Top 100 California Boy Baby Names in 2012

// These were the most popular boy baby names in California, in 2012.

The Most Popular California Boy Baby Names in 2012


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Topping the charts on position #1 this year in California was Jacob. In total there were 228,175 boys born sharing 2,883 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 2012 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.


Rank Name How Unique? Total births this year
1Jacob1 in 77 (1.3%)2,955
2Jayden1 in 80 (1.2%)2,852
3Daniel1 in 86 (1.2%)2,662
4Ethan1 in 86 (1.2%)2,661
5Matthew1 in 87 (1.2%)2,627
6Noah1 in 91 (1.1%)2,496
7Anthony1 in 95 (1.1%)2,411
8Alexander1 in 95 (1.1%)2,408
9Nathan1 in 102 (1%)2,227
10David1 in 107 (0.9%)2,139
11Andrew1 in 107 (0.9%)2,129
12Aiden1 in 115 (0.9%)1,990
13Michael1 in 115 (0.9%)1,986
14Angel1 in 119 (0.8%)1,922
15Isaac1 in 124 (0.8%)1,845
16Julian1 in 124 (0.8%)1,845
17Mason1 in 125 (0.8%)1,825
18Adrian1 in 128 (0.8%)1,784
19Jonathan1 in 133 (0.8%)1,721
20Christopher1 in 133 (0.8%)1,717
21Joshua1 in 134 (0.7%)1,704
22Benjamin1 in 137 (0.7%)1,661
23Joseph1 in 140 (0.7%)1,630
24Liam1 in 143 (0.7%)1,597
25Jose1 in 146 (0.7%)1,568
26Dylan1 in 147 (0.7%)1,554
27Aaron1 in 147 (0.7%)1,552
28Elijah1 in 152 (0.7%)1,505
29Ryan1 in 156 (0.6%)1,461
30Sebastian1 in 158 (0.6%)1,442
31William1 in 160 (0.6%)1,430
32Logan1 in 165 (0.6%)1,380
33Christian1 in 175 (0.6%)1,306
34Gabriel1 in 175 (0.6%)1,301
35Brandon1 in 178 (0.6%)1,284
36Samuel1 in 179 (0.6%)1,275
37Damian1 in 180 (0.6%)1,268
38James1 in 180 (0.6%)1,267
39Isaiah1 in 180 (0.6%)1,265
40Kevin1 in 191 (0.5%)1,193
41Lucas1 in 200 (0.5%)1,142
42Jesus1 in 206 (0.5%)1,109
43Luis1 in 207 (0.5%)1,102
44Dominic1 in 216 (0.5%)1,054
45Juan1 in 220 (0.5%)1,035
46Evan1 in 221 (0.5%)1,031
47Ivan1 in 222 (0.5%)1,027
48Jordan1 in 222 (0.4%)1,026
49Diego1 in 225 (0.4%)1,016
50Jackson1 in 228 (0.4%)1,002
51Nicholas1 in 229 (0.4%)997
52Caleb1 in 233 (0.4%)981
53Jason1 in 233 (0.4%)980
54Carlos1 in 237 (0.4%)962
55John1 in 255 (0.4%)895
56Adam1 in 257 (0.4%)887
57Luke1 in 257 (0.4%)887
58Santiago1 in 260 (0.4%)876
59Ian1 in 261 (0.4%)873
60Jeremiah1 in 275 (0.4%)831
61Jack1 in 275 (0.4%)830
62Mateo1 in 276 (0.4%)828
63Xavier1 in 276 (0.4%)827
64Robert1 in 286 (0.3%)797
65Henry1 in 295 (0.3%)774
66Eli1 in 298 (0.3%)766
67Gavin1 in 306 (0.3%)745
68Tyler1 in 306 (0.3%)745
69Austin1 in 307 (0.3%)743
70Josiah1 in 307 (0.3%)743
71Nathaniel1 in 307 (0.3%)743
72Oliver1 in 307 (0.3%)743
73Gael1 in 308 (0.3%)740
74Wyatt1 in 308 (0.3%)740
75Miguel1 in 310 (0.3%)735
76Ayden1 in 312 (0.3%)732
77Alejandro1 in 324 (0.3%)704
78Alex1 in 335 (0.3%)682
79Leonardo1 in 335 (0.3%)681
80Owen1 in 337 (0.3%)677
81Landon1 in 338 (0.3%)676
82Justin1 in 338 (0.3%)675
83Giovanni1 in 345 (0.3%)662
84Victor1 in 357 (0.3%)639
85Vincent1 in 360 (0.3%)633
86Zachary1 in 360 (0.3%)633
87Connor1 in 362 (0.3%)630
88Levi1 in 366 (0.3%)623
89Bryan1 in 369 (0.3%)618
90Elias1 in 371 (0.3%)615
91Eric1 in 379 (0.3%)602
92Thomas1 in 383 (0.3%)595
93Hunter1 in 385 (0.3%)592
94Steven1 in 391 (0.3%)584
95Andres1 in 391 (0.3%)583
96Jesse1 in 397 (0.3%)575
97Brayden1 in 401 (0.2%)569
98Alan1 in 404 (0.2%)565
99Jorge1 in 410 (0.2%)557
100Eduardo1 in 418 (0.2%)546


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