The most popular baby names in California have been released.
According to the California Department of Public Health, the state’s top names were Jacob for boys and Sophia for girls.
Here are the top 25 girl names and top 25 boy names of 2012:
Girl Names | Boy Names |
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1. Sophia, 3,610 baby girls 2. Isabella, 3,073 3. Emma, 2,423 4. Emily, 2,416 5. Mia, 2,307 6. Olivia, 1,894 7. Sofia, 1,669 8. Abigail, 1,638 9. Samantha, 1,440 10. Ava, 1,404 11. Camila, 1,394 12. Victoria, 1,289 13. Natalie, 1,288 14. Elizabeth, 1,094 15. Chloe, 1,091 16. Evelyn, 1,037 17. Genesis, 1,029 18. Ashley, 997 19. Madison, 985 20. Zoe, 980 21. Charlotte, 908 22. Hailey, 897 23. Melanie, 885 24. Audrey, 854 25. Kimberly, 847 | 1. Jacob, 2,955 baby boys 2. Jayden, 2,848 3. Ethan, 2,659 4. Daniel 2,654 5. Matthew, 2,623 6. Noah, 2,491 7. Alexander, 2,412 8. Anthony, 2,408 9. Nathan, 2,230 10. Andrew, 2,134 11. David, 2,134 12. Michael, 1,985 13. Aiden, 1,979 14. Angel, 1,940 15. Isaac, 1,857 16. Julian, 1,840 17. Mason, 1,823 18. Adrian, 1,782 19. Jonathan, 1,722 20. Joshua, 1,714 21. Christopher, 1,713 22. Benjamin, 1,663 23. Joseph, 1,633 24. Liam, 1,602 25. Dylan, 1,565 |
The biggest jumps within the top 25 were Zoe (25th in 2011) and Noah (11th in 2011).
The SSA’s list of California’s top baby names of 2012 is roughly the same.
Source: Statistics – California Department of Public Health
Image: Adapted from Flag of California (public domain)
It’s really interesting to see the Hispanic influence in this list. I live in California, so I know that quite a few names on this list that are not typically Hispanic are in fact popular among Spanish-speaking families, such as Anthony, Nathan, Samantha, and Kimberly. Plus, add Sophia and Sofia together and that name just overwhelms all the others. (I do hear of A LOT of Sophias).