | Alexander | 1,253 |
| 14 | Daniel | 1,225 |
| 14 | Lucas | 1,225 |
| 16 | Luca | 1,158 |
| 17 | Leo | 1,156 |
| 18 | Elias | 1,106 |
| 19 | Matthew | 1,080 |
| 20 | Levi | 1,065 |
| 21 | Angel | 1,053 |
| 22 | Dylan | 1,033 |
| 23 | James | 1,008 |
| 24 | Theodore | 981 |
| 25 | Isaac | 960 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Michael | 949 |
| 27 | Jacob | 933 |
| 28 | David | 932 |
| 29 | Aiden | 924 |
| 30 | Leonardo | 919 |
| 31 | Anthony | 891 |
| 32 | Adrian | 863 |
| 33 | Jayden | 862 |
| 34 | Emiliano | 860 |
| 35 | Damian | 829 |
| 36 | Isaiah | 824 |
| 37 | Nathan | 816 |
| 38 | Gael | 812 |
| 39 | Samuel | 799 |
| 40 | Aaron | 798 |
| 41 | Luke | 788 |
| 42 | William | 783 |
| 43 | Henry | 773 |
| 44 | Adriel | 748 |
| 45 | Jose | 741 |
| 46 | Joseph | 739 |
| 47 | Jack | 735 |
| 48 | Logan | 729 |
| 49 | Caleb | 719 |
| 50 | Mason | 713 |
| 51 | Gabriel | 712 |
| 51 | Roman | 712 |
| 53 | Josiah | 701 |
| 54 | Ian | 676 |
| 55 | Kai | 670 |
| 56 | Enzo | 656 |
| 57 | Miles | 653 |
| 58 | Owen | 627 |
| 59 | Thiago | 625 |
| 60 | Andrew | 617 |
| 61 | Joshua | 615 |
| 62 | Axel | 612 |
| 63 | Diego | 609 |
| 64 | Asher | 604 |
| 65 | Christopher | 603 |
| 66 | Dominic | 599 |
| 67 | Xavier | 597 |
| 68 | Jackson | 589 |
| 69 | Maverick | 565 |
| 70 | Christian | 559 |
| 71 | Luis | 551 |
| 72 | Thomas | 550 |
| 73 | Jonathan | 548 |
| 73 | Lorenzo | 548 |
| 75 | Luka | 543 |
| 76 | Ivan | 541 |
| 77 | Ryan | 539 |
| 78 | Adam | 520 |
| 79 | Hudson | 518 |
| 80 | Matteo | 516 |
| 81 | Emilio | 500 |
| 82 | Carlos | 497 |
| 83 | Jesus | 485 |
| 84 | Theo | 483 |
| 85 | John | 482 |
| 85 | Wyatt | 482 |
| 87 | Jeremiah | 478 |
| 88 | Nolan | 470 |
| 89 | Matias | 469 |
| 90 | Juan | 466 |
| 91 | Eli | 457 |
| 92 | Jordan | 454 |
| 93 | Giovanni | 439 |
| 94 | Nicholas | 429 |
| 95 | Andres | 425 |
| 96 | Alejandro | 420 |
| 97 | Evan | 414 |
| 98 | Leon | 413 |
| 99 | Grayson | 409 |
| 100 | Austin | 406 |