Most popular boys’ names in California, 2024

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

RankNameBabies
1Liam2,727
2Noah2,685
3Mateo2,369
4Santiago2,005
5Sebastian1,794
6Julian1,641
7Oliver1,548
8Ezra1,310
9Lucas1,279
10Elijah1,269
11Ethan1,267
12Benjamin1,266
13Ezekiel1,210
14Luca1,200
15Alexander1,189
16Levi1,185
17Daniel1,181
18Elias1,149
19Dylan1,114
20Theodore1,103
21Leo1,100
22Angel1,053
23Matthew1,036
24James1,024
25Michael920
RankNameBabies
26Anthony905
27Adrian904
28Aiden897
29Henry889
30Leonardo873
31David862
31Emiliano862
33Jacob860
34Isaiah849
35Samuel843
36Isaac841
37Damian829
38Roman822
39Nathan814
40Gael809
41William795
42Luke791
43Logan786
44Jayden772
45Enzo764
46Adriel762
47Gabriel760
48Thiago751
49Joseph749
50Jack744
51Aaron743
52Caleb718
53Jose716
54Josiah711
55Miles699
56Mason691
57Ian644
58Andrew636
59Owen634
60Asher624
61Xavier603
62Joshua601
63Christian598
64Kai594
65Jonathan584
66Axel572
67Lorenzo571
68Jackson570
69Emilio566
70Maverick559
71Christopher556
72Ryan549
73Luis540
74Dominic537
75Adam532
76Luka524
77Diego520
78Thomas509
79Matteo504
80Jesus502
81Ivan498
82Juan494
83John491
84Theo483
85Matias475
86Carlos469
87Jeremiah458
88Andres456
89Giovanni451
90Wyatt449
91Hudson442
92Nolan441
93Evan437
94Vincent436
95Leon426
96Jordan423
97Wesley422
98Carter419
99Nicholas416
100Nathaniel413