Most popular boys’ names in California, 2025

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

RankNameBabies
1Liam2,624
2Noah2,607
3Mateo2,239
4Santiago1,991
5Sebastian1,954
6Julian1,680
7Oliver1,456
8Elias1,342
9Benjamin1,257
9Elijah1,257
9Luca1,257
12Ethan1,236
13Theodore1,211
14Ezra1,190
15Leo1,173
16Alexander1,169
17Lucas1,154
18Daniel1,145
19Levi1,142
20Ezekiel1,089
21Emiliano1,075
22James1,005
23Matthew996
24Adriel959
25Angel942
RankNameBabies
26Michael875
27Roman874
28Dylan871
29Adrian869
30Isaiah847
31Henry843
32Leonardo838
33Gael831
34Samuel821
35Anthony819
36Thiago801
37David800
38Isaac766
39Damian765
40Nathan762
41Jacob744
42Enzo743
43Gabriel742
44Luke738
45Josiah723
46Joseph721
47William717
48Jack702
49Jose681
50Caleb678
51Aiden677
52Logan670
53Mason657
54Jayden640
54Luka640
56Aaron616
57Owen604
58Kai601
59Lorenzo588
60Miles575
61Xavier566
62Dominic560
63Asher545
63Ian545
65Jonathan541
66Emilio540
67Jackson536
68Andrew534
69Thomas532
70Axel531
71Joshua523
72Christopher516
73Christian508
74Diego499
75Luis497
76Hudson484
76Theo484
78Adam468
79John463
80Ryan456
81Nathaniel453
82Giovanni452
83Maverick450
84Jeremiah449
85Ivan444
85Jesus444
85Wyatt444
88Carlos442
89Juan436
90Wesley434
91Aziel429
91Evan429
93Nicholas425
94Nolan424
95Matias421
96Leon416
97Matteo415
98Andres406
99Vincent405
100Charles401
100Nicolas401