California’s Sonoma County recently launched SoCo Data, “the open data portal for the County of Sonoma.” The site includes detailed baby name data going back to the mid-1800s.
Here are Sonoma’s top baby names of 2014:
Girl Names
- Emma, 35 baby girls
- Sofia, 31
- Isabella, 27 (tie)
- Mia, 27 (tie)
- Sophia, 26
- Camila, 25
- Charlotte, 21
- Emily, 19
- Grace, 19
- Madison, 18
Boy Names
- Logan, 27 baby boys
- Mateo, 26
- Jack, 22 (tie)
- Julian, 22 (tie)
- Alexander, 21 (3-way tie)
- Dylan, 21 (3-way tie)
- Wyatt, 21 (3-way tie)
- Damian, 20 (tie)
- Oliver, 20 (tie)
- Angel, 19 (4-way tie)
- Daniel, 19 (4-way tie)
- Lucas, 19 (4-way tie)
- Owen, 19 (4-way tie)
Here are some of the interesting baby names that debuted in the Sonoma data last year:
Unique Girl Names | Unique Boy Names |
Isaneli, Miakoda, Omnia Amour, Sanskrit, Tonanzy | Cazadero, Fuamaila, Keeoa, Melkis, Tezcatlipoca |
Finally, the database indicates that at least 11 Sonoma County babies have been named Sonoma, and at least five more have been named either California or Kalifornia.
Source: Sonoma County Baby Names | Open Data | Sonoma County
Image: Adapted from Flag of California (public domain)